Thieves across the U.S. are stealing people’s iPhones, using them to loot victims’ bank accounts and personal information. After investigating for over a year, WSJ’s Joanna Stern unpacks how the crime works and how Apple is trying to prevent it. Further Reading and Watching: - The Hidden iPhone Setting Thieves Use to Lock People Out of Apple Accounts  - An iPhone Thief Explains How He Steals Your Passcode and Bank Account  - Apple Makes Security Changes to Protect Users From iPhone Thefts  Further Listening: - How Apple Lost to the EU  - Apple Bets Big on ‘Nerd Helmets’  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

General Motors CEO Mary Barra is 10 years into her tenure and deep into her quest to turn GM into an electric-car powerhouse. WSJ’s Mike Colias profiles the CEO and discusses the challenges she’s faced in getting her big vision for GM’s future on track.  Further Listening: - GM's All-Electric Bet  - The Future of Self-Driving Cars Is Here  Further Reading: - Mary Barra Spent a Decade Transforming GM. It Hasn’t Been Enough.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yoshua Bengio, known as a godfather of AI, is one of hundreds of researchers and tech leaders calling for a pause in the breakneck development of powerful new AI tools. We talk to the AI pioneer about how the tools evolved and why he's worried about their potential. Further Listening: - Artificial: Episode 1, The Dream  - Artificial: Episode 2, Selling Out  - OpenAI’s Weekend of Absolute Chaos  Further Reading: - How Worried Should We Be About AI’s Threat to Humanity? Even Tech Leaders Can’t Agree  - ‘Take Science Fiction Seriously’: World Leaders Sound Alarm on AI  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are hundreds of zombie malls throughout the U.S. WSJ's Kate King investigates why some of America's empty and dilapidated malls stick around for so long even as local communities want them to be repurposed. Further Reading: - Owners Keep Zombie Malls Alive Even When Towns Want to Pull the Plug  - Local Malls, Stuck in ‘Death Spiral,’ Plunge in Value  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“It’s a Wonderful Life” is one of the most iconic Christmas movies. But when it first came out in 1946, it was considered a flop. WSJ’s Ben Cohen explains how the movie went from nearly forgotten to a Christmas favorite. Further Reading: -The Christmas Movie That Became a Classic Because of a Mistake  Further Listening: -Canned or Homemade? America’s Biggest Cranberry Company Wins Either Way  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Russia-aligned propagandists tricked celebrities like Elijah Wood, Pricilla Presley and Ice T into recording videos that would later be used to attack Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. WSJ’s Robert McMillan and the CEO of the app Cameo unpack the scheme. Further Reading: - Actors Recorded Videos for ‘Vladimir.’ It Turned Into Russian Propaganda.  - U.S. and U.K. Accuse Russia of Global Hacking Spree Targeting British Elections  Further Listening: - The Online Sleuths Fighting Russian Disinformation  - A Voting Machine Company Fights Disinformation With Lawsuits  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the decade since he co-founded Shein and turned it into one of the world's most popular fast-fashion brands, CEO Sky Xu has remained a mystery – even to his employees. Now, Shein is preparing for an initial public offering in the U.S. which will put Xu on the global stage. WSJ’s Shen Lu profiles the elusive CEO and describes some of the problems the company is facing as it tries to go public.  Further Reading: - The World’s Most Anonymous CEO Is About to Take Center Stage  - Fast-Fashion Giant Shein Files to Go Public  - America’s Top Fast-Fashion Retailer Tries to Shed Its Chinese Image  Further Listening: - Shein Took Over Fast Fashion. Then Came The Backlash.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, WSJ’s Chief Economics Correspondent Nick Timiraos sat down with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen who said inflation is “meaningfully coming down” and the U.S. is on path to achieving a so-called soft landing. Further Reading: - Inflation Edges Lower, But Still Too High for the Fed  - How Inflation Can Keep Falling  Further Listening: - Inflation Is Down. Unemployment Is Low. Is This a Soft Landing?  - Why a Soft Landing for the Economy Could Be Hard  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The president of the University of Pennsylvania, Liz Magill, resigned on Saturday, capping a tumultuous week at the Ivy League school. After statements Magill made about antisemitism at a congressional hearing, influential donors threatened to pull millions in gifts if she didn't leave her post. WSJ's Melissa Korn talks about antisemitism, free speech, and the rising tensions between elite universities and big donors. Further Reading: -Penn President, Board Chair Resign After Furor Over Comments on Campus Antisemitism  -Wharton Board Calls for Leadership Change at Penn Amid Furor Over Campus Antisemitism  -Penn Donor Threatens to Rescind $100 Million Gift Unless President Is Ousted  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OpenAI’s breakout product, ChatGPT, had humble origins. What started as a small research project ballooned into something much bigger: a groundbreaking large language model. But developing that technology was expensive, and to fund it, OpenAI would make a big compromise.  