WSJ Tech News Briefing

By The Wall Street Journal

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Get the latest in technology news for your weekday commute. Wall Street Journal reporters join Tanya Bustos to cover leading companies, new gadgets, consumer trends and cyber issues. From San Francisco to New York to the hottest conferences, our journalists help you stay plugged in.

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		Hey, Siri! The New AirPods Are Here Apple announced a new version of its AirPods wireless earbuds that can activate the virtual assistant Siri by voice, a feature aimed at extending the momentum of a fast-selling device as phone sales cool. The Wall Street Journal's Tripp Mickle has the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.22.2019
		Google's Stadia: One High-End Gaming Service; No Console Google unveiled a new service called Stadia that lets players stream videogames from the cloud without needing pricey hardware-an elusive feat that could change the way people buy and play games. The Wall Street Journal's Sarah E. Needleman has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.21.2019
		Instagram Goes Amazon With New Shopping Feature To capitalize on its popularity among fashion and consumer-goods companies, Instagram is going deeper into the e-commerce business, selling products on feeds for the first time. The Wall Street Journal's Jeff Horwitz has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.20.2019
		Amazon's HQ2 Pullout? Bad for State, New Yorkers Say Two thirds of New Yorkers view Amazon's decision to scuttle a corporate headquarters in Queens as bad for the state. The Wall Street Journal's Jimmy Vielkind explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.19.2019
		Scientists Want to Talk About Gene-Edited Babies An international group of researchers, including some inventors of the popular gene-editing tool Crispr, called for a world-wide moratorium on editing DNA in human sperm, eggs and embryos to prevent births of genetically modified babies. At a recent gene-editing conference in Hong Kong, the debate raged on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.18.2019
		Facebook Hit by Unusual Outage Computer systems at three of the world's largest technology companies went offline temporarily this week, thanks to an unusual and apparently coincidental series of glitches at Facebook, Google and Apple. The Wall Street Journal's Robert McMillan has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.15.2019
		Spotify Says Apple Stifles Competition in EU Complaint Spotify has filed an antitrust complaint in Europe against Apple -- a new salvo in the broader battle over whether and how to rein in global tech giants. The Wall Street Journal's Sam Schechner has the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.14.2019
		1 in 4 Women Sexually Harassed at Tech Conferences New data from Ensono finds that 1 in 4 women have experienced sexual harassment at a tech conference. In order to address tech's diversity issue, do conferences need to take a long, hard look in the mirror? Lin Classon, Head of Public Cloud Product at Ensono, has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.13.2019
		Meal-Delivery Robots: When Will Dinner Know Where You Live? Fast-food chains and grocery stores are teaming with big car companies to test the idea of autonomously shuttling food to customers -- but it may be a while before meal-hauling robots become the norm. The Wall Street Journal's Mike Colias explains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.12.2019
		Huawei's Lawsuit Marks Shift to War Footing For years, Huawei Technologies bided its time as the U.S. gradually escalated its campaign to rein in the Chinese telecom giant. Now, the Chinese giant has shifted to a war footing, suing the U.S. government as Huawei looks to defend its global telecoms business.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.11.2019
		Amazon Rethinks Physical Retail; Shuts All U.S. Pop-Up Stores Amazon is shutting down all 87 of its U.S. pop-up stores, ending the retailer's yearslong experiment with these small shops as the company tinkers with an evolving bricks-and-mortar strategy. The Wall Street Journal's Esther Fung has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.08.2019
		Why Nintendo Doesn't Want Smartphone Gamers to Overspend Smartphone game makers working with Nintendo are finding many obstacles to scoring high revenue. The Wall Street Journal's Sarah E. Needleman explains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.07.2019
		Amazon: Now a Hot Tenant at Malls Brokers and landlords believe that Amazon-more so than other retailers-has the expertise to draw the right crowd of shoppers. The Wall Street Journal's Esther Fung explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.06.2019
		Historic SpaceX Mission: Crew Capsule Docks With Space Station A new-generation SpaceX capsule autonomously docked with the international space station, in a successful test of computers and maneuvering systems deemed essential to carry U.S. astronauts on future missions. The Wall Street Journal's Andy Pasztor has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.05.2019
		Tesla Shifts to Online Sales Model Tesla said it would begin shutting stores and move to selling vehicles only over the internet, an extraordinary step aimed at cutting costs so the company can offer its Model 3 compact at a long-awaited starting price of $35,000. The Wall Street Journal's Tim Higgins has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.04.2019
		Why It Feels Like Facebook Still Spies On You Facebook says we're in charge of our personal data, but it remains difficult to control ad tracking. The Wall Street Journal's Katie Bindley explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	03.01.2019
