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WSJ Tech News Briefing
Tech News Briefing is your guide to what people in tech are talking about. Every weekday, we’ll bring you breaking tech news and scoops from the pros at the Wall Street Journal, insight into new innovations and policy debates, tips from our personal tech team, and exclusive interviews with movers an...
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TNB Tech Minute: Tech Stocks Rebound, Except Amazon
Plus: The Justice Department probes Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Discovery’s studios and HBO Max streaming service. And a jury orders Uber...
TNB Tech Minute: EU Demands TikTok App Redesign
Plus: Trump’s tax law cuts Amazon’s corporate tax bill by more than half. And Stellantis books $26 billion charges over bad EV bets. Julie Chang hosts...
The AI Assistants Are Talking To Each Other
Things have been getting weird on the internet. WSJ reporter Angel Au-Yeung explains what’s behind Moltbook—the viral social network where AI assistan...
TNB Tech Minute: Nasdaq Slumps Again
Plus: Amazon to spend $200 billion as it accelerates AI projects. And Nvidia warns the Trump administration that chip export rules to China are too st...
TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI Launches Product to Build ‘AI Co-Workers’
Plus: Spotify will sell physical books in the U.S. and U.K. And Germany fines Amazon over price-filtering tools. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Nasdaq Falls Again
But Google beats Wall Street expectations. And Snap posts a profit of $45 million, compared with $9 million a year earlier. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Walmart Reaches $1 Trillion Market Cap From Online Business And AI
Plus: Shares of European legal publishing companies RELX and Wolters Kluwer fall after Anthropic releases new AI legal tools. And the selloff expands...
TNB Tech Minute: SpaceX Acquires xAI
Plus: French authorities raid X’s Paris office amid probe into deepfakes. And Spain will ban social-media access for children under 16. Julie Chang ho...
The Showdown Between Coinbase and Big Banks
Crypto exchange Coinbase has become the face of the crypto industry as the Trump administration prepares to decide the future of finance. WSJ reporter...
TNB Tech Minute: SpaceX Restricts “Unauthorized Use” of Starlink By Russian Drones
Plus: The Trump administration is preparing a $12 billion rare earth stockpile. And Saks Fifth Avenue’s parent company to wind down its partnership wi...
TNB Tech Minute: Oracle Plans to Raise Up to $50 Billion to Build Out AI Infrastructure
Plus: Disney earnings see boost from streaming. And Bitcoin price hits lowest level since April 2025. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: NYC Orders Uber Eats to Pay $3.5 Million Over Delivery Worker Pay
Plus: Tesla shares closed up 3% after reports that it might merge with SpaceX. And Charter Communications reports gains in mobile and video subscriber...
TNB Tech Minute: Bitcoin And Other Cryptocurrencies Face Fresh Pressure
Plus: Apple struggles to meet iPhone demand. And LG Electronics reports its first net loss in a year. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Amazon May Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI
Plus: NHTSA investigates Waymo after its robotaxi hit a child. And Apple posts blowout iPhone sales. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Google Settles Lawsuit Over Cellular Data Collection
Plus: Fidelity to launch a stablecoin. And Meta and Microsoft beat Wall Street expectations. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Amazon to Lay Off Another 16,000 Corporate Employees
Plus: ASML Holding logs record quarterly orders as AI spending remains strong. And SoftBank could invest up to $30 billion more in OpenAI. Julie Chang...
TNB Tech Minute: Meta Strikes Data-Center Fiber-Optic Cable Deal With Corning
Plus: The Trump administration warns South Korea against targeting U.S. tech companies amid rising trade tensions. And Amazon will shut down Amazon Go...
TNB Tech Minute: Tesla Finishes 2025 With Lower Sales in Europe
Plus: Micron will invest $24 billion in Singapore to boost chip production. And Pinterest to cut 15% of workforce. Julie Chang hosts.
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The Betting Platform Rivalry Looming Over the Superbowl
After years of fighting for legal sports betting, FanDuel and DraftKings are now facing unforeseen competition in the form of prediction markets—platf...
TNB Tech Minute: EU Will Increase Oversight of WhatsApp’s Channels Feature
Plus: Nvidia unveils a new suite of open-source AI models for weather and climate predictions. And Bitcoin recovers marginally. Julie Chang hosts.
TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia Invests Another $2 Billion in CoreWeave
Plus: Trump administration to take stake in rare-earth metal company. And quantum-computing company IonQ to acquire chip maker SkyWater Technology. Ju...
TNB Tech Minute: Musk Says Tesla Aims to Sell Humanoid Robots In Late 2027
Plus: Shares of crypto-infrastructure firm BitGo pop 25% in NYSE debut. And Autodesk will cut 1,000 jobs. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Daimler Truck’s Japan Unit And Foxconn to Set Up Electric Bus Maker
Plus: Ubisoft Entertainment shares plunge after major structural overhaul announcement. And Elon Musk takes the stage at Davos. Julie Chang hosts.
TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia Invests $150 Million in AI Startup Baseten
Plus: Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix strike a new all-cash deal. And Netflix reports a rise in revenue and profit. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI and ServiceNow Strike AI Agents Deal
Plus: Baidu’s AI assistant hits 200 million monthly active users. And Texas rare-earth magnet maker Noveon Magnetics secures $215 million in new fundi...
Inside Netflix’s Push to Stream Live Events
Netflix has continued to expand, with partnerships, diversification, and a focus on broadcasting live events and sports. WSJ’s Isabelle Bousquette ex...
TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI to Test Ads in ChatGPT
Plus: Ashley St. Clair, a conservative influencer who had a child with Elon Musk, is suing xAI over deepfake images made by its AI chatbot Grok. And S...
TNB Tech Minute: Chip Stocks Rally After TSMC Posts Record Quarter
Plus: Verizon’s hourslong outage tied to software update issue. And Ford Motor in talks to partner with BYD for batteries. Julie Chang hosts.
TNB Tech Minute: Meta Lays Off 10% of Staff in Metaverse Division
Plus: Tech stocks stumble as investors worry about high prices and regulation. And Verizon users experience outages nationwide. Julie Chang hosts.
TNB Tech Minute: The New Security Requirements for Nvidia’s China Chip Sales
Plus: Airbnb appoints former Meta AI executive as CTO. And Coca-Cola creates a new chief digital officer position. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Iran Hunts Down Starlink Users to Stop Spread of Protest Videos
Plus: AI startup Percepta has denied Palantir’s allegations of poaching workers and stealing secrets. And SK Hynix plans a $13 billion chip packaging...
TNB Tech Minute: Alphabet Joins the $4 Trillion Club
Plus: Apple has selected Google’s Gemini to power a new Siri. And a former Trump advisor joins Meta. Anthony Bansie hosts.
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The Chatbots Have Entered the Courtroom
Lawyers’ use of AI has mostly been a source of scandal in recent years. But WSJ reporter Erin Mulvaney says a small and growing number of judges are n...
TNB Tech Minute: India’s Coforge to Acquire AI Software Firm Encora
Plus: Nvidia and Coupang shares jump. And analysts say Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix could benefit from DRAM demand. Julie Chang hosts.
TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia Licenses Groq’s AI-Inference Technology
Plus: China sanctions U.S. defense companies and executives including Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Palmer Luckey over Taiwan arms sale. And Google wil...
Will EV Sales Stall or Surge in 2026?
After a $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles purchases expired in September, some consumers are questioning whether the battery-powered car...
TNB Tech Minute: AI Boom Is Reshaping Commercial Real Estate, Per Census Data
Plus: Layoffs are expected across the marketing industry as leaders face pressure over AI savings, according to a survey by Spencer Stuart. And Samsun...
TNB Tech Minute: ServiceNow to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Armis
Plus: China’s BYD logs another month of strong sales growth in Europe. And the U.S. bans new China-made drones. Julie Chang hosts.
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Why Aren’t We Using Tech That Could Reduce Drunken Driving?
Technology like the Dadss alcohol-detection system uses sensors to measure a driver’s blood alcohol level, but there are some major barriers standing...
TNB Tech Minute: Trump Clamps Down on Investment in Chinese Tech Firms
Plus: BioMarin Pharmaceutical to acquire biotech Amicus Therapeutics for about $4.8 billion. And high-speed trading firm Jump Trading is accused of co...