Further Reading: - Elon Musk Tries to Direct AI—Again  - The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader  Further Listening: - Artificial: Episode 1, The Dream   - The Hidden Workforce That Helped Filter Violence and Abuse Out of ChatGPT   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nikki Haley, former U.N. ambassador and governor of South Carolina, has been gaining traction in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. But can she catch up to the front-runner, former President Donald Trump? WSJ’s Molly Ball breaks down Haley’s growing momentum. Further Reading: -Debate Performances Fuel Haley’s Rise in GOP Nomination Race  -Nikki Haley’s Challenge: Keep Anti-Trump GOP Vote, Add Some Trump Backers  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meta has spent months trying to fix child-safety problems on Instagram and Facebook. But as WSJ's Jeff Horwitz explains, the social media giant is still struggling to prevent its own systems from enabling and promoting a vast network of pedophile accounts. Further Reading: - Meta Is Struggling to Boot Pedophiles Off Facebook and Instagram  - Instagram’s Algorithm Delivers Toxic Video Mix to Adults Who Follow Children  - Instagram Connects Vast Pedophile Network  Further Listening: - He Thought Instagram Was Safe. Then His Daughter Got an Account.  - The Facebook Files, Part 1: The Whitelist  - The Facebook Files, Part 2: 'We Make Body Image Issues Worse'  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple has filed for divorce from its partnership with Goldman Sachs.. It also marks a swift about-face for a partnership that, just last year, was extended through 2029. WSJ’s AnnaMaria Andriotis discusses the messy details she’s learned about the breakup. Further Reading and Watching: - A Divorce With Apple, Internal Strife: How Goldman’s Main Street Bet Failed  - Apple Pulls Plug on Goldman Credit-Card Partnership  - How Goldman Sachs Fumbled Its Consumer Business  Further Listening: -The War Inside Goldman Sachs  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Supreme Court is weighing an $8-billion settlement between opioid victims, Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. Two claimants explain their views on the deal and WSJ’s Alexander Gladstone reports.  Further Reading: -The Opioid Victims Who Won’t Sign Off on Purdue’s $6 Billion Settlement -Supreme Court Weighs Purdue Pharma’s $6 Billion Opioid Settlement Further Listening: -How a Drug Maker Plans to Cut Off Money for Opioid Victims -Purdue’s $4.5 Billion Opioid Settlement Got Thrown Out. Now What?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For months, state and federal law-enforcement officials have been investigating a Medicaid scam in which hundreds of fraudulent sober-living homes in the Phoenix area have recruited Native Americans from across the West. Raquel Moody shares her experience in what she believes were fraudulent sober homes, and WSJ's Dan Frosch unpacks how the scam worked. Further Reading: - Fraudulent Sober Homes Exploited Native Americans, Say Authorities  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2015, a group of Silicon Valley heavy-hitters met for a dinner that would change tech history. They believed that the time had come to build a super-intelligent AI, and they founded a non-profit lab to try to do it. In part 1 of our series, Artificial: The OpenAI Story, we explore the company’s idealistic origins and speak with early employees about the struggle to make their AI dream a reality. Further Reading: - Elon Musk Tries to Direct AI—Again  - The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader  Further Listening: - The Company Behind ChatGPT  - The Hidden Workforce That Helped Filter Violence and Abuse Out of ChatGPT   - OpenAI’s Weekend of Absolute Chaos  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Billionaire investor Charlie Munger died Tuesday, just weeks short of his 100th birthday. Munger was vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and he was best known for his close partnership with CEO Warren Buffett. As WSJ’s Jason Zweig explains, Munger often played Buffett’s sidekick, but his investing expertise made him a celebrity in his own right. Further Reading: - Charlie Munger’s Life Was About Way More Than Money  - The Secrets to Charlie Munger’s Success  - Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s Partner and ‘Abominable No-Man,’ Dies at 99  Journal Swag: - ‘The Journal’ Merch shop  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dubai, a city known for private jets, giant yachts and other symbols of carbon-heavy living, is an awkward location for a conference on climate change. The man organizing the COP28 summit also runs the country’s national oil company. WSJ’s Ed Ballard digs into the contradictions at the heart of this month’s climate summit and why they may not be that unusual.  Further Reading: - Welcome to COP28, the U.N. Climate Conference Hosted by an Oil Giant  - What’s at Stake at COP28 in Dubai  Further Listening: - The Fight Over Climate Change's Price Tag  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Journal investigation reveals a years-long culture of sexual harassment and intimidation at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a government agency that regulates banks. WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus on the allegations and how some of the problems went all the way to the top. Further Reading: - Strip Clubs, Lewd Photos and a Boozy Hotel: The Toxic Atmosphere at Bank Regulator FDIC  - FDIC Chair, Known for Temper, Ignored Bad Behavior in Workplace  Further Listening: - Can the Government Contain a Banking Crisis?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OpenAI was founded in 2015 as an idealistic nonprofit. Its goal was to build artificial general intelligence or AGI — an AI that could do most jobs better than a human could. In the years that followed, OpenAI’s pursuit of AGI led them to develop the viral chatbot ChatGPT. The company became one of the top AI labs in the world. But to get there, OpenAI’s leaders would compromise nearly every one of their founding ideals. Over four episodes, we explore how a little-known startup built one of the world’s most viral tech products … and nearly tore itself apart in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shares of Estée Lauder, the beauty giant, have plunged about 50% this year. And the members of the Lauder family are at odds about what to do. WSJ's Emily Glazer reports on the company's business mistakes and its rumblings of succession. Further Listening: - The World’s Richest Person Is Planning for Succession  Further Reading: - The Estée Lauder Family Built a Beauty Empire. A Succession Rift Threatens It  - Estée Lauder Stock Plunges After Another Profit Warning  - Estée Lauder’s Big Bet on China Is Looking Not So Pretty  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Changpeng Zhao built Binance into the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and became one of the faces of crypto in the process. Last week, he appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to violating U.S. anti-money-laundering laws and agreed to step down as CEO. WSJ’s Patricia Kowsmann explains what the deal means for Zhao, Binance, and the future of crypto itself.  Further Listening: - The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy  - A Crypto Exchange Crackdown  - The Rise of Binance - And The Effort to Reel It In  Further Reading: - Inside Binance’s Guilty Plea and the Biggest Fine in Crypto History  - The World’s Biggest Crypto Firm Is Melting Down  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re off today, but we still have a great episode for you. A texting scam that originated in China is on the rise in the United States. It’s more sophisticated than scams of the past, and it has already cost American victims more than $400 million. WSJ’s Robert McMillan explains how pig-butchering works, and one victim shares how it’s impacted her. This episode originally published in November 2022.   Further Reading: -A Text Scam Called ‘Pig Butchering’ Cost Her More Than $1.6 Million  -Online Scams Cost Americans Billions. Here’s How to Avoid the Worst of Them.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ocean Spray’s farmers are responsible for 65% of the world’s cranberries. It’s not a publicly traded company. It’s not a traditional private company, either. It’s a cooperative founded nearly a century ago and owned by roughly 700 families. WSJ’s Ben Cohen tells the story of how the cranberry got into the can, and how the company is planning for a future beyond your Thanksgiving table.  Further Reading: - These People Are Responsible for the Cranberry Sauce You Love to Hate  Further Listening: - Are Rotisserie Chickens 'Inflation-Proof'?  - The Twinkie: From Bankruptcy to Billions  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cheap drones, once the domain of hobbyists, are now in high demand on battlefields. Following Hamas's attack on October 7, Israel has been flooding suppliers with requests for drones: it wants as many as possible, as soon as possible. WSJ’s Heather Somerville unpacks the benefits and perils of the use of off-the-shelf drones in modern warfare. Further Reading: -Israel Wants Inexpensive Drones. Chinese, American—It Doesn’t Matter.  -How the Technological Revolution in Ukraine Is Reshaping Modern Warfare  -U.S. Drone Startups See an Opening in Ukraine  Further Listening: -The Surprising Origins of Russia’s Drones  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OpenAI unexpectedly fired its CEO and co-founder Sam Altman on Friday. The move kicked off a series of twists and turns that left the company and its staff in upheaval. WSJ’s Deepa Seetharaman wades through the chaos and explains what might be next for the company. Further Listening: - A Conversation with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Mira Murati  - The Company Behind ChatGPT  Further Reading: - OpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns  - Sam Altman Is Out at OpenAI After Board Skirmish  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that only 14% of emergency departments nationwide have been certified to treat kids. WSJ’s Melanie Evans explains why this is a problem across the country, and one family recounts their son’s experience in an ER. Further Reading: -Find Hospitals Deemed Ready to Treat Children in Your Area  -Children Are Dying in Ill-Prepared Emergency Rooms Across America  -Emergency Rooms Are Failing Kids. This Hospital Stepped Up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inflation has been a big problem in the U.S. economy over the past couple of years. The Federal Reserve has been trying to tamp it down without crashing the economy. WSJ’s Amara Omeokwe explains why a so-called soft landing is coming into view. Further Reading: - Cooling Inflation Likely Ends Fed Rate Hikes  - The Elusive Soft Landing Is Coming Into View  - The Global Fight Against Inflation Has Turned a Corner  Further Listening: - Why a Soft Landing for the Economy Could Be Hard  - Will the Fed Stop Raising Interest Rates?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The longest actors strike in Hollywood history finally came to an end last week. WSJ’s Joe Flint explains why it took so long, and how the industry might change as a result. Further Listening: -The Case of the Hollywood Shutdown  -2023: The Year of the Strike  -One Hollywood Writer on the Industry’s ‘Dire’ Situation  Further Reading: -The Actors Strike Is Over. Now Comes the Wait for New Films and Shows.  -The Sticking Point That’s Keeping Actors on Strike  -Hollywood Actors Reach Agreement With Studios, Streamers to End Strike  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Monday, Israeli troops reached Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa where Israel says Hamas conceals a major command center. WSJ’s Chao Deng and Margherita Stancati discuss what's happening at the hospital, where thousands of people, including patients and doctors, are trapped because of the fighting.  Further Listening: - For Palestinians Trapped in Gaza, There’s No Way Out  - The War Between Israel and Hamas  Further Reading: - Israeli Forces Reach Gate of Gaza’s Largest Hospital  - Israel Pushing for Hamas to Surrender Stricken Al-Shifa Hospital  - Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital Goes Dark at Center of Israel-Hamas Battle Zone  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An economic downturn in China has resulted in historically high youth unemployment. At the same time, China’s leader Xi Jinping thinks the countryside is in need of rejuvenation. WSJ’s Brian Spegele explains how the Chinese leader is trying to tackle both issues in one fell swoop. Further Reading: -China Has an Idea for Its Legions of Unemployed Youth: Send Them Away  -How Bad is China’s Economy? Millions of Young People Are Unemployed and Disillusioned  Further Listening: -Why Millions of Chinese Young People Are Unemployed  -China’s Property Market Crisis  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried is over. Rachel Humphreys and Caitlin Ostroff reflect on their month at court and answer outstanding questions about what happened at FTX, the trial and what comes next. Plus they reveal the final court cafeteria coffee tally. Further Reading: - Smoked Fish, Shaggy Hair and Tears: 8 Unforgettable Moments From Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial  Further Listening: - The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Meta engineer Arturo Bejar thought he could help make Instagram safer after his daughter experienced harassment on the platform. But Bejar said that his concerns were not sufficiently addressed by senior leadership at the company and that teens are still at risk for harassment and bullying on Meta's platforms. Further Listening: -The Facebook Files  Further Reading: -His Job Was to Make Instagram Safe for Teens. His 14-Year-Old Showed Him What the App Was Really Like.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oregon became the first state to decriminalize all drugs in 2020. The goal was to steer people to treatment who otherwise might have faced jail time. WSJ’s Zusha Elinson explains why many in Oregon have since turned against the decriminalization initiative. Further Reading: - Oregon Votes to Decriminalize All Drugs, Allow Psilocybin for Mental-Health Treatment  Further Listening: - The Highs and Lows of Diversifying the Cannabis Industry  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WeWork, the office space coworking company, filed for bankruptcy yesterday. The company’s decision comes after it struggled with debt and a slump in the commercial real estate market. WSJ’s Eliot Brown recounts how the embattled startup ended up in bankruptcy. Further Listening: -WeWork’s CEO on the Future of Work  -WeWork: The Enablers  Further Reading: -Adam Neumann Wounded WeWork. An Office Market Bust Finished It Off.  -WeWork, Once Valued at $47 Billion, Files for Bankruptcy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Home buyers and sellers face the prospect of major changes to the ways they pay their real-estate agents, following a historic verdict against the National Association of Realtors and large residential brokerages. WSJ’s Laura Kusisto explains the stakes. Further Reading: -The Way You Pay to Buy or Sell a Home Is About to Change  -Jury Finds Realtors Conspired to Keep Commissions High  -Real-Estate Commissions Could Be the Next Fee on the Chopping Block  Further Listening: -Homeowners Don’t Want to Sell. So Builders Are Cashing In.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brothers Ben and Max Morrissey were killed over a year ago by an explosion at their workplace, an oil refinery co-owned and operated by the oil giant BP in Ohio. WSJ's Jenny Strasburg talks to family members the brothers left behind and investigates what went wrong at the refinery. Further Reading: -He Feared His Refinery Job. His Brother Stayed to Help. The Explosion Hit at 6:46 P.M.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A jury convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried of stealing billions of dollars from customers and lenders, in what prosecutors called one of the biggest financial frauds in U.S. history. Rachel Humphreys and Caitlin Ostroff were inside the courtroom for the verdict.  Further Reading: - What’s Happening Today at the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial  Further Listening:  - The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, will soon find out how much users in Europe are willing to pay to access its social media platforms without ads. Meta’s subscription plan is the company’s latest move to address data privacy concerns from European Union regulators. WSJ’s Sam Schechner explains.  Further Reading: - Meta Pauses Ads for Users Under 18 in Europe as It Rolls Out Subscriptions  - Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram  Further Listening: - How Apple Lost to the EU  - Meta’s Metaverse Mess  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Both the prosecution and the defense make their final pitches to the jury as FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial comes to a close. Rachel Humphreys and Caitlin Ostroff unpack closing arguments and look ahead to the trial’s conclusion. Further Reading: - What’s Happening Today at the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial  Further Listening:  - The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randy Hatton and Leslie Hendeles spent nearly two decades trying to convince the Food and Drug Administration that phenylephrine, a drug commonly used in cold medicines, was ineffective. In September, an advisory panel finally agreed. Now, some of the medicines are being pulled from store shelves.Further Reading: - If Some Cold Medicines Don’t Work, What Should You Take for a Stuffy Nose?  - CVS Pulls Certain Cold Medicines From Shelves and Will Stop Selling Them  - These Are the Two Scientists Taking Down Cold Medicines That Don’t Work  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Danish antiques dealer named Ittai Gradel noticed a particular seller repeatedly listing valuable items for sale online at rock-bottom prices. WSJ's Max Colchester recounts how Gradel's sleuthing would eventually reveal a major antiques heist involving stolen British Museum antiquities.  Further Listening: -How Investigators Cracked a $3.4 Billion Crypto Heist  -Is This Painting a Masterpiece? AI Is On the Case  Further Reading: -How an Academic Uncovered One of the Biggest Museum Heists of All Time  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prosecutors have started to cross examine Sam Bankman-Fried on the witness stand. Rachel Humphreys and Caitlin Ostroff explore the competing narratives being painted by the government and the defense. Further Reading: - What’s Happening Today at the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial  Further Listening:  - The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, General Motors became the last of the Detroit automakers to reach a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers union. It follows tentative agreements struck last week with Ford and Stellantis and is expected to end a strike that has spanned more than six weeks. We speak to WSJ’s Nora Eckert about the agreements reached and what it means for the U.S. auto industry and labor movement.  Further Reading: - Detroit Is Paying Up to End the UAW Strike. Now Carmakers Will Live With the Costs.  Further Listening: - 2023: The Year of the Strike  - ‘We’ll Strike All Three’: The UAW’s Historic Walkout  - Meet the Man Who Has Detroit on Edge  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the jury in attendance, Sam Bankman-Fried took the stand to testify in his defense. Rachel Humphreys and Caitlin Ostroff break down where his story of the FTX collapse has differed from the testimony of his former colleagues Caroline Ellison and Nishad Singh. Further Reading: - What’s Happening Today at the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial  Further Listening: - The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TikTok is launching its Shop feature in the U.S. after mixed success in other countries. Meanwhile, Amazon’s Inspire feature brings short-form video to its shopping app. WSJ’s Meghan Bobrowsky on why the two companies are taking pages from each other’s playbooks.  Further Listening: -How TikTok Became the World’s Favorite App  -The Billionaire Keeping TikTok on Your Phone  Further Reading: -Amazon Confronts a New Rival: TikTok  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a short break, court is back in session as Sam Bankman-Fried takes the stand to testify in his defense. Rachel Humphreys and Caitlin Ostroff were inside the courtroom to hear some of Bankman-Fried’s side of the story and how the prosecution worked to pick it apart.  Further Reading: - What’s Happening Today at the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial  Further Listening: - The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just a few days ago, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was so unknown that fellow Republicans had to google his name. Now he’s Speaker of the House. WSJ’s Siobhan Hughes explains his meteoric rise. Further Reading: -Mike Johnson Elected House Speaker, Ending Three Weeks of GOP Feuding  -New Speaker Mike Johnson Made His Name as Cultural Conservative  Further Listening: -Why the House Still Doesn’t Have a Speaker  -The Fight Over Speaker of the House  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices