Behind Apple’s Decision to Make iPhones in India
Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off a plan to manufacture iPhones in India years ago. It was one of a series of savvy moves, along with a newly announced $100 billion U.S. investment, that have helped the company avoid President Trump’s recent tariff threats. WSJ South Asia bureau chief Tripti Lahiri joins us to discuss Apple’s plans. Plus, should you spy on your child’s phone? WSJ family and tech co...
11m Aug 08, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI’s GPT-5 Is Here
Plus: Space company Firefly Aerospace goes public. And General Motors plans to import batteries from China despite steep tariffs. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Aug 07, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Trump Calls on Intel’s CEO to Resign Over China Ties
Plus: President Trump imposes roughly 100% tariffs on chips coming to the U.S. The EU says its exports of chips to the U.S. will face a 15% tariff ceiling. SoftBank posts quarterly profit. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Aug 07, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Airbnb, Lyft and DoorDash Post Higher Profits
Plus: FTC moves to block Edwards Lifesciences acquisition of JenaValve Technology. And North Korea expands satellite launch site. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Aug 06, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia Warns Against Back Doors in Chips
Plus: Shopify, Disney, Uber and Siemens Energy report strong second-quarter earnings. And Apple may soon announce an investment in the U.S., according to National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Aug 06, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Palantir Shares Jump While TSMC’s Fall
Plus: Linda Yaccarino, former CEO of X, lands at eMed Population Health. And NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy directs the agency to support more private space stations. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Aug 05, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: ElevenLabs Launches AI Music Service
Plus: German chip maker Infineon Technologies lifts its guidance as semiconductor demand picks up. Three people are arrested over the suspected theft of TSMC’s trade secrets. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Aug 05, 2025
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When the Chatbot Tells You What You Want to Hear
AI chatbots have a tendency to flatter users—a term called AI “sycophancy.” And while it feels good, you may pay a high price for that praise. Malihe Alikhani, an assistant professor of AI at Northeastern University’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences, joins us to explain the risks. Plus, should you keep your digital secrets in a digital safe? Belle Lin hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Te...
11m Aug 05, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Palantir Beats Wall Street, Raises Outlook
Plus: U.S. bid to compete in AI with China faces first trial. Tesla stock rises after CEO Elon Musk gets multibillion-dollar stock award. And Spotify to increase premium subscription prices in regions around the globe. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Aug 04, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Tesla to Award Elon Musk $24 Billion in Stock
Plus: Foxconn to convert EV plant to make AI hardware. Joby Aviation will acquire Blade Air Mobility unit for up to $125 million. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Aug 04, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Noma Security Raises $100 Million to Keep AI Agents in Check
Plus: Apple said it would substantially increase capital expenditures. Palantir was awarded a $10 billion dollar, 10-year federal contract. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Aug 01, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: MPLX to Acquire Northwind Midstream for $2.38 Billion
Plus: A top Intel chip-packaging expert takes a job at Samsung. Sources say Axiata will start the sale process for the world’s sixth-largest tower company. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Aug 01, 2025
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Can These New Chips Solve AI’s Energy Problem?
Chip startups are battling to sell cloud-computing providers the custom-built inference chips of the future. But the question is, can they actually make a dent in AI’s projected energy demand? WSJ columnist and co-host of the Bold Names podcast, Christopher Mims joins us to explain. Plus, Hollywood is losing ground to YouTube as the tech giant wins the battle for TV viewers. Belle Lin hosts. S...
11m Aug 01, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Figma Shares Soar Over 200% in Stock-Market Debut
Plus: Apple’s iPhone sales blew past estimates as some customers raced to beat potential price increases from tariffs. Amazon posts higher sales and profit in its latest earnings report. And, some tech giants are revising their AI claims after scrutiny from a regulatory group. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 31, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Microsoft Just Became the World’s Second $4 Trillion Company
Plus: Southeast Asian ride hailing and delivery giant, Grab, is leaning into driverless technologies. Samsung expects AI-fueled earnings improvement after profit drops.. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 31, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Airbus Backs Its Guidance After Trump-EU Trade Deal
Plus: Autonomous trucks are now driving highways at night. Tech giants Meta and Microsoft report earnings. Ariana Aspuru hosts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 30, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Amazon to Pay New York Times at Least $20 Million a Year in AI Deal
Plus: AI finance app, Ramp, is valued at $22.5 billion in funding round. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 30, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: PayPal Raises Full-Year Guidance After Gains From Active Accounts and Venmo
Plus: Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity provider, CyberArk Software. JPMorgan Chase nears a deal to take over Apple’s credit-card program. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 29, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Spain Expands Antitrust Probe on Apple’s Third-Party App Prices
Plus: Spotify gains subscribers, but reports a loss for the second quarter. And, EssilorLuxottica’s stock value increased after executives were upbeat about its Meta smart-glasses partnership. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 29, 2025
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How AI Is Disrupting the Job Market for Recent Grads
Between a yearslong white-collar hiring slump and recession worries, the labor market was already fragile for young college graduates. Now, artificial intelligence threatens to completely upend it. Plus, why you might want to wait on buying a new iPhone this summer. Belle Lin hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...
