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Plus: The EU fines X $140 million over breaches of Digital Services Act. And shares of Moore Threads, a Chinese competitor to Nvidia, soars in its market debut. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Meta Platforms plans cuts to its metaverse division. And The New York Times escalates battle against Perplexity with new lawsuit. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Paramount raises concerns about Netflix's bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. And Snowflake stock drops. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: The European Union plans to launch a formal bidding process for AI gigafactories early next year. And Democratic lawmakers press tech companies about White House ballroom donations. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Micron will wind down its Crucial brand to focus on AI and data-center market. And as trade tensions with China mount, the EU launches a $3.5 billion plan to secure raw materials. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Svedka's first Super Bowl ad will be made primarily with AI. And Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the AI data-center boom will drive down power costs. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: EU court says Apple can face Dutch antitrust lawsuits. And the Trump administration will invest up to $150 million in chip startup xLight. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Apple revamps its AI team. And Samsung unveils its Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Shares of MongoDB and Credo Technology jump, driven by AI. And Ford shares fall amid a slowdown in EV sales. Julie Chang hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Shares of Shopify fall following outage. And bitcoin treasury company Strategy cuts outlook amid Bitcoin price drop. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Analysts say Chinese EV sales growth will likely slow. And Prysm Capital leads investment in Sokin, bringing the payments company's valuation to $300 million. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Foxconn secures approval to invest additional $569 million in Wisconsin. And stocks to watch: Dell, HP, Autodesk and Workday. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Italy's competition regulator expands its probe into WhatsApp-owner Meta over its AI chatbot policy. And Alphabet shares rose in premarket trading, while shares of Nvidia and AMD fell. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Would you ditch your smartphone for a more minimalist one? That's the radical idea behind Light, a company founded on the belief that our constant fight for attention has turned smartphones into an addiction. At WSJ Tech Live, senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern sat down with Light CEO Kaiwei Tang, along with vocal product fan, actor and producer Aaron Paul. Plus, as you prepare for holiday travel, we'll look at the flight tracking app that notifies fliers about delays and cancellations well before the airlines do. Our Science of Success columnist Ben Cohen tells us how Flighty works. Julie Chang hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Best Buy raises outlook as consumers shrug off tariff costs. And Chinese automaker BYD's European sales continue to grow. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Warner Music Group signs deal with AI music-generator Suno. And SoftBank shares continue to drop. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: NASA and Boeing scale back Starliner missions. And chip and tech stocks rally. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Tech investor Prosus posts higher profit. And AI bonds add to pressure on the markets. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Pony AI will gain global momentum, say analysts. And the SEC drops its landmark cyber case against SolarWinds. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Bitcoin is on pace for its worst monthly performance since 2022. And a look at generative AI in Canada. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Nvidia, xAI and Saudi Arabia's Humain partner to develop a data center in Saudi Arabia. And the EU plans to change tech laws to boost innovation. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Nvidia and Microsoft will invest $15 billion in Anthropic. Google launches Gemini 3. And fears of an AI bubble hit the stock market. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: South Korean tech stocks rise after national conglomerates pledge billions in domestic investments. And a venture firm that exclusively invests in legal tech companies closes its second fund. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: A tough week for the crypto market. And Jaguar Land Rover slumps to quarterly loss after cyberattack. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Baidu unveils new AI chips. Disney's streaming services see subscriber growth. And Verizon plans to cut about 15,000 jobs. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Coinbase will leave Delaware and reincorporate in Texas. And Synopsys will lay off about 10% of its workforce. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: China considers a plan to send rare earths to the U.S., but keep them out of the U.S. military suppliers. And tech companies and Wall Street are finding new ways to fund AI megadeals. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Instacart reported higher third-quarter revenue and profit. And a group of Democratic senators scrutinize higher electric bills, partly attributing them to the AI boom. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Shares of Take-Two fall after the company delays the release of “Grand Theft Auto VI.” And Anthropic expands with new offices in Europe. