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Breaking Down Trump’s Options to Pay $454M Civil-Fraud Penalty | WSJ
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- Breaking Down Trump’s Options to Pay $454M Civil-Fraud Penalty | WSJ
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- 5 hours ago
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- Former President Donald Trump is facing half a billion dollars in legal penalties in his New York civil-fraud trial. For now, the billionaire and presumptive Republican nominee for president has until late March to come up with the funds or the New York attorney general could begin to seize some of his assets.
WSJ looks at the options he could use to finance his mounting legal bills.
Chapters:
0:00 Trump’s legal penalties
0:53 The state of Trump’s finances
2:48 Trump’s payments
3:50 Options for paying
4:41 What could happen to his assets?
6:26 What’s next?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Trump #Legal #WSJ
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- Watch Live: Federal Reserve News Conference | WSJ
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- 13 hours ago
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- Watch live coverage of a news conference with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
#Fed #JeromePowell #WSJ
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- EV Hacking: This Is How Easy It Is to Sabotage the Power Grid | WSJ
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- 14 hours ago
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- Electric vehicle chargers are plagued with security flaws that could expose sensitive data, compromise Wi-Fi networks and in a worst-case scenario, bring down power grids. Today’s EVs have more lines of code than a modern passenger jet, making them increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks.
WSJ reveals how EV chargers can be hacked, and what it will take to protect the world’s rapidly growing EV infrastructure from cybercriminals.
Chapters:
0:00 EV chargers vulnerabilities
0:44 How to hack into an EV charger
4:06 Power grid implications
6:49 Cybersecurity
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#EV #Cybersecurity #WSJ
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- Watch a Risky China-Philippines Confrontation in the South China Sea | WSJ
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- 3 days ago
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- China’s maritime militia surrounded a Philippine convoy on a resupply mission in the disputed South China Sea. It would become one of the most significant confrontations between the two countries in recent years.
WSJ’s Feliz Solomon explains why these resupply missions are becoming increasingly dangerous as she witnessed the hourslong standoff on board a Philippine coast guard ship called the BRP Cabra.
Chapters:
0:00 South China Sea
0:25 On board the ship
1:28 Chinese helicopter
2:07 The Chinese fleet
3:21 Sierra Madre resupplied
#China #Philippines #WSJ
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- Mapping Refugee Movement in Gaza as Israel's Rafah Offensive Looms | WSJ
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- 4 days ago
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- The majority of Gaza's displaced population is sheltering in Rafah after Israeli offensives gradually forced refugees to move south. And satellite images show there are few—if any—options in Gaza where the 1.5 million people can go if Israel proceeds with a ground operation.
Chapters:
0:00 Gaza’s displaced population
0:30 Northern Gaza
2:14 Rafah camps
#Gaza #Rafah #WSJ
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- Why Ukraine Keeps Attacking This 12-Mile Bridge | WSJ
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- 5 days ago
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- As the Russia-Ukraine war is largely stuck in a bloody stalemate, Crimea is becoming an increasingly important battleground. Satellite images show Russia has constructed marine defenses across Crimea to protect its key assets, including the Kerch Bridge. The bridge has already been attacked twice by Kyiv and there could be further strikes at the crossing.
WSJ looks at why the $3.6 billion Kerch Bridge is key to both Kyiv and Moscow.
Chapters:
0:00 The Kerch Bridge
1:25 First attack on Crimea
2:25 Second attack on Crimea
3:40 Russian defenses
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
WSJ’s latest news coverage around the 2022-2024 Russia-Ukraine conflict.
#Russia #Ukraine #WSJ
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- OpenAI's Sora Made Me Crazy AI Videos—Then the CTO Answered (Most of) My Questions | WSJ
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- 6 days ago
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- OpenAI’s new text-to-video AI model Sora can create some very realistic scenes. How does this generative AI tech work? Why does it mess up sometimes? When will it be released to the public? What data was it trained on?
WSJ’s Joanna Stern sat down with OpenAI CTO Mira Murati to find out.
