silicon valley. in 1956 she walks into ibm headquarters in new york city a few years out of college. she heard there are programming jobs to be had. she knows nothing about a friend told her about this job. they said they are hiring people and it will keep you on the job. she gets the job as an entry-level programmer. she becomes a manager. she is managing a team for the better part of a decade. she is combating sexism every single run up the letter. -- rung of the ladder. she finds out that every man is making more money than her. she demands a raise and gets a raise. and to relet the sum of the people she is supervising are still making more than she is, so she left. she ends up in california by the part of the 1960's and she is passionate about the technology. she is really interested in programming and using computers. she ends up at a small start up in palo alto, in this new business called timesharing. the internet before the internet, it is networked computers. this is a time when computers we

silicon valley. and quotation marks. the post is referring to silicon valley in quotation marks until 1979. then it becomes a more familiar lexicon. it was an out-of-the-way place, seen as off to the side of the main action for so long. susan: were going to go back in time to tell the story as you do in your book. before that i would like people to know a little bit about you. how did you get interested in his? professor o'mara: i was in graduate school, i knew i wanted to write -- i worked in politics before i went to graduate school. i came to graduate school to study political history and i was interested in looking at the eisenhower years and the domestic impact of the cold war. funnily enough, i was becoming a political junkie. i was interested in what the eisenhower white house was doing and what lawmakers in congress were doing in the 1950's. and then, of course, one of the greatest domestic impacts of the cold war was what the military industrial comp lex did to seed the electronics industry,

some say social media silicon valley—style has stopped innovating. but new rival companies are emerging that are starting to shake things up, and they're coming from china. tiktok is the 15—second looping video app that's captured the heart of teenagers across the world. and with 1 billion users, it's firmly on the radar of big tech. and while silicon valley may be worried about its huge number of users, it also argues that the company's home country should also give the west cause for concern. in china, things are happening — and happening fast. innovation is rife and silicon valley is starting to look over its shoulder. as part of the bbc rivals season, we're taking a look at weather china is about to change the global power dynamics of the internet. nowadays, silicon valley has a genuine rival in chinese internet companies. we're now seeing genuinely innovative products coming out of china, things that the west is now looking on quite enviously and saying "we would like to be more like that." technology supremacy between beijing and washington

valley companies that may welcome the invest in. into silicon valley companies that may welcome the invest inlj into silicon valley companies that may welcome the invest in. i suppose it depends how they do it, because if you think of the way the saudi government has huge influence of a company like saudi aramco, they might not necessarily enjoy the same levels of influence over a silicon valley tech firm they have invested in? they have a history of investing in these companies, so another public investment fund has also invest in one of the largest healthcare tech invest in one of the largest healthca re tech companies invest in one of the largest healthcare tech companies in the uk, there was a big story about that only a few months ago. and i think having spent quite a lot of time with these people, i canjust give you my perspective. i don't think they are looking to have that much influence. it is really interesting what we hear in the media but if you go there and you speak to them and you are dealing with people that, they are normal people, they have trust issues with ——

some say social media silicon valley—style has stopped innovating. but new rival companies are emerging that are starting to shake things up, and they're coming from china. tiktok is the 15—second looping video app that's captured the hearts of teenagers across the world. and with 1 billion users, it's firmly on the radar of big tech. and while silicon valley may be worried about its huge number of users, it also argues that the company's home country should also give the west cause for concern. in china, things are happening — and happening fast. innovation is rife and silicon valley is starting to look over its shoulder. as part of the bbc rivals season, we're taking a look at whether china is about to change the global power dynamics of the internet. nowadays, silicon valley has a genuine rival in chinese internet companies. we're now seeing genuinely innovative products coming out of china, things that the west is now looking on quite enviously and saying "we would like to be more like that." technology supremacy between beijing and washingto

