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Feb 2021
20m 2s

Tue. 02/02 – Ok, But Is Stadia Long For ...

Brian McCullough
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Google is getting out of the game development business, but is it getting out of the Stadia business or just pivoting to infrastructure? Apple acknowledges that Covid has basically hobbled Face ID. Uber gets into the liquor delivery business. And Amazon’s plans for its HQ2 architecture shows at least somebody in Silicon Valley is not buying the remote work h ... Show More
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