Chapters:
0:00 OpenAI’s Sora
1:08 Reviewing Sora’s videos
4:03 Optimizing and training Sora
6:42 Concerns around Sora
8:55 Identifying Sora videos
Tech Things With Joanna Stern
Everything is now a tech thing. In creative and humorous videos, WSJ senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern explains and reviews the products, services and trends that are changing our world.
#AI #Sora #WSJ
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- Inside a U.S. Air Force Mission to Airdrop Aid to Gaza | WSJ
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- 6 days ago
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- The U.S. and other countries are dropping aid over the Gaza Strip to help Palestinians grappling with a humanitarian disaster.
WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon flew with the U.S. Air Force as it delivered food on a C-130 flight from Jordan.
Chapters:
0:00 On board an American C-130
0:57 Sixth American airdrop in Gaza
2:11 Endangering civilians with drops
#Gaza #Palestine #WSJ
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- Military Strategist Shows How China Would Likely Invade Taiwan | WSJ
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- 7 days ago
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- What was once unthinkable—direct conflict between the United States and China—has now become a commonplace discussion in the national security community as tensions continue to escalate between Taiwan and China. Two big indicators that cause analysts concern is Xi Jinping saying Taiwan belongs to Beijing and will be reunified and their massive military buildup over the past 20 years.
WSJ spoke with the CSIS’s Mark Cancian, who lays out the outcome of a potential war in the Taiwan Strait based on the organization's recent wargames.
Chapters:
0:00 China-Taiwan tensions rising
1:00 Background on Taiwan
2:02 The war game
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#China #Taiwan #WSJ
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- How Temu Became the Most-Downloaded App in America | WSJ
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- 8 days ago
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- Temu, a Chinese-founded e-commerce company, became the most-downloaded app in the U.S. in just over a year. The retailer has flooded social media feeds with curious consumers and even aired ads at back-to-back Super Bowls. In 2023, the discount retail app moved about $17 billion worth of goods between manufacturers and customers across the Pacific.
WSJ breaks down how its continued growth could redefine online retail, just like Amazon’s speedy delivery did.
Chapters:
0:00 Temu’s popularity
0:35 Temu’s explosive 2023
3:00 How Temu can redefine e-commerce
5:57 Temu’s future
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Temu #Ecommerce #WSJ
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- Biden Blasts Republicans in State of the Union Speech | WSJ
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- 11 days ago
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- With eight months to go before the election, President Joe Biden used his State of the Union address to strike a clear contrast with Donald Trump and the Republican party on issues like immigration and the economy.
The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Coverage Chief Damian Paletta analyzes key moments from President Biden’s State of the Union address.
Chapters:
0:00 Biden’s State of the Union
0:53 Border disputes
2:21 Economy
3:22 Ukraine
4:29 Bipartisan movement
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Biden #StateoftheUnion #WSJ
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- ‘President Biden Has Failed:’ Katie Britt in Republican Response to State of the Union | WSJ
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Watch live coverage of the Republican Response to the State of the Union with Alabama Sen. Katie Britt.
#GOP #Politics #WSJ
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- ‘Strong and Getting Stronger:’ President Biden Delivers State of the Union Address | WSJ
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Watch live coverage of President Biden delivering the State of the Union Address.
#Biden #StateoftheUnion #WSJ
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- Illegal Israeli Settler Roads Are Surging Across West Bank Since Oct. 7 | WSJ
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- A Wall Street Journal investigation found that since Oct. 7, Israeli settlers have been rapidly building illegal roads and outposts across the West Bank. This work is sometimes done under armed guard with funding from the Israeli government.
Chapters:
0:00 WSJ’s findings: a surge in illegal construction
1:24 How roads become borders
2:35 Farkha: a new road threatens the village
4:41 Wadi al Seeq: a Bedouin village violently expelled
6:53 Government support for illegal farming outposts
8:35 Alonei Shilo: An illegal road 10 years in the making
9:29 Will Gaza be settled next?
WSJ video investigations use visual evidence to reveal the truth behind the most important stories of the day.
#Israel #Gaza #WSJ
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- Why This New Tesla Adapter Does—and Doesn’t—Fix EV Charging | WSJ
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Tesla has opened up its EV charging network to other electric vehicles, starting with Ford. (GM, Hyundai, Kia and others will gain access soon.) With the right adapter, non-Tesla EVs can now charge at Tesla Superchargers. Is it easy to get started? How do the speed and price compare?
WSJ’s Joanna Stern hit up 10 Tesla Superchargers in her Ford Mustang Mach-E to test it all out.
Chapters:
0:00 Non-Teslas at Tesla Superchargers
1:00 The setup
1:54 The spots
4:09 The speed
4:56 Takeaways
Tech Things With Joanna Stern
Everything is now a tech thing. In creative and humorous videos, WSJ senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern explains and reviews the products, services and trends that are changing our world.
#Tesla #EV #WSJ
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- A Trump vs. Biden Rematch: What's Different in 2024? | WSJ
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- 13 days ago
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- It’s an expected rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election. While Biden is facing obstacles like concerns about his age and declining approval ratings, Trump is juggling challenges that many of his predecessors haven’t experienced.
From legal woes to calendar conflicts, WSJ’s Alex Leary explains what challenges Trump faces on the campaign trail, and how he may turn them into opportunities.
Chapters:
0:00 2024 presidential election
0:28 Unprecedented election
1:50 Trump’s legal issues
3:54 Trump’s status in the GOP
4:43 Biden’s issues
6:02 What’s next?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Biden #Trump #WSJ
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- Why China’s Deflation Is More Dangerous Than High Inflation | WSJ
- Date posted
- 14 days ago
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- China’s economy is teetering on the brink of widespread deflation—a scenario that could cause even more problems than high inflation. Economists are afraid that deflation is happening in China like it did in Japan’s recession in the 1990s.
Like Japan in the ’90s, Beijing is also experiencing a real estate crisis. So how could this affect the U.S. and the rest of the world?
WSJ looks at Japan’s “lost decade” to explain why China’s economy is struggling and what it means for the global economy.
Chapters:
0:00 China’s economy
0:31 Japan’s “lost decade”
2:30 Deflation in China
3:56 Impact on the U.S. and the world
4:36 China’s response to deflation
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#China #E...
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- Why NATO Countries Say Russia Is Weaponizing Migrants | WSJ
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- Finland closed its border checkpoints with Russia in late 2023 over an influx of migrants. It’s something European leaders have described as an act of “hybrid warfare.”
WSJ’s Ann Simmons explains why Helsinki says Moscow is behind the surge and why European leaders say Russia is weaponizing migration.
Chapters:
0:00 Asylum seekers at the border
0:44 Finland’s borders
1:29 Hybrid warfare
2:41 Has Belarus weaponized migration too?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Russia #Finland #WSJ
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- Mitch McConnell: How the Senate Leader Leveraged His Power Over 17 Years | WSJ
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from the helm of the Republican conference in November. Now the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, McConnell cultivated political clout and a reputation as a master legislative strategist.
WSJ spoke with Josh Holmes, McConnell’s former chief of staff, who described the legacy of McConnell’s leadership.
Chapters:
0:00 Sen. McConnell is stepping down
0:52 How McConnell got here
2:29 Key moments from his leadership
5:49 Where does the Senate go from here?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Senate #McConnell #WSJ
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- Inside Nvidia HQ, Where 5,000 ‘Nvidians’ Work on AI’s Future | WSJ Open Office
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- At Nvidia’s headquarters, the AI chips that propelled the company to a $2-trillion valuation were used in custom software that helped design the space-ship-like buildings. The tech company’s office in Santa Clara, California, is now one of the most sought-after places to work.
WSJ took a tour of the campus - and chased down a robot - to find out what an office with over one million square feet looks like.
