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HBO vs. Max and Twitter vs. Substack

HBO vs. Max and Twitter vs. Substack

FromThe Vergecast


HBO vs. Max and Twitter vs. Substack

FromThe Vergecast

ratings:
Length:
98 minutes
Released:
Apr 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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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Released:
Apr 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. And on Tuesdays, Nilay hosts in-depth, one-on-one interviews with major technology leaders. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.