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we always look for the headline as though silicon valley is a light switch on and off. think of it as a continuum the late stage market has corrected. there's no room for money-losing businesses with no prospects of positive economic chix to get public. >> growth at any price is over. >> it's been reset there's stuff being done there's structure on late-stage deals getting done i don't think it's corrected as much as i suspected it might have. >> why do you think? >> rates are still low tremendous amount of capital on the sidelines. nontraditional players still investing in late stage from foreign sovereign funds to family offices and the nasdaq is at an all-time high remember the nasdaq is still at or near that all-time high which is attracting those late stage wework was a shock to the system. >> was it as big a shock to the system as it should have been? i mean the muscle memory here can be quite short, right. i wasn't too long ago that travis kalanick was pushed out of uber and look at what happened to them in the public market silicon valley never took real ownersh

so silicon valley's version of this question. i want to focus on the united states version and the question for the united states is, is the best strategy for the u.s. to go big, to go with this sort of global scale? this has probably been a threat throughout the u.s. history of at least of the last 100 years, everything from woodrow wilson, the new dealers setting up the global institutions from which they would run the planet from washington, d.c., and there was a sense the u.s. was at scale and should go or always operate on a bigger scale and should be worldg a road -- a revolution. not always a libertarian one. i was reminded of the joke, why is the u.s. the only country in the world where revolution is impossible? because it is the only country that does not have an american a busy. -- embassy. [laughter] at this was in some sense good strategy for the u.s., to go even bigger. i think that there are some ways we may need to update this in the world of 2019, where -- and in some ways it is shaped by the rivalry with china. a

valley has its roots in electronic warfare that so much that came out of silicon valley, earliest funding was from the u.s. military, but the immigration piece is involved because when you have engineers, we have technologists from other countries to come and work and maybe go back to their countries, they don't have that same feeling they want to work for the u.s. military. >> one of peter thiel's friends, maximum lunchen, the paypal, sergei grand, so many of the companies we are talking about even involved in the military issue, immigrants. >> i suspect you'll hear more of the piece of the discussion, and especially at a company like google i think the majority of silicon valley, mike brown, head of the defense innovation unit, was on this panel, former ceo of symantec, he finds the vast majority of companies in silicon valley are not like google in the tech community but perhaps you're going to see more scrutiny of the types of employees that are within ranks when national security is part of the debate. chinese nationalists, for example, at a time there's an idea of an ai arms race, i

well, i've had the pleasure of attending the silicon valley asian pacific film festival. i have hosted some q&a sessions with filmmakers. the event is a project of cats, contemporary asian theater scene, and is still growing and evolving. joining me now is an old friend, he is co-founder of cats and the co-chair of the silicon valley asian pacific film festival, steve yamaguma. and also with us, i have the privilege of welcoming filmmaker andrea yu-chieh chung. born in taipei, she is a trained classical musician who found she had a passion for documentary filmmaking and on a global scale. she is presenting her latest work, "finding nasseebi," a film where she turns the camera

well, i've had the pleasure of attending the silicon valley asian pacific film festival. i have hosted some q&a sessions with filmmakers. the event is a project of cats, contemporary asian theater scene, and is still growing and evolving. joining me now is an old friend, he is co-founder of cats and the co-chair of the silicon valley asian pacific film festival, steve yamaguma. and also with us, i have the privilege of welcoming filmmaker andrea yu-chieh chung. born in taipei, she is a trained classical musician who found she had a passion for documentary filmmaking and on a global scale. she is presenting her latest work, "finding nasseebi," a film where she turns the camera on herself and her journey to understand islam. welcome to the show. andrea yu-chieh chung: thank you for having us. robert: good to see you again. steve yamaguma: good to see you. robert: give me an idea here, it's the fifth year. how has it evolved from like what it started out to do and how big has it gotten? 'cause every year it seems to get bigger. steve: well, it started out as a community func

