Content, and digital assistants. We have highlights from the annual ces event in las vegas. We hear from the heads of micron, qualcomm, Verizon Media, and quibi. And Tesla Ceo Elon musk cuts a rug after delivering the first customer cars from the shanghai factory. Shares touch record highs. Our top story this week brought increased tensions between the u. S. And iran. Last friday, a military strike in Baghdad International airport took out one of irans top generals. Tehran responded by launching missiles at u. S. Interests in iraq. It all roiled the markets and created new fears of cyber warfare. CyberSecurity Firms like cloudflare and fireeye were up this week as a result. I was joined by marcus fwoler, the director of strategic threat at ai Security Firm darktrace, and our cybersecurity reporter kartikay mehrotra. Kartikay i think there is a significant distinction between irans conventional battlefield capabilities and where they are on the cyber front. They are never going to go to
Micron, qualcomm, verizon. Tesla ceo elon musk cuts a rug after delivering the first customer cars from the shanghai factory. Shares touch a record high. This week brought increased tensions between the u. S. And iran. A military strike in baghdad and in baghdad took out one of irans top generals. They responded by launching missiles at u. S. Interests in iraq, roiling the markets and creating new fears of cyber warfare. Cybersecurity firms like cloudflare were up this week as a result. I was joined by the director of strategic threat at an ai security firm. There is a significant distinction between irans battlefield capabilities and where they are on the cyber front. They are never going to go toe to toe with the United States in this realm in a conventional battle. In the cyber realm, they have a greater chance of pushing back more dramatically and having a greater impact in the United States, so even though they have not gone that route in terms of immediate reprisal, it is not out
With amosite in the Cloud Business. A new target seems to be retail customers. First, to our top story. Last year, apple ceo tim cook stunned investors when the company readjusted its forecast due to struggles in china. Official Government Data shows the apple smartphone shipments in china grew almost 19 . That marked a big jump from previous months. It is particularly remarkable when shipments of phones of all brands were down nearly 14 in the same period in china. Surprised about the amount of bullishness we seem to have on china . That number is a surprise. The broad push in china to focus on huawei and have consumers by huawei funds instead of iphones. That was the concern for a lot of last year. Some of the trade tension has come down. Athink more to the point is device like the iphone 11 is a little bit cheaper. The battery life is very long. The photos you can take are a lot better than the previous version. When you put all those things together and combine it with a large back
But a new target seems to be its retail customers. First, to our top story. That is last year, tim cook stunned investors when my company readjusted its forecast due to struggles in china. What a difference a year makes. Official Government Data shows the apple smartphone shipments in china grew 19 yearoveryear in december. That marked a big jump from previous months. It is particularly remarkable when shipments of phones of all brands were down 14 in the same period in china. For more, i want to bring in our reporter. Are you surprised by the amount of bullishness we have on apple and the iphone shipments in china . Certainly in china, that number is a surprise. Engine broad bush push in china to have consumers by phones instead of iphones. Has of the trade tension come down in recent months. Maybe that has something to do with it. I think more to the point, a device like the iphone 11 is a little cheaper, the battery life is very long. The photos you can take are better than the prev
Estate market in the world sees its value slide a bit well take you to hong kong for the latest. This is your Business Report im Stephen Beers in berlin thanks for joining us. Ratatouille donald trump both are scheduled to attend the annual World Economic Forum Meetings in davos switzerland which are getting underway monday a sustainability and Climate Change are the main topics of the meeting activists like to embed are putting more pressure on governments and Business Leaders to do more in stopping Climate Change the form is introducing a scorecard this year to Rate Companies on how sustainably they act. Now ahead of davos American Money Management for black rock has grabbed a great deal of the attention of the finance world its c. E. O. Larry fisk announcing that the company would quote exit investments presenting a high sustainability related risk in quote for a start to festing hundreds of millions of dollars from coaling to businesses and that could be a big deal black rock is th