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fromHyperallergic
1 day ago
Arts

Protesters Dressed as Marie Antoinette Roast "Melania" Film at Kennedy Center

Protesters in 18th-century attire demonstrated outside the Kennedy Center premiere of Melania (2026), criticizing Amazon's purchase and the film's ties to the Trump family.
fromTechCrunch
2 days ago
Film

Amazon's 'Melania' documentary makes $7M on opening weekend | TechCrunch

Melania opened to $7.04M, exceeding estimates but unlikely to recoup Amazon's $40M purchase and $35M promotion amid brutal critical response.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

I helped create Alexa, then quit Amazon. Here's why, despite being proud of what we built.

William Tunstall-Pedoe founded True Knowledge (Evi), helped build Alexa after Amazon acquired his startup, and left Amazon in 2016 to return to startups.
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

'It felt so wrong': Colin Angle on iRobot, the FTC, and the Amazon deal that never was | TechCrunch

The goal, of course, is to avoid the abuses that can happen in monopolies and with the goal of protecting consumer choice and protecting innovation. What happened was that iRobot and Amazon came together for the expressed purpose of creating more innovation, more consumer choice, at a time when iRobot's trajectory was honestly different from where it was several years earlier.
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fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

How iRobot lost its way home | TechCrunch

iRobot grew from MIT research into a household brand with Roomba but collapsed into Chapter 11 after 35 years amid manufacturing and acquisition struggles.
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fromZDNET
6 months ago
Gadgets

Can Amazon finally make AI wearables happen? This buzzy new device could be its best bet

fromZDNET
6 months ago
Gadgets

Can Amazon finally make AI wearables happen? This buzzy new device could be its best bet

fromEntrepreneur
6 months ago

Amazon Acquires Bee, Startup Behind Eavesdropping Wearable | Entrepreneur

Bee's core product is an AI bracelet that acts as a second memory, recording all of the conversations it hears to create summaries, reminders, and to-do lists for users.
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