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the startup doesn't want federal guarantees for a bailout if it fails. And Ford considers scrapping its electric F-150. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: A new computer from Quantinuum has arrived. And XPeng aims to launch robotaxis in China next year. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: AMD reports sharp increases in profit and sales. Rivian Automotive records a jump in third-quarter revenue. And Nintendo boosts guidance for the full year. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Microsoft secures new computing power capacity in deal with data center company IREN. And Palantir Technologies reports another quarter of record revenue, while shares of Amazon close at a new all-time high. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: The flurry of Silicon Valley companies trying to build AI data centers is flooding debt markets. And Charter Communications profits fell in the third-quarter as its home internet subscriber base weakens. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Apple has reported record September-quarter sales. And YouTube TV and Disney are in a showdown, with an agreement between the two set to expire at midnight. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: GM will lay off more than 3,300 workers at EV and battery plants. And Amazon Web Services plans to invest an additional $5 billion dollars in South Korea to build new AI data centers. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Nvidia unveils a new product that merges AI supercomputing with quantum. And the AI giant partners with Eli Lilly to build a supercomputer that could boost drug discovery. Julie Chang hosts. Correction: OpenAI's nonprofit parent owns a stake in its for-profit subsidiary, which has become a public-benefit corporation. An earlier version of this podcast incorrectly said OpenAI had become a for-profit company. (Corrected Oct. 28) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Apple and Microsoft are neck-and-neck in the race to become the stock market's second $4 trillion company. And Amazon pledges more than $1.6 billion to bolster AWS and its retail business in the Netherlands. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: European aerospace and defense companies Airbus, Leonardo and Thales join forces to take on SpaceX. And Intel shows progress in its turnaround effort as it reports sales growth. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: An amended lawsuit against OpenAI alleges the company twice loosened ChatGPT's rules on discussing suicide. And Meta cuts about 600 jobs in its AI division, but won't impact TBD Lab. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Coinbase to acquire crypto-investing platform Echo for $375 million. And cooling-equipment maker XNRGY gets financial backing from Decarbonization Partners. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Subscriber cancellations of Disney+ and Hulu doubled in September following “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” suspension. And a second proxy advisory firm recommends Tesla shareholders reject CEO Elon Musk's proposed $1 trillion pay package. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Goldman Sachs goes after a bigger share of the AI infrastructure financing boom with a new team. And a proxy adviser urges Tesla investors to reject a $1 trillion pay package for CEO Elon Musk. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
OpenAI's Sora and other generative-AI video apps that can create a digital lookalike in minutes have taken social media by storm. WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen joins us to discuss how our likenesses are no longer our own in the AI era. Plus, Heard on the Street columnist Jinjoo Lee explains how the AI bubble could really be in energy stocks. Julie Chang hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica reports best quarter yet, says consumer appetite for AI glasses remains strong. And Foxconn shares rise after chairman meets with OpenAI and plans to meet with Nvidia. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Bank of America highlights continued momentum from tech and artificial intelligence investments. And ASML logs better-than-expected orders amid continued AI frenzy. Finally, Workday plans to set up an AI-focused research center in Ireland. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Walmart will sell products directly on ChatGPT. And the EU's trade chief says China's latest export controls on rare-earth materials are a concern for European companies. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's an AI showdown. Elon Musk has been building out two massive data centers in Memphis as he plays catch-up in the AI race. But will it be enough? Meanwhile, AI chips underdog Advanced Micro Devices rocked the market last week when it landed a multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, directly challenging industry leader Nvidia. We'll tell you about the old-school CEO leading AMD. Julie Chang hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: JPMorgan Chase to invest $10 billion into companies vital for national security, including defense contractors, mineral manufacturers and AI firms. Tech stocks rise in response to President Trump's softened tone on China. And Bloom Energy announces AI data-center deal with Brookfield Asset Management. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: EU scrutinizes Google, YouTube, Apple and Snapchat over their children's online-safety efforts. And the U.K. names Google as a company to keep an eye on under new competition law. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices