taking a bite out of apple has the silicon valley firm committed a crime flowing down its i phones a french consumer group says yes and is launching a lawsuit also coming up your vacuum up could be a spy in your own home is it convenience valence we'll go to this year's consumer electronics show to find out and. the quote is it working there are now more women on the boards of german companies than ever before but one consultant says there's still a long way to go. i'm daniel winter and this is your business update take companies are often accused of so-called planned obsolescence that technology breaks just at the moment there's a new model out for you to buy well apple users in france say this is the case with

older i phones apple admits to slowing down its phone saying this is simply to control the power spikes to lengthen the overall life of the phone but one group is launching a criminal complaint. there's not much fun when your i phone grinds to a halt now french consumer protection organization h o p has swung into action after surveying over two and a half thousand apple customers h.-o. p.-e. has launched a criminal complaint against the company it accuses the us firm of deliberately slowing its older gadgets to boost sales of the next generation it's called planned obsolescence in industry speak i phone users are not happy. to see at least three four years. what happen to your i phone six. to search my contacts. i find that if that's the truth that

apple did this it's very bad it's not good it's really planned obsolescence but there you are i've become addicted to i phones and i bought another one when mine was stolen. french prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into apple in france deliberately shortening a product's life is considered fraud and can be punished severely the us company denies planning obsolescence but has apologized to customers for its battery management program slowing older phones down apple face a similar class action lawsuit in the u.s. and with a view from the other side of the atlantic so fishman's he's on wall street for us so how is apple responding. well apple has not responded to these new allegations yet however the i phone maker said in this member that there had been a lot of misunderstanding about this issue and they say that the software update it was designed to simply prevent unexpected chat down there would appear anyway so

apple said they're only trying to improve how power is managed let me quote a blog post here by apple real quick first and foremost we have never and would never do anything to intentionally shorten the life of any apple product or give graping user experience to drive humor our customers are great but apple now faces over to doubt one lawsuit around the world that either accuse the company up intentionally slowing down all their i phones or at least of baling to disqualify the changes so apple under pressure there so fishman on wall street thank you very much for that. to us companies are dropping plans to launch because in exchange traded funds they cite ongoing concerns by the american securities and exchange commission the regulatory agency is concerned about the liquidity and

valuation of the e.t.f. space on digital assets the move adds a new hurdle to the bid by wall street firms to capitalize on investor interest in cryptocurrency s. many fund managers are disappointed they thought the s.e.c. would approve the proposals after the launch of bitcoin futures contracts at two of the biggest commodities exchanges in chicago. and was studying in tech this year's consumer electronics show is well underway in las vegas it's not just your usual smart phones or computers practically every industry is in the tech game these days some things seem rather like science fiction though they could be coming to a home near you very soon. it's all about progress of the c.e.o.'s one hundred seventy thousand visitors from around the world are getting updates on the high tech that could soon be transforming our lives self driving cars from china smart bathrooms where network mirrors scan faces and often make up tips gigantor mania in

the electronic entertainment sector the wall t.v. is true to its name offering a three meter twenty screen. robots could soon be joining the family voice or smartphone operated this butler brings drinks or who has the floor paradise beckons. you can reconcile all your family members. or off to your home they can do to the car touring. look no hands at the airport tomorrow a suitcase follows its owner like a trusty dog. intelligent working boots sound the alarm when there whereas an accident but they also provide data on work activities that is definitive just it's definitely a festival of technological progress we germans are known to have a few delegates about it because of the data collection of things like that but that's not an issue here instead there's an attitude of can do and worry about the

dangers later. told the maids makers say it could soon be doing the family laundry inside four minutes consumers will have to decide themselves of all this tech really is an upgrade in living standards. and lucky enough to be there for us so clearly another see as opening to the public just a few hours ago what's the mood there like. yes it's really exciting it's nice to see all the people are quite happy to be here yet they have been waiting almost. like ten fifteen years and it's not a convention center the whole city that we can see. the streets you can meet people from all over the world. exclusive feeds that tend to get. so let's get into the nitty gritty now some companies are having it better than others as. canceling its high profile drone project another is hoping to take off.

talking about. the first company think. big losses their shares are falling market actually since the company yesterday. around twenty percent of their workforce is. ready started ten years in the year two thousand and sixteen when told. to hold on to. their draw from the market at once and. discovered that by the hour while grading which of course would have been a dangerous not only for users i also for people walking around in areas where we just don't use them and then on the other hand we have to tell her yesterday launched it probably take flying car so called the turn i fear the c.s.

it's a kind of troll one that is able to transport people buying one to the other without of. the kind of help like helicopter at this hour or so was the tactic of the feel that you really get into that security this is a company that busy with a. likely. carolyn carlina chinmoy thank you very much for that the old saying goes never work with children or animals well now you can add robots to that list and c s l g executive david a vandal wall tried but failed to introduce the new home helper called chloe rather than responding to his every whim it left him and the audience waiting in silence take a look at this. chloe am i ready on my washer and cycle even robots have bad days. chloe what's for dinner tonight.

ok chloe is not going to talk to me chloe doesn't like the evidently it looks like we should use the chicken chloe are you talking to me yet what recipes could i make with chicken. ok we're going to search recipes and we're going to find but it's been nearly three years since the germany introduced a quota for women on corporate boards of directors a study by consultancy e.-y. shows the thirty percent rule is working but there's plenty of room for improvement . it's still a man's world in germany's boardrooms there are now fifty women in top executive positions here but that compares with six hundred thirty six men. in two thousand and fifteen we've been made up just over five percent of executives the

number has been growing steadily since at the beginning of last year it had reached six point five percent and those fifty women now at the boardroom table account for seven point three percent of corporate decision makers in two thousand and eighteen just over a quarter of companies listed on germany's top four indices have at least one female board member but the vast majority have only one only four percent of companies have two or more top female executives. one of those few companies with two women board members is germany's biggest lender bank french woman sylvia matic was the first woman on its board as chief regulatory officer she joined in twenty fifteen american chief operating officer came hammond's took up her post a year later. with germany itself headed by a woman the country also aims to be a leader in shattering other glass ceilings but while there may be

a gender gap in the number of women executives salaries are a different story with more and more companies looking to increase female presence in management another report found women executives earn more on average than their male counterparts. thanks for watching. a. bunch. of. cut. cut. cut. cut. cut. cut.

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