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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Musk and Putin Held Secret Conversations

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus, federal investigators probe cryptocurrency firm Tether. And Boeing explores possible sale of its space business. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

When Kate and Jervais founded Health and Her in 2019, they set out to transform Menopause care.

0:06.4

Through Barclay's Eagle Labs, they gained specialist industry and business expertise,

0:11.0

with support and training for the whole team.

0:13.0

But the story doesn't end here.

0:16.0

Because Health and Her are only just getting started,

0:19.0

selling at major UK retailers,

0:22.0

and making a real difference to thousands of lives.

0:25.0

Grow your business. Bank on Barclays.

0:28.0

Search Barclays Business Banking.

0:30.0

Here's your T&B Tech Minute for Friday, October 25th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:39.7

We exclusively report that Elon Musk, the billionaire head of companies including Tesla and SpaceX,

0:46.0

has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022.

0:52.0

The discussions touch on personal topics, business, and geopolitical tensions.

0:57.0

They were confirmed by several current and former U.S., and Russian officials.

1:03.4

Putin asked Musk at one point to avoid activating his Starlink satellite internet service

1:08.9

over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese leader Shizhing Ping, two people briefed on the request said.

1:15.0

NASA administrator Bill Nelson said at a semaphore conference today

1:19.6

that the revelations about the secret conversations were quote concerning and should be

1:24.0

investigated. Musk didn't respond to requests for comment but responded

1:28.7

derisively to the story on X without denying it. A spokesman for SpaceX didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

1:36.6

A Kremlin spokesman said Putin and Musk had only one telephone call and neither Putin nor Kremlin officials had regular conversations with Musk.

1:45.0

The federal government is investigating

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