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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