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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 and shakers in the industry.
Episodes
- WSJ Tech News Briefing
TNB Tech Minute: China’s ByteDance Accesses Top Nvidia AI Chips Through Cloud
Plus: FedEx plans to expand its use of AI agents. And Adobe’s CEO abruptly steps down after 18 years. Danny Lewis hosts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz…
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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 resulted in…
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TNB Tech Minute: Trump Administration Sues California to Block Emissions and EV Rules
Plus: Lucid launches three new models and a robotaxi as the EV company expands its midsize-vehicle platform. And Atlassian to cut about 10% of its workforce…
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TNB Tech Minute: Microsoft Announces AI Concierge Doctor In Copilot App
Plus: Tesla gets license to supply electricity in Britain. And Honda expects up to $15.7 billion hit from EV strategy reassessment. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted…
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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. Hosted by…
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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. Julie…
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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. Hosted by…
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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. Julie…
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Consultants Are Cashing in on the AI Boom
Consulting firms are striking a series of lucrative deals with AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic in an effort to help other companies make use of the cutting…
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TNB Tech Minute: Anthropic Sues Trump Administration for Security Threat Designation
Plus: Archer Aviation sues rival Joby Aviation, alleging ties to Chinese suppliers. And Nasdaq partners with Kraken for around the clock tokenized stock…
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TNB Tech Minute: Live Nation Reaches Settlement in Antitrust Case, Avoids Potential Break-Up
Plus: Trump’s sons back a new drone company. And AI infrastructure startup Nscale raises funds at a $14.6 billion valuation. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by…
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TNB Tech Minute: Iran Strikes Stranded Over 1,000 Google Employees in Dubai
Plus: Iran’s attack on the world’s largest liquefied natural gas export facility could be trouble for the global semiconductor industry. And DraftKings is…
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TNB Tech Minute: Anthropic CEO Apologizes for Leaked Memo, Will Fight New Pentagon Move
Plus: a Toyota-affiliated auto parts supplier makes a takeover bid for a Japanese chipmaker. And the Securities and Exchange Commission drops its fraud case…
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Apple’s Return to Colorful Styles—And Cheaper Options
Apple has announced a new, lower-cost entry-level phone and laptop. WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen shares an inside look at the latest colorful…
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TNB Tech Minute: Pentagon Officially Labels Anthropic a Supply-Chain Risk
Plus: Canada says OpenAI has agreed to take immediate steps regarding notifying police about potentially suspicious use of ChatGPT. And Netflix acquires Ben…
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TNB Tech Minute: Broadcom Posts Higher Sales as AI Demand Diversifies
Plus: a top South Korean lawmaker warns that a prolonged Middle East conflict could disrupt the chip industry. And the owner of the New York Stock Exchange is…
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TNB Tech Minute: Former OpenAI Research Chief’s Startup Aims to Automate Factories With AI
Plus: nuclear regulators gave the greenlight for a Bill Gates-backed project to begin construction. And semiconductor tool supplier ASM International posted a…
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TNB Tech Minute: Meta Will Create New Applied AI Engineering Organization
Plus: Kraken becomes the first crypto firm to win access to the Federal Reserve’s core payments system. And OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended his Pentagon deal…
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TNB Tech Minute: Thrive Capital and Andreesen Horowitz Co-lead Multibillion-dollar Investment in Dronemaker Anduril Industries
Plus: Goldman Sachs report predicts artificial intelligence will displace 6% of the US workforce. And Verizon has discussed revising or exiting its NFL…
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TNB Tech Minute: Chip Startup Ayar Labs Raises $500 Million in New Funding Round
Plus: Elliott Investment Management invests $1 billion in Pinterest. And Ziff Davis has struck a $1.2 billion deal to sell its connectivity division to…
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The Almost-Crisis That Struck Virginia’s Power Grid
Last year, roughly 40 data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening to crash the system. A WSJ exclusive from reporter Katherine…
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TNB Tech Minute: Amazon Will Spend Nearly $40 Billion to Expand AI Infrastructure in Spain
Plus: DraftKings is planning to introduce prediction markets to its app. And investors are returning to tech stocks amid the fallout of U.S. attacks on Iran…
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TNB Tech Minute: Amazon Web Services Disrupted in U.A.E.
