Emily Chang’s Tech Briefing

This is the daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Matt Bigler spoke with Bloomberg Tech Reporter Natalie Lung. In April, META founder Mark Zuckerberg boasted about the capabilities of the company's new AI program, Meta AI. META attempted to jump ahead of the pack after coming into the AI game late, saying its app had capabilities that would make it more appealing than competitors like ChatGPT. But consumers say that isn't the case.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are meeting today in Alaska to talk about the possibility of peace in Russia's war against Ukraine. One analyst says the word 'no' is Trump's most powerful weapon ... But will he use it? Also, CBS' Major Garrett has tips on what to watch for in the meeting.

This is the daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Samantha Kelly. Peloton is planning its biggest product upgrade in years as it seeks to revive sales.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Spencer Soper. Amazon is expanding its same-day grocery delivery program by more than doubling the number of cities where it's available.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report, where KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Sarah Frier. A San Francisco company is vying for Google Chrome's search browser. Perplexity, an AI startup, is offering nearly 35 million dollars for the browser as Google faces pressures from the government to break up their monopoly.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Eric Thomas spoke with Bloomberg's David Welch. Ford is unveiling plans for a new line of electric vehicles. This comes in spite of the Trump Administration doing away with incentives for EVs.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Matt Bigler spoke with Bloomberg's Kurt Wagner. San Francisco-based social networking site Nextdoor is cutting 12% of its workforce. The move comes as the company released its latest earnings report.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Ian King. President Trump is calling on Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to step down, saying he is "highly conflicted."

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, the company behind M&M's and the Mars bar is teaming up with an agriculture gene-editing company to make cocoa plants that can better withstand the effects of climate change. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg News Agriculture Reporter Ilena Peng.

This is the daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Eric Thomas spoke with Bloomberg's Allyson Versprille. The federal government is proposing an easing of restrictions on drone flights, in a move that will make it easier for companies to deliver packages by air.

This is the daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Samantha Kelly. Peloton is launching a new marketplace where people can buy and sell their used equipment.

This is the daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg News Economics Editor, Molly Smith. Amid one of the most dismal jobs reports since the pandemic, President Trump says he plans to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

This is the daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Arvelisse Bonilla Ramos. Chase is introducing a new plan to help bars and restaurants affected by natural disasters, like the devastating fires that tore through Southern California earlier this year.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, TikTok is rolling out new safety features for creators and some of its younger users. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Samantha Kelley.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Deena Shanker. President Trump has been critical of a law in California requiring all eggs sold in the state be from cage-free chickens. While the eggs may be more expensive than those from chickens raised on battery farms, the extra cost hasn't deterred the general public from buying them.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Eric Thomas spoke with Bloomberg's Matt Day. Microsoft is giving its Edge browser an AI boost.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg Technology co-host Ed Ludlow. Tesla's robotaxis are coming to the streets of San Francisco, with service starting as soon as today.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Spencer Soper. Amazon's extended Prime Day sales event this year turned out to be a big boost for Walmart.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, the White House has release what it's calling an AI Action Plan with the hope of boosting the development of artificial intelligence in the United States. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg Politics Reporter Stephanie Lai.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, Coca-Cola is introducing a new version which will be made with cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. This comes as the Trump Administration has been pushing food and beverage companies to eliminate ingredients and chemicals it deems as unhealthy For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Brett Pulley.

A hearing is underway in Oakland in a case which could affect Tesla's future in the state. It centers around the company's Autopilot function. KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Madlin Mekelburg about the case.

This is the daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Heather Landy. It's been years since the pandemic changed the way we work, pushing a lot of industries to offer remote models. But now, fewer and fewer businesses are offering hybrid options for their workforce -- especially the Fortune 100.

This is the daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg Law's Jennifer Kay. The day after trail started in a lawsuit filed by Meta investors against the company, the two sides have reached a settlement.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, SpaceX is working on a program that would use its Starship rocket to conduct drug research in space. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Sana Pashankar.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Artificial Intelligence is making its way into more parts of our everyday life. But one area where it's apparently not welcome? Dating apps. That according to a survey on Gen Z-ers looking for the perfect partner. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Nicole D'Souza.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. GM is once again increasing its EV battery production. The company along with LG Energy Solution plans to start making more of its lower-cost batteries at its plant in Tennessee. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's David Welch.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, as most of the country is in the grip of a heatwave, climate scientists are continuing to work on forecasting models to determine just how hot it can get. Their work comes following an extreme heat spike and wildfire in Lytton, British Columbia in June of 2021 that claimed at least 1,400 lives. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Eric Roston.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with we're joined by Bloomberg's Natalie Lung. Google is rolling out a new feature for its Gemini artificial intelligence app.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Kurt Wagner. "X" CEO Linda Yaccarino is stepping down. Yaccarino took over two years ago after Musk had bought the company formerly known as Twitter. By that point the company had already lost three-quarters of its workforce.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Amazon's Prime Day is getting off to a slow start this year, with sales down almost 14% in its first four hours. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Spencer Soper.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Today, Tesla's stock is down more than 7 percent following this weekend's announcement that CEO Elon Musk is planning to launch his own political party. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's David Welch.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Brody Ford. OpenAI has just signed a new deal with Oracle as it works on the Stargate Initiative.

This is the daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Ilena Peng. Pistachio farmers in California are having a great year, thanks in part to a chocolate shop in the United Arab Emirates.

This is the daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Brian K. Sullivan. Big cuts are coming to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as the new budget proposal slashes the agency's budget by $1.5 billion. That will result in an estimated 2,200 jobs being cut, which is about 18% of the Administration's workforce.

This is the daily Tech and Business Report. Today, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Thomas Buckley. Apple's new Formula One movie F-1 topped the box office this week, taking in more than $55 million in the US and Canada. It's a new test for the company; screening movies in theatres before releasing them on its own Apple Plus streaming service.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. The S&P index opened in record territory this morning before losing steam. It's now down slightly, but the overall gains across the major indices has some worried that investors are ignoring warning flags. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Alexandra Semenova.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Erin Hudson. The Trump administration says it may pull funding for California if the state doesn't ban transgender student athletes from female sporting events.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Matt Bigler spoke with Bloomberg's Dina Bass. An AI bot has become one of the best defenses in the country to prevent hackings.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Craig Trudell. Tesla's robotaxi service appears to be hitting a rocky road on its first day in service in Austin, Texas. Videos shared on social media show the robotaxis violating various traffic laws.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Eric Thomas spoke with Bloomberg Managing Editor Mark Gurman. Meta has launched the newest version of its smart glasses in partnership with sunglass brand Oakley's. It's a departure from the tech giant's previous partnership with Ray-Ban.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Kara Newman. When people think of popular American alcohol, they might think of chardonnay from Napa, bourbon from Kentucky, or any number of craft breweries. But an increasing number of companies here in the US are now producing sake, including two in the Bay Area.

Time now for our daily Tech and Business Report. Amazon's CEO says the use of artificial intelligence will reduce the company's workforce. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Matt Day.