Life to alexa, with light bulbs connected to firmware. My wife is not very happy with this, but i keep telling her, jen, it is Getting Better and better. Soon before you know it turning on the lights will be as easy as flipping a switch. [laughter] Household Items are the least important part of iot. Enterprise and industrial use will help us allocate resources more efficiently. There were two principal challenges well talk about. First is the network, which is what kind of infrastructure do we need to facilitate robust iot that need complete ubiquitous coverage but dont need to send videos to each other. Second, how do we secure the network. It is one thing for the terrorist to know that i need more ice cream, but its another when you talk about your self driving car or the electrical grid. We have a great panel today to discuss these issues. Again lets introduce them quickly and then we will go to discussion. Ralph alderfer, Vice President technology at cable outcome of Global Innova
Recognizable names in the Tech Industry. For decades. We will bring you an exclusive interview with michael dell. First to our lead, the worlds most valuable startup may be going public sooner than we think. The new boss at uber met his new employees and he outlined some of his Top Priorities at the job including coming up with a new set of Core Principles and bringing in a new chairman to help implement the agenda. The of the calm some of com team and tweeted out remarks. In his own words, the company has to change. What got us here is not going to take us to the next level. In the meantime, Travis Kalanick has already expressed interest in returning to a more active role in the company which could create a potentially awkward dynamic that the new boss will have to manage. In the meantime, it was all smiles at the new board meeting. As Arianna Huffington shared this. We spoke with our bloomberg tech reporter, eric newcomer, and our global head of technology to find out what else happe
We will bring you an exclusive interview with michael dell. First to our lead, the worlds most valuable startup may be going public sooner than we think. The new boss at uber met his new employees and he outlined some of his Top Priorities at the job including coming up with a new set of Core Principles and bringing in a new chairman to help implement the agenda. Some of the com team and tweeted out remarks. In his own words, the company has to change. What got us here is not going to take us to the next level. In the meantime, Travis Kalanick has already expressed interest in returning to a more active role in the company which could create a potentially awkward dynamic that the new boss will have to manage. In the meantime, it was all smiles at the new board meeting. As Arianna Huffington shared this. We spoke with our bloomberg tech reporter, eric newcomer, and our global head of technology to find out what else happened at that meeting. There were jokes celebrating travis role at t
Mccarthy is live and christine, a lot of dangerous conditions out there tonight. There sure were. By this point a lot of the water has receded. In fact, were seeing the roads behind us right here almost completely dry. Still some puddles right in this intersection you see right here at william and stevens street just half an hour ago there was a car that was stranded here even as the water had receded. Thats now been towed away. Take a look at this video though that we shot earlier when the water higher. Some drivers taking the risk and plowing through the water, others becoming stuck and having to ditch their cars. Police have put out an advisory on social media, they were warning residents and drivers to stay inside, to stay off the roads. Weve also seen Police Driving by with bull horns telling people to stay off the roads and tonight, we met a young man whose car was damaged by these flash floods as well as another College Student who helped someone just yells cars outside are floo
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