, that's 0k. 0ur decision to buy a near xbox, that's 0k.ve around how many xboxs i sell this year. it is notjust hardware that is being developed by teams working from home. people creating games are working in this way as well. microsoft owned studio mojang, the developers behind the hugely popular game minecraft, were putting the finishing touches on their game minecraft dungeons when the pandemic hit. other team we are semi used to working remotely. we are in stockholm and we have our sister studio in redmond, so we already have this sort of cross atlantic communication going on. so we already had a lot of the infrastructure set up to be able to work remotely. so the games are still being developed and the plan is still for next consoles to arrive at the end of this year. hello and welcome to the weekend tech. it —— week intact. it was the week that staff at facebook says a visual walkout in a meeting with mark zuckerberg after civil rights leader said he was setting a dangerous precedent by allowing a post by donald trump to remain on t

our strategy does not revolve around how many xboxs i sell this year.developed by teams working from home, people creating games are working in this way, too. microsoft—owned studio mojang, the developers behind the hugely successful minecraft, were putting the finishing touches to their new game, minecraft dungeons, when lockdown restrictions due to the pandemic hit. thankfully, we as a team, we are semi—used to working remotely. they sit in stockholm and we have our sister studio in redmond, so we already have this sort of cross—atla ntic communication going on. so we already have a lot of the infrastructure set up to be able to work remotely. so the games are still being developed and the plan is still for next generation consoles to arrive at the end of this year. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week staff at facebook staged a virtual walkout in a meeting with mark zuckerberg after civil rights leaders said he was setting a dangerous precedent by allowing a post by donald trump to remain on the platform. teleconference app zoom saw

our strategy does not revolve around how many xboxes i sell this year.d by teams working from home, people creating games are working in this way too. microsoft—owned studio mojang, the developers behind the hugely successful minecraft, were putting the finishing touches to their new game, minecraft dungeons, when lockdown restrictions due to the pandemic hit. thankfully, we as a team, we are semi—used to working remotely. we sit in stockholm and we have our sister studio in redmond, so we already have this sort of cross—atlantic communication going on. so we already have a lot of the infrastructure set up to be able to work remotely. so, games are still being developed and the plan is still for next generation consoles to arrive at the end of this year. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week staff at facebook staged a virtual walkout of a video meeting with boss mark zuckerberg after civil rights leaders said he was setting a dangerous precedent by allowing a post by donald trump to remain on the platform. teleconference app zoom saw hug

so last week we talked about the next generation of the xbox video games console. ps5 last week too, but they delayed. one week later, and marc cieslak has some information. after months of hype and feverish online speculation, the most popular video games console in the world, the playstation 4, is about to be replaced with, you guessed it, the playstation 5. there's a lot of hype around this playstation event, because playstation‘s next—generation console is so shrouded in mystery. it is the followup to one of the biggest selling consoles all time, and yet it's coming out at the end of this year, and we still don't know what it looks like or what games we're going to be able to play on it. sony has been able to sell 104 million playstation as, making it the second—best—selling console of all time beaten only by its older sibling, the playstation 2, with 150 million consoles shifted. so its next machine has big shoes to fill, but right now, gaming is having something of a moment. as a result of the covid—i9 pandemic and lockdown, millions of people have found them

so last week we talked about the next generation of the xbox video games console.week too, but they delayed. one week later, and marc cieslak has some information. after months of hype and feverish online speculation, the most popular video games console in the world, the playstation 4, is about to be replaced with, you guessed it, the playstation 5. there's a lot of hype around this playstation event, because playstation's next—generation console is so shrouded in mystery. it is the follow—up to one of the biggest selling consoles all time, and yet it's coming out at the end of this year, and we still don't know what it looks like or what games we're going to be able to play on it. sony has been able to sell 104 million playstation as, making it the second—best—selling console of all time, beaten only by its older sibling, the playstation 2, with 150 million consoles shifted. so its next machine has big shoes to fill, but right now, gaming is having something of a moment. as a result of the covid—i9 pandemic and lockdown, millions of people have found themselves a

so last week we talked about the next generation of the xbox video games console, playstation were dueo launch the ps5 last week as well, one week later and mark is like has some information. after months of hype and feverish online conversation, the playstation 4 is about to be replaced with, you guessed it, the playstation five stop there is a lot of hype around this playstation event because playstation‘s next generation console is shrouded in mystery. it is one of the biggest selling consoles in time —— biggest selling consoles in time —— biggest selling consoles in time —— biggest selling consoles of all time, though we don't know what it will look like what games will be able to play on it. sony has been able to sell 100 million playstation fors, making it the second best console of all time —— selling controllable time, beaten only by its editors are the playstation two. it has big shoes to fill but right now gaming is having something of a moment. as a result of the covid—i9 pandemic and lockdown, millions of people have found themselves at home looking for ways to entertain th

microsoft fans could go try out hardware i imagine to your point a lot of excitement about that new xboxg later this year i think that folks that want to try that out would be able to go to a place like best buy to give that a spin. and i do think another cay is do you think is signals another shift. he doesn't see that from this announcement he said they continue to press on for xbox and with the software too with the family orients teaed teams products. >> carl, i want to see a consistent retail argument from these analysts if all of a sudden they think retail locations are not so important, i want to see them dinging apple for staying in just be consistent i think they still have their promise and their value, but we'll see. >> for sure, that is a good point. in the meantime the covid numbers out of florida are part of the focus today 8492 smashes the record from a few days ago we're joined by the ceo of whitman family dropment. it is good to have you back, thank you for the time today >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> so the numbers are not good, obviously. we don't get ho