Plus: Nvidia is investing $2 billion in advanced optic technology companies Lumentum and Coherent. And Chinese artificial intelligence startup MiniMax’s annual…
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TNB Tech Minute: U.S. Federal Agencies Raise Alarm About Grok Chatbot
Plus: Paramount wins bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix drops out. And Trump Media in talks to spin off businesses into a new publicly traded…
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TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI Secures $110 Billion in New Funding
Plus: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wades into the standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon. And how Jack Dorsey explained cutting nearly half of Block’s staff…
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Inside the Software Sector’s $1.6 Trillion Meltdown
Once a bankable, buoyant sector, software is turning off investors spooked by an AI-powered future. WSJ markets reporter Jack Pitcher explains how we got here…
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TNB Tech Minute: Instagram to Alert Parents If Teens Repeatedly Search For Self-Harm or Suicide
Plus: Nvidia stock falls after earnings, drags down shares of European chip companies. And Sam Altman’s ‘human verification’ startup leans on household brands…
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TNB Tech Minute: Baidu Revenue Declines For Third Straight Quarter
Plus: Mistral AI lands tech consulting group Accenture as latest big client. And Stellantis targets return to profit after scaling back costly EV investments…
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TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia Posts Record Sales, Beats Back Bubble Fears
Plus: Shares of Workday pare early losses. And Samsung releases a new line of flagship smartphones with AI features. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by Simplecast…
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TNB Tech Minute: Anthropic Softens Core AI Safety Commitments
Plus: DoorDash to wind down Deliveroo and Wolt operations in Qatar, Singapore, Japan and Uzbekistan. And Spain ramps up pressure on Apple and Amazon in a…
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TNB Tech Minute: Pentagon Gives Anthropic Ultimatum in AI Use Impasse
Plus: Stripe sees more successful and high-growth businesses join its platform as AI coding tools continue to advance. And China’s BYD sees blockbuster sales…
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TNB Tech Minute: Meta and AMD Sign More Than $100 Billion AI Chips Deal
Plus: Apple to move some Mac Mini desktop computer production from Asia to Houston. And Anthropic announces updates to Claude Cowork. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted…
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Inside the New American Tech Factories
Chip makers and other suppliers are building plants on American soil, spurred on by the promises of Big Tech’s investment in U.S. industry. WSJ reporter Rolfe…
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TNB Tech Minute: Investors Keep Selling Off Software Stocks
Plus: Financial stocks also take a hit. And Anthropic accuses three Chinese companies of siphoning data from Claude. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by Simplecast…
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TNB Tech Minute: Gilead Sciences to Buy Biotech Arcellx
Plus: Renault to take full control of Flexis electric-van. And Nvidia chips for laptop computers set to hit the market this year. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by…
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TNB Tech Minute: European Chip-Equipment Company Shares Rise After Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs
Plus: Google is looking to expand the market for its AI chips to better compete with Nvidia. And India joins Pax Silica, a group of nations aiming to counter…
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TNB Tech Minute: Amazon Surpasses Walmart As America’s Biggest Company
Plus: Apple’s foray into smartglasses could be a boon, not a threat, for EssilorLuxottica. And theft of trade secrets is on the rise. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted…
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The Data Center Next Door
Data centers are a booming business, and their rapid expansion is being felt across industries. On today’s show, we’re taking a look at two. In some regions of…
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TNB Tech Minute: West Virginia Sues Apple, Alleges iCloud Allows Distribution of Child Pornography
Plus: Walmart’s investments in technology are paying off, according to its CEO. And India’s Reliance Industries will invest more than $110 billion in AI over…
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TNB Tech Minute: Tata Group and OpenAI Team Up to Develop AI Data Centers
