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Plus: More than $90 million is drained from Iran's biggest crypto exchange. And, Texas Instruments to invest $60 billion in made-in-America production. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Robinhood unveils new features to woo traders. And Oracle unveils initiative to help small tech companies sell to the Pentagon. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Southwest Airlines adds pilot alerts to increase runway safety. And, crypto tycoon Justin Sun takes Tron Group public via reverse merger. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Congress weighs crackdown on mortgage lenders' spam calls. And, Brookfield strikes deal to buy internet-service provider Hotwire. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: BioNTech to buy CureVac to develop cancer treatments. And JetZero says it will start building its futuristic planes for commercial use. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: China puts limits on rare-earths export licenses. And Switch 2 becomes Nintendo's fastest-selling console. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Uber and Wayve announce self-driving car trials on London's public roads. And, U.S. agencies tracked Elon Musk's foreign visitors. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apple hyped its latest software updates at day one of its Worldwide Developers Conference in California. But WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen says the announcements didn't quite deliver on lofty expectations for AI upgrades. Plus, phishing scams are nothing new, but packaging them up as a subscription-based DIY hacking kit is. WSJ cybersecurity reporter Angus Loten tells us why it's now a lucrative business. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Warner Bros. Discovery splits into two companies, separating HBO Max from its cable channels. And Qualcomm reaches a $2.4 billion deal for UK-listed Alphawave IP. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: President Trump plans to extend the TikTok deadline for a third time as he puts China trade talks back on the books. And the Winklevoss twins crypto exchange, Gemini, files to go public. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Senate Republicans try to shield NASA programs slated for funding cuts. And Circle shares pop post-IPO. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: TSMC sees limited impact of Trump's tariffs. And, Victoria's Secret delays earnings release due to an information-security incident. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Armed with a STEM qualification or two, you might think technical brilliance is all one needs to succeed in the space sector. Is this the case though? In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross D and Anna are joined by Victoria Craig to discuss: the importance of ‘soft' skills in a ‘hard' science environment; sector-specific skills gaps; how L&D can bridge these gaps. In ‘What I Learned This Week', Ross reminisced about playing a Sega game called Mickey Mania. Take a look at the game's Wikipedia page. For more from us, visit mindtools.com. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn: Ross Garner Dr Anna Barnett Victoria Craig
It's tech billionaire Elon Musk's first official week following his stint in the Trump administration. WSJ columnist Tim Higgins and WSJ reporter Becky Peterson assess the record of the Department of Government Efficiency that Musk created and look ahead to the challenges he faces as he returns focus to his companies, including Tesla and SpaceX. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Chinese tech stocks falter on pessimism over U.S.-China trade progress. And Ray-Ban maker pushes into medical AI with Optegra deal. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jobs that allow employees to work from home have allowed for more flexibility. But in the quest to achieve a better work-life balance, we've helped open the door for hackers looking to capitalize on America's workforce. Bob McMillan covers computer security, hackers, and privacy for the Wall Street Journal. He joins host Victoria Craig to discuss how laptop farms have allowed North Korean scammers to rake in hundreds of millions of dollars to the sanctioned country. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Costco and Gap see different impacts of tariffs on their businesses. Shares of Ulta Beauty rally after the cosmetics retailer raises its annual outlook. And an experimental lung-disease treatment by Sanofi and Regeneron delivers mixed results. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Meta teams up with former VR chief for high-tech military headsets. And United Airlines CEO encourages travelers to book flights at Newark. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: GM's CEO Mary Barra still sees an all-EV future. And Telegram looks to raise $1.5 million in a new bond offering. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Tesla's EU sales halved in April. And President Trump's media company plans to raise $2.5 billion to buy bitcoin. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Austin, Texas became a tech-hub darling about five years ago. But WSJ CIO Journal reporter Isabelle Bousquette reports on exclusive data that show the city is losing talent now to their coastal counterparts San Francisco and New York. Then, sifting through streaming platforms can be an overwhelming experience for viewers. But bundles and tiered subscription offerings have helped the entertainment companies turn a profit. WSJ media reporter Isabella Simonetti has those details. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Strava reaches $2.2-billion valuation. And Hinge Health makes its NYSE debut. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When you find out that sensitive personal information is being bought and sold on the dark web, what should you do? WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen explains how to know it's happened and what you can do to protect yourself afterward.Then, OpenAI's co-founder Sam Altman is joining forces with Apple's chief architect of the iPhone to create what they hope will take artificial intelligence off screens and into the next generation of tech devices. WSJ reporter Keach Hagey has the details. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: An outage on the Bloomberg terminal that disrupted some government-bond trading has been resolved. And, a planned OpenAI data center gets a fresh injection of funding. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Tesla's CFO is the highest paid in modern recordkeeping. Meanwhile, Honda plans to scale back its electric-vehicle investment. And Google unveils new “AI Mode” search to take on AI chatbots. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Students and teachers are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to outsmart each other. WSJ family and tech columnist Julie Jargon explains how one group is using AI to expose cheating while the other is leveraging it to prove they didn't. Then we head to two neighboring West Virginia towns where residents are pushing back on a plan to build one of the world's biggest data centers. WSJ reporter Kris Maher explains why constructing a new AI hub is so controversial there. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: China's Xiaomi plans $7 billion investment in chip design. And 23andMe will live on after $256 million Regeneron buyout. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: OpenAI launches new coding agent, Codex. Epic Games' and Apple's long-running feud continues with dispute over ‘Fortnite' update. And Microsoft proposes Teams changes to avoid EU fines. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sore necks, dirty looks, and a lighter wallet. The early buyers of Apple's Vision Pro headsets tell WSJ's Joseph Pisani why they regret being a first adopter of a once-promising device. Then, WSJ tech and crypto-policy reporter Amrith Ramkumar has an exclusive look at a letter Democratic Senators wrote to ask for answers about the Trump administration's interactions with Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apple wants to make iPhones more accessible to people with disabilities. Digital-health reporter Rolfe Winkler takes us into the world of brain computer interfaces. Plus, reporter Amrith Ramkumar talks about the revocation of the AI Diffusion Rule and how companies are reacting. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: The Trump Administration says the EU's digital services rules are a threat to basic rights and U.S. business. And, Coinbase says tens of thousands of users might have been affected by cybercriminal theft. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Temu resumes shipping direct-from-China products. And HBO Max is back. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The underlying architecture of AI models can simulate intelligence by memorizing endless lists of rules. But our tech columnist Christopher Mims says “thinking” is way more complicated than that. Plus, personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen answers your questions on chatbot privacy. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Microsoft slashes jobs as it streamlines management ranks. And ESPN takes the wraps off a new streaming service. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Apple weighs raising prices on new iPhones. And the valuation of AI startup Perplexity surges to $14 billion. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
P.M. Edition for May 9. In a social-media post, President Trump said lowering tariffs on Chinese goods to 80% “seems right.” Meanwhile, Beijing moved to enforce restrictions on exports of rare-earth metals before this weekend's talks in Switzerland. But when it comes to the future of electric motors, that might not matter; WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims tells us about one startup that's using iron and steel instead. Plus, Newark Liberty International Airport suffers its second tech outage in two weeks. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
P.M. Edition for May 8. Who is Robert Francis Prevost, the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff? WSJ reporter Drew Hinshaw answers that question from Vatican City. Plus: the U.S. agrees to a new trade deal with the U.K.—while the European Union draws up a list of American tariff targets. WSJ's Kim Mackrael has the details from Brussels. And, the Federal Aviation Administration could modernize the nation's air-traffic control system in the next few years, but Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says Congress needs to front the funding. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
P.M. Edition for May 7. Despite political pressure from President Trump, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady today. WSJ chief economics commentator Greg Ip explains how tariff uncertainty factored into their decision. And Disney seeks a foothold in the Middle East with an upcoming theme park in Abu Dhabi. WSJ entertainment reporter Ben Fritz has details on the company's ambitions. Plus, investigations reporter Katherine Long tells us what U.S. spy agencies are after in Greenland. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: DoorDash acquires Deliveroo for nearly $4 billion. And, the Department of Justice recommends Google sell two parts of its ad businesses to remedy antitrust concerns. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: The European Union is looking to lure AI experts and scientists to its shores. And a C-suite shakeup at European satellite-systems company Eutelsat. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Ireland's privacy watchdog fines TikTok over China surveillance risks. And Grand Theft Auto VI's release is delayed until next year, sending shares of Take-Two Interactive lower. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apple and Amazon post quarterly revenue results that beat Wall Street expectations. Plus: A WSJ exclusive story reveals Tesla's board began searching for a successor to CEO Elon Musk. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Microsoft and Meta unveil quarterly results that beat Wall Street expectations. Plus, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba takes the wraps off a super-fast delivery option. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Facebook parent company Meta has been harnessing AI to power a range of chatbots it sees as the future of social media. But as WSJ technology reporter Jeff Horowitz reports, the rush to popularize the chatbots has raised red flags among some inside the company about the need to protect young users from explicit content. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: Spotify posts double-digit user growth and expects faster growth this year despite economic uncertainty. And: Starbucks sees early success reducing wait time thanks to new tech trials. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Big tech companies got at least a brief reprieve from the Trump administration's latest tariffs. But WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen explains how small tech companies and their customers could feel the squeeze. Plus, IBM has re-upped its commitment to U.S.-based manufacturing and development. Katie Deighton speaks with WSJ Heard on the Street columnist Asa Fitch about the economic challenges to IBM's ambitions in AI. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: China's Huawei hopes a new chip will replace the need for some Nvidia products. Then, China's Pony AI robotaxi company moves closer to profitability. And DoorDash approaches Deliveroo about a possible takeover. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Google used artificial intelligence to re-imagine “The Wizard of Oz” for an immersive experience at the Las Vegas Sphere, and WSJ CIO Journal reporter Isabelle Bousquette got an exclusive look at the 21st century tweaks to the classic film. Plus, nuclear power is being tapped to run AI data centers, but WSJ reporter Belle Lin writes that AI could also help humans operate those same facilities. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A U.S. district judge ruled Google is too dominant in some parts of the online ad industry. WSJ business and legal affairs correspondent Jan Wolfe explains how that could result in Google being forced to sell off parts of its business. Then, at some big companies, artificial intelligence is designing ad campaigns with help from human beings, not the other way around. WSJ CMO Today reporter Patrick Coffee explains how marketers are leaning into AI-led strategies. Victoria Craig hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Plus: The WSJ reports the EU delayed planned punishments for Apple and Meta as U.S. trade talks neared. And hedge-fund billionaire Bill Ackman discloses a nearly 20% stake in Hertz and floats expanding its Uber partnership. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices