TNB Tech Minute: Musk Makes Appearance on Ukrainian President’s Call to Trump

WSJ Tech News Briefing

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus, President-elect Donald Trump says he won’t sell some of his stake in the parent company of Truth Social. And Amazon is testing new formats for its grocery business. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Connie, I had a wonderful dream where I climbed an infinite mountain.
0:03.8	What kind of mountain, Trevor?
0:05.1	A mountain of roast potatoes, parsnips.
0:07.7	Right.
0:08.5	Picks and doves.
0:09.7	At Argos, we've got all the gifts they're dreaming of this Christmas,
0:12.7	from Ninja Air Fryers to festive Habitat Tableware.
0:15.6	There's more...
0:16.1	Yum!
0:16.8	To Argos.orgos.com.uk and installs subject to availability.
0:21.9	Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Friday, November 8th. I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal.
0:28.4	Elon Musk made an unexpected appearance on a phone call between President-elect Donald Trump
0:33.1	and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. People familiar with the conversation say Zelensky
0:38.8	called Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate to congratulate him on his successful White House run when Musk
0:44.1	happened to walk into the room. Trump acknowledged Musk, the billionaire owner of SpaceX, whose Starlink
0:49.9	satellite service is used widely by Ukraine's forces. Musk said hello, prompting Zelensky to respond.
0:56.6	Zelensky said he was using Starlink for the conversation, and Musk replied that he would
1:00.4	keep sending more Starlink ground stations to Ukraine and then left the room. The brief interaction
1:06.0	shows the unprecedented access Musk has to the future U.S. president and the tech billionaires' promised
1:11.5	role in the new administration. Spokespeople for the Trump campaign and transition didn't
1:16.5	immediately respond to requests for comment. Musk didn't immediately return a request for comment.
1:22.7	Meanwhile, shares of Trump media and technology rose over 15% after Trump said he wouldn't sell some of his
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