Saturday, July 5th TV listings for Bloomberg Quicktake
Bloomberg Primer Can Living Human Brain Cells Power AI?
Exploring the world of biocomputing; scientists are laying the foundation for a field that may blur the lines between the biological and synthetic.
Bloomberg Primer The Big Business of Drilling Into the Earth
Geothermal has been the underdog of the energy industry, but that may be about to change as new startups use fracking technologies to expand potential geothermal sites.
Bloomberg Primer Why Money Is Flowing Into Geoengineering
Scientists and entrepreneurs are testing radical ideas like solar radiation management and ocean fertilization; they are finding funding for them.
Bloomberg Primer How Flying Cars Became a Billion-Dollar Bet
The idea of flying cars has largely remained science fiction, until now; a new generation of electrified aircraft is attracting the attention of investors and venture capitalists around the world.
Bloomberg Primer Why a Lunar Ecosystem Could Be Worth Billions
Governments and entrepreneurs are racing to commercialize the moon; these efforts could unlock a new, deep-space economy; but to return and stay will require the highest levels of innovation.
The Circuit Alex Spiro
A Bloomberg Originals series hosted by Emily Chang that goes behind the scenes with founders, influencers and innovators.
The Circuit Inside Stargate
Emily Chang explores Stargate, a $500 billion AI project; she interviews OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son about their vision for the initiative.
The Circuit Inside Stargate (Part 2)
Emily Chang goes inside Stargate, an historic $500 billion bet on the future of AI; she speaks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son about their hopes for the project.
The Circuit Microsoft -- The Tech Giant's 50 Years (Part 1)
Emily Chang speaks with Microsoft titans Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella about the company's journey from scrappy startup to global powerhouse.
The Circuit Microsoft - The Tech Giant's 50 Years (Part 2)
Emily Chang speaks with Microsoft titans Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella about the company's journey from scrappy startup to global powerhouse.
Posthuman Robots -- The Aliens We Made
Emily Chang meets some of the world's most advanced, and most intelligent robots and questions whether the creation of a synthetic species with human-like intelligence improves the human experience or ends it.
Posthuman Love in the Age of Machines
Emily Chang explores the future of connections with the machines and the technologies powering a growing market of relationships-on-demand.
From brain implants that allow paralyzed patients to communicate to the wearable devices enhancing human capabilities, brain-computer interfaces could change the way people use their minds forever.
Posthuman How Tech Is Breaking the Rules of Biology
From birth to death, tech is stretching the boundaries of biology; exploring the discoveries that could transform reproduction, healthcare and how people die.
Tens of millions of kids play Roblox daily, but is the internet's playground safe? Bloomberg investigates cases of predators who have used the platform to groom and sometimes meet kids in real life.
Sex-for-Work Claims in West Africa's Rubber Industry
A company majority-owned by billionaire Vincent Bolloré's Bolloré Group and Hubert Fabri is the subject of allegations of labor abuses at some of its African rubber plantations, including by female workers who say they were forced to engage in sex.
The Growing Toll of America's Booming Kratom Industry
American use of the plant Kratom has grown dramatically, spurring both a lucrative industry while worrying health experts; discussing how the unregulated substance is being promoted and even made more potent and how some users are ending up dead.
Bullish With Sonali Basak The Gambler's Edge on Wall Street
Wall Street pros often play poker, chess, blackjack and other games that rely on skills that are highly transferable to their work; the lines between finance and gaming are blurring faster than ever.
Bullish With Sonali Basak The New Rules of Investing
Building wealth used to follow a formula, but these days it's easier than ever to play the markets. With investing tools at everyone's fingertips, is it a chance for generational wealth or a siren call for suckers?
Bullish With Sonali Basak Why New York Is Losing Wall Street to Florida
There's been a migration of financial powerbrokers to South Florida in recent years, drawn by the weather, light regulation and low taxes; it's hard to imagine the capital of finance leaving New York, but Wall Street South is getting bigger.
Bloomberg Investigates Irretrievable
The demand for human eggs is booming, giving rise to a largely unregulated and dangerous marketplace; in India, meeting a teenage girl caught up in this fertility underworld.
Bloomberg Investigates: How a Ugandan Clinic Exposed a Private Healthcare Tragedy
In a Kampala slum, a group of midwives help vulnerable mothers give birth for free. Under a mile away, a private hospital is out of reach for most of the community, with devastating consequences.
Bloomberg Investigates Night of Terror
This is the tale of Brazil's largest bank robbery. At the heart of the brazen heist was South America's most dangerous gang and its shocking raid on what's come to be known as the Night of Terror.
Bloomberg Investigates The Green Bible
The Green Bible is the single-most important document in the Italian government's war against an alleged Nigerian mafia; but this supposed mafia handbook isn't what it claims to be at all.
Bloomberg Investigates The Stradivarius Murders
The tale of the strange life and stranger murder of a rare violin collector and his daughter, as told by their friends and two suspects at the heart of the police investigation.
An Optimist's Guide to the Planet Dusk or Dawn
Nikolaj begins his global journey to find out how to tell dusk from dawn in the age of climate change; from the scientists behind carbon neutral jet fuel to the oceanographer creating cloud cover for the Great Barrier Reef, the answer becomes clear.
An Optimist's Guide to the Planet Shelter
Shelter is one of humanity's most basic needs; but as the global population grows, so does the construction industry's environmental footprint.
An Optimist's Guide to the Planet Regenerate
A look at nature's amazing ability to regenerate, and how we can harness this innate power to solve the problems we face.
An Optimist's Guide to the Planet Nourish
Global warming has made growing food much harder and a need to adapt to climate change is highly important; Nikolaj explores how people can rethink what they plant, where they plant it and how they harvest and prepare it.
An Optimist's Guide to the Planet Move
Nikolaj meets some inspiring engineers, mechanics and entrepreneurs who may have solutions to help humans continue moving in environmentally friendly ways.
An Optimist's Guide to the Planet Transform
Nikolaj's journey toward hope continues as he searches for innovators transforming and revitalizing the world.
Bloomberg Investigates Night of Terror
This is the tale of Brazil's largest bank robbery. At the heart of the brazen heist was South America's most dangerous gang and its shocking raid on what's come to be known as the Night of Terror.
In Texas, a former preacher exploited the trust of his peers under a cloak of religious virtue; this is the intimate story of those whose lives were destroyed by his $38 million dollar Ponzi scheme.
Bloomberg Investigates Monkey Laundering
Fake permits, undercover informants and millions of dollars are involved; a US government agency works to prove suppliers to research labs import wild monkeys from Cambodia with false paperwork.
Bloomberg Investigates Scambaiters
An estimated $1 trillion lost globally to fraud; with law enforcement struggling to cope, scambaiter vigilantes are filling the gaps.