WSJ Tech News Briefing show

WSJ Tech News Briefing

Summary: 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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 HBO Hacked: Programming Leaked in Cyberattack | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 416

HBO is the latest entertainment company to be hacked and have its proprietary information, including some of its shows, stolen and leaked online. The Wall Street Journal's Robert McMillan has the latest.

 Is Apple Feeling Heat From Trump to Build Factories? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 416

Pressed by President Donald Trump, Apple suddenly faces new pressure to build factories in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal's Tripp Mickle has the details.

 Tesla Model 3: The Test Drive | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 520

Upon the release of its new Model 3 sedan, Tesla showed off details of the all-electric sedan's interior for the first time, allowing a roughly 10-minute test ride around the factory. The Wall Street Journal's Tim Higgins has a first look.

 Are Amazon's Expansion Costs Taking a Toll? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 419

With Amazon eking out its smallest quarterly profit in nearly two years, the Wall Street Journal's Laura Stevens talks the high cost of its increasing dominance of retail.

 Model 3 Launch Event: Is Tesla Ready for Mainstream? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 528

Tesla's Elon Musk is set to take the stage Friday evening at an event to showcase the first deliveries of the sedan he hopes will help transform his niche car company into a more mass-market maker. The Wall Street Journal's Tim Higgins has the details.

 Twitter Fizzling After Election-Fueled Growth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 384

Twitter posted no real increase in users after getting a bump three months ago from the U.S. presidential election, stressing the growing challenges the social-media company faces. The Wall Street Journal's Georgia Wells has more.

 How Amazon's Jeff Bezos Became World's Richest Person | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 374

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's net worth topped $90 billion on Thursday morning, allowing him to dethrone Microsoft's Bill Gates as the richest man in the world. The Wall Street Journal's Laura Stevens talks what this means for Amazon's ever-growing momentum.

 Amazon's Job Fair: Now Hiring 50,000 Positions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 377

The Wall Street Journal's Laura Stevens talks Amazon's giant job fair around the country as the tech giant pushes to make good on its pledge to hire 130,000 employees.

 8 Biggest Tech Hubs for $100,000+ Tech Jobs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 424

The Wall Street Journal's Josh Zumbrun talks about the leading tech cities for higher-wage tech jobs, and why expensive prices in metro areas aren't enough to stop its growing momentum.

 Lego Boost Review: Creating Kid Coders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 476

With the new Lego Boost kit making classic Lego bricks come to life with programmable motors and sensors, the Wall Street Journal's Geoffrey Fowler talks how encouraging kids to code has become a big trend among toys and apps.

 Net-Neutrality: New Hope in Finding Common Ground? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 460

An influential House committee chairman is aiming to pass compromise net-neutrality legislation, seeking common ground between high-tech and telecommunications firms that have battled for a decade over internet governance rules. John D. McKinnon has the latest.

 Robotic Breakthrough: Boxing Your Online Order | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 361

Facing more pressure to speed orders more quickly to customers, a rising number of companies are using high-tech robots in their manufacturing process. The Wall Street Journal's Brian Baskin talks how this shakes up the e-commerce and traditional retail industries.

 PayPal, J.P. Morgan Deal Shakes Up Mobile Payment Game | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 377

J.P. Morgan Chase and PayPal, two of the highest-profile companies providing mobile wallets in the U.S., will now be partners as well as competitors under terms of a new deal. The Wall Street Journal's Peter Rudegeair has the latest.

 Lyft Shifts Gears With New Driverless-Car Division | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 374

As Lyft announces plans to launch its own driver-less car division, the Wall Street Journal's Greg Bensinger talks where this leaves the always competitive self driving car race.

 Elon Musk Tweets New York-to-D.C. Hyperloop Tease | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 381

With billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeting that he got "verbal" government approval for his ambitious New York-to-D.C. Hyperloop project, the Wall Street Journal's Tim Higgins explains why he may have raised more questions than he answered.

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