Engadget Podcast: Why did Amazon buy MGM?

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.

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Engadget · Amazon buys MGM (or, a Bond villain now owns Bond?)

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Topics

• 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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Credits
Hosts: Devindra Hardawar and Christopher Velazco
Producer: Ben Ellman
Livestream producers: Julio Barrientos, Owen Davidoff, Luke Brooks
Graphics artists: Luke Brooks, Kyle Maack
Music: Dale North and Terrence O'Brien