Chapters:
0:00 Nvidia’s headquarters
0:44 Office setup
2:13 Creating connections
4:!5 Maximizing efficiency
6:45 Future space
Open Office
Offices are as unique as the companies they house. This WSJ series takes viewers inside standout spaces to show the amenities–and quirks–that separate them from the rest, as designers and company executives explain the reason behind it all.
#Nvidia #Tech #WSJ
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- What Makes IMAX So Expensive? | WSJ Tech Behind
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- 19 days ago
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- IMAX is playing an increasingly large role in the film industry with the success of major movie releases like Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” Behind the giant screens, high color detail and custom theaters is a huge amount of technology.
From innovative projectors to custom processing tools — and soon, a new film camera, WSJ explores the tech that goes into creating IMAX’s immersive movie experience.
Chapters:
0:00 IMAX movies
0:35 Projectors
1:45 The camera
4:46 Theaters
Tech Behind
'The Tech Behind' explores the amazing engineering, computing, science and algorithms that power our favorite tech.
#IMAX #Tech #WSJ
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- Why Allies Ukraine and Poland Are Fighting Over Grain | WSJ
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- 20 days ago
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- A fight over grain imports has caused tensions to rise between Ukraine and its close ally Poland, with Polish farmers blockading border checkpoints and spilling Ukrainian grain. These protests come as farmers across Europe have taken to the streets against EU agricultural and climate policies.
WSJ explains what’s behind the dispute and why it has driven a wedge between Ukraine and Poland, one of Kyiv’s closest supporters in the war with Russia.
Chapters:
0:00 Poland-Ukraine tensions
0:36 Background on tensions
1:20 Ukraine
2:41 Impact on war and allies
3:22 What’s next?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Ukraine #Poland #WSJ
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- The Tech Making Airport Towers Obsolete | WSJ Booked
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
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- Hidden in the base of the control tower at London’s Heathrow Airport lies a development lab where AI algorithms and high definition cameras are beginning to redefine how air traffic controllers operate and whether there needs to be a tower at all.
WSJ's George Downs explores how digital machine learning towers work and if the technology could replace the traditional tower and air traffic controllers.
Chapters:
0:00 Digital AI tower
0:46 How digital towers work
3:00 Why digital?
4:38 Why digital towers are not in America
Booked
Your trip may be booked, but there are hundreds of people and processes that help you travel to where you need to go. From airport logistics to cruise ship procedures, WSJ’s Booked peels back the curtain on the travel industry, guiding viewers behind-the-scenes through the lens of industry experts.
#AI #Travel #WSJ
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- India Unrest: Why Farmers Are Protesting Ahead of Election | WSJ
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
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- Thousands of farmers have surrounded India’s capital New Delhi and clashed with police in ongoing protests since mid-February. This is the second major tussle between farmers and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
WSJ’s South Asia Bureau Chief Tripti Lahiri explains the unrest and how it could affect upcoming elections.
Chapters:
0:00 Farmers protesting
0:28 The farmer’s demands
1:57 India’s economic challenges
2:44 What’s next ahead of elections?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#India #Modi #WSJ
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- Why the U.S. Is Sending Spice Bombs to Israel | WSJ Equipped
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Spice guidance kits, being sent to Israel by the U.S., attach to 1,000 or 2,000 pound “dumb” bombs, turning them into precision guided munitions. The goal of guidance kits like Spice and JDAMs is to enhance accuracy while minimizing non-combatant casualties. As Israel continues to target Hamas, concerns of civilian casualties in Gaza remain a critical issue.
WSJ explains how Spice kits work and the benefit of the IDF using this weapon attachment in Gaza.
Chapters:
0:00 U.S. sending Israel Spice kits
0:53 How Spice kits works
2:44 Benefits of Spice kits
3:34 Limiting collateral damage
Equipped
Equipped examines military innovation and tactics emerging around the world, breaking down the tech behind the weaponry and its potential impact.