11m Jul 29, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Astronomer Taps A-List Celebs to Help Move On From Coldplay Kiss Cam Scandal
Plus: Firefly Aerospace sets IPO terms that could push market cap above $5.5 billion. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 28, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Samsung Signs $16.5 Billion Chip-Supply Contract with Tesla
Plus: EU watchdog warns Temu on safety of products sold on its platform. Nvidia could roll out a downgraded AI chip for China. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 28, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Charter Communications’ Modest Growth Triggers Steep Sell-Off
Plus: Imax reported better-than-expected second quarter results. And, Kentucky sues Temu over China-linked security threat. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 25, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Intel to Lay off 15% of Workers
Plus: Profits in LG Electronics slip as the company weighs tariff impacts. And, a failed Microsoft security patch led to a new China-linked hack. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 25, 2025
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Are They Web Hackers or Care Bears? The Answer May Surprise You
Names like Laundry Bear and Chatty Spider don’t exactly inspire fear, but cybersecurity professionals have long used them as shorthand for hacker groups out to spread havoc around the world. Now, some online-security pros are trying to end this cute trend. Plus, employees looking for a reward after using AI tools to finish their work faster will probably be disappointed. Patrick Coffee hosts. ...
12m Jul 25, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Musk Tells Tesla Investors to Focus on a Future Filled With Robots
Plus: Honeywell International reported higher than expected second quarter results and raised its outlook for the year. And, an American woman has been sentenced to prison for helping North Koreans get jobs at Nike and other U.S. firms. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 24, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia and AMD CEOs Rally Behind President Trump’s AI Plan
Walmart is simplifying its approach to AI agents. Plus, SK Hynix will boost its investment in AI chips after record results. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 24, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Trump Pledges to Boost AI Use and Exports
Walmart to hire a former Instacart executive to lead its AI ambitions. Google’s parent company Alphabet and Tesla release earnings. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 23, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: U.K. Competition Watchdog Proposes New Rules for Apple and Google
Amazon is buying an AI-powered wearable bracelet maker that records your conversations. And, AT&T adds wireless and home-internet subscribers. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 23, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Musk’s Startup Looks to Raise $12 Billion for xAI Chips
China has now supercharged its EV industry. Nokia cuts its outlook due to tariff and currency concerns. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 22, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI and SoftBank’s $500 Billion AI Project Is Struggling
High AI costs are pushing more smaller cybersecurity companies to sell. President Trump is expected to deliver a major address about winning the AI race. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 22, 2025
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You Can Add a Private Chef to Your Airbnb Rental but Your Host Might Not Like It
Airbnb has opened another front in its ongoing competition with the hospitality industry with “services,” a new product line that will offer everything from private chefs to personal trainers for guests—as long as their hosts approve. Plus, WSJ’s Lauren Weber explains why you may just have to accept talking to people while they’re wearing airpods. Patrick Coffee hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's ...
11m Jul 22, 2025
11m
TNB Tech Minute: Trump Aides Find Most SpaceX Contracts Vital
Plus: Amazon hiked prices on hundreds of essentials after pledging to keep prices low. And, NASA wrestles with growing dissent over safety direction. Charlotte Gartenberg hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Jul 21, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Alaska Airlines Resumes Operations After IT Outage
Plus: SS&C Technologies is set to buy Calastone from Carlyle for about $1 billion. Microsoft alerts firms to server software attacks. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Jul 21, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: White House Prepares Executive Order Targeting ‘Woke AI’
Plus: Netflix is looking to boost user engagement. Australian mining company Fortescue is rethinking its new U.S. green-energy projects due to Trump’s policies. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Jul 18, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: House Passes Crypto Bills
Plus: Meta won’t sign EU’s AI code of practice. Battery-material producer shares rise as U.S. set to tariff Chinese graphite. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 18, 2025
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Microsoft’s AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on What He Really Thinks of AGI
Mustafa Suleyman is a key figure in the artificial intelligence world. He’s Microsoft AI CEO, with roots in Google’s DeepMind and Inflection AI. Suleyman recently joined WSJ columnists Christopher Mims and Tim Higgins on an episode of their Bold Names podcast. They discuss why AI assistants are central to Microsoft’s AI future, the company’s relationship with OpenAI, and what Suleyman really th...
42m Jul 18, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Meta Directors and Shareholders Settle Privacy Suit
Plus: OpenAI rolls out a new agent that can make spreadsheets and PowerPoints. Defense-tech startup Hadrian raises $260 million for a new robot factory. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 17, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: National-Security Concerns Hold Up Trump’s U.A.E Chips Deal
Plus: TSMC plans to speed up its Arizona expansion to meet rising demand for chips. GE Aerospace raises guidance after earnings beat. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 17, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Oracle’s Stock Price Has Doubled Over the Past Two Years
Plus: Ubisoft names two co-CEOs to lead its new Tencent-backed subsidiary. And, Estée Lauder’s new CEO makes fresh push to reach shoppers online. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 16, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: ASML Shares Dip as Tariff Uncertainty Prompts Growth Warning
Plus: Nvidia’s CEO praises China’s technology after Trump allows the chip-maker to resume selling its chips to China. Alibaba-backed Chinese AI startup files for Hong Kong IPO. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 16, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Trump Touts Billions in Investments to Create AI Hub in Pennsylvania
Plus: Apple strikes a $500 million deal to buy rare-earth magnets from U.S. supplier MP Materials. And, Tesla’s top North American sales executive leaves the company amid slump. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 15, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia Can Resume Sales of AI Chip to China
Plus: Ericsson earnings beat forecasts. And, Oracle pledges $3 billion for AI, cloud infrastructure in Germany and the Netherlands. Ariana Aspuru hosts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 15, 2025
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Fake Vocals and New Styles: AI’s Potential Influence on the Music Industry
The rise of artificial intelligence could reshape the music business just as it has sparked headlines and fear around the corporate world. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. joins host Patrick Coffee to discuss how the new technology will likely swamp listeners with millions of AI-generated songs, but could also help composers overcome writers’ block and craft better hooks. Sign up for t...
11m Jul 15, 2025
11m
TNB Tech Minute: Elon Musk Says Tesla Shareholders to Vote on Investing in xAI
Plus: Grayscale Investments has confidentially filed plans to go public. And, shares of semiconductor companies in Europe fell after President Trump said the U.S. would charge a 30% tariff on goods from the European Union effective Aug. 1. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 14, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Bitcoin Hits Record High of $120,000
Plus: Google will pay $2.4 billion in a deal to license the tech of a coding startup and hire some of its talent. SpaceX to invest $2 billion into Elon Musk’s xAI company. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Jul 14, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Pentagon Lifts Drone Restrictions, Shares of Defense Stocks Rise
Plus: Nintendo’s new Switch 2 videogame machine includes a rare-earth magnet primarily produced in China, highlighting the company’s vulnerability to potential Chinese supply-chain disruptions. And, Microsoft is set to continue capitalizing on the cloud and artificial intelligence opportunity ahead, according to analysts. Julie Chang hosts. Programming note: Starting this week, Tech News Bri...
2m Jul 11, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Volkswagen and Chinese Partner SAIC to Close Nanjing Plant
Plus: Autodesk looks to acquire rival software firm PTC, which analysts say should position the company better as artificial intelligence becomes more common in design. And, Bitcoin's bull run continues. Julie Chang hosts. Programming note: Starting this week, Tech News Briefing episodes will be released on Tuesdays and Fridays, and the TNB Tech Minute will be released twice on weekdays, in ...
2m Jul 11, 2025
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Volkswagen Will Bring Its Robotaxi Service to the U.S. with Help from Uber
Europe’s self-driving car industry has lagged behind the Chinese and American markets. German automaker Volkswagen may remedy that problem next year, when it will debut its robotaxi ride-pool service in the U.S. Plus: Big publishers may have a new way to take on the AI industry’s encroaching web scrapers. Patrick Coffee hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Programming ...
14m Jul 11, 2025
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TNB Tech Minute: Canada Looks to Help Automakers Meet EV-Sales Mandate After U.S. Tariffs
Plus: Strong growth in artificial-intelligence servers are seen pushing the overall server market to $1 trillion. And, bitcoin hits a new all-time high. Julie Chang hosts. Programming note: Starting this week, Tech News Briefing episodes will be released on Tuesdays and Fridays, and the TNB Tech Minute will be released twice on weekdays, in the morning and afternoon. Learn more about your a...
2m Jul 10, 2025
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