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WSJ Tech News Briefing

Did Amazon Just Kill Hybrid Work?

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Amazon’s CEO set the tech sector abuzz when he told employees they would need to return to the office five days a week starting early next year. WSJ Deputy Bureau Chief, Careers and Workplace, Vanessa Fuhrmans tells host Zoe Thomas what’s behind the move and how workers and other CEOs are reacting. Plus, the battle to ban screens from schools now includes laptops and tablets. We’ll tell you why some parents are finding that opting their kids out of using devices in the classroom isn’t easy. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Monday, September 23rd. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:40.0

Some parents want their kids kids schools to ditch tablets and laptops for paper and

0:46.7

pencils.

0:47.7

We'll tell you why parents who want to opt their kids out of screens at school are meeting

0:52.4

opposition.

0:53.9

And then from the classroom to the workplace.

0:57.2

We'll explain what Amazon's decision to call workers back to the office five days a week could mean for the company and the rest of the

1:05.2

tech sector. But first, school cell phone bands are taking effect in big districts across the country, including Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

1:17.0

For some, the next question is, what about the other screens?

1:22.0

But the fight to get rid of laptops and tablets in schools isn't so easy.

1:26.0

Here to tell us more is our family and tech columnist Julie Jargan.

1:30.0

Julie, for those of us who aren't in classrooms or who don't have school-age kids

1:34.7

how much of a role are screens playing and teaching these days?

1:38.8

Screens are playing a huge role. It's not uncommon for kids as young as pre-K to be given iPads and other

1:44.6

tablets. In middle school and higher, kids are taking their Chromebooks from

1:48.8

class to class and working on them all day and then into the night as they're doing homework.

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