Amazon buys MGM (or, a Bond villain now owns Bond?)
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This week, Devindra chats with Senior Mobile Editor Chris Velazco about Amazon’s surprising new acquisition of MGM. Yes, that’s right, the fabled studio behind the Bond franchise, among others. Is this just a play for more Prime Video content? Or is Amazon just trying to crush Netflix and Apple? Also, they discuss a potential Switch-like portable gaming PC from Valve, as well as some news from Build 2021.
Amazon buys MGM Studios for $8.45 billion – 1:51
Is Valve making a Switch-like portable gaming PC? – 14:49
News from Microsoft Build: Teams is becoming a collaborative app platform – 24:29
Satya Nadella hints at a new version of Windows – 31:15
USB-C upgrade will deliver up to 240W of power – 37:57
Working on – 42:49
Pop Culture Picks – 48:43
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