Amazon’s Panos Panay: We’re not necessarily going after a phone

kept by eddie may 14

Amazon's devices chief Panos Panay says the company is not primarily focused on making a smartphone, instead emphasizing Alexa+ as an AI-powered upgrade to its voice assistant after overcoming technical delays.

Apple Wins Consumer AI By Default
Apple's integration of Siri AI across devices, leveraging Google's Gemini and its default status, positions it to dominate consumer AI despite not being technically groundbreaking.
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The Smart Home Never Quite Worked. Now It’s Getting an A.I. Reboot. - The New York Times
Amazon and Google bet AI assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will finally make smart home setup easy, but core usability and reliability problems persist.
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I’m Signing Off From This Column After 12 Years. Here’s What’s Changed in Tech. - WSJ
After 12 years as a WSJ columnist, Joanna Stern reflects on the consumer-tech shifts that reshaped daily life, including phones becoming everything, cars becoming computers, and AI becoming the new interface.
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Claude Desktop is now available on Linux (Ubuntu and Debian) in beta. Alongside the browser and terminal, you now get a first-class desktop
Anthropic released a beta desktop client for Linux (Ubuntu and Debian) that bundles Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and chat on paid plans.
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