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Why Musk Doesn’t Have Access to SpaceX’s Biggest Government Secrets
As SpaceX deepened its ties with national-security agencies in recent years, the company’s lawyers advised senior executives not to seek a higher security clearance for Elon Musk, the rocket company's founder and CEO, according to people familiar with the matter. WSJ investigations reporter Joe Palazzolo joins Tech News Briefing to explain why and what this means now that Musk has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead the new Department of Government Efficiency. Plus, internet plans now come with “nutrition labels” that disclose prices and speeds. But consumers can’t find them or understand them. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: SoftBank Plans to Invest $100 Billion in U.S. Projects
Plus, TikTok asks the Supreme Court to delay enforcement of a law forcing its sale or banning the social-media app in the U.S. And state officials are pushing the federal government for answers about mysterious drone sightings. Danny Lewis hosts.
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Meet David Sacks, Trump’s AI and Crypto Czar
Tech investor David Sacks made his money through early bets on Uber and other startups, and has built his reputation as a conservative provocateur. WSJ reporter Rolfe Winkler joins host Belle Lin to talk about how Sacks could influence White House tech policy. Plus, why Google’s quantum boost doesn’t seem to compute.
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Driverless: Waymo and the Robotaxi Race—Under the Hood
Waymo, the self-driving car startup owned by Google parent Alphabet, may be the front-runner in the race to lead the driverless car industry, but it’s got competition. Elon Musk’s Tesla and Amazon’s Zoox are also building out robotaxi technology and services to get riders in self-driving cars. On the second episode of our special series on the growing driverless car industry, host Danny Lewis looks at these companies’ efforts to catch up and where Waymo’s success could take it and its tech into the future.
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Further reading:
General Motors Scraps Cruise Robotaxi Program
Musk Shows Off Driverless Robotaxi to Be Priced Under $30,000
Waymo, Uber, Lyft Are Biggest Winners From Tesla’s Robotaxi Flop
Elon Musk Plays a Familiar Song: Robot Cars Are Coming
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TNB Tech Minute: U.S. Prepares New AI Chip Restrictions to Limit China’s Access
Plus, messages show that Elon Musk wanted to make OpenAI a for-profit company he controlled. And Amazon union members vote to authorize strikes at two New York warehouses. Belle Lin hosts.
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