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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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The Surprising Chip Strategy Fueling Apple’s Profits
Apple is repurposing chips that might’ve otherwise been thrown out to fuel its newer, cheaper product lines. WSJ’s Rolfe Winkler joins us to talk abou...
TNB Tech Minute: Space Stocks Get Lifted By SpaceX IPO Hype
Plus: Lenovo Group records its fastest revenue growth in years. And AI is boosting productivity gains in very specific tasks, but has yet to scale acr...
TNB Tech Minute: World Trade Grew in First Quarter on AI Boom
Plus: France to pour over $1 billion into quantum tech race. And Meta joins other platforms in settling lawsuit over social-media harms on youth. Juli...
Inside SpaceX’s Blockbuster IPO Filing
Space X’s IPO filing is shedding new light on its finances and operations. Elon Musk’s rocket giant is losing billions of dollars as it funds a massiv...
TNB Tech Minute: Trump Postpones AI Executive Order Due to Overregulation Concerns
Meanwhile, California governor Gavin Newsom signs order on AI aimed at helping workers. And the maker of Oura Rings files confidentially for IPO. Juli...
TNB Tech Minute: U.S. Will Award $2 Billion and Take Equity Stakes in Quantum-Computing Firms
Plus: Anthropic is poised to turn its first quarterly profit. And Advanced Micro Devices plans to invest more than $10 billion in Taiwan’s chip indust...
TNB Tech Minute: SpaceX Filing Launches Countdown to IPO
Plus: OpenAI is preparing to file for an IPO very soon. And Nvidia reports record sales and income, beating estimates. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Meta Begins Laying Off Thousands of Employees to Offset AI Costs
Plus: Bristol-Myers Squibb is giving more than 30,000 employees access to Anthropic’s Claude. And Alibaba releases powerful new AI chips in a push to...
TNB Tech Minute: Google Debuts New Personal AI Agent
Plus: Andrej Karpathy, a Tesla alum and OpenAI co-founder, joins Anthropic. And Mach Industries has acquired rocket-maker Exquadrum for $50 million. I...
TNB Tech Minute: Google and Blackstone Plan New AI Cloud Company
Plus: Congress is proposing a new registration fee for electric vehicle owners. And Anthropic allows Mythos-users to share some findings on cybersecur...
A Verdict in Tech’s Trial of the Century
A jury has made a decision in the blockbuster trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI. WSJ deputy technology editor Bradley Olson breaks down what the deci...
TNB Tech Minute: Jury Unanimously Rejects Elon Musk’s Claims Against OpenAI
Plus: online used-car retailer Carvana is expanding into new-car dealerships. And Elliott Investment Management has built a large stake in life-scienc...
TNB Tech Minute: U.S. Senators Want to Ban Digital Gambling Ads Targeting Minors
Plus: Publicis Groupe has agreed to purchase data platform LiveRamp for $2.55 billion. And NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy plan to merge amid an AI...
TNB Tech Minute: Anthropic Is Raising Another $30 Billion Ahead of Expected IPO
Plus: an Australian defense-tech startup raises $18 million to expand in the U.S. And Stifel analysts say Salesforce is under pressure ahead of its fi...
TNB Tech Minute: Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Announces New Stake in Microsoft
Plus: Stellantis inks $1.17 billion electric vehicle deal with Chinese automaker Dongfeng Group. And the crypto industry notches a win in Washington....
The Legal Battle Between Elon Musk and OpenAI Enters Its Final Days
Closing arguments for blockbuster trial between billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI took place Thursday. WSJ reporter Jim Carlton unpacks what happened i...
TNB Tech Minute: Cerebras Stock Soars Nearly 70% in Nasdaq Debut
Plus: Researchers say they found issues in Apple security using Anthropic’s Mythos AI. And Foxconn reports strong first quarter results, driven by AI...
TNB Tech Minute: Cerebras Systems Kicks Off a Big Year for AI IPOs
Plus: some hedge funds are making big bucks from chipmaker and AI hardware stocks. And Cisco Systems is cutting thousands of jobs to free up cash for...
TNB Tech Minute: Rivian CEO’s Robotics Startup Raises $400 Million
Plus: Meta introduces new incognito chat option for its AI model. And Netflix secures three more football games in new deal with NFL. Julie Chang host...
