HBO vs. Max and Twitter vs. Substack

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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