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I'm Ed Zittron, and this is Better Offline CS coverage.

Thank you. this is Better Offline CS coverage. We are large and in charge in the Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas, beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada,

with an open bar, tacos and the strongest bench of tech commentator

talent in the known universe. As ever, we're bringing you coverage of the world's biggest tech

conference. It's day two, episode two, and our first contestants have just arrived. Joining me for

the first block is the amazing victorious song of The Verge. Hello. And we've got the wonderful

stand-up comedian host of the factually podcast, Adam Conover. Hello. And of course, the legendary broadcaster. My dad's going to be so happy. Rory Kecklin Jones, who writes the Always On Newsletter and is on the Movers and Shakers podcast. Thank you for joining us, Rory. Hello, so pleased to please your dad. Oh, he's going to be elated. So, Victoria, you describe your beat as the curse technology beat.

And I think this is a great place to begin.

Not for my mental health, but sure.

Yes, but for the yucks, perhaps.

What have you seen?

Just start anywhere.

Okay, so with my editors, you know, we're talking

trend pieces right now and they're like, V, what's your, what's your trend this year? And I was

like, bodily fluids. We are talking piss, semen, uh, blood, urine, bodily fluids, because,

you know, my actual beat is wearable and health technology.

Right.

So, you know, I'm, you know, I'm surprisingly light on wearables today.

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