Back here, he cofounded aol ventures. Another 106 million. And 100 point loss of this morning and first up its apple and apples counsel was on this program and criticized the governments rhetoric. We are working on a replay to the government right now and i think that there is some disconnect between the rhetoric we saw in the justice departments brief and what you heard from the director and president obama about the fact that this is a policy issue. And work through as a policy matter. And got a little bit carried away with rhetoric. And the government can make the appropriate modification to the ios to get what they need. Backdrop of all of this is Morgan Stanley saying. I expect the up roar across tech land to be like nothing we have ever seen. Can you imagine them demanding the source code for windows for demanding googles algorithm . All of the crown jewels of these Major Companies that they protect so fiercely, if they go after ios source code oh my i cant even think beyond that
Us down. Everything is cyclically oriented so it is a risk off tenor to the markets. It is there where amazon lives and not in information technology. The best and worst performers today in terms of index point contributions to the s p 500, we have amazon, on the upside of 9 after recording Record Net Income and part of the because of the strength of its web services division. Gileads hepatitis c drugs came in lower. Some of the best performers related to earnings, monster beverage being because of its relationship with cocacola. Resources raising its output forecast for the year. Downside. Seagate coming in with results below estimates and sky works as well suffering from waiting apple demand. It is one of the apple suppliers that has been hit as people have been buying fewer iphones. A lot of Energy Companies going into earnings season. That sector was supposed to be a big drag. Is beating estimates because this is how it works. Butyone beats estimates that is it. Here are the exampl
Recommendations, and theyre in the process of doing them. Thats correct. We had informal discussions as well as the formal letter responding to our recommendations. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to thank our two witnesses. Lord knows where we would be if we didnt have gao and Inspector Generals. The alarming malfeasance and incompetence of the rollout of this plan is just stunning. And here we are, you know, we cant just simply brush it off and say, well, this was a bad start, but everythings going great now. The cost to the taxpayer probably well never know. But thank goodness that we have your organizations providing us information and spurring on a seemingly bureaucratic nightmare that exists within the federal government in terms of handling these kinds of programs. Anybody in the private sector that had done this would have been bankrupt. Investors would have lost all their money. Its just stunning to continue to observe what it takes to get these agenci
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 95. The nays are 3. The bill as amended is passed. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to ten minutes. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The senate will be in order. Mr. Thune mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i want to express my appreciation to my colleagues for the passage of the federal Aviation Administration reauthorization act of 2016. By passing this legislation, which i offered with the Commerce Committees Ranking Member, senator nelson, and our aviation subcommittee leaders senators ayotte and cantwell, the senate is seeking to end a string of short extensions with a comprehensive reform proposal now on its way to the house of representatives. Bipartisan efforts at both
Multifaceted interactions of humans and Autonomous Systems and complex with the technical systems. I have conducted driving research and provided future Technology Recommendations to automotive manufacturers for more than a dozen years including ford, nissan, toyota, google x, and i was the Program Manager for 100 million Navy Robotics helicopter that carries the very same sense or sensors that you see on cars today and im on the interaction of selfdriving cars and pedestrians. While i enthusiastically support the research and development of selfdriving cars im less optimistic of what i perceive to be a rush to field systems that are really not ready for widespread deployment. Here are a few scenarios that highlight the scenarios of selfdriving cars. Bad weather, including standing water on roadways, drizzling rain, sudden downpours and snow. Coupling this these limitations to follow a traffic policemans gestures especially on a rainy day in a poncho, means selfdriving cars should not