Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
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Pivot Predictions Special: 2022
Kara, Scott and a handful of Friends of Pivot make some predictions about what 2022 has in store for the Metaverse, China, Apple and more.
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Toyota’s GOP contributions, BuzzFeed’s SPAC and a Friend of Pivot from Microsoft
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Uber and Lyft price surge, the Biden infrastructure bill and Friend of Pivot Casey Newton
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Apple and Epic go to trial and Friend of Pivot Senator Amy Klobuchar
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Amazon union defeat, Alibaba’s antitrust fine, and Walter Isaacson on CRISPR
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Global corporate tax, Facebook’s data breach and a Friend of Pivot on “cancel culture”
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Tony Hsieh, Jeff Bezos’s Twitter fingers, and Big Tech in Congress (again)
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