Listen "HBO vs. Max and Twitter vs. Substack"
Episode Synopsis
The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss Warner Bros. Discovery's new streaming service, Sony's mobile gaming move, and Twitter's feud with Substack.
Further reading:
HBO and Discovery’s ‘Max’ streaming service is here
Max is charging more money for 4K, and that means it can't suck this time
What we’ve learned about Sony PlayStation’s new smartphone games team
Sony is gearing up for a new cloud gaming push amid rumors of a PlayStation handheld
NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube starts at $249 for the 2023 season
Google TV’s live guide is getting crammed full of over 800 free channels
Microsoft is experimenting with a Windows gaming handheld mode for Steam Deck-like devices
NPR becomes first major news organization to leave Twitter
PBS also stops tweeting after being hit with ‘government-funded media’ label
Is Substack Notes a ‘Twitter clone’? We asked CEO Chris Best
Mini’s cars are getting an ‘intelligent personal assistant’ named Spike
You can now talk to Microsoft’s Bing chatbot from your keyboard in iOS with SwiftKey
Nvidia RTX 4070 review: a $599 RTX 3080 — kind of
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Further reading:
HBO and Discovery’s ‘Max’ streaming service is here
Max is charging more money for 4K, and that means it can't suck this time
What we’ve learned about Sony PlayStation’s new smartphone games team
Sony is gearing up for a new cloud gaming push amid rumors of a PlayStation handheld
NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube starts at $249 for the 2023 season
Google TV’s live guide is getting crammed full of over 800 free channels
Microsoft is experimenting with a Windows gaming handheld mode for Steam Deck-like devices
NPR becomes first major news organization to leave Twitter
PBS also stops tweeting after being hit with ‘government-funded media’ label
Is Substack Notes a ‘Twitter clone’? We asked CEO Chris Best
Mini’s cars are getting an ‘intelligent personal assistant’ named Spike
You can now talk to Microsoft’s Bing chatbot from your keyboard in iOS with SwiftKey
Nvidia RTX 4070 review: a $599 RTX 3080 — kind of
Vote for us in the People’s Voice Webby Awards for Best Technology Podcast
Email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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