Will Big Tech’s Bet on AI Pay Off?

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

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🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Five of the biggest tech companies—Meta, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft—reported their most recent quarterly earnings last week. For all of them, the reports were favorable, with revenue and operating earnings beating analysts’ expectations. But there were also signs of potential challenges ahead as the companies invest in artificial intelligence. WSJ Heard on the Street Columnist Dan Gallagher tells host Alex Ossola what the earnings show about the state of big tech, and what the year ahead could bring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Like some kind of Pizza Ninja, Domino's are slicing their prices.
0:05.0	Domino's price slice.
0:07.0	Small pizzas now 8 quid, medium now 10 quid,
0:10.0	and large now 12 quid.
0:12.0	Yet we're making cuts too.
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0:18.0	Tous and see, see Domino's dot code.
0:20.0	UK. Welcome to tech News Briefing. It's Monday, February 5th. I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal.
0:30.0	Coming up on today's show, a growing number of women are managing symptoms of ADHD, and tech may be making those symptoms worse.
0:37.6	W.S.J. Family and Tech called Miss Julie Jargan, tells us why smartphones could both help and hurt.
0:43.7	And then some of the biggest tech companies, including Meta and Amazon, have reported earnings
0:48.2	and beat Wall Street expectations.
0:50.4	We'll find out what's behind that strong earnings growth and break down some of the challenges around AI investment with W.S.J. Hurt on the street columnist Dan Gallagher.
1:01.0	But first, more women are getting diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD as adults.
1:09.0	Between 2020 and 2022, the number nearly doubled, according to an analysis of nearly 4 million U.S. patient
1:15.6	records by Medical Records Software Company Epic Systems.
1:19.4	Many with the disorder have a complicated relationship with technology.
1:22.8	It can exacerbate symptoms, but also help manage them.
1:26.0	Here to tell us more is W.S.J. Family and Tech columnist Julie Jargon.
1:30.5	Julie, do you have a sense of what's behind the increase?
1:33.0	There are a couple of different things going on.
1:35.0	One of the things is for a lot of women that may have been able to compensate
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