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This week on The Vergecast, Dieter is on vacation, so Silicon Valley editor and host of an upcoming Verge podcast, Casey Newton, joins us. Nilay, Paul, and Casey run through the news of the week, including Samsung Galaxy S9 leaks, Twitter bots, and third-party keyboards.\n\nAlso, as a preview of Casey\u2019s upcoming podcast Converge with Casey Newton, Casey takes over as the host of The Vergecast for a segment to beta test a new game for his podcast with Nilay and Paul as contestants. \n\nWe\u2019ve got a whole lot more in between that \u2014 like Paul\u2019s segment he does every week \u201cWarm robot hugs\u201d \u2014 so listen to it all, and you\u2019ll get it all.\n\n02:26 - Everything we think we know about the Samsung Galaxy S9\n\n09:26 - Intel\u2019s 5G laptops vs Qualcomm\u2019s all day LTE laptops\n\n16:22 - Does Google Reply count as another messaging app? \n\n20:28 - Swype keyboard has been discontinued\n\n22:00 - Twitter bans bulk tweeting and duplicate accounts in bot crackdown\n\n31:32 - Here\u2019s some Twitter options for Mac users now that the official app is going away\n\n37:05 - Converge with Casey Newton beta\n\n56:36 - Paul\u2019s weekly segment \u201cWarm robot hugs\u201d\n\n58:26- Apple employees can\u2019t stop walking into the beautiful glass doors at new Apple Park campus\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices