Tech News Briefing

The use of technology in healthcare boomed during the pandemic and led to record investment in health startups. At The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival, WSJ reporter Chip Cutter spoke with Zus Health CEO Jonathan Bush about what's next for the sector. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elon Musk’s plans to buy Twitter are creating chaos and uncertainty inside the company, according to staff. Employees say they don't know what their jobs will look like, and some say it is taking a financial toll on them. WSJ tech reporter Deepa Seetharaman joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss what this could mean for Twitter and its workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a 13-year financing bonanza that saw hundreds of companies reach billion-dollar-plus valuations, the fun may be over for tech startups. WSJ reporter Heather Somerville joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss why investors are closing their wallets and what startups are doing to stay afloat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cryptocurrency values have been plummeting recently, raising questions about investors’ safety and regulations. At The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival, WSJ crypto editor Jenna Telesca spoke with Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder about how the crypto exchange is tackling these issues. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Augmented-reality headsets are already being used in some workplaces. What will it take for them to be more widely adopted? At The Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything Festival, Senior Personal Tech Columnist Joanna Stern spoke with senior executives from Magic Leap, a company pushing to make AR an everyday reality in our lives, about the challenges it faces. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival this week, Gopuff co-CEO Rafael Ilishayev spoke with WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims about the challenges of ultra-fast delivery and whether robots and drones could help. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., on Saturday left 10 people dead and 3 others wounded. Nearly all the victims were Black, and authorities are investigating it as a racially motivated hate crime. The attack was broadcast live on the streaming service Twitch, before the service took it down less than two minutes later. WSJ reporter Georgia Wells joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how social media has been used in these sorts of attacks and how the platforms are responding. Learn more about your ad

A lobbying group for the tech sector warns that remote work may mean highly skilled jobs are headed out of the U.S. Host Zoe Thomas is joined by Jennifer Young, CEO of the Technology Councils of North America, to discuss the solution the industry would like to see, and WSJ reporter Julie Bykowicz to talk about how the message is being received in Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices