Fail miserably. But he says that is all part of the magic. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, astro teller, head of alphabets x lab. And captain of moonshots, which is your official title, as i understand it. Astro it is. I function as the ceo, but i go by captain of moonshots. Emily you rolled in on wheels. This is your standard mode of transportation . Astro it is. Emily how much time do you think you shave off . Astro i have worked that out. Its about eight minutes a day. Emily wow. [laughter] astro its a big building. Emily you are making the most of those eight minutes. We are in the x lab, just a couple miles south of googles headquarters. This is where the magic happens, or sometimes doesnt happen, as you are quick to point out, because you have far more failures than you do successes. What is the mission of x . Astro x was created to be the part of alphabet that would make, hopefully, some new googles for alphabet to have. Things like waymo, the selfdriving car business
And weapons the promise and the peril of the digital age. Im tom giles, in for emily chang. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, brad smith, president of microsoft. Tom brad, thanks for being with us today. A lot of the last year has been spent talking about and spilling ink over this complex relationship between the u. S. And china. Id like to hear more about your concerns about the way this is playing out between the u. S. And china, and what impact that could have on u. S. Technological leadership on a global arena. Brad the u. S. Is the Digital Technology leader in the world today, but one of the important things for all of us to remember is that we dont actually invent or create technology by ourselves. If you buy an American Technology product, a product that is made by an american company, in all probability, it consists of inventions that came from Silicon Valley as well as bangalore and beijing and dublin and london, toronto and melbourne and the like. We need to continu
We havent seen for quite some time i can deal with two, three, i dont know eight if it is going up for the right reason it has been good so far there is a lot of floating rate stuff around tensions in hong kong escalating overnight. A flash mob. More than 1,000 people wearing office clothes and face masks blocked roads in the Central District as police fired tear gas as well as at two University Campuses carrie lam said that the protesters are selfish well continue to monitor the updates as they come in. Thats after yesterday when she said they are her enemy. Enemy of the people i think i am as a member of the media. Although not comfort as a member of the Mainstream Media. Am i really part of the Mainstream Media yes hello. An update now on the controversy over the apple card. Goldman sachs denies gender bias but says it will reevaluate those who received lower credits lines to begin with. It may be because existing cards could be combined with a spouses account leading to lower avail
The message beyond microsofts campus with a new book, tools and weapons, the promise and the peril of the digital age. Im tom giles, in for emily chang. Joining me today on bloomberg studio 1. 0, brad smith, president of microsoft. Tom brad, thanks for being with us today. A lot of the last year has been spent talking about and spilling ink over this complex relationship between the u. S. And china. Id like to hear more about your concerns about the way this is playing out between the u. S. And china, and what impact that could have on u. S. Technological leadership on a global arena. Brad the u. S. Is the Digital Technology leader in the world today, but one of the important things for all of us to remember is that we dont actually invent or create technology by ourselves. If you buy an American Technology product, a product that is made by an american company, in all probability, it consists of inventions that came from Silicon Valley as well as bangalore and beijing and dublin and l
Posted thirdquarter earnings that missed estimates. We also have details ahead. Hack away. The u. S. Government says russia, china, and iran will seek to meddle in u. S. Elections going forward. How vulnerable are we . We get opinions from ethical hackers in our electioneering series. First to the top story, all about uber. Shares hitting a record low. Actions restrictions lifted. Years largest u. S. Ipo are now down nearly 40 since its may debuted. For more, walter joins us with in new york. With me and san francisco, Lizette Chapman who covers the company for Bloomberg Technology. Breakdown. What did we learn today . Reporter exactly what we expected. There was 1. 7 billion shares outstanding. A large swath of them have traded hands. Most widely traded stock today. Just sick ofle are waiting around for it to get better. We saw the stocks fall. There are some questions around when this could continue, considering a number of early investors are not underwater and could see potential u