WSJ Tech News Briefing

Plus: China’s Xiaomi plans $7 billion investment in chip design. And 23andMe will live on after $256 million Regeneron buyout. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Long used to power implantable devices like pacemakers, electricity is now gaining traction as a possible treatment for diseases such as cancer. WSJ health reporter Brianna Abbott tells us how clinical trials are showing early promise [https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/electric-fields-pulses-cancer-rheumatoid-arthritis-21cb139f?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD]. Plus: Meta is contending with an ‘epidemic of scams’ [https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fraud-facebook-instagram-813363c8?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD] on its platforms as criminals flood Instagram and Facebook. WSJ tech reporter Jeff Horwitz explains how the company is responding. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD]  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Bonus episode: Today we’re bringing you the latest episode of Bold Names [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything], which presents conversations with the leaders of the bold-named companies featured in the pages of The Wall Street Journal. On this episode, hosts Tim Higgins and Christopher Mims speak to Michael Mager, co-founder and CEO of the brain-computer interface company Precision Neuroscience, whose technology aims to give patients with severe mobility issues new ways to interact with the digital world. How does Precision plan to offer brain implants to millions of people who could benefit from them? And how is the company competing with rivals like Synchron and Elon Musk’s Neuralink? Listen and subscribe to Bold Names [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything].  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Plus: OpenAI launches new coding agent, Codex. Epic Games’ and Apple’s long-running feud continues with dispute over ‘Fortnite’ update. And Microsoft proposes Teams changes to avoid EU fines. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Sore necks, dirty looks, and a lighter wallet. The early buyers of Apple’s Vision Pro headsets tell WSJ’s Joseph Pisani why they regret being a first adopter [https://www.wsj.com/tech/they-paid-3-500-for-apples-vision-pro-a-year-later-it-still-hurts-496de341?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD] of a once-promising device. Then, WSJ tech and crypto-policy reporter Amrith Ramkumar has an exclusive look [https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/binance-ceo-changpeng-zhao-trump-pardon-push-727497ac?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD] at a letter Democratic Senators wrote to ask for answers about the Trump administration’s interactions with Binance founder Changpeng Zhao. Victoria Craig hosts.   Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD]  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]