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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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Google to Launch AI Search Summaries
Plus, regulators probe Waymo after self-driving car incidents. And Amazon appoints a new head of its cloud-computing unit. Zoe Thomas hosts.
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Temu Makes Global Push as U.S. Scrutiny of TikTok Grows
Bargain app Temu, owned by Chinese e-commerce giant PDD, is working to reduce its reliance on American shoppers as growth slows and scrutiny of TikTok grows. WSJ reporter Shen Lu joins host Zoe Thomas to explain Temu’s strategy. Plus, some governments are scaling back commitments to electric vehicles, afraid they could add to problems like inflation, job losses and high public debt. We’ll explore why EVs need to help the economy as well as the environment.
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TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI Unveils New AI Voice Assistant
Plus: Squarespace plans to go private in a $6.6 billion deal. And France secures $16 billion in investment from tech giants. Zoe Thomas hosts.
Correction: The firm taking Squarespace private is Permira. An earlier version of this podcast incorrectly said the firm was named Permia. (Corrected on May 14)
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How an Ed-tech Giant Ended Up Fighting for Its Future
Education tech company 2U set out to bridge the divide between for-profit online learning and highly reputable universities. Now it’s mired in debt and facing competition from former clients. WSJ higher education reporter Melissa Korn joins host Zoe Thomas to explain 2U’s long, steep fall. Plus, WSJ contributor Bart Ziegler shares strategies for getting the best answers from AI chatbots.
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From Facebook to Meta: Zuckerberg's Big Bet—The Reality
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out his vision in October 2021 for the metaverse as a futuristic, more connected internet. In the years after that, the company now known as Meta had to build it. On the second episode of our special series about the metaverse, host Alex Ossola talks to employees who worked on developing the metaverse, explores how the user experience has changed since those early days and digs into the financial headwinds that have threatened to throw Meta’s mission off course.
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TNB Tech Minute: Biden Administration to Raise Tariffs on Chinese EVs
Plus: Tesla expands its Supercharger network. And Life360 could give new ad revenue guidance. Alex Ossola hosts.
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Customer Reviews
Host fruit salad recently
As a several years long listener, I have come to look forward to Zoe Thomas’s chipper delivery and have realized a host needs some time off occasionally. This podcast used to recognize when Ms Thomas was away with a statement like, “I’m Julie Chang in for Zoe Thomas” but recently Zoe is away and a fruit salad of hosts are presenting but there has been no mention of when Ms Thomas might return. She is missed.
Ugh
Too many twentysomethings with extreme vocal fry who don’t know what they’re talking about. And ads are so irritating.
Good content, not a fan of 2x daily
I don’t know why so many people hate on the hosts or hate on their commentary. It’s called news, and anyone, including Elon, can spout disinformation. Anyway, you all are doing a good job. Don’t listen to the haters.
As a constructive critique, please revert to once daily. I never listen to the second, minute-ish long episode. There’s not enough content to be useful in my view. Anyway, keep up the good work.