Plus: Buy now, pay later company Klarna swings to a loss. And DoorDash is positioning for an AI-led future. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz…
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TNB Tech Minute: Mark Zuckerberg Testifies at Landmark Social Media Trial
Plus: FCC overhauls $3 billion Lifeline phone and internet subsidy program to curb improper payments. And Moody's rebuts concerns about AI disruption. Julie…
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TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia, Arm Shares Rise Following Meta Deal
Plus: Mistral AI acquires infrastructure startup Koyeb. And the race to build data centers is fueling an "AI debt boom," analysts say. Julie Chang hosts…
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TNB Tech Minute: Spain Probes X, Meta, And TikTok Over AI Child Pornography
Plus: Eric Trump invests in ‘low cost-per-kill’ drone firm. And physical AI could become a trillion-dollar industry by 2035. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by…
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TNB Tech Minute: Warner Reopens Deal Talks With Paramount
Plus: India’s Adani Group plans to invest $100 billion on AI infrastructure. And, Infosys and Anthropic to partner on AI for businesses in regulated…
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AI Boom Creates Blind Spot in Big Tech Accounting
AI experimentation in the workplace is now showing tangible effects, from productivity gains to layoffs. Erik Brynjolfsson, a professor at Stanford's Institute…
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TNB Tech Minute: Eyeing IPO, Anthropic Adds Former GM Exec to Board
Plus: EV-maker Rivian expects to begin deliveries of its new $50,000 R2 model in the second quarter. And shares of Coinbase and Applied Materials close up…
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TNB Tech Minute: Anthropic Strikes Deal to to Redesign College Coding Courses
Plus: Pinterest stock slides after projected slower revenue growth. And Ubisoft shares jump on cash forecast. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by Simplecast, an…
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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 joins us…
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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 pay for…
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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 hosts…
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TNB Tech Minute: Activist Investor Wants Warner to Reconsider Paramount Offer
Plus: Lyft logged mixed results in its latest quarter. And crypto lender BlockFills suspends client withdrawals. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by Simplecast, an…
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TNB Tech Minute: Ford Reports Largest-Ever Quarterly Loss Mainly Due to EV Business
Plus: Shopify expects revenue growth in the first quarter of 2026. And NetEase profit falls in the fourth quarter of 2025. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by…
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TNB Tech Minute: EU Approves Google’s Purchase of Cybersecurity Startup Wiz
Plus: Paramount sweetens its hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. And wealth management stocks fall after AI tool announcement. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by…
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TNB Tech Minute: Spotify’s Subscribers Grew in the Fourth Quarter
Plus: Honda’s car business suffered a loss as EV impairments mount. And SMIC earnings topped expectations on strong chip demand, but the company gave a…
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The Philosopher Whose Job Is Teaching AI to Be Good
As Anthropic’s resident philosopher Amanda Askell spends her days trying to help AI understand morality. WSJ’s Berber Jin joins us to discuss how she’s doing…
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TNB Tech Minute: Oracle Stock Gets Boost From OpenAI Funding Runway
Plus: Alphabet sells bonds that aren’t due for 100 years. And Australian startup Neara raises more than $60 million as data centers put pressure on power…
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TNB Tech Minute: EU Plans to Impose Interim Measures in WhatsApp AI Probe
Plus: Eli Lilly to buy biotech Orna Therapeutics for up to $2.4 billion. And STMicroelectronics secures a multiyear, multibillion-dollar deal with Amazon…
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AI Takes Over Advertising: What's Next for Commercials
Today is the Super Bowl 🏈! Before you huddle up for the big game, we're bringing you an episode of What's News Sunday we thought you might enjoy. Host Alex…
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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 to pay…
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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. Hosted…