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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 and shakers in the industry.

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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
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
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
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
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 Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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
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
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 intelligence will be front and center. AI titans like OpenAI and Anthropic will feature their own ads as the race for name recognition ramps up. Tune in to hear how AI is rewriting the playbook for the future of the advertising industry. And if you enjoy the episode, be sure to check out the What’s News podcast. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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
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
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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
Plus: Spotify will sell physical books in the U.S. and U.K. And Germany fines Amazon over price-filtering tools. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
But Google beats Wall Street expectations. And Snap posts a profit of $45 million, compared with $9 million a year earlier. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Uber’s fourth-quarter profit falls. And AI voice startup ElevenLabs raises $500 million. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Shares of European legal publishing companies RELX and Wolters Kluwer fall after Anthropic releases new AI legal tools. And the selloff expands to data-providers like S&P Global and FactSet. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: French authorities raid X’s Paris office amid probe into deepfakes. And Spain will ban social-media access for children under 16. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Crypto exchange Coinbase has become the face of the crypto industry as the Trump administration prepares to decide the future of finance. WSJ reporter Amrith Ramkumar explains why Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is at the forefront of the growing chasm between crypto firms and big banks. Plus, WSJ reporter Angus Loten discusses why a disgruntled employee could be your company’s biggest cyber threat. Belle Lin hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: The Trump administration is preparing a $12 billion rare earth stockpile. And Saks Fifth Avenue’s parent company to wind down its partnership with Amazon. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Disney earnings see boost from streaming. And Bitcoin price hits lowest level since April 2025. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nice segment on productivity tools. One tiny helper I use: ScreenAwake—a web page that keeps the display awake during long downloads/renders. No install, just set a duration: https://screenawake.com/

Oct 24th
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Adam Balogh

FUCK you big tech

Sep 14th
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Adam Balogh

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Sep 14th
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Sep 4th
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Aug 19th
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Clifton Simon

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Nov 22nd
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Sep 14th
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Jr. Kruger

WSJ Tech News has a great format. Keeps things interesting.

Aug 29th
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Aamir Sait

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Oct 20th
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Jul 2nd
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May 10th
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Jiji Yu

i bet the recording is messed by zoom

Apr 3rd
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Francisco Perez

for what ever reason the audio is unsynchronized between the two speakers

Apr 3rd
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Feb 9th
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