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Facebook F8, Galaxy S8, and Juicero's fate

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Here we are! Another episode of The Vergecast. It’s been a busy week, which means lots for Nilay, Ashley, Dan, and Paul to talk about on the show. Facebook’s F8 developer conference took place this week so there’s lots of weird updates with AR, social VR, and mind reading. "It's two sci-fis at once," Paul says.

And of course, the Galaxy S8 has been reviewed! Dan gives us his first-hand impressions, what his favorite features are, and whether he prefers it over the iPhone and the Pixel.

And wow there’s a whole bunch of other stuff we talked about so listen through it all to keep feeding your brain.

01:37 - Juicero offering refunds to all customers after people realize $400 juicer is totally unnecessary

06:34 - Samsung Galaxy S8 review: ahead of the curve

29:25 - Facebook F8 conference 2017

54:23 - Paul’s weekly segment “One day, not so far away, it may be possible for me to think in Mandarin and for you to feel instantly in Spanish

55:39 - Plastc swiped $9 million from backers and just completely vanished

59:35 - Nintendo is reportedly planning to launch a miniature SNES before Christmas

1:00:17 - Intel's next-generation SSD technology is finally ready and it's really, really fast

1:00:51 - Slack is adding AIM-style custom status messages

If you enjoyed this podcast and can’t wait for more, we have more stuff you can listen to! We have Ctrl-Walt-Delete with Walt Mossberg and Nilay Patel, which dives deep into tech. We have Verge Extras, which experiments with audio and podcasting in new and interesting ways. You might also want to check out Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher, and Too Embarrassed to Ask hosted by Lauren Goode! You can find them all in iTunesGoogle PlaySpotify, and anywhere you get your podcasts nowadays.