HomePod (2023) review, the Steam Deck one year later, and faking your death online

The Vergecast

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🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Today on the flagship podcast of removable power cords: 02:14 - The Verge’s Alex Cranz, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Chris Welch, and Nilay Patel discuss the updated version of the Apple HomePod. Apple’s new HomePod plays it safe How to use the Apple HomePod’s temperature and humidity sensors 43:23 - Katharine Trendacosta joins the show to discuss why and how faking your death has been a common practice in online communities. A Fake Death in Romancelandia She created a fake Twitter persona — then she killed it with COVID-19 1:05:19 - Verge senior editor Sean Hollister gives an updated review of Valve’s Steam Deck, which had a buggy start in 2022. The Steam Deck wasn’t born ready, but it’s ready now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, you're listening to The Verge House, the flagship podcast of removable power cords.
0:07.7	I'm your friend Alex Kranz and you know it's kind of nice here in New York City today
0:12.3	because it's snowing technically.
0:15.3	Big fat flakes, but it's super warm so they're not actually sticking.
0:18.5	But it's a nice change of pace because if you didn't know until yesterday, North Texas
0:23.5	had actually gotten more snow than New York City this year, absolutely wild stuff.
0:29.1	Another wild is the show we've got coming up today.
0:31.5	It's going to be a lot of fun.
0:33.1	I'm talking with Chris Welch and Gin Toey and also Neely.
0:37.2	And we're going to be talking all about the home pods place in like the smart home ecosystem,
0:42.6	what it means for matter, what it means for home theaters.
0:45.3	It's a lot of fun.
0:46.6	I'm also going to be talking to Catherine Trin de Costa from the EFF all about faking
0:50.8	your death online.
0:53.1	And finally, hang out with my good friend Sean Hollister.
0:56.2	We're going to be talking about your favorite gadget, my favorite gadget, everybody's favorite
1:00.1	gadget, the steam deck.
1:01.7	It's going to be a super fun, super nerdy time.
1:04.7	All of that's happening right after this.
1:07.4	I wonder if I could do a snow angel in this.
1:10.8	I probably should not.
1:14.6	When you arrive in the all new Toyota Crown, every entrance becomes a grand one.
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