Episodi

  • TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI Unveils New AI Voice Assistant
    May 13 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 min
  • How an Ed-tech Giant Ended Up Fighting for Its Future
    May 13 2024
    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. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 min
  • From Facebook to Meta: Zuckerberg's Big Bet—The Reality
    May 11 2024
    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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 min
  • TNB Tech Minute: Biden Administration to Raise Tariffs on Chinese EVs
    May 10 2024
    Plus: Tesla expands its Supercharger network. And Life360 could give new ad revenue guidance. Alex Ossola hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 min
  • Why Binance Fired an Investigator Hired to Clean Up Its Crypto Exchange
    May 10 2024
    Binance, the world’s largest digital currency exchange, had been under scrutiny from regulators. To stay on the right side, Binance created a market-surveillance team to clean up its digital-currency exchange. But when investigators found a top client was manipulating markets, Binance kept the client... and fired its lead investigator. WSJ reporter Angus Berwick tells host Alex Ossola about the investigation, and what it means for the future of the company. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 min
  • TNB Tech Minute: Neuralink’s First Implant Encounters a Problem
    May 9 2024
    Plus: AI startup Mistral is set to triple its valuation in six months. And T-Mobile and Verizon eye deals to carve up U.S. Cellular. Alex Ossola hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 min
  • What to Watch for in the Google Antitrust Verdict
    May 9 2024
    Google answers about 90% of all internet search queries worldwide. In 2020, the Justice Department filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit alleging that Google uses anticompetitive tactics to preserve a monopoly for its search engine and related advertising business. The trial began last year, and closing arguments wrapped last week. WSJ reporter Miles Kruppa is here to talk about what the looming verdict might mean for Google, and for other big tech companies. Plus, visions for how artificial intelligence can change work don’t have to be in the far future—WSJ contributor Alexandra Samuel has been experimenting with a number of AI tools that she says are already bringing practical benefits to her work. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 min
  • TNB Tech Minute: Microsoft to Invest Over $3 Billion in Wisconsin AI Projects
    May 8 2024
    Plus: Uber reports a loss for the first quarter. And Meta is offering new generative AI tools to advertisers. Alex Ossola hosts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 min