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WSJ Tech News Briefing

Tech Testimony: Google CEO and FTX Founder Testify in Separate Cases

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends deals that the government argues gave the company a monopoly in search. And prosecutors begin cross-examination of Sam Bankman-Fried. For more on the criminal trial of the FTX founder, check out The Journal podcast. Plus, are at-home tests that reveal your "biological age" useful? WSJ reporter Dominique Mosbergen joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss her experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0

Welcome to Tech News Briefing and Happy Halloween!

0:36.0

It's Tuesday, October 31st.

0:39.0

I'm Zoe Thomas, für die Wall Street Journal.

0:42.0

You've probably heard the term biological clock.

0:45.0

But did you know yours could be ticking at a different speed from the calendar?

0:50.0

Scientists say your biological age could be a more accurate predictor of lifespan and age-related diseases.

0:57.0

And companies that test changes to your DNA are offering to give you a look at that magic number, and possibly help drive it down.

1:05.0

Our Medical Science reporter Dominique Mossberg and tried out tests from some of these companies,

1:10.0

initially with us to explain how they work and tell us about her results.

1:17.0

But first, Google CEO Sundar Pachai took the stand yesterday in the Tech Giants Anti-Trust trial.

1:25.0

His testimony is viewed by many observers as pivotal, since the case could result in major changes for the company's search engine.

1:33.0

For weeks, the government has called witnesses to make its case that Google's dominance in search is a result of its exclusive deals with Apple and other smartphone companies.

1:43.0

Our reporter Jan Wolfe was in the courtroom.

1:46.0

During the eighth week now of the landmark Anti-Trust case against Google here in Washington, D.C.,

1:52.0

much of the trial featured government witnesses, that is to say people put on a witness stand by the Justice Department and the bipartisan coalition of state attorneys generals that have joined in the DOJ's case,

2:04.0

and have also made some overlapping arguments of their own.

2:07.0

And the testimony from Google CEO did not produce bombshell revelations, but it did produce a encapsulation of the Google defense,

2:16.0

which is that people like us because we're the best.

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