silicon valley. libertarian circle, anyway. you build these little floating fortresses just far enough offshore that they wouldn't be subject to u.s. law. carol: tax haven. >> yeah. carol: is that what this is about? >> that's part of it. that's not the biggest part of what he's after. carol: tell us what he is after. jeff: he's the guy that cofounded this east heading institute a little more than a decade ago with money from peter thiel, a conservative be a leaner -- billionaire. carol: silicon valley guy friendly with president trump. jeff: that's right. this was a while before he forged that relationship. but when they tried to get c studying off the ground, the idea was that it would build the tonomic and legal framework build these of the coast of wherever and let thousand jerry and tax savings bloom. that did not go well for the rv is reasons of new colonialism and people who were not psyched states --ese c seasteds pop out of their homes. private companies organized with easteadingf the s inst

leslie is with second harvest of silicon valley. obviously, this amount goes a long way. >> absolutely. this will help us provide more than a half million meals. which is so critical, especially here in silicon valley with the cost of housing is forcing people to make tough choices between paying their rent. >> i like how maximum integrated, unit you did volunteering in the new of a corporate run where you raise money? >> have an annual 5k run where we get everybody in the company to run, we have 600 peear. >> and he goes toward the second harvest of silicon valley. >> send me up >> if you'd like to help you can get more information on our website, kpix.com underneath give. >> thank you. now bluebottle is going green, the bay area company planning to launch is zero waste pilot program and it may be a bit of a hassle for customers but in its effort to be zero waste by the end of 2020, bluebottle will soon ask you to bring your own travel mug from home or, perhaps to purchase one of theirs. the coffee company says it is aware the expe

she started her latest outside of silicon valley. she's team to work -- she upamed up -- she's teamed with dreamworks founder jeffrey katzenberg are to start quibi, which they believe will revolutionize entertainment. joining me today on "studio 1.0", quibi ceo and also the former hp ceo and chairman, meg whitman. thank you so much for joining us. it is really an honor to be here with you. so thank you so much. meg: you are welcome. emily: you have had a few life changes in the last year. i know. -- meg: i know. i stepped down from hp in march and thought i would take some break. emily: did you take a break? meg: not really, which might be my nature. my long-term friend jeffrey katzenberg came to see me after i was stepping down from hp, and he shared this idea for what became quibi. i spent 3.5 hours at dinner and then i said this is a good idea. i might have one more start up in may. emily: you met at disney. you were on the board of dreamworks. did you want to leave silicon valley? were you ready for a change? meg: i wasn't thinki

carol: this week, silicon valley is listening to you. the humans behind smart devices, they are hearing more than you think. jason: and taking a bite out of lululemon again. they returned to help and made a lot of money in the process. carol: and we hit the red carpet to celebrate the bloomberg 50. it is our annual list of those 2019st of those whose accomplishments stick out. jason: but first, the biggest ipo, saudi aramco. shares surge to a market value of $2 trillion. at their peak. carol: a culmination of a four-year effort from the kingdom. a lot of questions. now it is publicly traded and it it is an ipo, a publicly held company, but only a small percentage, 1.5% is out there in the public in terms of the company. reporter: the ipo has not turned out the way they expected it to happen. if you remember back to 2016 when they initially announced plans for the ipo, the plan was to sell shares of the company. what we really have to look at is what is the purpose of the ipo? it is seen as a means of diversifying saudi arabia away from i

i think silicon valley is spreading the love around, waiting to see what happens. >> anti-billionaire thing going to work? i don't think elizabeth warren could go to silicon valley, get this kind of a party. >> she would get the employees, i don't know that she would get the executives >> right >> kind of look at it in terms of finding a market, right if you're silicon valley billionaire, reed hastings or whoever, great report by the way, trump is an unacceptable candidate, can't publicly support, you'll be torched for it elizabeth warren wants to break you up, bernie hates you who you got left pete is running into that lane to say i have concerns about competitiveness, i am an acceptable, smart, liberal candidate, employees, customers like me. but i am not breaking you up. >> that's what they said about harris until she left the race, also had big support in california. >> pete is doing beret cross the board, polling strong. he is finding his audience and market it is a rationale decisi way are you taking money from billionaires, his answer was no. >> that worked, didn't go much furt