#Israel #Military #WSJ
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- How Alexei Navalny’s Widow, Yulia Navalnaya, Is Challenging Putin | WSJ
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
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- Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, is emerging as a new political force, after she promised to carry on her husband’s struggle for a free Russia. The most vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin died on Feb. 16 in an Arctic penal colony while serving sentences amounting to more than 30 years on various charges.
WSJ’s Thomas Grove explains what role she could play and the challenges ahead for her and the Russian opposition.
Chapters:
0:00 Alexei Navalny dies
0:41 Who is Navalnaya?
2:07 State of opposition
3:07 Navalny’s threat after death
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Russia #Navalny #WSJ
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- OpenAI’s Sora: How to Spot AI-Generated Videos | WSJ
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- OpenAI just revealed Sora – an AI video generator that creates hyper-realistic scenes and animated worlds in moments. But the tech isn’t perfect. There are also concerns over misinformation, with OpenAI saying it’s taking actions to get ready for the 2024 presidential election, including prohibiting the use of its tools for political campaigning.
WSJ dives into how to spot an AI video, and the ways this text-to-video tool could shape the future of content creation.
Chapters:
0:00 New AI video tool
1:00 Spotting an AI video
2:28 Landscape and animation AI videos
5:08 Misinformation and industry concerns
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#AI #Sora #WSJ
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- Russian Nuclear Weapons in Space? Here’s What We Know. | WSJ
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Russia wants to put a nuclear weapon into space, new intelligence suggests. Although details are slim, policy experts said that the technology could be used against satellites, raising questions about Russia’s intentions and the potential ramifications of an orbital detonation.
WSJ looks at the history of nuclear detonation in space with Starfish Prime and explores what we know about Moscow’s development.
Starfish Prime test footage courtesy of Atomcentral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RrbV_nCKW0
Chapters:
0:00 The U.S.’s new intelligence
0:37 What we know so far
1:45 Starfish Prime
4:21 Russian capabilities in space
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Russia #Nuclear #WSJ
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- Ukraine Says Russia Is Using Starlink: How Elon Musk’s Satellites Work | WSJ
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- SpaceX’s Starlink, Elon Musk’s low-orbit satellite service, has been essential to Ukraine’s operations in the war against Russia. But officials in Kyiv say that Moscow’s forces have been buying satellite internet terminals and using them on the front line in its war against Ukraine, raising questions about what Musk and SpaceX can do, if anything, to shut down the effort.
WSJ explains what we know about how the satellite system works.
Chapters:
0:00 Starlink and Ukraine
0:42 How Starlink works
2:05 How Starlink restricts service
3:07 Challenges
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Ukraine #Starlink #WSJ
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- What Russia’s Capture of Avdiivka Means for the Ukraine War | WSJ
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- Russia seized the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Saturday following months of grinding combat.
WSJ explains what Moscow’s most significant battlefield victory in nearly a year means for Russia, Ukraine and Kyiv’s western backers.
Chapters:
0:00 Remains of Avdiivka
0:38 The capture
2:02 What this means for Ukraine
3:10 What’s next?
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
WSJ’s latest news coverage around the 2022-2024 Russia-Ukraine conflict.
#Russia #Ukraine #WSJ
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- Inside a Chinese Ghost Town of Abandoned Mansions | WSJ
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- China’s property crisis is expected to get worse as sales of new homes plummet and indebted developers struggle to find funds to complete projects. Real estate giant Evergrande was recently forced to liquidate as more than 50 housing developers have defaulted on their debts in recent years.
WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng travels to an abandoned “ghost town” in Shenyang City built by the Greenland Group to explain how China’s real-estate slump has become a headache for the government.
Chapters:
0:00 Empty homes in China
0:30 The Greenland Group
1:19 Inside an abandoned showroom
2:43 Inside a home
3:33 China Evergrande Group
4:28 What’s next?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#China #RealEstate #WSJ
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- No Deal: Why Congress Is Toxic to Border Legislation | WSJ
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
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- Congress has spent decades attempting and failing to pass bipartisan legislation on U.S. immigration and border security. Immigration continues to be a divisive issue in American politics as the past few years, there’s been a record number of illegal crossings on the U.S.’s southern border.
