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TNB Tech Minute: Newark Airport Suffers Tech Outage, Again

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus, Google faces a potential $3.3 billion antitrust lawsuit in Italy. And Panasonic plans to cut 10,000 jobs globally. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Americans love using their credit cards, the most secure and hassle-free way to pay.

0:04.0

But DC politicians want to change that with the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill.

0:08.0

This bill lets corporate megastores pick how your credit card is processed,

0:13.0

allowing them to use untested payment networks that jeopardize your data security and rewards.

0:18.0

Corporate megastores will make more money and you pay the price.

0:22.1

Tell Congress to guard your card because Americans lose when politicians choose. Learn more at

0:28.1

guard your card.com. Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Friday, May 9th. I'm Julie Chang for the

0:36.0

Wall Street Journal. Newark Liberty International Airport

0:39.3

in New Jersey suffered another tech outage this morning. The Federal Aviation Administration said

0:44.9

the outage occurred at the Philadelphia Air Traffic Control Facility. It took out radar and

0:49.5

communications for about 90 seconds. A similar outage took place on April 28th. The FAA has said it's speeding up

0:56.9

technology fixes for Newark's air traffic control operation. Italy's price comparison site operator

1:03.2

Multiply Group is suing Google for over $3.3 billion in damages over what it called

1:09.7

anti-competitive behavior. The lawsuit alleges that the

1:13.3

tech giant abused its market dominance to suppress competition from Trova Prezzi, a comparison

1:18.7

platform operated by a Multiply subsidiary. Multiply said that between 2010 and 2017, the tech

1:25.5

giant favored its Google shopping service over rival comparison websites.

1:30.1

Google said it's reviewing the lawsuit and it strongly disagrees with the damages claims.

1:35.7

And Panasonic plans to cut about 10,000 jobs globally. The Japanese electronics maker said it will

1:41.9

streamline operations at its headquarters and business units, including consumer electronics. It said it will streamline operations at its headquarters and business units,

1:45.3

including consumer electronics. It said it will terminate unprofitable businesses. The measure

1:50.9

would impact about 5,000 employees in Japan and 5,000 overseas. The company had about 229,000

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