KCBS Bloomberg Tech and Business Report

This is our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg Aerospace and Defense stock reporter Arvelisse Bonilla Ramos. As conflicts rage around the world members of the military industrial complex are reaping the benefit. But it isn't necessarily the established names who are getting the most of the war dividend. New methods of fighting have paved the way for new defense startups to have their moment in the sun.

This is our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio News Anchor, Holly Quan spoke with Matt Day, Bloomberg News Reporter based in Seattle. Amazon is adding to its business model and is looking to sell office software powered by AI. They're calling the new set of tools Amazon Connect Decisions and Amazon Connect Talent.

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Scott Cohn spoke with Katrina Manson. Hundreds of Google's AI researchers have signed a letter addressed to CEO Sundar Pichai asking that the company's AI not be used for classified military missions. After employees protested Google's work with the military in 2018 the company declined to renew its contract with the military and introduced a set of AI principles but it has since walked some of those back and strengthened ties with the military.

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Alisa Clancy spoke with Bloomberg's Victor Swezey. AI in the workplace has investors placing their bets on trade school thanks to a perception that blue-collar work can weather an automated tech infiltration.

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Alisa Clancy spoke with Bloomberg's Brody Ford. Microsoft is offering a first of its kind voluntary buyout deal for around 7% of its workforce. If fully implemented, it would see almost 9-thousand employees voluntarily depart from the company.

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Margie Shafer spoke with Bloomberg's Spencer Soper. Newly unsealed court documents reveal the details of an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon by the state of California. The state alleges that Amazon engaged in a price fixing scheme, pressuring major brands to raise prices on competitors' websites, claims which Amazon denies.

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Margie Shafer spoke with Bloomberg's Reshmi Basu. TV shopping network QVC has hit some hard times as the company shared plans to file for imminent Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The move comes as the company faces a mound of debt.

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Margie Shafer spoke with Bloomberg's Rachel Metz. AI company Anthropic has introduced a new version of its Claude Model, Opus 4-point-7, which it says has improved software engineering. Meanwhile, Anthropic is keeping access to its even more powerful "Mythos" model, limited due to fears that its capabilities could overwhelm most cybersecurity programs.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, we're joined by Dana Wollman Senior Editor at Bloomberg. Google has released a Gemini app for Mac giving users AI access right from their desktop.

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Leah Nylen Concert tickets cost a pretty penny these days in fact, so much that the U.S. largest concert promoter and ticketing service, Live Nation and Ticketmaster, has faced federal allegations of running a monopoly.

The new glasses are one part of the tech giant's push into A-I wearables that also includes new AirPods and a pendant featuring a camera. This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor KCBS Radio News Anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg Reporter Eliyahu Kamisher. Nvidia's CEO is encouraging people to move in to California; this after a group of billionaires exited the state because of high taxes and threats of a new levy.

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Holly Quan spoke with Paulina Cachero. Mortgage rates have fallen for the first time since the beginning of the War in Iran. This decline could bring some relief to the U.S. housing market just as the spring selling season gets underway.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, we're joined by Bloomberg's Margi Murphy . Anthropic says its new AI model Mythos is so powerful its holding it back from a wide release because it might allow hackers to breach some of the world's most sensitive cyber defenses. Instead, the company says its forming an initiative known as "Project Glasswing" with a select group of large corporations allowing them access to Mythos, so they can use it to test their own systems for weak points.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Peter Blumberg. Open AI is asking the Attorneys General of California and Delaware to look into Elon Musk's efforts to block Open AI from becoming a for-profit company.

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS' Holly Quan spoke with Todd Woody Skyrocketing gasoline prices, as a result of the war in Iran, aren't helping states like California that want to encourage the use of renewable energy. The concern is that climate action isn't affordable right now.

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Emily Birnbaum. As the US government attempts to solidify its position on AI big tech and labor unions are trying to push federal policy in different directions. Labor Unions such as AFL-CIO generally want more guardrails and regulation whereas big tech favors a more Laissez-Faire approach. Both groups met with lawmakers last week.

This is our daily Tech and Business report. KCBS Radio News Anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Natalie Lung Open-AI may be a competitor for Apple's app-store. The A-I company is continuing to appeal to third-party apps like Spotify to launch mini apps inside Chat-GPT but it's not taking off the way the company planned.

A PlayStation 5 console will cost you more these days. Sony announcing today that it's raising the price of all editions of the system, effective next week.

Influencers are taking to the seas, and revamping cruise lines. During Covid, cruises developed a reputation for being super-spreaders. but now they're trying to bounce back using social media