Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsWhen is the best time to buy an Echo or Echo Dot?Privacy concerns on Echo devicesDifference between Echo and Echo DotSmarter, easier living featuresPrice and competitionSo, to Echo or to Echo Dot?Frequently Asked Questions Smart speakers like Amazon’s Echo family of products are a great starting point … Read more
By Byron V. Acohido We’ve seen this movie before. Alphabet, Google’s parent company’s, $32 billion bid for Wiz isn’t just about security and privacy. It’s the latest round in Big Tech’s long-running game of business leapfrog—where each giant keeps lunging into the next guy’s home turf, trying to reshape the battlefield in its favor. Think … Read more
Alibaba Group Holding is spearheading China’s Big Tech sector in the race for global leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) technology and infrastructure with its spending plan, competing with US giants like Apple and Microsoft for first-mover advantage, analysts said. The e-commerce leader’s 380 billion yuan (US$52.4 billion) capital expenditure for computing resources and AI infrastructure … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. SoftBank’s founder Masayoshi Son is known for chasing the next big thing. Some of his big bets on tech companies, such as Alibaba and Arm, have paid off. There have also been expensive flops such … Read more
By Byron V. Acohido For the past 25 years, I’ve watched the digital world evolve from the early days of the Internet to the behemoth it is today. Related: Self-healing devices on the horizon What started as a decentralized, open platform for innovation has slowly but surely been carved up, controlled, and monetized by a … Read more
