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It is episode 300 of The Vergecast! To celebrate, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul start the show by explaining inside jokes that have been stamped into the show over the past few years. Don\u2019t understand what Scissor Vodka is? Are you wondering why Bixby is a dog? Do you need to know why Paul says his name at the end of each episode? Well, we took the time to answer that. \n\nAlso, there\u2019s some news that came out this week. We have\xa0an iPad review, some Mark Zuckerberg updates, and a little bit of Apple drama. \n\nThere\u2019s a lot more in between that \u2014 like Paul\u2019s segment he does every week with the same name \u201cLonely Alone\u201d \u2014 so listen to it all, and you\u2019ll get it all. \n\n03:14 - Joke explainer\n\n16:13 - Mark Zuckerberg calls Tim Cook\u2019s comments on Facebook \u2018extremely glib\u2019\n\n21:54 - Apple Music had a better Weeknd than Spotify\n\n24:03 - Apple hires Google\u2019s former AI boss to help improve Siri\n\n31:16 - Apple iPad (2018) review\n\n35:50 - Apple\u2019s redesigned Mac Pro is coming in 2019\n\n46:30 - Paul\u2019s weekly segment compilation\n\n49:38 - Paul\u2019s weekly segment \u201cLonely Alone\u201d\n\n52:18 - Facebook wants a social media supreme court so it can avoid hard questions\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices