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 against crypto billionaire and Trump donor Justin Sun. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Mar 06
3m
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 devices — and what they mean for Apple’s strategy going forward. Plus, companies offering prediction markets, where users can bet on anything from celebrity appearances to military strikes, are marketing to college students. Wall Street Journ...
12m Mar 06
12m
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 Affleck’s AI filmmaking company. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Mar 05
3m
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 investing in one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Mar 05
2m
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 better-than-expected finish to its latest quarter. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Mar 04
3m
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 during an all-hands meeting. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Mar 04
2m
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 partnership as part of a company-wide push to reduce costs. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Mar 03
2m
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 Accenture. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Mar 03
2m
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 Blunt details this growing threat to power grids as companies across the country build infrastructure to power the AI boom. Plus, WSJ reporter Sean McLain joins to discuss Amazon’s strategy for catching up in the AI race. Peter Champelli ho...
12m Mar 03
12m
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. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Mar 02
2m
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 revenue surged in 2025. Anthony Bansie hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Mar 02
3m
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 company. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 27
3m
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. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 27
3m
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. Plus, personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen is here with tips to avoid those dreaded “storage full” alerts. Katie Deighton hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
13m Feb 27
13m
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 to sell a far-out concept. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 26
3m
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. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 26
3m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 25
3m
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 yearslong antitrust case. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 25
3m
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 growth in Europe. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 24
3m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 24
3m
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 Winkler takes us behind the scenes of the effort to manufacture technology onshore. Plus, how low can you go when it comes to headcount? Enterprise reporter Belle Lin explains why that’s the question all AI startups are asking in their bi...
11m Feb 24
11m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 23
2m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 23
2m
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 China’s influence in new technology and AI. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 20
2m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 20
3m
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 the country, big tech is buying up a lot of land to build data centers. Reporter Will Parker explains why some developers and homeowners aren’t happy. Plus, Heard on the Street columnist Jinjoo Lee tells us how every engine of the econom...
13m Feb 20
13m
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 the next seven years. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 19
3m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 19
2m
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 Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 18
3m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 18
2m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 17
3m
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 industries. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 17
2m
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 for Human-Centered AI and cofounder of Workhelix, recently spoke with the WSJ Leadership Institute's Wendy Bounds at the WSJ Technology Council Summit. They discussed AI's influence on the labor market. Plus, WSJ Heard on the Street colu...
13m Feb 17
13m
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, while DraftKings stock slides. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 13
2m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 13
2m
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 to break it down. Plus, WSJ consumer goods reporter Aimee Look sits down with Belle Lin to talk about why tariffs are jumpstarting a boom in the American used electronics market. Isabelle Bousquette hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Te...
11m Feb 13
11m
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 its investment in OpenAI. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 12
2m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 12
3m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 11
2m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 11
2m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 10
2m
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 cautious outlook. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3m Feb 10
3m
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 it. Plus, WSJ’s Belle Lin sits down with personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen to talk about how home batteries could be a better alternative to gas generators during a power outage. Isabelle Bousquette hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free...
12m Feb 10
12m
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 grids. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 09
2m
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. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 09
2m
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 Ossola, along with Journal reporters Katie Deighton and Suzanne Vranica, are taking a look at the Super Bowl's other main event: the ads. The annual game is the world's most high-stakes advertising showcase, and this year, artificial inte...
13m Feb 08
13m
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 $8.5 million in passenger sexual assault case. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 06
2m
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 06
2m
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 assistants are talking to each other—and how it got started. Plus, WSJ reporter Isabelle Bousquette shares how AI is helping Olympic snowboarder Maddie Mastro improve her jump trick. Belle Lin hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. L...
13m Feb 06
13m
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 strict. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2m Feb 05
2m