Not your grandpa’s Pong

A quarter of video gamers in the U.S. are 50 and older — accounting for $5 billion a year in spending — and their tastes are more sophisticated than when video games first came out over 50 years ago. Nowadays, the market lacks options for older players. We’ll talk with some folks who are focusing on filling that gap. Plus, Meta’s Threads app launches across the world, but is notably missing from app stores in the EU, which has strict privacy laws.

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