Makes their company ceo. Their company so unit. So unique. Silicon valley is listening to your most intimate moments. It is the focus of bloomberg businessweeks indepth piece on how the Smart Speaker praise users vulnerable to the conversations being transcribed. Here with the story including the devices and use of contractors to transcribe those attimate conversations is m in seattle, sarah from San Francisco, and austin from new york. Let me start with you come austin. The management with you, austin. We spoke to dozens of transcribers and contractors in the stories. Everywhere from ireland to india. They really had ethical quandaries with the service, they were eavesdropping on a lot customers toexa improve speech recognition capabilities. Is really fascinating thing the profound disparity you mentioned. A lot of the contractors felt this was ethically dubious. The Silicon Valley folks that we talked to really did not think this was such an issue at all despite years of privacy issu
And a scathing report prominent shortseller andrew left of citron slaps a 5 price target on peloton. Well hear from left. But first, to our top story. Silicon valley is listening to your most intimate moments. It is the focus of bloomberg businessweeks indepth piece on how the Smart Speaker craze left users vulnerable to their conversations being transcribed. It was one of the most read stories on the terminal on wednesday. And here with the story, including the devices and use of contractors to transcribe those intimate conversations, is matt in seattle, sarah from San Francisco, and garrett and austin in new york. Let me start with you, austin. Contractors in your story seem to have a problem with this, while the management of big tech didnt. Why . We spoke to dozens of transcribers and contractors in the story, everywhere from ireland to india. They really had ethical quandaries with the service. They were eavesdropping on a lot of siri or alexa customers in order to improve the sys
How deepfake videos can make anyone appear to say anything and what the tech giants are doing about it. Markets overall slightly low, but reports two tankers are on fire. And well be getting the inside track on the business of increasing the visibility of your website through better Search Engine optimisation well be getting some top tips on how to boost your sites ranking. And deepfake videos are suddenly becoming more visible. Today we want to know how concerned are you about the problem . Are the big tech giants doing enough to counter it . Let us know what you think just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in the us where just days after pulling back from the brink of a trade war against mexico President Trump has a new target in his sights. He has criticized germany for over dependence on russia for energy and threatened sanctions against european firms involved in a massive project to bring more russian gas to europe. Russia meanwhile has said efforts t
Assistance. The russian occupiers put two small missile ships of the buyan project into the black sea on combat duty. They can carry up to 16 caliber cruise missiles. This was reported by the Southern Defense forces. The military emphasized that the level of missile danger is very high, as previously reported, as of this morning, three russian ships are on combat duty in the black sea. There were no rocket launchers among them. President Volodymyr Zelenskyis office. Tav brigade of the Defense Forces on one of the hottest directions kupyanskolymansk. These are the 103rd territorial Territorial Defense brigade of the 68th yegersk named after Oleksa Dovbush and the 25th Sicheslav Airborne brigade. The head of state discussed with the commanders the situation on the battlefield and the urgent needs of the military and thanked them for their service. The European Parliament supported the creation of ukraine. Fund of 50 million euros. The vote for the relevant resolution was announced on the
Close of trading reporting revenue beating analyst estimates. Facebook saw mobile Advertising Sales on the Largest Social Network surpassing those of desk top promotions for the first time. Qualcomm also out with its earnings. They reported fiscal First Quarter profits topping estimates. A profit of about 1. 26 per share. Bernanke in the central bank announcing they will trim monthly bond buying to 65 billion. The dow falling 189 points. Those are the top headlines at this hour. Back to you. Thank you, carol massar. Top Technology Headlines facebook, lenovo, and microsoft making news. Lets bring in bloomberg editor atlarge cory johnson. It feels like a triple tech play into one person. Thats because im three times taller. I was not going to mention. Ok. Go ahead. Tell me about the news regarding lenovo. Lenovo purchasing Motorola Mobility from google . It seems strange google getting into the business but it was first thought they were largely trying to get the patents. Moto x phones a