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you can catch the full interview at bloomberg.com.ck out his new book, how to avoid a climate disaster. the solutions that we have and the breakthroughs that we need to. coming up, a lab of the future, where drug discovery can be done from a coffee shop. a startup pioneer in robotic labs, in the cloud. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: in the age of remote work and social distancing, scientists can conduct research experiments from anywhere, using a fully automated robotic lab. transforming the traditional technique that required researchers to work in the lab itself. it can allow scientists to collaborate virtually around the world. joining us to discuss, mark fisher. tell us a little bit about how the technology works. >> we are excited to have a platform for the future of wi-fi discovery. science needs to be pushed more towards information science. you need the ability to generate a lot of data with high fidelity. to accomplish that, we have created a platform representing over 200 instruments, in two locations. 100,000 tes

much more on that conversation you can find on bloomberg.com. coming, more on jeff bezos stepping down. ♪ emily: welcome back to "bloomberg technology." i'm emily chang in san francisco. back to the top story of the day -- amazon ceo jeff rizzo's will step down from his post in the third quarter of this year. he will be succeeded by the head of amazon web services. i want to bring in brad stone, our senior executive editor who has written a book on amazon that is about to publish his second book on amazon. i'm curious if you saw this one coming or if this surprised you like it surprised the rest of us. brad: i would be lying if i said i was not surprised, certainly that it happened now, but when i thought about it and reflected on the stories i'm telling in the upcoming book, which is coming in may, it did make a certain amount of sense. the last 10 years at amazon has just been guiding all the new stuff. alexa, the cashless store. and then letting investors run with the more mature businesses. i suspect he finds the new stuff fun and while the

much more on that conversation you can find on bloomberg.com.amazon jeff bezos stepping down. ♪ emily: welcome back to "bloomberg technology." i'm emily chang in san francisco. amazon ceo jeff bezos look down from his post from the third quarter of this year. he will be succeeded by andy jassy, the head of amazon web services. i want to bring in bloomberg text red stone, hours and your executive editor who has written a book on amazon and is about to publish his second book on amazon. curious if you saw this coming or if this surprise you just like it surprised the rest of us? brad: i would be lying if i said i was not surprised. certainly, that it happened now. but when i thought about it, and talking about the story i'm telling in the upcoming book coming in may, it did make a certain amount of sense for a couple of reasons. the last 10 years at amazon is jeff guiding all of the new stuff like alexa and the cashierless store, the health care initiative, then letting the deputies run with the more mature businesses, like andy jassy and aws. i s

do track of the biggest vaccination campaign in history on the terminal on bloomberg.com or in this weeklyeek. ♪ haslinda: it is just after 11:30 am in hong kong and singapore, 10:30 p.m. in new york. unemployment in hong kong is at its highest and more than 16 years. the rate was at 7% and that is the highest since april 2004 with underemployment also rising. hong kong has been in recession for two years now, beset by anti-china protests. indonesia cut its benchmark rates to a record low and downgraded its growth outlook with the surging virus infections will further slow the recovery. the bank of indonesia lowers to 3.5%, its lowest level since the introduction and 2016. -- in 2016. protests continue and myanmar -- in myanmar. the demonstrations took place where a woman and child were critically injured earlier with shots fired from police lines. a u.n. investigator says the military appears to be moving elite troops into cities seen as flashpoints. nasa is celebrating its largest and most successful landing on mars. at the perseverance craft touchdown on a mission to search for ancient

you can hear more of that on bloomberg.com. we look at the stocks on the move including vivendi as it considers selling off a music person. up around 70%. this is bloomberg. -- of around 17%. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to bloomberg markets. this is the european open. the ship shortage hounding carmakers around the world is not a long-term concern for general motors. the president tells bloomberg how it is making an impact on gm's ev target. >> i think the pandemic really did not help a lot of our chip suppliers who do a great job under normal conditions. when the pandemic hit, the whole industry brought all of the factories down. a lot of that supply was still going into or shifted into consumer electronics. the thought was -- that industry may not recover as fast as some of the other industries. it takes a while to grow and do the silica and chips. -- silicon chips. once the industry came back faster than others thought, we got a hole. it is not a long-term supply issue that we can see. the other piece of it on th

i think it was on bloomberg.com.really being the militia moving into the michigan state house. has this been something brewing in the public and party for a long time? >> i think that what has been brewing in america and to a lesser extent and other western countries is the spread of disinformation and misinformation. we have i think all shared a link at some point in our lives that we have not verified, but this is the result of that, people act on that talk, that information, in this case quite important information, which is that they believe there has been election fraud. this is not just something that happened on the sixth of january. it is something that has been brewing for years. i think we are all a little bit guilty, some more than others. it is something we should all be concerned about. a new poll just out shows that only 16% of americans believe that american democracy is working well or extremely well. that is shocking. anna: in terms of what we are going to see from the american democratic or maybe ev

track the biggest vaccination campaign in history in the terminal, in bloomberg.com, and right here.hecking in on markets. asian stocks at a three week low. rightly pointing out at one point the regional bench back -- benchmark index having its worst loss. 225 stocks in the red. hong kong being sold off. the likes of tencent, wayne into -- weighing in as well. trying to find some winners and the philippines is pretty much the only exception. up 0.3% it has been about this bond rout. the offshore yuan, starting to strengthen. pushing past 6.5 to the dollar. it is seen stabilization come through in the 10-year. seeing a little bit more stabilization into a story and bonds as well. the rbaa once again intervening. the third time of the week. rishaad: coming from japan, some of these emergency restrictions which have been imposed in areas around the country. and western areas including osaka, they are trying to lift the emergency they have had in place. one other headline coming through, india's vaccinations at 13.5 million. japan seeking to lift its emergency and western areas. no infor

listen via the app come a radio plus or bloomberg.com.f us. ♪ haidi: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines -- sticker maker had any in talks with private interest. they were launched in 1960 warning quickly earned global fame for its stars to world soccer. sales topped a billion dollars in 2018. a report from china suggest huawei is preparing to release a new foldable handset, but it has been cut off from key component supplies. the new motherboard may be launched on monday, revitalizing huawei's ambition. the report says the phone will use their own chipset. reports from china say top phone maker has taken a step in response to the global shortage of semi conductors. the global times reporting investors suggest they want to resume chip reduction. mainland tech companies are increasingly looking at domestic chipmakers amid tension with the u.s. kathleen: to sophie cameroon with a preview of what to watch when china -- when markets open in hong kong. sophie: stocks in it focus on the ev theme. some of the names we are watchi

host: bloomberg.com is where you can read billy house's work.erhaps the greatest twitter handle @houseinsession. we appreciate it. back to your phone calls. the question for you this morning, asking if you think america is a haven for people in need. those were the words used by president biden last night as he was signing his latest round of executive orders. tom says yes, why? caller: it's always been a haven for -- we have ways been a haven for people. my grandfather and grandmother came over here. but there were were people trying to come here, because nobody knew what america was. there were no computers, no cell phones. it was word-of-mouth. and they were so desperate that they came over. it was a trickle, a flood once in a wild, but now with cell phones everywhere -- in india, indonesia, africa -- everywhere poor people have a cell phone and the see america as is so beautiful, so you could probably have 2 billion people come over here now. in previous decades or centuries , there was a melting pot of everybody. now we only have one part o