this check going to second harvest of silicon valley, tell us how much you're donating? >> we're donating $100,000, and we're really pleased to support all the efforts of the food bank as they strive to really support the families that don't have enough to make ends meet. it's a really fantastic partnership for us. >> reporter: and leslie with second harvest, they keep these trucks moving. >> that's right. this support will keep this truck on the road all year and help us serve the 250,000 people we serve every single month. >> reporter: is that why your name is on the truck? >> it is, that's why it's on the truck. a big check, but it's really worth it. one of our focus areas in giving for micron is basic human needs, and there's no more basic human need than food. >> reporter: i agree. if you'd like to help, get your name on the truck, you can go to our website kpix.com/give. ♪ i just want you for my own. ♪ >> it's hard to escape hearing it during the holiday season, but this mariah carey tune just hit a milestone 25 years in the making. mike bloomberg's never been

kat is with second harvest of silicon valley, and this is going to go a long way. >> indeed it is. we couldn't do this work without our partners. thank you so much. these dollars mean this holiday season my families all over our community can make healthy and happy memories too. >> reporter: all gh t, ifget mo information you certainly can. go to our web page kpix.com/give. >>> santa usually brings the christmas present for one family it was a stork. ts reporter: bua family receive the gift of a lifetime. that story coming up. ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ all we need one lean on ♪ itreat them all as if, they are hot and energized. stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. >>> pretty spectacular friday night. vta hoping to attract new customers in the new yea

silicon valley is transforming and adapting itself once again from the chips and plans of the 70s and 80s to the cloud-based companies of today. >> it is a generational swing. with hot and silicon valley changes. >> welcome more jobs to san jose because right now, many residents leave and go to work in other cities. two when they do that, they take their tax dollars, they take their lunch money, they take the dry-cleaning money and they don't invest it in san jose at the 10th largest city in america i should hope that we have enough jobs in san jose to attract people from the suburbs coming into our city during the daytime. >> she lives all across the street from the mega campus. and is not looking forward to the traffic. as people cut through the once quiet neighborhood where they have lived for more than 60 years. just a few blocks from here, and i will have more traffic and more individuals here. so, it'll be more of everything. >> so, about the traffic, there is a light rail line that goes up and down first street the key here is for city leaders to make sure that there is enough

valley wants those protections covered under part of the communications decency act that's included in the trump trade deal with mexico and canada. the legislation limits the liability of tech companies for the content that users published on their platforms congress is considering whether internet companies should in fact take on more liability. >>for your money a new problem has been discovered in air bags made by takata previous problems with the con air bags have already lived carmakers to recall about 70 million air

silicon valley is listening to your most intimate moments. we will discuss the smart speaker craze and how vulnerable users are to the conversations being transcribed. plus, the best in tech -- facebook and google drop out of their top 10 best places to work list, but docusign makes the glassdoor list. we talk to the ceo about what makes that company so unique. and a scathing report -- prominent shortseller andrew left of citron slaps a $5 price target on peloton. we'll hear from left. but first, to our top story. silicon valley is listening to your most intimate moments. it is the focus of bloomberg businessweek's in-depth piece on how the smart speaker craze left users vulnerable to their conversations being transcribed. it was one of the most read stories on the terminal on wednesday. and here with the story, including the devices and use of contractors to transcribe those intimate conversations, is matt in seattle, sarah from san francisco, and garrett and austin in new york. let me start with you, austin. contractors in your story seem t

silicon valley is listening to your most intimate moments. it is the focus of bloomberg businessweek's in-depth piece on how the smart speaker praise users vulnerable to the conversations being transcribed. here with the story including the devices and use of contractors to transcribe those attimate conversations is m in seattle, sarah from san francisco, and austin from new york. let me start with you come austin. the management -- with you, austin. >> we spoke to dozens of transcribers and contractors in the stories. everywhere from ireland to india. they really had ethical quandaries with the service, they were eavesdropping on a lot customers toexa improve speech recognition capabilities. is really fascinating thing the profound disparity you mentioned. a lot of the contractors felt this was ethically dubious. the silicon valley folks that we talked to really did not think this was such an issue at all despite years of privacy issues. it is essentially a way of improving quality assurance. -- oneecutive at apple executive at apple describ

though could have -- those could have been said by someone in silicon valley this year. we are still talking about that. doing muchout not coverage of minority business. a lot of that business that we had was pretty bad. i had a chance to read some early stuff to the 50's. changes incause of society, all of a sudden everybody decided jade lewis think about that. we started thinking about black empowerment in business. we got more sophisticated, and by the time the 1970's came along, we were doing a lot more coverage instead of wondering about not just the positives, but what about the economic changes that seem to be stalling out. we have been good about saying this is how society goes. >> for more on business week's 90th anniversary, we turn to -- >> it was a book that was largely covering industrial america. he brought in women and gave us bylines. -- a journalist named steve shepard brought in women and gave us bylines. he did a lot of things to liven it up. it became the forerunner of the bloomberg businessweek that we see today. >> we were talking about the 90th ann

. >> they indeed have a big juliette goodrich on how one silicon valley law firm is helping to feed the need in our food for bay area families drive. >> reporter: take a look at all of these volunteers. we are inside second harvest of silicon valley, a warehouse if you will, where they are storing all the produce. so much happening here and especially corporate donations are huge this time of the year. i want to introduce hillary atkinson. thank you so much. i know you have been so involved, your company has with the second harvest? >> we are, we are just so proud to be able to support second harvest in silicon valley and all the work they do to combat hunger. it is amazing that they serve over a quarter million meals to immunities that need it most. per month. >> reporter: i don't think a lot of people realize. i know you also did a fun 24 hour virtual fundraiser and, why don't you show is kind of what that gleans? >> we did! fenwick & west and everyone in our firm are so proud to present you with $145,000 check. and, we are so grateful to you and so grateful for all the work you're do

the first only dynamic duo of sergey brin and larry page, the legendary silicon valley partnership, won't hold important management roles in the company they founded back in 1998. in reality, though, that's been the case for some time. the public face of google has been its current ceo, sundar pichai. by tuesday's announcement makes it absolutely clear mr paige and mr brin aren't running the company anymore. however, while the pair are a p pa re ntly anymore. however, while the pair are apparently relinquishing managing —— management duties, it won't mean giving up their ultimate power. between them they control 51% of the voting rights on alphabet‘s board. that won't change. they like their role to being proud parents of the company looking on with close interest and care. it means, should they feel the need, they can override an the decision of any decision sundar pichai makes with little more than a parental because we said so. so, what's the reaction been in india to sundar pichai becoming the most powerful indian in business? let's go live to suranajan tewari in mumbai. he is a

valley, the creators of these companies, these technologies. that is part of the magic. >> sunday nights at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> next a hearing on carcinogens and methods for detecting as best us and talcum powder. the subcommittee heard from scientists, a doctor and patient after the fda said it found trace amounts of as best us in baby powder. johnson & johnson recall but it's tests found no carcinogens. the hearing is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> the subcommittee will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. i welcome myself for five minutes to have an opening statement.

here is the look over san jose with blue skies in the silicon valley. it does not look bad over san francisco either, overcast with temperatures mostly in the 50s. san jose has skyrocketed to 60 degrees. this afternoon we look for mix of sun and clouds north of the golden gate, mostly cloudy skies. temperatures topping out with upper 50s to low 60s. you can see the clouds lifting to the north which leaves us with clear skies tonight. fog forming overnight and double in the morning. the future cast shows what's on the way saturday night. friday looks okay, but saturday night we have a pretty good cold front moving in. it will be wet and moving through quickly mostly leaving us drive by sunday afternoon. christmas looks wet on christmas day and the odds are we will get showers with temperatures only in the low 50s. to sum it up, the sun emerging in the south and partly cloudy. clearing tonight with bob developing, and rain returning late saturday into early sunday. it will get wet this weekend and rain developing for the 49ers taking on the rams, and the

