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Amazon begins firing 10K employees, Alexa & Cloud gaming worst hit
After Meta and Twitter, Amazon has become another Big Tech company to lay off thousands of workers …
Amazon is working on giving Alexa the ability to mimic anyone's voice, dead or alive, from just one minute of audio and Twitter doesn't know how to feel about it
Amazon's head scientist for Alexa said its voice-changing capability can help users remember the lo…
Weilun Soon
Amazon reportedly invested in startups and gained proprietary information before launching competitors, often crushing the smaller companies in the process
Dozens of investors and entrepreneurs told The Wall Street Journal that Amazon made products that d…
Avery Hartmans
Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max with Wi-Fi 6, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision launches in India at ₹6,499
Amazon has launched an updated version of its popular Fire TV Stick 4K called the Fire TV Stick 4K …
Xiaomi brings Mi 11 Lite and Mi Watch Revolve Active to India
With an aim to expand its presence in the country, global smartphone brand Xiaomi on Tuesday launch…
Competitive fitness app Zwift raised $450 million from investors including the Amazon Alexa Fund, reportedly valuing it at $1 billion
Fitness app Zwift has raised $450 million in funding from investors including KKR, Permira, and the…
Grace Dean
33. Muzak listening, and Alexa eavesdropping
The surprising history of elevator music, or "Muzak," and how Amazon's Alexa and other smart speake…
Dan Bobkoff,Amy Pedulla,Jennifer Sigl,Sarah Wyman
Hedge funds and private-equity firms face tug-of-war over talent; 'Alexa, what ETF should I buy?'
Welcome to this week's edition of Wall Street Insider. It was great to meet so many of our readers …
Olivia Oran
It’s Amazon vs Walmart in the battle for India’s Black Friday
Much like Thanksgiving in America and November 11 in China, Diwali – India’s festival of lights …
Amazon's latest investment hints at the future of Alexa
The company's Alexa Fund, which it usually uses to fund voice-technology ventures, has invested in …
Dennis Green
Dream11's parent firm gets $225 million in fresh funds – valuation could hit $2.5 billion for the gaming unicorn
Dream11’s long time investor Chinese tech giant Tencent’s stake (10.9/%) was set to come down wi…
Amazon has invested in its first restaurant operations startup, and it could reveal the future of Alexa
But what's more interesting is what will happen behind the scenes. SevenRooms' technology remembers…
Dennis Green
Samsung’s venture capital arm debuts in India with four investments worth $8.5 million
Samsung’s venture capital arm – Samsung Venture Investment Corporation – has placed its bets on fou…
Amazon was so impressed with this Alexa-powered video intercom, it invested in the company
Frankel thought there must be a better way, so he went online to research Wi-Fi intercoms. He wasn'…
Avery Hartmans
The inventor of Siri's backend technology says Amazon's Echo and Alexa are 'incomplete'
He admits he might be a little partial to Siri, but still argues devices that are solely controlled…
Eugene Kim
Amazon may release new 'Alexa-powered' devices that make phone calls later this year
That said, none of those third-party machines are as widely recognized as Amazon's Echo family of s…
Jeff Dunn
'Alexa, what ETF should I buy?' Asset managers like BlackRock and Invesco are testing out voice assistants - but it's too early to tell if customers will actually use them
Rob Carrigg, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based partner with the advisory firm Steward Partners, sai…
Meghan Morris
'Suki, this patient needs a follow up': An AI startup backed by Salesforce chief Marc Benioff is trying to build an Alexa for doctors
Suki's goal is to help eliminate doctor burnout. More than half of doctors in the US experience bur…
Lydia Ramsey
Here's another sign that Amazon is betting big on Alexa, its smart personal assistant
This isn't a surprise move, given how popular Alexa has become. Just a year after opening Alexa to …
Eugene Kim
William Tunstall-Pedoe: The Cambridge AI guru who taught Amazon's Alexa how to talk
"Within Amazon Alexa, the Evi team's mission is to answer any question in any language," reads a jo…