here with the details on that, plus a pumpkin surprise is cnbc's steve sedgwick.ve good morning >> good to see you, phillip. i think it's way too early for pumpkins walmart new delivery retail service is going to start shipping by the end of this year it will have lots of new technologies such as self-driving vehicles and drones one of the vp's over at walmart says it's about bringing capabilities and connect their customers with national and local businesses pumpkins, it is august the 24th, but over at starbucks, the pumpkin spice season is starting as well. they've actually in 18 years sold half a billion beverages, seasonal beverages, pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin cream cold brew for a limited time pumpkin cream cheese muffins isn't it a bit early pumpkins aren't harvested in the united states until september and october. starbucks as ever getting ahead of the game. back to you both >> they want to cash in on that, make more money. >> the investigative journalist steve sedgwick for us this morning. thanks for your hard work. >>> your top stories are come hg up,

here with more on this is cnbc's steve sedgwick steve, good morning. >> yeah.od good morning i find it quite extraordinary this survey. basically higher than the early 2000s. why is that a slightly concerning fact? because from 2006 to 2012 as our viewers will know, there was a housing price collapse they collapsed around 60% from their highest to their lows. from then onwards, pandemic aside we're now at the highest levels we've pretty much ever been as well secondly today, most in-demand part-time and flexible jobs in the u.s. according to people ready. warehouse workers, servers and restaurant hosts, personal shoppers as well, one of the most in-demand jobs out there. i've done a bit of education on this because mcdonald's is introducing a pull-apart doughnut i love donuts, but i didn't know what this was so i've got a picture of one in front of me. you've got six local donuts on the outside. it's glazed, limited-edition, it's from the first of september. i'm totally impartial here, it does look delicious. i will certainly be trying one of those if i can get

now that could all be changing for the better cnbc's steve sedgwick is here to tell us why.yeah, great to see you both today, frances and phillip this is interesting because you say the private and public sector which has been attacked by malicious players in cyber wear what happened is you have the white house and joe biden meeting with the big technology companies talking about what they can do to offset the attacks, the likes o the last year or so but the commitments now come from the likes of google, $10 billion worth of spending over the next five years. microsoft $20 billion worth over the next five years including for whole range of enhanced security talks ibm 150,000 with more skills >>> krispy kreme is starting monday 30th, offering every american who received at least one covid-19 vaccination, wait for it, not one, but two free doughnuts. yes, you get the original glaze if you can prove you had a shot, plus heart glazed donut. lovely back to you both >> that could change everything. anti-vaxers could be singing a different tune just because of that steve, thank you

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