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That's right, so let's talk about Apple, the tech giant that's not satisfied with just dominating the smartphone market. No, no, no. Apple decided to dive headfirst into the finance industry, and boy

Starting and scaling a successful startup has never been easy, but in today's climate, it's more challenging than ever. With recent events, such as the collapse of SVB and the slowdown in venture capi

Governments are going BIG on batteries! As the world transitions towards cleaner energy sources, Governments have recognized the importance of securing battery supply chains in the transition towards

It seems like every electronic device these days involves some type of battery - your phone, your laptop, and even your CAR! We had another year of SuperBowls boasting new EV production cars from trad

Transporting people and cargo across the globe is almost as old as time itself! With shipping accounting for 90% of World Trade, it was surprising for us to learn how outdated the industry is with reg

In the past 2 years, inflation has been making headlines all over the world! To add to the higher grocery and utility bills, payments processing companies added on higher fees in 2022.

In 2021, transactions on these plastic cards hit $6.7 TRILLION USD. Like many other technology industries, COVID helped accelerate the shift from cash to cashless...

Technology is changing finance in developing countries. The Pandemic turbocharged it. With a staggering 650 million Internet users, India has been one of the biggest winners of digitization and by...

The dollar tumbled to a nine-month low against the euro this past week, after data showed U.S. inflation was easing, prompting bets that the Federal Reserve will be less aggressive with rate hikes...

Two months ago, the British government released a “Growth Plan” that talked about tax cuts worth about $45B. That led to a series of events that...

In early 2021 the dollar was near its lowest level in more than five years against a broad basket of currencies

During the pandemic, the way you’ve eaten has likely changed. Either you ate out less, you cooked more, or you wholeheartedly embraced food delivery such as DoorDash, Deliveroo, Grab, Swiggy or Zomato

One of the highest consumers of electric power are data centers. The data center industry is responsible for more greenhouse gases than commercial flights 🤯

Whether you’re streaming "House of the Dragon" on HBO or just chatting with your friends on Whatsapp, both cause a chain reaction and use energy.

As of 2022, approximately 95% of organizations are using cloud computing for their work and nearly 85% of companies have deployed their workload on cloud in 2021.

Since the start of the pandemic, there has been one app that has taken over Social Media. Tiktok is the most downloaded app in the App store

With Inflation not slowing down and the economy showing signs of a possible recession, companies are preparing for the worst. Layoffs are sweeping across American businesses, specifically in growth co

Airlines globally have cancelled hundreds of flights, citing labor shortages. They blame COVID-19, uncertainty, and the tight labor market for leading causes for flight cancellations and delays.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 47 million Americans quit their jobs in 2021. So.. During the Pandemic, the definition of “work” drastically changed.

As one of the worlds most televised conflict rages on in Ukraine, western countries, not directly involved, look to utilize a weapon that is forged by economists.. Sanctions...

The economic shock of higher mortgage rates means borrowers are getting stretched thin to a degree unseen since 2006. And home shoppers in April and May are finally backing away from record home price

Nearly three-quarters of Americans say owning a home is a higher measure of achievement than having a successful career, raising a family or earning a college degree, according to a new survey.

It’s been long-understood that Owning a Home Is the American Dream. Well for us millennial it’s kind of becoming a distant dream.. Scratch that its actually become a nightmare!

As cities come back to life with the influx of people returning from their COVID getaways, the rise of rent prices are hurting us all. Some cities are even seeing 60% rent increases year-over-year.

In our previous episode, we talked to Dr. Seth Benzell about How the Pandemic Changed Global Labor Markets and in this episode, we talk about the work he's done to find a solution...

Automation has been a reoccurring theme in corporations quest to improve their bottom line and stay competitive. So what has changed post the pandemic?

In the past few weeks, we’ve talked a lot about gaming, the big trends shaping this massive and growing industry, and how Metaverse fits into all of this... We’ve learned why Facebook changed...

In our last episode, we spoke about how big tech was looking at gaming as a growth strategy. And the way to own the future. The metaverse future! With big tech...

6 months ago, Facebook did something that very few companies in the world of business has ever done. They changed their entire business philosophy and mission, pivoted a $700 billion dollar company...

If you’ve ever played games on a console before like the xbox, playstation, nintendo, or even the game boy, you probably remember how expensive it was to have all the games you wanted to play...

In 2020, Out of 3.4 million electric cars sold in the world, only 328K was in the US... Compared to 1.39 million in Europe and 1.33M in China...

