Zoe Thomas
@zoegthomas
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Host of @WSJ Tech News Briefing #podcast #tech 🎧 @WSJPodcasts Former: @BBCWorld @BBCBusiness @IFLR_Online Retweet≠Endorsement Opinion = my own
New York, USA
Joined September 2010
My colleague, Wall Street Journal reporter #EvanGershkovich, has been wrongfully detained by Russia for HALF A YEAR for doing his job. Journalism is not a crime, and we will not rest until Evan is released. #IStandWithEvan Learn more
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Follow updates on Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia while on a reporting trip and held on an allegation of espionage that the Journal and the U.S. government...
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Through its recommendation system Instagram helped guid users to pedophile content. Check out this conversation with @JeffHorwitz on this great reporting
Listen 🎧: Instagram, through its system of fostering communities, has helped guide users to illegal child sex content. Instagram's parent Meta has acknowledged the problem and vows to improve internal controls. @JeffHorwitz joins @zoegthomas with more.
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Head here if you would like to write a message to Evan Gershkovich and his family #IStandWithEvan
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Use this form to write a message to the WSJ reporter and his family.
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Listen 🎧: Regulators worry Microsoft could have an unfair advantage in the videogame industry if it acquires Activision Blizzard, partly due to Call of Duty. @saraheneedleman joins @zoegthomas with more. Plus, @BrianPGormley tells us about vaccine patches. https://t.co/husBT0REmO
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Tech News Briefing is your guide to what people in tech are talking about. Every weekday, we’ll bring you breaking tech news and scoops from the pros at the Wall Street Journal, insight into new...
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My colleague Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia on May 29th for doing is job as journalist. He's still in prison. #IStandwithEvan
"The Pulitzer Prize board joins the many organizations around the world demanding Evan's immediate release. He, like so many others, is doing his job." Co-Chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board Neil Brown on @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich. #IStandWithEvan (via @PulitzerPrizes)
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Listen 🎧: Former TikTok employees say they were able to access a list of users who watched gay content. It's raising more questions about how the app handles user data. @georgia_wells joins @zoegthomas to explain.
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Tech News Briefing is your guide to what people in tech are talking about. Every weekday, we’ll bring you breaking tech news and scoops from the pros at the Wall Street Journal, insight into new...
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It’s been a week since my colleague Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia. This is a piece written by his friend #IStandWithEvan
https://t.co/IgbVuN2Ia6
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Opinion | It took some time after I first saw the breaking news alert — that Evan Gershkovich had been detained in Russia — for the horror to sink in.
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Silicon Valley leaders and Capitol Hill lawmakers are coming together over their concerns about TikTok and its China ties. @georgia.wells talks to @zoegthomas about the growing pressure on the app. Listen 🎧: https://t.co/8RcfjE4AeI
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Listen 🎧: 3-D manufacturing was once only suited for creating prototypes and models. Now advances in the tech are leading to changes in manufacturing and quietly upending global supply chains. @mims joins @zoegthomas to explain.
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3-D manufacturing was once only suited for creating prototypes and models. Now advances in the tech are leading to changes in manufacturing and quietly upending global supply chains. WSJ tech...
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Such a fascinating chat especially with more layoff announcements rolling out from tech companies
Listen 🎧: After aggressively hiring to meet demand for online services during the pandemic, tech companies are now laying off many of those workers. And tech bosses are saying “mea culpa” for the miscalculation. @DanaMattioli joins @zoegthomas with more.
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Listen 🎧: At CES, companies show off boundary-pushing gadgets. This year, paperlike speakers, a robot pet and tools to keep us connected even in the desert were on display. @sharatibken joins @zoegthomas to discuss what stood out in Las Vegas.
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CES is known as a place where companies can show off boundary-pushing gadgets. This year, paperlike speakers, a robot pet and tools to keep us connected even in the desert were on display. WSJ news...
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Listen 🎧: Our data driven lives use a lot of energy. But sticking data centers underwater could reduce that. @zoegthomas spoke with Microsoft about what it learned when testing this. Plus, how startup Subsea Cloud is hoping to turn this into a business.
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Cloud storage centers suck up a lot of energy. But when Microsoft tried putting data centers underwater a couple of years ago, it found the strategy greatly reduced energy use and improved performa...
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Sometimes I worry about how our increasing use of tech will shape the future. And then I ask my Google assistant to tell me something to cheer me up.
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Listen 🎧: U.S. intelligence agencies’ use of publicly available data is outpaced by adversaries such as China and even some large companies, officials say. @wstrobel joins @zoegthomas to discuss the culture change the CIA is having to embrace to keep up.
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U.S. intelligence agencies’ use of publicly available data is outpaced by adversaries such as China and even some large companies, officials say. WSJ reporter Warren P. Strobel joins host Zoe Thomas...
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How early is too early to eat Cheezits in the office? Asking for a friend.
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. @WSJ’s Tech Live starts today! I'm excited to announce that I'll be interviewing Phil Libin of All Turtles and mmhmm and Herman Narula of Improbable about the Metaverse! If you can’t join us in Laguna Beach, register to watch live online: https://t.co/wDoahVWAtA  #WSJTechLive
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The Wall Street Journal's Tech Live will return in 2025 to discuss tech innovation, investing and culture on a global scale in person.
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In case you missed it - NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid. But what comes next as the space agency experiments with ways to protect Earth? I spoke with @AylinWoodward about it 🎧🎧🎧 https://t.co/48NnIXSKK3
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A NASA mission that purposely crashed a satellite into an asteroid this week was the first test of planetary defense technology. Now scientists are working to figure out how successful it really was....
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Is New York the new San Francisco?
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Why are restaurants in the city filling up at hours that were once unfashionably early?
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