First, to our lead bitcoin facing something of an identity crisis. The developers released a Software Upgrade called bitcoin xp over the weekend designed to help bitcoin process more transaction as demand and activity go up. Supporters say without this upgrade, bitcoin will hit a bottleneck sometime next year. Even though there are plenty of critics, a lot of the Bitcoin Community has already installed the upgrade. Our bloomberg reporter has been calling has been following this for us. I want to start with you what is bitcoin xp and why do developers see such a need for it . Guest the whole Conversation Centers on how does bitcoin scale . Supporters would like to see it grow as big a platform as lisa. For that to happen, some of the technical terms have to change. Some of them agree this technical trying technical changes necessary and this is the result. Emily why are you against this . Guest you have two outlier programmers that dont have a phd there hasnt been sufficient peerreviewe
Why microsoft is boosting its videogame investment. Developingid to be an augmented reality headset that could be in store by 2019. A couple of things will set this apart from available ar devices. It will contain its own display. It will also have its dedicated operating system. I sat down with mark gurman who broke this story. I think we had an in depth look at a lot of projects. At apple, there is this team newing on two headsets and systems for the iphone. The new headset they are working on is one that runs its own operating system and doesnt have to have an iphone attached to it. They are working on another headset that is like an oculus ar and strap it on your head. This is only what they are doing for testing and leveraging the Ar Technology parried emily seems like they are focusing on ar. Agree that vr has great applications for education, but ar is like a watcher that you can use in your daytoday life. Ar headset has several application. To what tima listen cook have to say
Which left 32 people dead. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im alisa parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Im caroline hyde. This is Bloomberg Technology. Shares neardobe record highs as the Software Giants beats rivals in the cloud. Santander narayanan tells us what he is still worried about. Googles android is serious about fighting hackers. We will see how the company has beefed up companys beefed up security efforts fared last year. And an ambitious expansion plan. The challenges it may be up against explained. First, it was a tragic wednesday for london after the u. K. Capital, my hometown, suffered its worst terror attack in more than a decade. We will bring you any breaking news throughout the hour. Now lets focus on the markets if we can. After the worst selloff in months, stocks are mixed in the session, but the nasdaq was the standout. Doolittleg in abigail in new york. Take us thro
Which left 32 people dead. Global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. Im alisa parenti. This is bloomberg. Bloomberg technology is next. Im caroline hyde. This is Bloomberg Technology. Shares neardobe record highs as the Software Giants beats rivals in the cloud. Santander narayanan tells us what he is still worried about. Googles android is serious about fighting hackers. We will see how the company has beefed up companys beefed up security efforts fared last year. And an ambitious expansion plan. The challenges it may be up against explained. First, it was a tragic wednesday for london after the u. K. Capital, my hometown, suffered its worst terror attack in more than a decade. We will bring you any breaking news throughout the hour. Now lets focus on the markets if we can. After the worst selloff in months, stocks are mixed in the session, but the nasdaq was the standout. Doolittleg in abigail in new york. Take us thro
Out and were waiting on an Energy Outlook report. But it is off china and that is the theme for this hour. General saltiness. Sogginess. David cameron is still the European Union in must agree to irreversible changes that would give the u. K. Greater autonomy. In a speech today, he said the eu needs to cut the Regulatory Burden on businesses. He says National Parliament should have a greater say over lawmaking. Stop the eu wants to immigrants from four years. That will take place. European governments are admitting their policies on immigration are not working. New structuresng to deal with refugees. So far, just a few more than 100 of the 160,000 asylumseekers have been sent to homes in other countries. India wants to be one of the first countries to buy from the u. S. India was the secondlargest buyer and u. S. Weapons last year. A federal Appeals Court has failed to president obamas plan. The board refused to let the plan begin. The judge has said that states like texas put probably