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Plus: Apple’s COO to step down. And, Meta Platforms buys a minority-stake in EssilorLuxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban glasses. Julie Chang hosts. Programming note: Starting this week, Tech News Briefing episodes will be released on Tuesdays and Fridays, and the TNB Tech Minute will ... Show More

Plus: The megabill’s no tax on tips provision could bring in a 2.5% pay bump for Uber drivers. And Boldstart Ventures raises a $250 million AI fund. Julie Chang hosts. Programming note: Starting this week, Tech News Briefing episodes will be released on Tuesdays and Fridays, and ... Show More

Plus: U.S. trade restrictions and AI chip delays cause Samsung's second-quarter operating profit to plunge. Amazon Prime Day is now extended to a full four days. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Programming note: Starting this week, Tech News Briefing episodes will be released on Tuesdays an ... Show More

In the battle for AI supremacy, Meta’s models have lagged. Now CEO Mark Zuckerberg is racing to hire new AI talent to close the gap with rivals. He’s dangling huge pay packages to lure experts away from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. WSJ’s Meghan Bobrowsky explains how Meta’s AI ... Show More

Plus: Amazon invests another $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic. U.K. regulators suggest investigating Apple and Google over their dominance in smartphones. J.R. Whalen reports. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone. ... Show More

In 2023, the AI industry spent an estimated $50 billion on Nvidia chips, with the purpose of training AI models. The payoff for all that spend, according to Sequoia Capital, is $3 billion in revenue. Is that a return worth bragging about? RIcky Mulvey talks with Fool analyst Asit ... Show More

Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde breaks down Google's updates to its AI products coming from the company's annual cloud computing conference. Plus, Tesla may be headed for another sales decline according to some analysts on the Street. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ... Show More

More than half of the top 500 companies in the United States now see Artificial Intelligence as posing a potential risk. That's a five-fold increase in just two years, according to a new survey. And some believe the technology could become a threat to their businesses. So what's ... Show More

Plus: Apple shares rise after a WSJ report that it plans to invest in OpenAI. Mortgage rates fall to their lowest level in 15 months. J.R. Whalen reports. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek rattles Silicon Valley. (00:26) Meta offering creators deals to promote Instagram on other apps: report. (01:52) Diversified Energy (DEC) nears $1.3B deal for Permian Basin natural gas player - WSJ. (03:02) Episode transcripts seekingalpha.com/wsb. Show li ... Show More

Which companies dropped on concerns about tariffs? And why did Amazon’s forecast worry investors? Plus, what drove gains in Barbie maker Mattel’s shares? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free ... Show More

Despite what some experts have characterized as an environment increasingly hostile to AI R&D, North America continues to receive the bulk of AI venture dollars, according to data from investment tracker PitchBook. Between February and May of this year, VCs poured $69.7 billion i ... Show More

Plus: General Motors plans to cut more than a thousand employees in its software and services division, according to people familiar with the matter. Longtime Estée Lauder CEO Fabrizio Freda will step aside next year after about 15 years in the top post. J.R. Whalen reports. Sign ... Show More