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This week\u2019s Vergecast is recorded out of the studio. Nilay heads to the West Coast to reunite with Dieter, Lauren, and Casey at this year\u2019s Code Conference. The gang discusses the speakers (in more than one way) at the event including Andy Rubin, Hillary Clinton, and Reed Hastings. They also chat a little about the news outside of the conference. \nBack in New York, Paul reports on gadget week with his weekly segment \u201cLet me hug your robot heart.\u201d \nThere\u2019s a whole lot more in between, so listen to get it all! \n\n01:29 - The case for editing tweets\n\n06:01 - The Essential Phone: a first look at the hardware\n\n30:11 - Paul\u2019s weekly segment \u201cLet me hug your robot heart\u201d\n\n32:49 - Netflix CEO says net neutrality is \u2018not our primary battle\u2019\n\n42:41 - Clinton says the Russians had to be \u2018guided by Americans\u2019 in how they weaponized information\n\n55:37 - Don\u2019t buy the Chromebook Pro until Google fixes a critical bug\n\n59:11 - Verizon says the Droid brand isn\u2019t dead, but it sure looks like it\n\n1:01:30 - Microsoft's new Skype redesign is a radical change that looks like Snapchat\n\n1:04:55 - Samsung's Bixby voice assistant is reportedly still weeks away from US launch\n\n1:07:11 - Apple\u2019s \u2018Siri speaker\u2019 reportedly enters manufacturing as announcement nears\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices