Tesla Reports 87% Growth in Annual Vehicle Deliveries The electric-vehicle maker’s expansion comes despite parts shortages and other logistical problems that have hamstrung the global auto industry Tesla Inc. annual vehicle deliveries surged 87% in 2021, growing at their fastest pace in years, as the company leveraged its Silicon Valley roots to overcome computer-chip shortages that have plagued the global auto industry. The company’s expansion came in a year of tepid growth for the global auto ...
Jan 03, 2022•58 sec•Ep. 241
Tesla Reports 87% Growth in Annual Vehicle Deliveries The electric-vehicle maker’s expansion comes despite parts shortages and other logistical problems that have hamstrung the global auto industry Tesla Inc. annual vehicle deliveries surged 87% in 2021, growing at their fastest pace in years, as the company leveraged its Silicon Valley roots to overcome computer-chip shortages that have plagued the global auto industry. The company’s expansion came in a year of tepid growth for the global auto ...
Jan 03, 2022•4 min•Ep. 242
A Master Penny-Pincher Draws a Following in Japan Megumi Nakano offers daily tips on Instagram about how not to spend money. Half a radish is put to good use. On a recent afternoon, Megumi Nakano signed copies of her book for some of her 117,000 Instagram followers, who oohed and aahed at seeing her in the flesh. Ms. Nakano is no movie star or Olympic medalist. Her path to social-media fame came through champion-level penny-pinching. With tips on how to use a leftover radish and what to buy at a...
Dec 31, 2021•1 min•Ep. 243
A Master Penny-Pincher Draws a Following in Japan Megumi Nakano offers daily tips on Instagram about how not to spend money. Half a radish is put to good use. On a recent afternoon, Megumi Nakano signed copies of her book for some of her 117,000 Instagram followers, who oohed and aahed at seeing her in the flesh. Ms. Nakano is no movie star or Olympic medalist. Her path to social-media fame came through champion-level penny-pinching. With tips on how to use a leftover radish and what to buy at a...
Dec 31, 2021•5 min•Ep. 244
The Metaverse Isn’t Quite Ready for You, but Your Investment Is Welcome. It could pay off, much like the purchase of land in Manhattan 250 years ago. In a 24-hour experiment with a virtual reality headset, Wall Street Journal personal tech columnist Joanna Stern described the metaverse last month as fractured, freaky, sometimes frightening, but also kind of fun. All in a (virtual) day’s work, she traveled, exercised and played games. As a “legless torso that glides as a ghost,” she even met with...
Dec 30, 2021•57 sec•Ep. 245
The Metaverse Isn’t Quite Ready for You, but Your Investment Is Welcome. It could pay off, much like the purchase of land in Manhattan 250 years ago. In a 24-hour experiment with a virtual reality headset, Wall Street Journal personal tech columnist Joanna Stern described the metaverse last month as fractured, freaky, sometimes frightening, but also kind of fun. All in a (virtual) day’s work, she traveled, exercised and played games. As a “legless torso that glides as a ghost,” she even met with...
Dec 30, 2021•5 min•Ep. 246
In Hunt for Next ‘Squid Game,’ Streaming Services Battle for South Korean Shows. Netflix, Apple and Disney could push up acquisition costs as they try to ride wave of interest in K-dramas. South Korea’s television industry is experiencing a post-“Squid Game” bump as the country becomes a content battleground for the global streaming wars. Now it has to keep delivering. “Squid Game,” the dystopian drama that became Netflix Inc.’s most watched show, reached new heights for South Korean content and...
Dec 29, 2021•54 sec•Ep. 247
In Hunt for Next ‘Squid Game,’ Streaming Services Battle for South Korean Shows. Netflix, Apple and Disney could push up acquisition costs as they try to ride wave of interest in K-dramas. South Korea’s television industry is experiencing a post-“Squid Game” bump as the country becomes a content battleground for the global streaming wars. Now it has to keep delivering. “Squid Game,” the dystopian drama that became Netflix Inc.’s most watched show, reached new heights for South Korean content and...
Dec 29, 2021•5 min•Ep. 248
With just $36.6 million in ticket sales, ‘West Side Story’ is officially a box-office bomb Despite rave reviews, Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” has failed to gain traction with audiences at the box office. In its first three weeks in cinemas, the film has captured just $36.6 million in global ticket sales. Its production budget was around $100 million, not including marketing costs. Box-office analysts say the film suffered because it was targeted at older audiences, who are hesitant to re...
Dec 28, 2021•46 sec•Ep. 249
With just $36.6 million in ticket sales, ‘West Side Story’ is officially a box-office bomb Despite rave reviews, Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” has failed to gain traction with audiences at the box office. In its first three weeks in cinemas, the film has captured just $36.6 million in global ticket sales. Its production budget was around $100 million, not including marketing costs. Box-office analysts say the film suffered because it was targeted at older audiences, who are hesitant to re...
