Episodes
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Matt Bigler was joined by Bloomberg Texas Bureau Chief Julie Fine. Texas is creating its own stock exchange with the aim of overtaking New York as the financial center of the U.S., what has the state done so far?
Published 10/01/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Matt Bigler was joined by Bloomberg's Malathi Nayak. Epic Games has filed another lawsuit against Google, claiming the company conspired with Samsung to monopolize its app store.
Published 09/30/24
This is KCBS Radio's daily Tech and Business Report. Today, we're KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Deena Shanker. Fast food restaurants have seen a drop in business due to higher prices. That has some companies fighting back by offering special deals to get customers back. McDonald's rolled out it's $5 value meal earlier this year, and a number of other chains followed suit. But unfortunately, the days of the cheap hamburger may be numbered. You can hear our Tech...
Published 09/27/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Rachel Metz. San Francisco-based Open AI is reportedly considering restructuring to become a for-profit company and giving CEO Sam Altman 7% share of ownership.
Published 09/26/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with joined Bloomberg's Sarah McBride. A San Francisco-based startup is out with a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to evaluate employees, it's called Talent Signal.
Published 09/25/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Roku says it remains committed to its set-top boxes, even as more companies are making smart tv's. What is the company saying about the future of its boxes?
Published 09/24/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Liz Saint John spoke with Bloomberg's Aisha Counts. Meta is expected to show off its new augmented reality smart glasses at its annual Connect conference in Menlo Park on Wednesday. The person in charge of those glasses took an unusual route to land her job. Li-Chen Miller was working at Microsoft when she bought a pair of Meta's Ray-Ban Stories glasses that she wasn't completely happy with.
Published 09/23/24
This is KCBS Radio's daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Lauren Rosenthal. A startup is looking to use artificial intelligence to improve weather forecasting. The company is called Brightband. You can hear our Tech and Business Report weekdays at 12:30 pm on KCBS Radio and for more, tune into Bloomberg Technology weekdays at 8 am.
Published 09/20/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's Maria Clara Cobo. The federal government is pushing a new technology that could eliminate all traffic deaths.  It's called vehicle to everything, or V2X for short.
Published 09/19/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's David Welch. People who drive GM electric vehicles will now be able to use Tesla's Superchargers to power up. GM announced that it has started selling an approved adapter that will let people connect to Tesla's network.
Published 09/18/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's Kurt Wagner. Instagram is taking steps to try to make its platform safer for its younger users. Meta says it will change its default setting for teenagers in the U.S. to make the accounts private.
Published 09/17/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's Matt Day. It's back to the office for Amazon workers after the company's CEO said employees will now have to report to work five days a week. The company had previously only required workers to work from the office three days a week.
Published 09/16/24
This is KCBS Radio's daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Mary Schlangenstein.  A big collaboration is officially in the works between United Airlines and SpaceX's Starlink. The major US carrier announced a deal to power its inflight Wi-Fi by using Elon Musk's satellite system.  You can hear our Tech and Business Report weekdays at 12:30 pm on KCBS Radio and for more, tune into Bloomberg Technology weekdays at 8 am.
Published 09/13/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's David Welch. GM has announced a new partnership with Hyundai—as the two team up to develop new cars.   
Published 09/13/24
This is KCBS Radio's daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Daniela Sirtori. The new CEO of Starbucks—who was brought in to revitalize the company—is taking a page from the company's past as he tries to turn things around.  You can hear our Tech and Business Report weekdays at 12:30 pm on KCBS Radio and for more, tune into Bloomberg Technology weekdays at 8 am.
Published 09/11/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's Keith Laing. More people who are considering buying a new electric vehicle are turning to leasing—as manufacturers are offering deals to move vehicles off their lots.
Published 09/10/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Artificial Intelligence was a major theme at Apple's event in Cupertino this morning in which it showed off the company's latest line of iPhone's and watches. 
Published 09/09/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, we're joined by Bloomberg's Ilena Peng. Craving a grilled cheese sandwich? Or a slice of cheese pizza. Well you're not alone. Recent data shows Americans ate on average 42 pounds of cheese a year. That's more than double since the government started keeping track in 1975 and it's more than all butter, ice cream, and yogurt combined.
Published 09/06/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's Chris Palmeri. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will be taking control of Paramount after a group led by his son completes the purchase of the network for more than $8 billion.
Published 09/05/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's Michelle Ma. One of the world's biggest video-streaming companies is taking steps to fight climate change. Netflix has set a goal to cut its carbon footprint roughly in half by 2030. 
Published 09/04/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's Ryan Vlastelica. Stocks are down sharply today, led in large part by Santa Clara based chipmaker Nvidia. It's shares are down 12% since the company released its latest earnings report last week.
Published 09/03/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg News California Bureau Chief Karen Breslau. Lawmakers have passed a bill that would require the state to formally apologize for slavery. It's one of hundreds of recommendations made by a task force on reparations last year.
Published 08/30/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's Ilena Peng. Most of the coffee consumed worldwide comes from just two countries: Brazil and Vietnam. So when weather problems hit both at the same time, that can lead to supply issues, meaning you and I end up paying more for that morning cup of coffee. Well, that has some in the industry turning to other countries for their beans. 
Published 08/29/24
Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's Madlin Mekelburg. A fight that started over Tesla CEO Elon Musk's board-approved compensation package could end up boosting Texas' bid to become a business court hub. Tesla was incorporated in Delaware, and after a court there tossed out a $56 billion pay package for Musk, he decided to move the company's incorporation to Texas. That means that future legal disputes would go to court...
Published 08/28/24