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.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 137
- Years Active
- 2025
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.
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00:02:19 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
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 gue…
00:11:14 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
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.
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Mon 21 Jul 2025
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.
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Mon 21 Jul 2025
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.
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Fri 18 Jul 2025
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.
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Fri 18 Jul 2025
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 Mi…
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Fri 18 Jul 2025
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.
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Thu 17 Jul 2025
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.
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Thu 17 Jul 2025
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.
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Wed 16 Jul 2025
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.
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Wed 16 Jul 2025
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.
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Tue 15 Jul 2025
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.
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Tue 15 Jul 2025
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 Co…
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Tue 15 Jul 2025
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 f…
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Mon 14 Jul 2025
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.
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Mon 14 Jul 2025
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, …
00:02:42 |
Fri 11 Jul 2025
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 contin…
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Fri 11 Jul 2025
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…
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Fri 11 Jul 2025
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.
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Thu 10 Jul 2025
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