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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Indonesia Blocks iPhone 16 Sales

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Plus, aerospace startup Beyond Aero raises $20 million in funding. And five of the so-called Magnificent Seven tech companies are set to report earnings this week. Charlotte Gartenberg hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your TMB Tech Minute for Monday, October 28th.

0:20.3

I'm Charlotte Gartenberg for the Wall Street Journal.

0:23.0

Indonesia has blocked Apple sales of the newest iPhone 16 handsets, citing the company's

0:28.6

non-fulfillment of local investment requirements.

0:31.3

State media reported that Indonesia's industry minister said the company's local unit,

0:35.9

P.T. Apple, Indonesia, is $240 billion rupee short of the $1.71 trillion

0:41.9

rupee, or about 109 million dollars, required to get the license to sell the iPhone 16s.

0:48.0

The band does not apply to other Apple products.

0:51.0

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

0:54.8

We exclusively report that startup Beyond Arrow has raised $20 million as it aims to make Blue

1:00.5

skies greener with hydrogen electric private jets.

1:04.0

This successful funding round is a vote of investor confidence that the French aerospace company

1:08.7

can make hydrogen-powered electric jets for companies and the ultra wealthy into a moneymaker.

1:13.6

Giant Ventures in French Sovereign Fund, BPI France, co-led the Series A financing round,

1:19.7

which also included capital from venture firms' initialized capital, Female Founders Fund, and 7% Ventures.

1:26.0

According to its co-founder and CEO, Beyond Errol will use the capital to accelerate the construction

1:32.0

of a plant in Toulouse, France where it is based.

1:35.2

The plant will build the hydrogen electric power trains that will propel its jets.

1:41.0

And turning to tech company earnings,

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