WSJ political correspondent Molly Ball explains how the latest border bill fell apart even before it reached the Senate floor, and what it means in an election year.
Chapters:
0:00 Bipartisan bill
0:45 Immigration in recent American politics
2:14 How this bill played out
3:50 Trump
4:48 Mayorkas
5:28 What's next?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Immigration #Border #WSJ
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- Trump’s $355M Penalty: New York Lawyer Breaks Down the Impacts | WSJ
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A New York judge ordered Donald Trump and his business to pay $355 million for misrepresenting his wealth for financial gain. Veteran New York trial and appellate lawyer Mark Zauderer explains what’s at stake for Trump’s business empire.
Photo Illustration: Annie Zhao
0:00 Trump penalized
0:39 Background on the case
2:22 The ruling
3:53 Trump’s business empire
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#DonaldTrump #NewYork #WSJ
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- Inside the 24/7 Operation to Feed the World's Largest Cruise Ship | WSJ Booked
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas carries up to 7,600 passengers and more than 2,300 crew. The world’s largest cruise ship is nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall and even has a water park on board. But its main amenity is its food; so how does the company plan meals and maintain its 40 restaurants for 10,000 people?
WSJ goes behind the scenes on the Icon of the Seas to see how employees stock, prepare and serve so much food so guests can have an all-you-can-eat experience while minimizing waste.
Chapters:
0:00 Icon of the Seas
0:50 Loading the ship
2:17 Prep and cooking
3:30 Serving and waste
Booked
Your trip may be booked, but there are hundreds of people and processes that help you travel to where you need to go. From airport logistics to cruise ship procedures, WSJ’s Booked peels back the curtain on the travel industry, guiding viewers behind-the-scenes through the lens of industry experts.<...
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- Alexei Navalny, One of the Kremlin’s Most Vocal Critics, Has Died | WSJ
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Alexei Navalny, the anticorruption activist who managed to galvanize Russia’s political opposition, died at age 47 while serving out a sentence in a Russian penal colony, Russian news agencies said. Despite being barred from challenging President Vladimir Putin at the ballot box, the leading opposition figure was one of the Kremlin’s most vocal critics.
Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images
Chapters:
0:00 Navalny dies
0:36 Navalny’s rise to prominence
1:40 Navalny vs. Putin
2:36 Return to Russia
#Russia #Navalny #WSJ
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- The Shadow Tankers Sneaking Russian Oil Past Western Sanctions | WSJ
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A shadow fleet of oil tankers is forging ever-closer ties between Russia and Gulf states like the UAE and Saudi Arabia. These tankers emerged in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine, allowing Moscow to skirt the West imposing a price cap on its oil. So why have more shadow tankers moved towards these Gulf nations?
WSJ explains how oil-rich nations in the Middle East facilitate Russia’s oil trade amid Western efforts to curb the Kremlin’s energy revenues.
Chapters:
0:00 Gulf states and Russian oil
0:43 Shadow fleet, explained
2:03 Oil sales
3:24 New energy trade center
4:38 What’s next for the Middle East?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Russia #Oil #WSJ
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- He Was Killed in a School Shooting. Now He’s Speaking Again. | WSJ
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Joaquin Oliver was killed in the Parkland school shooting. Now with AI, his voice can be heard again. The rise of generative AI tools like Microsoft’s ChatGPT and ElevenLabs make it more accessible for anyone to create a bot of loved ones who have passed.
WSJ’s Joanna Stern sat down with Joaquin’s parents to find out how and why they are preserving their son’s legacy this way.
Chapters:
0:00 Deepfake voices of kids killed by gun violence
1:26 How the voice was made
2:56 What the voice says
5:05 The impact
Tech Things With Joanna Stern
Everything is now a tech thing. In creative and humorous videos, WSJ senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern explains and reviews the products, services and trends that are changing our world.
#AI #Deepfake #WSJ
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- Biden vs. Trump Classified Document Cases: What’s the Difference? | WSJ
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- President Biden and former President Donald Trump were both investigated over their handling of classified documents, but only one of them has been charged. Unlike Trump, who faces felony charges for mishandling sensitive materials retrieved at his Mar-a-Lago property, a Special Counsel decided criminal charges for Biden weren’t warranted.
WSJ’s Aruna Viswanatha explains the differences between the two cases.
Chapters:
0:00 The two cases
0:41 The DOJ’s investigation
1:50 The charges
4:06 The implications
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Biden #Trump #WSJ
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- How 2024’s Record Retirement Numbers Could Spark a Recession | WSJ
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Over four million Americans will reach traditional retirement age this year, more than any other time in history. By 2030, baby boomers will all be 65 or older, shrinking the workforce share of the population. What does this mean for Social Security, which is funded by taxing current workers?
WSJ breaks down how this demographic shift threatens the future of Social Security if nothing is done before 2034.
Chapters:
0:00 Baby boomers retiring
0:27 How the workforce is changing
1:10 How this impacts Social Security
2:26 How this affects the people
4:30 What reform would look like
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Retirement #Economy #WSJ
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- Read-A-Thon to Mark 1 Year of WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Wrongful Detainment | WSJ
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- To mark the one-year milestone of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detention by Russia, The Wall Street Journal newsroom will hold a public reading of his reporting by his peers, friends, family and loved ones for a 24-hour period.
#EvanGershkovich #IStandWithEvan #WSJ
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- This Toxic, Drying U.S. Lake Could Turn Into the ‘Saudi Arabia of Lithium' | WSJ
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The region surrounding California’s toxic Salton Sea is a treasure trove of lithium – a critical ingredient for powering the country’s clean energy future. The estimated 18 million metric tons of lithium suspended in hot geothermal brine is enough to power more than 375 million EV batteries. So what kinds of new tech are companies using to get to this lithium despite the corrosive conditions?
WSJ takes you behind the scenes to understand how companies are building entirely new ways to extract lithium from the area and what it means for the future of domestic lithium production.
Chapters:
0:00 Salton Sea
1:10 Extracting the lithium
4:15 Why it’s so challenging
5:19 Community and environmental concerns
8:28 What’s next?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you ...
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- Why Spirit Airlines’s Stock Is Spiraling Down 60% | WSJ What Went Wrong
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Budget airline Spirit was soaring earlier this year as Frontier and JetBlue engaged in a bidding war to buy out the smaller airline. But now, Spirit is struggling to stay aloft – and a judge has blocked its merger with JetBlue citing antitrust issues.
WSJ’s Alison Sider explains how the ultra low cost carrier went from the most profitable, fastest-growing U.S. airline to a company whose future is up in the air after announcing narrower losses for last quarter. .
Chapters:
0:00 Spirit’s situation
0:38 Overview of Spirit
2:13 The turning point
3:38 The downfall
6:04 What’s next?
What Went Wrong explores the challenging conditions and decisions that led to a company's downturn.
#Spirit #Travel #WSJ
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- How 23andMe Went From $6B Valuation to Penny Stock | WSJ What Went Wrong
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- DNA-testing company 23AndMe and its founder, Anne Wojcicki, aimed to revolutionize healthcare, bringing genetic tests to homes with just a tube of spit. But challenges with its business model and continued data privacy concerns for consumers have brought the company once valued at $6 billion to a valuation of nearly $0, with Nasdaq threatening to delist it.
WSJ explains what went wrong with Wojcicki’s biotech business.
Chapters:
0:00 Home DNA testing
0:49 The rise of 23andMe
2:18 The turning point
4:03 23andMe’s fall
5:23 What’s next?
What Went Wrong explores the challenging conditions and decisions that led to a company's downturn.
#23andMe #DNA #WSJ
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- Inside a Gaza Tunnel Where Israel Says Hamas Kept Hostages | WSJ
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The Israeli military said a tunnel network that served as a long-term hideout for senior Hamas officials in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis was used to hold hostages taken from Israel on Oct 7.
