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The Vergecast starts off this week in a traditional fashion with a talk about dongles \u2014 Microsoft\u2019s\xa0$80 USB-C dongle\xa0to be exact. But there\u2019s a whole bunch of little things that also happened this week that Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss. We\u2019ve got Apple acknowledging\xa0the problem with its MacBook keyboards, Google\xa0demoing Duplex, and\xa0Apple releasing the Mojave public beta.\n\nAlso this week, we bring you two new rotating segments on the show. First we have transportation reporter Sean O\u2019Kane with \u201cThis Week in Elon Musk\u201d \u2014 a rundown of the news that happened this week in the Elon Musk canon. Second, culture reporters Megan Farokhmanesh and Bijan Stephen run though their favorite \u201cCulture Headlines\u201d on\xa0The Verge\xa0this week.\n\nAnd of course we\u2019ve got Paul\u2019s weekly segment that he does every week, \u201cRhymes With What\u2019s Poppin\u2019,\u201d so if you listen to the whole show, you\u2019ve got a stew going.\n\n02:20 - Microsoft\u2019s Surface USB-C dongle launches on June 29th for $79.99\n\n09:15 - Apple acknowledges faulty MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards with new repair program\n\n15:00 - macOS Mojave is now available in public beta\n\n20:59 - Intel now faces a fight for its future\n\n29:06 - This week in Elon Musk with Sean O\u2019Kane\n\n33:41 - Google Duplex really works and testing begins this summer\n\n42:03 - BlackBerry Key2 review: a keyboard with a phone\n\n42:59 - LG says screw everything, we\u2019re doing five cameras for the V40\n\n43:57 - The Galaxy Note 9 hits the FCC, with launch of Samsung\u2019s next flagship presumably on the horizon\n\n45:51 - AT&T more than doubles \u2018admin fee\u2019 for every wireless customer\n\n48:31 - Culture headlines with Megan and Bijan\n\n52:58 - Honda retires its famed Asimo robot\n\n53:41 - Paul\u2019s weekly segment \u201cRhymes with whats poppin\u201d\n\n55:58 - Amazon adds voice control to its Alexa iOS app\n\n59:19 - Sonos Beam review: living room upgrade\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices