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WSJ Tech News Briefing

Why Aren’t We Using Tech That Could Reduce Drunken Driving?

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Technology like the Dadss alcohol-detection system uses sensors to measure a driver’s blood alcohol level, but there are some major barriers standing in the way of widespread adoption. WSJ reporter Ryan Felton discusses the tech and what’s holding it back. Plus, WSJ reporter Katie Bindley explores why some of today’s tech founders aren’t just young—they’re in their teens. Belle Lin hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

As companies seek to close growing gaps in skills and talent,

0:04.0

Deloitte US CEO Jason Garzatus believes it's important for organizations to understand their baseline of skills.

0:10.0

There's so many organizations that can't ask and answer the fundamental questions about how much computer science or data management skills do I have or AI development skills in a given domain. By performing a skills inventory, leaders can truly understand where their efforts should be focused.

0:25.7

Being blind to those gaps is the real miss.

0:28.4

Visit Deloitte.com to learn how your enterprise can help successfully cultivate talent.

0:36.7

Welcome to Tech News briefing. It's Tuesday, December 23rd. I'm Bell Lynn for the Wall Street Journal.

0:44.4

It seems tech founders are getting younger and younger. Some of them, in fact, are still in their teens.

0:51.5

We dig into how some teenage entrepreneurs are well on their way to making it big.

0:57.4

Then, new technologies are emerging that seek to drastically reduce fatalities and accidents

1:03.5

involving drunken drivers. Yet, there are some key hurdles holding them back.

1:11.3

But first, you might be familiar with tech founders in their 20s, but what about in their

1:17.8

teens?

1:19.2

It turns out there are plenty of young entrepreneurs out there these days who are still

1:24.0

in high school or even younger.

1:26.9

WSJ reporter Katie Binley joins us now to tell us about some of the youngest new founders

1:32.7

who are already pitching venture capitalists and gaining customers.

1:38.1

Katie, you write about these young and hungry tech founders who increasingly happen to be

1:43.6

teenagers.

1:44.9

Tell us how they're building their companies.

1:47.8

So each of them has, you know, a different area of interest.

1:51.0

AI is certainly a theme they all have in common.

1:54.0

So I spoke with one 15-year-old who has built a platform that basically produces financial reports about small and midcap companies.

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