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May 2022
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Microsoft's Changes Directions With Its ...

Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood and Tom Merritt
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Microsoft said it pivoted from its current iteration of its dedicated game streaming device code named Keystone, Meta announces a new privacy policy to better explain what data its collecting, and Amazon opens its first Style brick-and-mortar store in California.


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