i think there's a real reacceleration of the trends, the previous story was all about xbox coming. way we work, live and play continues to be centered around technology and that's largely continuing to be driven by software. we think software and services continues to fuel the growth of cloud computing, gaming, all types of things. if you look at it over the next three to five years, software and services are supposed to have double the earnings per share growth relative to the market in a time where growth is tough to come by. that's an area you want to be. the second is biotechnology. more than 20% of biotech companies are searching for a cure for covid-19. that means 80% are continuing to do good work on things like cancer, alzheimer's and other things. their growth rates are pretty strong, too. finally, convertible bonds. you have a foot in both camps. they have done better than credit -- liz: michael, thank you for joining us. that will do it for "the claman countdown." connell: we are in record territory on wall street and the nasdaq has ended on a record high. second day in

look at your business, you produce the games that go on consoles, might be playstation by sony or xboxosoft. you are in different to who is the manufacturer of the council, is that right? -- of the console, is that right? bobby: our biggest market is on phones. android is the biggest form for us, then ios. we are generally indifferent. we will support most platforms. the majoray, where competitors in this industry? are there chinese companies that produce a lot of content in china? nettie's aret and probably our biggest competitors. we work with both of them in china. we have very -- for the last year, the chinese government has not approved any western content for release. to their someone said children, you can play video games a little bit a week, but not too much. for would be the argument why people should play video games as much as they feel appropriate? bobby: we could spend a half an hour on that. i would say starting with our mission, connecting and engaging the world. very socials a experience, you are playing against people or could be playing against people around the worl

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the xbox series 10 and playstation and both require more graphical processing power and then 80% growthe in the data center business so yes the stock's had a huge run but they have continually justified that run with great fundamentals. >> steve weiss, alex in pennsylvania wants to know about crown castle international >> you see their small cell strategy play out. i think it's fine here all the stocks look expensive but the future is so bright i still own it and i'd buy more on further dips. >> good farmer, from al in santa rosa, california, jim, is pfizer a current buying opportunity what do you think? >> i think it is i own it it is a few company that's been singled out in project warp speed for the vaccine candidate and the stock is $2 cheaper last week because one of the cancer drugs failed at trial but with the big broad pharmaceutical like this you want to buy them when one of the many products doesn't hit an end point and that is good entry point. >> brn enda, kris in indiana, jj at the current price, is it a buy? >> it is flat on the year but part of their business particularly

burn his house and take his xbox from him the way that they were protesting in chicago.the united states. i understand the need to rise up against police brutality and excessive force. but at the same time, we are losing too many kids due to senseless act of gun violence in chicago, baltimore, philadelphia, st. louis, detroit. so my call to action black lives matter, we need to have a meeting so that we can see how we can organize and unify together and pretty much stopped to killings in our neighborhoods. that's what i'm talking about. that is my main message today. >> martha: we would love to cover that meeting. so let us know. good to have you here. we are keeping watch on the situation in washington, d.c., we have seen so many terrible situations unfolding across the country. protesters say that today are going to tear down the statue of abraham lincoln at 7:00. it is now 7:22, things will quiet there, but they are talking about it on social media and not getting the action that they had anticipated, and there is a guard service down there and they have walled it off

couldn't find for weeks and weeks until she talked to some of his buddies >> we knew that they played xboxh, i saw he was on last night and i'm like, okay so we need you when he comes on again, we need you to get his phone number >> reporter: they talked the next day you've actually become a detective. >> absolutely. i feel like i could probably be on an investigation department because my team, we are -- we have got some skills where we can figure out where you're at >> reporter: on this day she's looking for a third grader she hasn't heard from in awhile. >> i wanted to make sure that no one was homeless >> reporter: her state has been hit hard by covid-19 in michigan african-americans are just 14% of the population, but account for 40% of the deaths during the virus. >> grandmas are passing away and aunts and uncles the impact can be far reaching because that's your whole support network. >> reporter: she discovered the reason one father wasn't returning her repeated calls and emails was because he had passed >> then it becomes how can we support you? what do you need >> reporter: it wa

perhaps more important now, we know there are big products on the way like microsoft's new xbox consolearrive later this year in time for the holidays microsoft saying the closing of these physical locations will result, they say, in a pretax charge of approximately $450 million or 5 cents per share but again the headline here microsoft just now saying it will close permanent close microsoft store retail locations. guys, back to you. >> josh, interesting pivot there by microsoft of course, nowhere near the retail presence of apple, but interesting nonetheless. the other story this morning, morgan, is gap 25% gain leading the s&p in morning as they announce a partnership is condition yea west who is going to design clothes for the retailer it just shows you just how much pop can be and what ordinarily would not be a maybe fundamental change to the story. >> no, and i guess you can put kanye west in the same bucket as the family in which he married, the kardashians. given the fact that every time we see some sort of deal with his wife, kim kardashian or one of her siblings we tend to see

, lots of younger people have been surviving lock done with their creature comforts, maybe with an xbox is a bit like a hotel environment. then it isjust work all the time. look at the surroundings, it is the most beautiful part of the countryside and we really feel quite fortunate to have all of this on our doorstep and have a thought in your back garden, essentially. how vital is it to keep up your maintenance work at a time like this, colin? as we said, lots of entrances, there are no visitors. 90% of our staff have been furloughed, the team that remains here are looking to seek funds as much as possible as well as maintain the thought. we have a groundsman on site, they bend maintained to a high standard, keep up to the level that he does. we have been updating our website, trying to get the trust provide online, but also fund—raising. we have lost, come the end of this virus, we have lost in the region of 60% of our annual income, between 600000 and £1 million. to continue surviving, we are looking at other ways of revenue. as the lockdown is easing, what are the plans for reopenin