		Apple, Facebook Fighting International Encryption Battle New regulations in Australia and the U.K. are making it easier for law enforcement to pressure companies for personal data. The Wall Street Journal's Robert McMillan explains the resurgence of an international encryption battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.28.2019
		Walmart Joins Amazon in Digital Ad Game In an effort to compete with Amazon and expand its share of the online advertising market, Walmart wants to sell more digital and store ads based on its shopper data. The Wall Street Journal's Sarah Nassauer has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.27.2019
		How Popular Apps Shared Data With Facebook The Wall Street Journal's testing of over 70 applications that handle sensitive information turned up 11 that were sending at least some data to Facebook. Some have now reduced or ended data transfers to the social media giant. The Wall Street Journal's Sam Schechner has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.26.2019
		How Fast 5G Mobile Internet Feels Watching videos, loading Fortnite and downloading music is about to get a lot faster as carriers race to roll out the next generation of wireless networks. The Wall Street Journal's Sarah Krouse has a first look at what 5g will feel like in everyday life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.25.2019
		Tesla Model 3 Loses Recommended Status From Consumer Reports Tesla's Model 3 has lost its recommended status from Consumer Reports, less than a year after the magazine awarded it the coveted designation. The Wall Street Journal's Tim Higgins explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.22.2019
		Do AirPods Make You Look Rich? (According to Memes, Yes, Likely) With the help of internet memes, AirPod headphones have emerged as the expensive-yet-affordable luxury item of the moment -- showing no signs of stopping. The Wall Street Journal's Jacob Gallagher explains why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.21.2019
		Amazon Still Grows Without New York HQ2 Despite the decision to abandon its $2.5 billion plan for a New York City headquarters, Amazon still expects to bulk up its staff there, and to boost hiring throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Wall Street Journal's Jay Greene has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.20.2019
		Venmo Etiquette: How to Digitally Pay Your Friends For 'Stuff' The instantaneous nature of payment apps like Venmo has put an added pressure on asking for what you're owed, and multiplied the opportunities for missteps. The Wall Street Journal's Kevin McAllister offers his take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.19.2019
		Former Apple Lawyer Charged With Insider Trading The former Apple executive who enforced the company's insider-trading policies was charged with criminally violating those rules by allegedly dumping over $10 million in stock before the company in 2015 announced it fell short of iPhone sales expectations. The Wall Street Journal's Tripp Mickle has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.15.2019
		AI in the Office: How Diversity Avoids Bad Algorithms, Freak Accidents Tech companies working on artificial intelligence find that a diverse staff can help avoid biased algorithms that cause public embarrassments. The Wall Street Journal's Sue Shellenbarger explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.14.2019
		Lyft Founders to Tighten Grip on Voting Control in IPO The founders of Lyft are preparing to take near-majority voting control of the ride-hailing company when it goes public this year, making them the latest Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to secure outsize influence over a hot startup as it enters the public markets. The Wall Street Journal's Maureen Farrell has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.13.2019
		SoftBank Invests $940 Million in Nuro for Driverless Deliveries SoftBank Group is investing almost $1 billion in a robotic-delivery vehicle startup, a hefty cash infusion that could help accelerate the race to put driverless vehicles on the road. The Wall Street Journal's Tim Higgins has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.12.2019
		Sprint Accuses AT&T of False Advertising of 5G Service Sprint has sued AT&T; over a branding campaign that it says falsely tells customers they are receiving 5G service on their smartphones, escalating marketing wars between carriers over the next generation of wireless networks. The Wall Street Journal's Sarah Krouse has more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.11.2019
		Amazon Invests in Driverless Startup Aurora Amazon's investment in high-profile autonomous-vehicle startup Aurora starts a relationship with a company developing tech that could be a natural fit for package delivery. The Wall Street Journal's Tim Higgins has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.08.2019
		Tesla Cuts the Model 3 Price Again Tesla cut the price of its mass-market Model 3 sedan for the second time this year, another step in Chief Executive Elon Musk's quest to drive the sticker price-not counting tax credits and fuel savings-down to $35,000. The Wall Street Journal's Tim Higgins has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.07.2019
		Snap's Revenue Jumps in 'Stable' Earnings Report Snap Inc. posted record revenue in its latest quarter and narrowed its loss considerably, as the social-media firm rode a boom in online advertising to inch closer to profitability. Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.06.2019
		Slack Follows Spotify With Nontraditional IPO Slack Technologies has filed paperwork for its direct listing on the stock market, setting it up to be the second major company to use the nontraditional method for an initial public offering. Wall Street Journal reporter Maureen Farrell has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.05.2019
