Defense-Tech Startups Look to Anyone but China for Parts

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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U.S. defense companies making weapons to counter China are also heavily dependent on the country for parts. WSJ technology and national security reporter Heather Somerville explains the challenges behind overhauling a China-dominated supply chain. Plus, Apple’s latest software updates include a new free password manager. WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen tells us the pros and cons of Apple’s Passwords app. Sign up for the WSJ's free technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.4	slash Wall Street.
0:18.6	Welcome to Tech News briefing. It's Monday, September 30th.
0:23.5	I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal,
0:25.5	filling in for Zoe Thomas.
0:27.5	If you own an iPhone and you update it
0:29.5	to the latest iOS 18, you may have noticed something new on your screen, a Passwords App.
0:35.0	Our personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen will tell us more about it.
0:38.8	And then, defense companies making weapons to counter Beijing have a problem.
0:43.4	They depend on China for parks.
0:45.8	Our technology and national security reporter Heather Somerville
0:49.2	will explain the challenges behind overhauling a China dominated supply chain. But first, there have been over 10,000 data breaches this year, a record high, and the majority of those attacks used stolen credentials, that's according to a recent Verizon analysis.
1:13.0	A password manager could help thwart some of those attacks,
1:16.0	but according to a global survey by authentication company, Yubiko,
1:20.0	only about one in four people use one.
1:23.0	Now as part of the latest iPhone, iPad, and Mac software update,
1:26.8	Apple has included a free password manager that suggests unique unguessable passwords,
1:32.5	plus a feature that lets you securely share passwords
1:35.4	with any contacts, as long as they're Apple users, of course.
1:38.5	Here to tell us more is our personal tech columnist
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