WSJ’s Dov Lieber provides an inside look at the Hamas tunnels that were used as a prison for hostages.
Chapters:
0:00 Tunnels in Khan Yunis
0:18 Tour of the prison
1:27 What this prison could mean
#Israel #Hamas #WSJ
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- Why Venezuela Wants to Annex Over Half of Guyana | WSJ
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Venezuela wants to grab territory nearly the size of Florida from neighboring Guyana, one of the world’s largest growing crude oil producers. This land, called Essequibo, makes up two-thirds of Guyana and has large reserves of gold and diamonds.
WSJ’s Kejal Vyas explains the importance of the region amid Guyana’s oil boom and the role of U.S. companies investing in the region.
Chapters:
0:00 Venezuela unveils new national map
0:41 Why Essequibo?
1:11 Guyana’s wealth
3:02 Venezuela’s oil situation
4:03 Venezuela voting
5:47 What’s next?
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Venezuela #Guyana #WSJ
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- What Tesla’s Sliding Stock Says About Apple, Amazon and Other Big Tech Companies | WSJ
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The “Magnificent Seven”—Apple, Amazon, Tesla, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, and Alphabet—are stocks known for their skyrocketing climb in 2023, leaving the rest of the S&P 500 in the dust. But now, Tesla’s in the red after falling 25% in the last four weeks. So why are these technology companies so important to the stock market?
WSJ’s Gunjan Banerji explains what Tesla’s slide says about this elite group of tech stocks and why investors are concerned.
Chapters:
0:00 Big tech stocks
0:40 Why these stocks are important
2:21 Tesla
3:18 AI in the stock market
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Tesla #Stocks #WSJ
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- The Anti-Trump Republicans: A Data Breakdown | WSJ State of the Stat
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Donald Trump may have started the Republican presidential primary strong with wins in Iowa and New Hampshire — but nearly half of GOP voters there didn’t vote for him.
When those voters were asked if they’d vote for him in November, if he was the nominee — a good percentage of them said no.
So who are these Republicans that won’t vote for Trump? WSJ looks at the data to see who this is and what it could mean for Trump in the general election.
Chapters:
0:00 Trump’s problem
0:47 What defines these voters?
3:43 The stakes for the general election
#Trump #Election #WSJ
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- Why the GLSDB Is So Cost Effective for Ukraine | WSJ Equipped
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The U.S. is shipping Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs to Ukraine, according to a U.S. defense official. The GLSDB is a precision-guided bomb that attaches to a M26 rocket and is considerably cheaper than other long-range missile systems like ATACMS.
While the GLSDBs won’t be Kyiv’s most powerful or longest-range weapon, WSJ explains how they could add significant flexibility and capacity for military operations.
Chapters:
0:00 U.S. shipping GLSDB to Ukraine
0:43 How the weapon works
4:15 Pricing and comparisons
5:12 What’s next?
WSJ Equipped
Equipped examines military innovation and tactics emerging around the world, breaking down the tech behind the weaponry and its potential impact.
#Ukraine #Russia #WSJ
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- Why Does the U.S. Support and Fund Israel So Much? | WSJ
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Since WWII, the U.S. has provided more foreign aid to Israel than any other country, giving about $3.8 billion a year in economic and military aid. Given disagreement over the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza, the future of this arrangement is now uncertain. Could vocal calls for pausing aid, mainly from the left wing of the Democratic Party like Sen Bernie Sanders, lead to a rejection of Biden’s security assistance package?
WSJ explores why Israel still receives so much aid from the U.S. and examines the current fight over conditional aid.
Chapters:
0:00 U.S. aid to Israel after Oct. 7
0:51 Current fight over conditional aid
2:32 Historical context
5:16 State of U.S. aid to Israel today
News Explainers
Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news.
#Israel #C...
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- Federal Reserve Leaves Rate Unchanged, Signals Cuts | WSJ
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Watch live coverage of a Federal Reserve news conference with Chair Jerome Powell.
#Fed #Powell #WSJ