valley and the remaking of america, about the rise of silicon valley and the role that the federal government played in its evolution. after that, joe biden new hampshire followed by pete buttigieg speaking to reporters in iowa. ♪ susan: margaret o'mara, what will readers get in your new book, "the code"? professor o'mara: what they will get, is a biography of silicon valley itself, and the modern american technology industry itself. there are many people and i have been studying this region for so long and this industry for so long and people always ask, what is the silicon valley secret? i set out to answer those questions for them. susan: yours is the story of 75 years of government support and encouragement of the tech industry. i want to show you a clip of where we are today. this is from last year on capitol hill with mark zuckerberg. in front of the senate panel. let's watch. >> car companies face a lot of competition. if they make a defective car, it can get into the world and people will buy another one. is there an alternative to facebook in the private sector? >> yes, senator. th

very few african-americans in silicon valley. our children are happy to be given the opportunity to download apps, not being taught how to write their own and upload apps. we need a generation of uploaders, not just downloaders for the next generation if we're going to get anywhere. it's another corner of power. lastly, you can take a leisurely drive from northern california to southern california. and you'll very quickly be in a place called hollywood. and you can see stars, not just in the sky but on the sidewalks. another place of power where too often where the stars don't own the studios. media ownership in an information age, another mountain to climb. i say this to you because the way we got here was because african-americans and our allies were willing to look coldly, clearly, and honestly at the challenges that they faced. and with less than we have, with less technology, with less money, with less support, with less understanding, they met every single challenge up to this day. they understood that sometimes you have to

the silicon valley created a culture of conformity. if looks like the draft is uniform and this is spread in many places but also the impact of the technology in our lives and the sporting that we do has created a risk aversion of the conformity, and is silicon valley decreasing entrepreneurialism to this effect in america society? >> silicon valley, by far it is the most rapidly productive and innovative part of our economy. it's easy to use that for the mediocre or even destructive ways. you could spend your whole day on your page and it's not going to make you more innovative. that is a somewhat significant spillover, but you look at how it connects people with common interests. getting ideas to start the companies, so all technologies. there is a kind of rough and bumpy patch at first. typically, we learn how to use them better as they get older. that doesn't happen automatically. it's exercise and both the class and radio have their rough patches early on to some extent. they still do, multiple radio is wonderful. but the key is t

it is something people in silicon valley didn't believe in >> you didn't found chegg. look what you've done. >> ten years since i have been the ceo of chegg >> you're kidding. ten years? >> haven't aged a bit. as long as you don't use hd. >> almost a $5 billion market value. you've seen highs earlier this year, good performance overall stock up 52%, dan. well done. i want to come back to zuckerberg if i can, you mention in terms of founders, ironclad control. look at the year the company has had. publicly in terms of profile, then in markets, up 57%. i wonder next year what do you see? it feels like there are a lot of different forces aligning against facebook >> it is pretty amazing because here's a company who creates a bunch of jobs not only for people that work for facebook but people that make a fortune doing business off facebook. it obviously had some stumbles some were self inflicted some were late to understand they're a pretty good management team, run an extraordinary business the market sees there aren't many companies left in the advertising business, goog

. >> still ahead, silicon valley's take on tax haven. >> an arms race of sorts between two suburbs north of new york city, the target, millennials. >> the magazine this week is turning 90. to celebrate, looking at how the magazine has covered business through the decades. >> it is a sprawling tale. to share the highlights, here is jim ellis. >> we were a different magazine, different place, different owner. a lot of things were surprisingly the same. there is always been and big thought that we do more than report the news. we want to add insight and analysis so that the reader can not just have a chronicle of what happened this week that also why it is important, why it matters, and what might come of it in the future. that is the value add that i think has gone through the years. >> there are three people, the section kicks off identifying three people that span the entire lifetime of the 90 years of business week. what is fascinating is this whole idea of editors passing that is the valuedown the histoe magazine. >> that is the fascinating thing about our magazine. i have talked to pe