Dec 28, 2021•4 min•Ep. 250
When Time magazine last week named Elon Musk “Person of the Year,” it painted a spartan picture of his living arrangements. “The richest man in the world does not own a house,” the piece began. The magazine was repeating what has become a core element of Mr. Musk’s public persona. Since last year, when the billionaire Tesla Inc. and SpaceX CEO announced he was “selling almost all physical possessions” in an effort to simplify his life, Mr. Musk has repeatedly portrayed himself as a man of modest...
Dec 27, 2021•1 min•Ep. 251
When Time magazine last week named Elon Musk “Person of the Year,” it painted a spartan picture of his living arrangements. “The richest man in the world does not own a house,” the piece began. The magazine was repeating what has become a core element of Mr. Musk’s public persona. Since last year, when the billionaire Tesla Inc. and SpaceX CEO announced he was “selling almost all physical possessions” in an effort to simplify his life, Mr. Musk has repeatedly portrayed himself as a man of modest...
Dec 27, 2021•5 min•Ep. 252
The Pet-Food Shortage Is Real, and Owners Are Scrambling. ‘It’s Been a Waking Nightmare’ Your dog wants chicken and rice flavor but has to make do with dry kibble, because import and production holdups have hit dog food and cat food just like human food. ‘He looks at me with these sad eyes.’ Shortages of labor, raw materials and transportation are crimping the human food supply, from beverages to snacks. The challenge is the same for pet food, and is even more acute, supermarket executives say, ...
Dec 24, 2021•1 min•Ep. 253
The Pet-Food Shortage Is Real, and Owners Are Scrambling. ‘It’s Been a Waking Nightmare’ Your dog wants chicken and rice flavor but has to make do with dry kibble, because import and production holdups have hit dog food and cat food just like human food. ‘He looks at me with these sad eyes.’ Shortages of labor, raw materials and transportation are crimping the human food supply, from beverages to snacks. The challenge is the same for pet food, and is even more acute, supermarket executives say, ...
Dec 24, 2021•4 min•Ep. 254
Well-Preserved Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Dinosaur Egg The rare specimen suggests that a two-legged dinosaur known as an oviraptorid hatched the way birds do A rare look inside a fossilized dinosaur egg found in southern China has revealed an exquisitely preserved embryo—and evidence suggesting that some of these prehistoric creatures had even more in common with modern birds than previously thought. Scientists said the embryo inside the egg, which was laid between 72 million to 66 million y...
Dec 23, 2021•1 min•Ep. 255
Well-Preserved Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Dinosaur Egg The rare specimen suggests that a two-legged dinosaur known as an oviraptorid hatched the way birds do A rare look inside a fossilized dinosaur egg found in southern China has revealed an exquisitely preserved embryo—and evidence suggesting that some of these prehistoric creatures had even more in common with modern birds than previously thought. Scientists said the embryo inside the egg, which was laid between 72 million to 66 million y...
Dec 23, 2021•6 min•Ep. 256
Life revolves around Plaza del Jamón, or “Ham Square,” in Andalusia, where Cinco Jotas began producing Iberian ham in 1879. Many of the company’s practices in Jabugo, a village of roughly 2,300 inhabitants, are still 19th-century. It smokes chorizo in a room full of oak fires spilling smoke upon a ceiling full of hanging sausages. It cures hams in a cellar that employees climate-control by manually opening and closing windows. One aspect of Cinco Jotas’ quality control beats its other Old World ...
Dec 22, 2021•1 min•Ep. 257
Life revolves around Plaza del Jamón, or “Ham Square,” in Andalusia, where Cinco Jotas began producing Iberian ham in 1879. Many of the company’s practices in Jabugo, a village of roughly 2,300 inhabitants, are still 19th-century. It smokes chorizo in a room full of oak fires spilling smoke upon a ceiling full of hanging sausages. It cures hams in a cellar that employees climate-control by manually opening and closing windows. One aspect of Cinco Jotas’ quality control beats its other Old World ...
Dec 22, 2021•6 min•Ep. 258
Elon Musk Says He Will Pay More Than $11 Billion in Taxes This Year Billionaire Elon Musk , the world’s richest person, said he will pay more than $11 billion in taxes this year. The Tesla Inc. chief executive made the disclosure in a tweet on Sunday without offering additional details. “For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year,” Mr. Musk said on Twitter. Mr. Musk is the world’s wealthiest person with a net worth of $243 billion as of Sunday, according to the Bloomberg...
