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The Vergecast live at SXSW 2018: podcast edition

For those who want the audio version

For those who want the audio version

is an audio and video creator at The Verge since 2015.

This week, The Vergecast is in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest 2018 in front of a live audience. Nilay, Dieter, Casey, and Ashley run through the news and share their expertise about Google’s new plan to make the web faster, using Samsung’s Galaxy S9, and Android P for developer testing. If you wanted to see the show, sorry you missed it! But good news for you, I recorded it so you can listen to it whenever you want.

You should do that now here.

And here’s the articles discussed on the show this week:

00:45 - Google’s latest plan could change how you browse the web

10:03 - Amazon has a fix for Alexa’s creepy laughs

17:16 - Samsung Galaxy S9 review

27:17 - Android P is available for developer testing

32: 57 - Paul’s weekly segment “Shoes — You’ve got em

35:24 - On Twitter, lies spread faster than the truth

41:02 - Snap confirms layoffs of ‘just over 120’ engineers

45:00 - Barack Obama is reportedly planning Netflix shows

50:59 - Q&A

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