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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. Hosted by Zoe Thomas
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What’s So Special About Microsoft’s New AI-Focused PCs? CEO Explains.
Exclusive: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tells WSJ senior personal technology columnist Joanna Stern about its new Windows platform optimized for artificial intelligence. Plus, why computer-science majors are having a harder time finding jobs. Zoe Thomas hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Microsoft Unveils AI-Focused PC
Plus, Neuralink got a green light for a second brain-chip implantation. And OpenAI pauses the use of an AI voice tool that sounds like Scarlett Johansson. Zoe Thomas hosts.
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Should Smartphones Be Blamed for the Youth Mental-Health Crisis?
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt blames tech for teen anxiety in his latest book. He also is confronting allegations of junk science. WSJ family and tech columnist Julie Jargon joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss Haidt’s conclusions and the blowback. Plus, WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims explains what he got wrong in 10 years of tech predictions and what can be learned from those errors.
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From Facebook to Meta: Zuckerberg's Big Bet—The Future
Since Facebook became Meta in 2021, the company has invested billions of dollars to develop the metaverse to where it is today. But the competitive landscape is changing as companies like Apple come out with their own headsets. Plus, artificial intelligence is becoming a more important part of Meta’s business. What could this mean for Meta’s goal of creating a mature metaverse? And what will that mean for the company? Join host Alex Ossola on this final installment of our series to see how the metaverse could evolve in the future.
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TNB Tech Minute: Microsoft Plans Major Shake-Up of Videogame Strategy
Plus, AI cloud-computing startup raises one of the largest-ever private debt financings. And Elon Musk’s X completes its rebrand. Zoe Thomas hosts.
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How AI Is Breaking the Hiring Process
Job seekers and employers are deploying artificial intelligence bots to help in the application process. It's leading to a bot versus bot battle. WSJ reporter Lindsay Ellis tells host Zoe Thomas why both sides say it’s hurting the hiring process. Plus, what if your doctor could test a treatment on a digital version of your heart before surgery? WSJ senior special writer Stephanie Armour explains how the technology works and the ways it could improve medical treatment.
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