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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Temu Stops Shipping to U.S.

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Ireland’s privacy watchdog fines TikTok over China surveillance risks. And Grand Theft Auto VI’s release is delayed until next year, sending shares of Take-Two Interactive lower. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Kate's just off to work after sleeping in the best bed in the business.

0:04.0

And my word, doesn't she look ready for anything?

0:07.0

Something about her smile is just brighter.

0:10.0

Her eyes seem glintier, and she just feels so much more...

0:15.0

Kate-yer?

0:16.0

Of course it's no surprise really, because last night she slept at Premier Inn,

0:20.0

and she got up to 15% off with business booker.

0:24.1

Get better sleep for your money.

0:26.3

Premier Inn, rest easy.

0:28.6

T's and C's apply.

0:31.3

Here's your T&B Tech Minute for Friday, May 2nd.

0:34.6

I'm Victoria Craig for the Wall Street Journal.

0:37.0

Chinese bargain site, Temu,

0:38.6

says it's no longer shipping products directly to customers in the U.S., a dramatic shift

0:44.1

in its business model. It comes as the U.S. ended its longstanding de minimis provision today.

0:49.6

That was a trade exemption that let overseas packages valued at $800 or less arrived duty-free.

0:56.3

A spokesperson from Temu said the shipping changes are, quote,

0:59.4

part of Tamu's ongoing adjustments to improve service levels.

1:03.6

Staying with China, the country's popular social video app, TikTok, has been fined $600 million

1:08.9

by Ireland's privacy watchdog. It said the company failed to

1:12.8

guarantee user data sent to China was protected from government surveillance under Chinese laws

1:17.9

governing espionage and cybersecurity. That is a blow to TikTok's efforts to convince Western

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