TNB Tech Minute: Ukraine Says Russia Is Using Elon Musk’s Starlink
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 13 February 2024
⏱️ 2 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Slack presents hands-free conversations. |
| 0:03.2 | Hello, car commuter, dog walker, stroller pusher. |
| 0:06.5 | Your hands are busy. |
| 0:07.9 | It's why we created huddles in Slack, because sometimes talking is easier than typing. |
| 0:12.6 | Huddle without the hassle. |
| 0:14.4 | In Slack. |
| 0:16.7 | Here's your TMB Tech Minute for Tuesday, February 13th. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:24.0 | Ukrainian officials say that Russian forces have purchased satellite internet terminals made by SpaceX in Arab countries |
| 0:30.0 | and used them at the front line, potentially undercutting a major battlefield advantage for the Ukrainian army. |
| 0:36.0 | Ukraine's military intelligence agency posted an audio recording online that it said was intercepted from Russian radio communications. |
| 0:44.2 | In the recording, two men can be heard speaking in Russian about how to get Starlink, |
| 0:48.2 | SpaceX's satellite internet system. |
| 0:51.1 | SpaceX didn't respond to a request for comment. |
| 0:53.0 | SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has denied previous reports that Moscow is purchasing Starlink systems. |
| 0:59.0 | Grocery delivery company Instacart is cutting about 250 employees or roughly 7% of staff. |
| 1:06.0 | The layoffs are aimed at cutting back on money losing projects while focusing on those that are generating returns. |
| 1:12.0 | Instacart announced the layoffs alongside its fourth quarter results. |
| 1:16.0 | It posted a profit of $135 million, |
| 1:19.0 | down 71% from the same quarter a year earlier |
| 1:22.0 | when it gained from a tax allowance. |
| 1:25.0 | And we're exclusively reporting that Walmart is in talks to buy Smart TV manufacturer Vizio |
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