Dec 21, 2021•47 sec•Ep. 259
Elon Musk Says He Will Pay More Than $11 Billion in Taxes This Year Billionaire Elon Musk , the world’s richest person, said he will pay more than $11 billion in taxes this year. The Tesla Inc. chief executive made the disclosure in a tweet on Sunday without offering additional details. “For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year,” Mr. Musk said on Twitter. Mr. Musk is the world’s wealthiest person with a net worth of $243 billion as of Sunday, according to the Bloomberg...
Dec 21, 2021•4 min•Ep. 260
In Australia, It Isn’t Christmas Without the Beetles. Swarms of iridescent insects used to mark the Southern Hemisphere season, but now they are becoming almost as scarce as snowflakes. Americans dream of a white Christmas. In Australia, many people are hoping for brown, green and yellow beetles. In Yuletides past, swarms of so-called Christmas beetles, a group that includes about 35 different species, would emerge around the holidays, which hit in the middle of Australia’s summer. Although the ...
Dec 20, 2021•56 sec•Ep. 261
In Australia, It Isn’t Christmas Without the Beetles. Swarms of iridescent insects used to mark the Southern Hemisphere season, but now they are becoming almost as scarce as snowflakes. Americans dream of a white Christmas. In Australia, many people are hoping for brown, green and yellow beetles. In Yuletides past, swarms of so-called Christmas beetles, a group that includes about 35 different species, would emerge around the holidays, which hit in the middle of Australia’s summer. Although the ...
Dec 20, 2021•4 min•Ep. 262
You must meet two qualifications for this article to be useful: #1: You own an Apple device. #2: You will die one day. On Monday, Apple released iOS 15.2, and among many other features , the software update includes a much overdue Legacy Contact setting. The new tool allows you to specify who can access your Apple account—your photos, notes, mail and more—when you die. Google and Facebook have offered a similar setting for years. Instead, Apple had a more lengthy process, requiring a court order...
Dec 17, 2021•41 sec•Ep. 263
You must meet two qualifications for this article to be useful: #1: You own an Apple device. #2: You will die one day. On Monday, Apple released iOS 15.2, and among many other features , the software update includes a much overdue Legacy Contact setting. The new tool allows you to specify who can access your Apple account—your photos, notes, mail and more—when you die. Google and Facebook have offered a similar setting for years. Instead, Apple had a more lengthy process, requiring a court order...
Dec 17, 2021•4 min•Ep. 264
Fed Officials Project Three Rate Rises Next Year and Accelerate Wind Down of Stimulus Most Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday they were prepared to raise their short-term benchmark rate at least three times next year to cool high inflation . As expected, officials also approved plans to more quickly scale back its pandemic stimulus efforts in response to hotter inflation, opening the door to rate increases starting next spring.
Dec 16, 2021•33 sec•Ep. 265
Fed Officials Project Three Rate Rises Next Year and Accelerate Wind Down of Stimulus Most Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday they were prepared to raise their short-term benchmark rate at least three times next year to cool high inflation . As expected, officials also approved plans to more quickly scale back its pandemic stimulus efforts in response to hotter inflation, opening the door to rate increases starting next spring.
Dec 16, 2021•4 min•Ep. 266
A non-fungible token trader reportedly sold a highly sought-after NFT for $3,000 rather than $300,000 due to a “fat-finger” error. The trader, identified only as Max online, told tech news website CNET that he meant to list his NFT for 75 ether, or about $300,000. But a “lapse of concentration” caused him to accidentally type in 0.75 ether as the listing price. A fat-finger error is where a trader places the wrong bet on a stock or other financial asset because of a typing mistake. In 2014, for ...
Dec 15, 2021•51 sec•Ep. 267
A non-fungible token trader reportedly sold a highly sought-after NFT for $3,000 rather than $300,000 due to a “fat-finger” error. The trader, identified only as Max online, told tech news website CNET that he meant to list his NFT for 75 ether, or about $300,000. But a “lapse of concentration” caused him to accidentally type in 0.75 ether as the listing price. A fat-finger error is where a trader places the wrong bet on a stock or other financial asset because of a typing mistake. In 2014, for ...
Dec 15, 2021•4 min•Ep. 268
Peloton published a parody commercial on Sunday in response to a plot in “Sex and the City” that sent shares of the company tumbling last week. The decline piled onto a recent selloff, with shares down about 75% year to date. Peloton has been facing slowing demand for its connected fitness equipment this year, as people return to gyms.
Dec 14, 2021•25 sec•Ep. 269
Peloton published a parody commercial on Sunday in response to a plot in “Sex and the City” that sent shares of the company tumbling last week. The decline piled onto a recent selloff, with shares down about 75% year to date. Peloton has been facing slowing demand for its connected fitness equipment this year, as people return to gyms.
Dec 14, 2021•5 min•Ep. 270
