Intro

We’ve got our first look at how Microsoft plans to bring xCloud to every device, even iOS. Is Facebook building a smartwatch? Maybe because they’re so pissed at Apple? Is everyone trying to scupper the Nvidia/ARM deal? And why I failed to mention that Paramount+ is the new entrant in the streaming wars.

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Links:

• Here’s a first look at Microsoft’s xCloud for the web (The Verge)
• Facebook Plans Smartwatch With Focus on Messaging, Health (The Information)
• Facebook Meets Apple in Clash of the Tech Titans—‘We Need to Inflict Pain’ (WSJ)
• Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm Protest Nvidia’s Acquisition of Arm Ltd. (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft’s Big Win in Quantum Computing Was an ‘Error’ After All (Wired)
• ViacomCBS Goes ‘All-In’ on Streaming, But Without Many of Its Top Shows (Bloomberg)

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