The Nintendo Switch Lite is a smaller cheaper Switch that doesn’t “switch,” HBO Max is ready for the streaming thunderdome, is Slack falling behind Microsoft Teams, and an effort to close a funny tax loophole for crypto investors.

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Nintendo announces a handheld Nintendo Switch Lite for $199 (TechCrunch)

HBO Max will be the exclusive streaming home of 'Friends' (Engadget)

BET Streaming Service Taps Netflix Alum as Leader (Exclusive) (The Hollywood Reporter)

AT&T says it will automatically block robocalls ‘in the coming months’ (The Verge)

Microsoft might crush Slack like Facebook crushed Snapchat (ReCode)

Snapchat announces new shows from Serena Williams, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others (TechCrunch)

Next on Facebook’s Shopping List: Acquisitions to Beef Up Gaming (The Information)

Bill to provide “safe harbor” for crypto fork taxpayers reintroduced in Congress (The Block)

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