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TNB Tech Minute: Trump Adds Tougher Limits on China’s Access to U.S. Technology

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus, AI startup Anthropic wins in court over copyrighted music. And, Gamestop’s play in bitcoin boosts its stock. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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. Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, March 26th. I'm Victoria

0:35.7

Craig for the Wall Street Journal.

0:41.9

It's getting harder for American companies to sell their technology to firms in China.

0:47.7

That's after President Trump on Tuesday added dozens of Chinese businesses to a trading blacklist,

0:49.7

citing national security concerns.

0:53.9

Among those added were subsidiaries of China's biggest server maker, which is a major customer for U.S. chipmakers like NVIDIA and Intel.

0:59.0

The move is the opposite of what American tech execs had asked Trump to do when he took office.

1:04.7

Rather than rolling back Biden-era rules, Trump is further limiting what American technology Chinese firms can buy. The Trump administration's

1:12.6

Tuesday decision is the latest salvo in a trade battle between the world's two biggest economies.

1:18.8

Elsewhere, in the latest matchup of man versus machine, machine wins again, at least in a recent

1:24.7

court battle. A California judge denied a motion for an injunction

1:28.3

that would have stopped AI startup anthropic from using copyrighted music to train its chatbot

1:33.8

called Claude. The judge ruled the major record labels, which brought the challenge, didn't

1:38.8

demonstrate how using their body of work caused reputational or market-related harm to artists, ranging from

1:45.2

Taylor Swift to the Rolling Stones. The ruling comes as anthropic looks for ways to generate money

1:50.3

from AI. This week, it also struck a $100 million deal with data analytics firm Databricks

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