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...Gadgets such as Amazon’s Echo and Alexa have not become invaluable home concierges as fans expected. Purchasers mostly use them as voice-activated jukeboxes....
...Additional reporting by Peter Campbell, Joshua Franklin, Dave Lee, Hannah Murphy and Michael O’Dwyer...
...Smart reads Alexa, pass the scalpel A tie-up between Amazon and hospitals is just one way in which Big Tech is encroaching on the healthcare sector....
...“In high-end visual effects, we price it out in millions of dollars per minute,” says Mr Franklin. “It’s incredibly labour intensive.”...
...I also really enjoyed “The Poem Cure,” by Ruth Franklin, which looked at the role that poetry can play in making us think, deeply and quietly, in an age of loud politics and short attention spans....
...They are all members of the Experimental Food Society, a venture set up by Alexa Perrin, and this is the society’s annual Spectacular – a two-day event in which members showcase their crafts for the public...
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