TNB Tech Minute: Tesla Recalls More Than 3,800 Cybertrucks
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 19 April 2024
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:18.6 | Here's your T&B Tech Minute for Friday, April 19th. |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:28.0 | Tesla is recalling more than 3,800 cyber trucks to repair or replace faulty accelerator pedals. |
| 0:34.0 | Tesla submitted the voluntary recall to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| 0:39.3 | because the Cybertrucks Accelerator Pedalpad might dislodge and get trapped. |
| 0:44.4 | That can cause the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally and increase the risk of crash. |
| 0:49.2 | Tesla isn't aware of any crashes, injuries, or deaths associated with the accelerator, |
| 0:53.6 | according to the Federal Safety Regulator. |
| 0:56.6 | Congress is fast-tracking an effort to crack down on Tik-Tok. |
| 1:00.3 | The House plans to vote this weekend on revised Tik-Tok legislation that would tie it to a sweeping package of aid for Ukraine and Israel. |
| 1:07.0 | The new approach would give Tik-Tok up to a year to find ownership versus the six months previously proposed with the fate of the popular |
| 1:14.0 | video sharing app hanging in the balance. If the House approves the bill, the Senate could |
| 1:18.7 | vote as soon as next week and send it to President Biden's desk. Biden previously said he would sign a bill banning or forcing a sale of Tik-Tok. |
| 1:27.0 | And, we exclusively report that China has ordered Apple to remove messaging apps |
| 1:32.0 | including WhatsApp, Signal, Thread threads, and telegram from its app store in the country. |
| 1:36.9 | Apple said it was told to remove certain apps because of national security concerns |
| 1:40.8 | without specifying which. |
| 1:43.0 | These messaging apps combined have around 3 billion users globally. |
| 1:47.0 | In China, they can only be accessed through virtual private networks |
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