The growth of EV’s have gotten a lot of people excited... but has gotten environmentalists torn. Think about it... the more important materials for the batteries in your phones, laptops...

As the world leans more into electrification, people learn the importance of energy storage. In our previous episode with battery people, Yen Yeh and Nicholas Yiu, we spoke about...

A global transition to clean energy is underway. What technologies will be essential to this zero emission future? Governments and Companies across the world, have set...

For over 13 years, borrowing has been relatively easy. Rates haven’t reached more than 2.5%, compared to the highs of nearly 19% in the 80’s. This means if you’re a Millennial...

In the last decade, the gaming industry has been smashing Hollywood’s earnings out of the park! Just in 2021, the Global “Games Market” had a whopping $180BN in revenue...

There's been a data revolution in sports in the past few years.From the Oakland A’s & Houston Rockets in American sports to European football heavyweights like Liverpool...

Cyber Attacks were shockingly brazen in 2021, targeting everything from hospitals, schools, to critical infrastructure at an alarming rate. As more of the economy goes digital...

We’ve seen Bitcoin hit multiple new all-time high prices and more institutional buy-in from major companies. Coinbase went public. Even the U.S. government has increasingly...

Throughout 2021, a lot has changed. But one thing has been constant: Inflation. As COVID still continues to take a toll on global supply chains, we’re also seeing the most...

A lot of our favorite stories from 2021 revolve around the fact that the continued public health crisis have pushed technology companies, consumers, and governments to innovate immensely...

These days nearly every company is, or is in the process of becoming, a tech company. Retailers have mobile apps and e-commerce platforms. Grocery stores no longer...

In a world of extreme climate change, the traditional way of producing food is simply not enough to feed the world of the future. As less and less arable...

Close to a third of the world's adults are unbanked. Crypto aims to solve this disparity! The mission of the blockchain is not all about making money. It's about...

When was the last time you even went into a bank? Financial transactions such as accessing money, depositing checks or even buying stocks, can all...

Food is the very nourishment of life. Climate change, population growth and population density have come to challenge the way we feed ourselves. Let's look...

A fascinating new technology known as GitHub Pilot has been making waves in tech. Copilot is an automatic coding tool, powered by OpenAI, one of...

Every minute, 990,000 Tinder profiles are swiped, 156 million emails are sent, and 16 million text messages are sent out. Moreover, Google processes...

Communication apps have become vital in our day to day lives with popular mobile messaging like Whatsapp, Signal, and Facebook Messenger connecting...

Imagine if airplanes weren’t reusable. It costs a staggering $250-300M to buy a Boeing 747. A one way trip to fly anywhere on the planet would cost millions.

As we see rich countries slowly open up, there is an interesting economic phenomenon taking place. While Americans are coming out of lockdown, we are...

How many times have you had to throw away your electronics because they were out of date? Or not repairable? The result is a growing mountain of e-waste.

Since the start of the pandemic, retail investors have plowed billions into the market, making calls against institutional investors. With free trading at their...

What kind of toys did you have as a child? Was it Snakes & Ladders? Uno? For the Millennials, did you have a Game Boy? Each year, toys are getting smarter.

It’s happening. AWS is no longer the only cloud heavyweight doing business with the US Government. Azure has recently signed a $10 Billion deal with the DoD.

IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are all taking the helm for the cloud renaissance. Gartner says that in 2021, spending on public cloud services could...

Cyber-risk has more than quadrupled since 2002 and tripled since 2013. Cyber-attacks are now common across industries. Just recently, FireEye, one of the...

Even before the COVID-19 Pandemic, the world has been moving towards digitization. We spend almost all our lives on the internet and even the mundane...

Laundry routines aren't super fun for any one, but recent studies show how it's downright terrible for the environment. Washers use copious amounts of water.

Sweeping infrastructure plans are in plans across the globe. Take Biden's nearly $4 trillion infrastructure package that is aimed at repairing roads...

Infrastructure today cannot meet the needs of the digital economy tomorrow. 5G, driverless cars, sustainable cities, broadband access to all are some of...

Online searches for inflation have multiplied over the past few months.. The surge in attention comes during a supply demand mismatch, resulting in...

Product placement is key to sales and profit in supermarkets and grocery stores.. Every aisle of a supermarket has 100s of different brands of products...

As zoom university comes to an end for the graduating class of 2021, we ask ourselves, is online learning here to stay? The trends say it is... sort of.