TNB Tech Minute: Sam Altman Takes the Stand in Blockbuster Trial
Plus: Meta offers WhatsApp tool to AI rivals for free to appease EU regulators. And Tencent doubles down on AI. Imani Moise hosts.
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A $6.6 Billion Payday for OpenAI Employees
Some OpenAI employees are cashing out for millions before the company has even gone public. WSJ reporter Berber Jin explains how the AI boom is creati...
TNB Tech Minute: Microsoft CEO Testifies in Elon Musk’s Trial Against OpenAI
Plus: Cerebras boosts target IPO price, seeking to raise $4.8 billion. And Circle raises $222 million from institutional investors through new token....
TNB Tech Minute: SoftBank Launches Battery Venture in Japan
Plus: Prosus sells partial stake in Delivery Hero for nearly $395 million. And unemployment is on the rise in the information technology job sector. I...
A New Tax for the AI Era
As AI transforms the labor market, some economists and tech leaders are pushing for a new kind of tax. WSJ reporter Katie Bindley explains the growing...
TNB Tech Minute: Publishers Sue Meta Over Alleged Use of Copyrighted Works in AI Training
Plus: PayPal to cut 20% of staff. And shares of Palantir slide despite record quarterly revenue and profit. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Google, Microsoft and xAI Agree to Share Early AI Models with Trump Administration
Plus: The U.S army pushes defense contractors to open up software to new tools. And Coinbase lays off 14% of workforce in AI push. Imani Moise hosts.<...
Domestic Surveillance Is Expanding With New, AI-Powered Tools
The Department of Homeland Security is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on tools that give federal agents easy access to personal data and whe...
TNB Tech Minute: New York Sues Coinbase, Gemini Over Their Prediction Markets
Plus: The U.K.’s communications services watchdog investigates Telegram over child safety. And the head of Dutch military intelligence says China’s cy...
Why Software Updates Are Suddenly More Urgent
A new AI tool found thousands of cybersecurity risks and developers are racing to patch them up. WSJ personal-tech columnist Nicole Nguyen explains wh...
Sam Altman’s Tangled Web of Investments
Ahead of OpenAI’s planned IPO, CEO Sam Altman’s financial interests remain relatively opaque. WSJ reporter Berber Jin tells us why that makes it hard...
TNB Tech Minute: Amazon Revs Up Car Sales Service With More Brands
Plus: Insurers could gain big business from data centers. And America's trade deficit has an AI problem. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Meta Platforms Projected to Beat Google as World’s Largest Digital-Ad Business
Plus: the Philippines orders Meta to curb “panic-inducing” fake news. And Palo Alto Networks’ founder agrees to buy Liberty Bank to boost AI tools for...
How the Pentagon Standoff is Shaking Up the Fight for AI Talent
Anthropic’s standoff with the Pentagon may be giving it an edge in the AI talent race, while OpenAI’s decision to make a deal with the agency has resu...
TNB Tech Minute: Meta Unveils Four New Custom-Built Chips for Internal Use
Plus: WhatsApp introduces parent-managed accounts for preteens. And Microsoft rallies behind Anthropic in clash with the Pentagon. Julie Chang hosts.<...
TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia Invests in Nebius to Expand AI Cloud Infrastructure
Plus: DOJ investigates Iran’s use of Binance to evade U.S. sanctions. And Oracle raises its sales outlook as demand for AI continues to outpace supply...
TNB Tech Minute: Meta to Acquire AI Agent Social Media Platform Moltbook
Plus: Nvidia invests in Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab. And Airbnb hires former Uber executive as new operations chief. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Ex-Meta AI Pioneer’s Startup Raises Over $1 Billion
DEK - Plus: Chinese EV-maker NIO reports first-ever net profit. And Uber expands feature that allows female users to request rides from women drivers....
The New AI Dating Platform Taking Stanford by Storm
Thousands of students at Stanford are obsessing over Date Drop, a new platform that uses AI to match singles based on compatibility. WSJ’s Jasmine Li...
TNB Tech Minute: U.S. Smuggled Thousands of Starlink Terminals Into Iran
Plus: Russia is blocking access to WhatsApp and Telegram to boost its own messaging app. And SoftBank says it took on another $27 billion in debt to p...
TNB Tech Minute: Anthropic Spends $20 Million In AI Regulation Push Ahead of Midterms
Plus: Elon Musk announces a reorganization and staff departures at xAI. And Lenovo posts record revenue driven by device sales and AI. Julie Chang hos...