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Gene and Doug discuss: How the U.S Senate’s bipartisan Open App Markets Act (S. 2710) will impact our digital ecosystem. The bill was passed with a 20-2 vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and aims to penalize developers with what…

Gene is joined by Justin Barrett (CEO/Co-Founder, Eyesafe), David Friess (VP of Global Medical Affairs, STAAR Surgical) and John Ryan (CEO, Vision Plans at Unitedhealth Group) to discuss the harmful effects of blue light emitted from our digital devices and…

Amazon and Visa find a way forward. The two have reached a global resolution after a months-long dispute over processing fees. In November, Amazon threatened to stop accepting VISA in the UK, Singapore and Australia due to a 2% merchant fee,…

Gene and Doug discuss: Google is implementing its Privacy Sandbox for Android OS, and we believe it will be more advertiser-friendly than IDFA. While some have compared Google’s changes to that of Apple, it seems that Google is allowing for…

Gene is joined by Antora co-founder, Andrew Ponec, to talk batteries for heavy industry. They’re big, cost-efficient and the most likely path to turn manufacturing green. The company recently generated $50M in funding from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV),…

Gene and Doug discuss: Where there’s massive reach, there’s massive ad opportunity. Amazon increases its ad spend to $31B — which is larger than the ad revenue of Snap, Pinterest and Microsoft combined. Facebook launches its news aggregation service to…

EVs and Crypto got a lot of attention from Super Bowl advertisers. On the EV side, the long-term question is more about identity than percentage of vehicles that are electric. Featuring ⁠— General Motors, Chevy Silverado, BMW, Polestar, Kia and…

 Takeaways: Apple’s open source code has mistakenly revealed references to a new ‘realityOS.’ While we don’t expect the MR headset to be released until 2023 at the earliest, this is confirmation that the product is in the works. Salesforce shared…

Takeaways: Microsoft’s blog post outlined their view that app stores should be open to multiple payment options. This puts the philosophy of both Microsoft and Epic at odds with Apple’s. Putting together a series of recalls and announcements surfaces the…

Takeaways: • Good news for Peloton: they just hired a world-class CEO. The stock has been all over the place, which begs the question — How do you invest in rocket ships, not rollercoasters? • Apple invests in Apple Pay options…

Gene, Andrew and Doug discuss: • A couple big announcements from Meta, including Peter Thiel’s resignation and the company’s threats against the European Court of Justice to withdraw its products. The Peter Thiel news is a non-event, but wouldn’t it…

A look back — Tesla’s latest recall and Ford’s Q4 results. A look forward — Take-Two to report Q3 earnings on Feb. 7, and what we think will be the biggest upgrade in the history of gaming.