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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Tesla Will Lay Off More Than 10% of Workforce

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Plus: The U.S. government grants Samsung $6.4 billion to expand its facilities in Texas. And Samsung overtakes Apple as the number one seller of smartphones worldwide. Alex Ossola hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:03.0

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0:06.0

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0:11.0

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0:15.2

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0:19.4

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0:23.0

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.

0:25.6

This is a high risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.

0:29.6

Here's your TMB Tech minute for Monday, April 15th. I'm Alex Osala for the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.0

Tesla plans to lay off more than 10% of its global workforce.

0:42.0

In an email informing employees of the job cuts, more than 10% of its global workforce.

0:42.8

In an email informing employees of the job cuts, CEO Elon Musk cited the need to reduce costs

0:48.2

and increased productivity.

0:50.1

Two prominent executives also announced their departures.

0:53.3

The shake-up comes as the world's most valuable automaker leans into developing autonomous vehicles

0:58.2

as its growth prospects for selling electric cars dim.

1:01.5

For more on the company's autonomous vehicle plans, tune into tomorrow's

1:04.8

tech news briefing. The US government is granting Samsung up to $6.4 billion to build chipmaking

1:11.4

facilities just outside Austin, Texas.

1:14.2

The Commerce Department said Samsung is using the grant money to help hike its investment

1:18.1

in Texas to roughly $45 billion, including adding a second chipmaking factory.

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