Nike, Disney, Coca Cola, Apple, and Sony all have one thing in common. They have built iconic brands that have become recognizable world-wide.

Is it possible to make artificial intelligence more accessible to companies, both large and small? Our latest episode is with Hyun Kim, Co-Founder and CEO of...

How do you know where your UberEats, DoorDash or Caviar orders REALLY come from? The pandemic has pushed delivery applications to the lime light.

In a world that's increasingly becoming data-driven, we see the importance of business intelligence or "BI". With more data getting gathered, we have the...

Why can’t we just scale up production and meet demand? Well, we think it might be a supply chain problem. There are only a few players in the manufacturing...

We live in a digital economy that is largely powered by semiconductor chips! They are the brains of nearly every electronic device we buy and use, from...

What is synthetic media you ask? Well it’s been in the headlines as deepfakes, videos of famous influential figures that appear to be saying controversial...

Let’s flashback to the 1970’s, a really interesting use-case for economists to explain what the central bank deals with today, the fear of inflation!

Since the beginning of 2020 Big Tech has purchased 1.6 million square feet of office space in NYC alone. It’s a move to control their operations, park hoards of...

At the current state it would take only 2.5 months to run out of available houses for new homebuyers to purchase. This is a new low from 40 years back and...

As technology disrupts different parts of the economy, healthcare is one that is burdened with huge regulation risk but also provides a direct and measurable...

Recent reports indicate that global food prices are at a 7 year high due to COVID related supply chain disruptions has resulted in price hikes in staples like...

The World isn’t Flat, Why is your Display? In our latest, we host Aleksandra Pedraszewska, COO and co-founder of VividQ a deep tech company that enables...

It wasn't too long ago that we would have to dial to order delivery food without seeing menus, customizing orders, and seeing updates on delivery statuses.

In April of this year, at the peak of the pandemic, the unemployment rates hit a historic 14.7%, which was a post WWII high! Since then, the unemployment rate...

2019 was the second warmest year on record and the end of the warmest decade (2010-2019) ever recorded. Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and other...

It happened not too long ago, the most complex board game (GO) with as many possible moves as atoms in the Universe was won by an AI designed by...

There is no simple way to sum up this year. 2020 saw tremendous change and suffering as well as renewed hope and heroics. Join the conversation as we...

So many of our family stories are formative to our personal background, traditions, and even our identity, so why hasn't there been an app to save and share...

The Cannabis Industry has been changing for a while. Years of activism and millions of dollars of investment have come and 2020 has been the year...

In a time when stress levels are high and many people feel stuck there are many mindfulness apps that help you destress and stay centered. Today we...

The world is turning towards renewable energy and we've noticed the growing interest in the Electric Vehicle (EV) market. From 2015 to 2019, annual EV sales...

According to Kommando Tech, there are about 4.5 Billion users of the internet (more than half of the world population). About 64% of those users access...

Journalist's are leaving media powerhouses for more personal platforms that allow them to build their own brand on. In a time when the Murdoch Family...

One of the coolest new companies in the space of design, Figma has quickly become the dominant player in its space, with its highly collaborative...

The Auto Industry is in a position that it’s never been with global shutdowns, development of new technology, and changing consumer preferences. Global...

Cannabis is a $52 Billion industry in the United States and Americans LOVE it (they consume 29.9 million pounts of cannabis). This is a massive industry and...

2020 has pushed the coal industry to once-unthinkable lows, and the consequences for climate change are big. But let's rewind a bit.. How did we get here?

How does one get into an elite media publishing house such as the Economist. What goes in to producing one of the most credible and listened...

Have you finally gone back to get a drink with a friend in an open-air bar? Have you gotten that much needed haircut? Although the Pandemic isn't...

According to OECD estimates, technology will transform about 1/3 of the jobs worldwide (1 BILLION JOBS). Earlier in 2020 we had another Davos Conference...

We live in the data mining age, where tracking data has become a very valuable currency. Many industries are growing to adopt more technologies that can...

Higher education has been ripe for disruption for a long time as the skyrocketing costs have put college degrees out of reach for a significant portion of...

There is no surprise that new technology displaces jobs. This very sentiment was the cornerstone of Presidential candidate Andrew Yang's campaign...

The Big 4 Face Congress. The United States Congress has labelled Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook as monopolies officially for the record.

In our most recent episode, Things Have Changed had the opportunity to speak and learn from Dr. Seth Benzell, Digital Economist, Assistant Professor at...