valley and the remaking of america." you have whatace, eisenhower labeled the military-industrial complex. that becomes the foundation for this entrepreneurial flywheel of incredible creation and innovation and private wealth creation. and in fact, an industry that is considered an industry that built itself on its own, that become almostrnment has invisible to the people who are in silicon valley, who are the creators of these companies, these technologies. that is part of the magic, actually, that it is a government out of sight. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. pioneers talks about rosa parks and her long history of civil rights activism. iny highlight her influence igniting boycotts and nonviolent protests. this event was held to celebrate the opening of the new exhibit >> please welcome the librarian of congress, doc your -- dr. carla hayden. >> good evening. good evening. and welcome to the library of congress. have our pleasure to everyone here for a very special night as we open the library's newe

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valley. oh, and she also got her masters of fine arts and writing from vermont college of fine arts. welcome to the show. abigail hing wen: thank you for having me. robert: and it's so great. this is your first tv interview about your book. abigail: it is. it is. so you're breaking me in. robert: okay, well, "loveboat, taipei" first of all, you did a great job coming up with the title that everybody--catches everybody's attention. what is the significance of "loveboat" as well as "loveboat, taipei?" abigail: so there's this program that is fairly well-known in certain circles in the asian-american community. parents would send their kids to taiwan since the 1960s to learn language and culture and to find a spouse, potentially. so that's hence the nickname loveboat. and in addition, thi of major high school awards. so presidential scholars, westinghouse, cook scholars, ev would get this trip for free.th thinking we were there for language and cultural training. and we did get it, but we also f

the irony is this is one of the technologies from silicon valley that the digirati said "no, thank you" to, but the heartland of america is super happy to have because of the productivity enhancements that it gets. emily: do you think glass will ever be back in this form? astro: well, i think it will. emily: as glasses? astro: yes, as glasses, they will absolutely be back. emily: when? astro: i don't know. 3 to 6 years? it will depend on the technology. it will depend on social readiness. it's when we pretend that it is done when it's not done, so x has worked even harder afterward to be clear with each thing, like waymo or loon or wing. as we get out into the world, we are not putting it anywhere that it is not safe, but we are not pretending that we are more done than we are done, because we don't want to re-create that glass failure mode. emily: as much as you want things to succeed, you have actually created a culture of failure here, or a culture where it's okay to fail in the hope that you will succeed. tell me about that. astro: so, the secret is, i hate failing. [laughter] astr

for a lot of the silicon valley companies, and wrote about this is the focus on my passbook sold out. john manno who is the former american software programmer turned lawyer for american it workers hold have been harmed by these cheap labor pipelines for it workers from china and india. their explicit goals are to bring in as many cheap laborers and they can. and then outsource the work. so the problem of course is that a lot of these silicon valley companies have been righted the spl into their inner chambers to help them identify their worst political opponents and then to be platform them and completely front of them from telling the truth. and is connecting the dots of that money can go, jeff pazo, is so negative in many of these deep-pocketed nonprofit organizations that are presenting for illegal alien rights. you wonder how it is that they have instant representation in quote to sue over every last trump initiative to enforce the law. and so big business, the u.s. chamber of commerce, is it huge reason for that. >> me ask you a perspective on this. because you as you know, i've

carol: this week, silicon valley is listening to you. jason: and taking a bite out of lululemon again. they returned to help and made a lot of money in the process. carol: and we hit the red carpet to celebrate the bloomberg 50. our annual list of those that have measurable accomplishments. jason: but first, the biggest ipo, saudi aramco. those shares surge to a market value of $2 trillion. carol: a culmination of a four-year effort from the kingdom. we are in london to talk about this. a lot of questions. now it is publicly traded and it is an ipo but it is only a small percentage, 1.5% is out there in the public in terms of the company. reporter: the ipo has not turned out the way they expected it to happen. if you remember back to 2016 when they initially announced plans for the ipo, the plan was to sell as much as 5% of the company. what we really have to look at is what is the purpose of the ipo? it is seen as a means of diversifying saudi arabia away from its oil dependent economy, to raise money from international investors and to