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Today on the flagship podcast of payment processing fees:
04:36 - The Verge's David Pierce travels to meet Keegan McNamara, an artisan who is making unique computers for more purposeful use cases.
A visit to the one-man computer factory
27:11 - Liz Lopatto and Alex Heath join the show to discuss the future of "super apps" in the United States — notably the one Elon Musk is trying to build with X, formerly known as Twitter.
Everything Elon Musk told Twitter employees in his first company meeting
Can Elon Musk turn Twitter into an ‘everything app’?
Here’s what Elon Musk wants to do with X, his ‘everything app’
1:09:54 - Keep listening for this week's Vergecast Hotline question.
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