The head of Alexa, Echo and other devices at Amazon is retiring.
This was once considered the next big thing until everyone realized voice based user interfaces actually suck and Alexa never got smart enough to do anything besides set timers & play music reliably.
That said the flood of random Alexa devices like microwaves to wall clocks was an irrationally exuberant time in tech. 😃
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-leader-on-alexa-echo-and-other-devices-plans-to-leave-cde4f689?trk=storyline-feed_main-feed-storyline-activity-card_feed-article-content
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2023-08-15 23:29:46
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