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You can finally chat with Amazon’s AI-enhanced Alexa+ on the web – PCWorld
News You can finally chat with Amazon’s AI-enhanced Alexa+ on the web The just-launched website lets you share files with Alexa+, manage shopping lists and to-do items, control smart home devices, and more. By Ben Patterson, Senior Writer, TechHive, Dec 17, 2025 7:57 am PST Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: It’s been nearly a year…
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Scarpetta: Release Date, Cast, Plot, Photos, Episodes – Parade
Nicole Kidman Brings Patricia Cornwell’s ‘Scarpetta’ to Life in New Prime Video Thriller Series Nicole Kidman Brings Patricia Cornwell’s ‘Scarpetta’ to Life in New Prime Video Thriller Series A new series starring Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis brings the famous novels to the screen. Here’s everything to know. Dec 1, 2025 6:03…
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Bookshop.org Now Sells Ebooks | WIRED
In the five years since its launch, Bookshop.org has amassed quite the loyal following. The online retailer shares its sales revenue with bookstores around the US, and has become a popular destination for online customers who would rather help keep their local bookstore in business than send money to big retailers like Amazon. Until now,…
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Tech Leaders From Bill Gates to Amazon’s CTO Share 2025 Predictions – Business Insider
Talks of artificial intelligence dominated 2024, and tech leaders predict that the next stage of the new AI era will come in 2025 — for better or for worse. Their mixed predictions indicate that the outlook for AI in 2025 is still uncertain. Still, many execs assert that the way people interact with technology will…
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‘Rings of Power’: How to Watch the Lord of The Ring Series Online – Variety
The hotly anticipated series premieres on Amazon Prime Video this week. By Anna Tingley, Aug 30, 2022 11:44am PT It’s almost time to travel back to Middle-Earth. Amazon Prime Video’s hotly anticipated new Lord of the Rings series, “The Rings of Power,” arrives on the streamer on Sept. 2. The fantasy series is one of…
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22 Best Amazon Prime Books on Sale for Prime Day 2022 | Glamour
Lock down your summer reading list. By Deanna Pai, July 1, 2022 While binge-watching can be cool, nothing beats reading — and the lineup of Amazon Prime books on sale for Prime Day 2022 is helping us make that point. Because there are some incredible books (and book deals) to be had, whether you’re in…
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Enjoy Digital Ownership And Public Libraries While You Still Can | Techdirt
from the you’ll-miss-them-when-they’re-gone dept Wed, Jun 29th 2022 07:29pm – By Glyn Moody Michael E. Karpeles, Program Lead on OpenLibrary.org at the Internet Archive, spotted an interesting blog post by Michael Kozlowski, the editor-in-chief of Good e-Reader. It concerns Amazon and its audiobook division, Audible: Amazon owned Audible ceased selling individual audiobooks through their Android app from…
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Inside ‘Wheel of Time,’ Amazon’s Huge Gamble on the Next ‘Game of Thrones’ | GQ
As legend has it, a few years back, Jeff Bezos demanded that his team at Amazon Studios create a fantasy epic that would put Game of Thrones to shame. Turns out, that kind of thing is even harder to do than it sounds. And more expensive than you can imagine. Inside the epic quest to bring Wheel of…
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Amazon withholds its ebooks from libraries because it prefers you pay it instead – The Verge
Amazon’s publishing arm has refused to sell digital books to libraries By Nick Statt@nickstatt, Mar 10, 2021, 1:39pm EST Amazon is withholding ebook and audiobook versions of works it publishes through its in-house publishing arms from US libraries, according to a new report from The Washington Post. In fact, Amazon is the only major publisher…
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‘I thought buying things would make me feel better. It didn’t’: The rise of emotional spending
Many of us are living for the buzz of the doorbell – spending billions we can’t afford on stuff we don’t need. Here is how to recognize the problem and regain control Source: ‘I thought buying things would make me feel better. It didn’t’: The rise of emotional spending
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Why public libraries are still essential in 2018 – Vox
Libraries exist for the public. Amazon exists to maximize profits. Source: Why public libraries are still essential in 2018 – Vox
