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
Developing space projects. Please welcome christian, the executive director, procurement council, u. S. Chamber of commerce. Good morning. And welcome to the u. S. Chamber of commerce and to launch the space economy, our Second Annual space summit. Events such as this are a team effort and we deeply appreciate the support of our sponsors, boeing, northrup, rocket lab, oneweb, hawkeye 360 and ascent. We have been busy over the past year from policy discussions ranging from management of commercial aviation and the orbit assurance, to opportunity aboard the iss and future gateway. And we even convened the need for greater use of space enabled surveillance of the water ways. The procurement and council has an ever expanding set of policy pursuits. Fortunately, we have an enthusiastic space industry ceo here at the chamber. Tom donohue wrote an article, he wrote, harnessing the economic expansion of space is no easy feat. It took years for the maritime system and nearly a hundred years for
Doesnt mean he wont go through with it over the next couple weeks. Taking a look at where the nikkei is, ending the year lower by 0. 5 . The nikkei recovered 50 of its slide since its record in 2009. Goldman among those expecting some kind of lift for japanese stocks in the coming year. Fromys japan will benefit a Global Economic recovery. Lets turn the page and look at where we are in terms of currencies. We know it has been a quiet volatility at a five year low. If history is any guide, the , it ishe currency to buy a favorable month and it has risen seven out of the last 10 years. The hong kong dollar, it may be six months of the protest, the hong kong dollar said to have its strongest month in 16 years. This is how it is looking at this point. David since 2000 three, that was the last time we saw a gain of this magnitude for the hong kong currency. We are looking ahead to the open in india, it was quite a steep gain we had friday although i should point out, depending on which inde
Facebook takes action but does the network go far enough . Elon musk cuts a rug as the Company Delivers its first cars from the shanghai factory. Cestart, the annual conference is currently underway in las vegas. Ces is gathering the biggest names in the business of consumer technologies and served as the proving ground for Innovative Technologies for 50 years. A flying carng on with hyundai, working on air taxis to take the concept of ridesharing to a higher level. That this is say closer than you think. At uber, we have been working on elevate for about three years, developing a network and ecosystem of people aligned with our vision of bringing ridesharing from the ground into the sky. We are looking to launch our network in 2023. We have a network of now eight partners, hyundai is our eighth partner. We are excited about being able to do it. What regulatory hurdles do you expect to meet . We have to look at regulatory considerations at the local and national level. We have teams wo