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🗓️ 28 March 2025
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0:00.0 | Americans love using their credit cards, the most secure and hassle-free way to pay. |
0:04.0 | But DC politicians want to change that with the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill. |
0:08.0 | This bill lets corporate megastores pick how your credit card is processed, |
0:13.0 | allowing them to use untested payment networks that jeopardize your data security and rewards. |
0:18.0 | Corporate megastores will make more money and you pay the price. |
0:22.1 | Tell Congress to guard your card because Americans lose when politicians choose. Learn more at |
0:28.1 | guard your card.com. Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Friday, March 28th. I'm Victoria Craig for the Wall Street Journal. |
0:40.0 | Elon Musk is a billionaire with many hats. What does that mean for his businesses in the age of MAGA? |
0:46.5 | Then, drone delivery might finally be coming to a backyard, porch, or drop-off point near you. |
0:52.2 | We'll chat to our tech columnist about why it's taken so long. |
1:00.3 | First, there's Elon Musk, the businessman, and then there's Elon Musk, the political advisor. |
1:06.1 | The two have been in constant demand, often pulling the billionaire chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX |
1:12.1 | into completely different directions. The dual focus has sparked concern among investors |
1:17.5 | of Musk's companies who worry about his long-term ability to home in on business matters, and |
1:23.2 | also among political watchers for his quick attempts at dismantling and defunding parts of the U.S. |
1:28.5 | federal bureaucracy. WS.J columnist Tim Higgins joins us as part of our series looking at Musk's |
1:34.6 | first 100 days in the Trump White House. Tim, how is Musk handling this very demanding task |
1:40.9 | of double duty running huge companies while also being a key presidential advisor. |
1:46.7 | One of the things that Elon Musk has shown over the years is his ability to excite investors |
1:51.8 | and his companies about the future that he is promising, whether it's rockets that go to Mars or |
1:57.4 | electric cars that take over the world. And that enthusiasm and excitement has propelled |
2:04.6 | Tesla's market share and its stock price to record highs. We have seen that enthusiasm evaporate in |
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