Tue. 09/22 – Quibi Is “Exploring Options”

Quibi is exploring its options, as they say. The Google Antitrust suit could come next week. Why do you have to return the entire Apple Watch if your wristband doesn’t fit? The CIA has a new plan to compete with Silicon Valley for talent. The SEC and OCC sign off on stablecoins. And the strategy behind Microsoft’s big play for Bethesda.

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Links:

• Quibi Explores Strategic Options Including Possible Sale (WSJ)
• Justice Department expected to brief state attorneys general this week on imminent Google antitrust lawsuit (Washington Post)
• PSA: New Apple Watch Owners Have to Return Entire Device for Ill-Fitting Solo Loop or Braided Solo Loop (MacRumors)
• A $50 Phone is Ambani's Weapon to Dominate India Telecom Market (Bloomberg)
• SEC, OCC Issue First Regulatory Clarifications for Stablecoins (CoinDesk)
• CIA’s new tech recruiting pitch: More patents, more profits (MIT Technology Review)
• You can now stream your Xbox One games to your Android phone for free (The Verge)
• Microsoft to Buy Bethesda for $7.5 Billion to Boost Xbox (Bloomberg)
• Microsoft to acquire Elder Scrolls, Fallout, other hit games in $7.5B deal for Bethesda Softworks parent (GeekWire)
• Watch a demo of Royole’s new folding phone, on sale today for roughly $1,500 (The Verge)