		Apple Sets Fix for FaceTime Bug This Week Apple apologized for a security flaw in its FaceTime video-chat system and said a software fix is coming this week, as the iPhone maker addresses an embarrassing vulnerability that drew the attention of government officials. The Wall Street Journal's Robert McMillan has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.04.2019
		New York Insurers Can Use Algorithms to Set Rates New York State will allow life insurers to use algorithms to comb through data to determine a customer's risk. Wall Street Journal reporter Leslie Scism says it could have an impact beyond the state's borders.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	02.01.2019
		Facebook's Record Profit Facebook posted a record quarterly profit despite a drumbeat of negative headlines, prompting CEO Mark Zuckerberg to say the social-media giant has turned a corner and plans to focus this year on building new products. Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	01.31.2019
		Apple Pulls FaceTime Group After Bug Let Users Eavesdrop This week, Apple scrambled to fix a bug in its FaceTime video-chat system that lets callers eavesdrop on users of iPhones, iPads and Macs. The Wall Street Journal's Robert McMillan explains the awkward setback for a company that has touted its commitment to privacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	01.30.2019
		Facebook Fights Fake News With New Tools Facebook plans to make more information available world-wide about political ads purchased on its services, expanding its effort to defend against politically motivated interference in elections from India to the European Union. The Wall Street Journal's Sam Schechner has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	01.29.2019
		Amazon Gets Exclusive Products From Big Brands To build a big line of exclusive products on its site, Amazon is pushing other brand manufacturers to do most of the work. The Wall Street Journal's Annie Gasparro has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices	01.28.2019
		How AI Keeps World's Largest Beer Maker Running The world's largest beer maker is using machine learning to predict when brewery motors might malfunction. Sara Castellanos, reporter for WSJ's CIO Journal, explains how the Anheuser-Busch InBev SA plant uses wireless sensors that can detect ultrasonic sounds to keep machines running smoothly.	01.25.2019
		Boeing's Autonomous Taxi Takes Flight Boeing says its prototype for an autonomous air taxi completed a first test flight, heating up a race among aerospace companies hoping to transform urban transit. The Wall Street Journal's Andrew Tangel has more.	01.24.2019
		Google Fined $57 Million Under New European Law A French regulator fined Google $56.8 million-the biggest penalty so far under a new European privacy law-alleging the search-engine giant didn't go far enough getting valid user consent to gather data for targeted advertising. The Wall Street Journal's Sam Schechner has more.	01.23.2019
		Can Microsoft's $500 Million Solve Seattle's Housing Issue? Microsoft pledged $500 million to support affordable housing in the Seattle area, an effort to address concern that technology companies' financial success has pushed less wealthy people out of their communities. The Wall Street Journal's Jay Greene has the details.	01.22.2019
		Netflix Earnings: A Mixed Bag as Competition Heats Up Netflix continued to expand its customer base at a rapid clip in the fourth quarter thanks to strong growth overseas, but increased spending on content weighed on the streaming-video giant's profit and it forecast slower revenue growth for the current quarter. Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group has more.	01.18.2019
		Motorola Razr Phone: The Next Comeback? Motorola seeks to revive flip phone that was dethroned by the iPhone a decade ago. The Wall Steet Journal's Sarah Krouse has more.	01.17.2019
		Netflix Raises Prices on All of Its Subscription Plans Netflix has raised prices for all of its subscription plans, a move that will give the streaming-video giant more flexibility to continue its aggressive spending on content in the face of stepped-up competition from rivals. The Wall Street Journal's Joe Flint has more.	01.16.2019
		Cloud Still Shines for Amazon, Microsoft Can Amazon and Microsoft keep their cloud businesses growing strong? The Wall Street Journal's Dan Gallagher has more on the new $1.6 trillion question.	01.15.2019
		Apple: Time to Blast Through 'Walled Garden?' For years, Apple's software and services were only available on its hardware. At this year's CES tech show in Las Vegas, it's become apparent that the company is ready to try something different. The Wall Street Journal's Christopher Mims has more.	01.14.2019
		CES 2019: Air Taxis, Wall TVs, 5G Hype, Walking Cars At the annual CES convention, companies showcase their most ambitious projects and hint at what's in store for the future of technology. The Wall Street Journal's Wilson Rothman and Brian Fitzgerald talk what's on the tech horizon with a recap of the world's biggest tech show-and-tell.	01.11.2019
		Fake 5G? Wireless Rivals Fuel Confusion, Controversy Companies like AT&T and Verizon are putting their own spin on 5G wireless standards to appear more cutting-edge. As some decry fake 5G, the Wall Street Journal's Drew FitzGerald talks more on a brewing controversy.	01.10.2019

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Hey, Siri! The New AirPods ...

03.22.2019

Apple announced a new version of its AirPods wireless earbuds that can activate the virtual assistant Siri by voice, a feature aimed at extending the momentum of a fast-selling device as phone sales cool. The Wall Street Journal's Tripp Mickle ...