It’s fascinating to see the recent series of stories about how so few of the tech companies’ future bets actually panned out as planned: drone delivery, autonomous cars, crypto, etc. Alexa is just the latest to add to the pile.
What’s concerning though: Amazon’s “new favorite child” is its health tech business. The last thing we need is more privatization and tech companies distracting us from what matters in healthcare.
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-alexa-job-layoffs-rise-and-fall-2022-11
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What’s concerning though: Amazon’s “new favorite child” is its health tech business. The last thing we need is more privatization and tech companies distracting us from what matters in healthcare.
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-alexa-job-layoffs-rise-and-fall-2022-11
#amazon #tech #health
Amazon is gutting its voice assistant Alexa
Mounting losses and massive job cuts for the former pet project of Jeff Bezos underscore a failure in the hardware business model Amazon pioneered.Eugene Kim (Insider)