Dan Turk
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Author of My Dad Does PR. Award-Winning Public Relations VP of Tech & Innovation @MaxBorgesAgency #Dad #MiamiTech
Miami, FL
Joined November 2010
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Why Amazon bought Bee, an AI wearable
techcrunch.com
Amazon explains where its wearable Bee fits in and whether it will merge with Alexa.
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Rounding out CES, I chatted with Bee cofounder Maria de Lourdes Zollo and Amazon's Daniel Rausch about wearable AI devices in what's likely to be a big year for the category. Gift link (No subscription needed to read.)
bloomberg.com
Several months after Amazon.com Inc. bought artificial intelligence hardware startup Bee, the company said it’s working to make its $50 always-listening wearable more proactive, and indicated a...
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Taketh my $$
Lego announces Smart Brick, the ‘most significant evolution’ in 50 years
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And @bee__computer rounds out today’s news with an update on how we’re working together to evolve AI wearables. More here:
aboutamazon.com
Co-founder Maria de Lourdes Zollo shares the latest with Bee and the journey to become the personal AI companion that understands you everywhere.
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As Colin Angle - the former CEO of iRobot and creator of Roomba - has championed these last few weeks, if the cost of the robot is more than the value it provides consumers, it will be doomed from the start. Nice CES announcement though. The future is cool!
SwitchBot says its humanoid household robot can do your laundry
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Worth the read. The fraud is blatant.
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Closing the year with the one and only @Andrew_OSU on the HomeKit Insider. Come for the strong opinions on the iRobot bankruptcy, and stay for Andrew's favorite tech of 2025! Like and Subscribe!!! https://t.co/kIoJSChbRv
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‘It felt so wrong’: Colin Angle on iRobot, the FTC, and the Amazon deal that never was
techcrunch.com
The iRobot founder opens up about the 18-month regulatory process that he says doomed the Roomba maker -- and what it means for American innovation.
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Bernie’s “friends” gifted China consumer robotics (look no further than this week’s incredibly sad iRobot news). And now he and his friends will do the same thing for AI. Get out of Tech’s way!
I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI. The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
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Fact check: US antitrust enforcers did not block Amazon’s bid to acquire iRobot
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Background for this 🧵: in 2022, Amazon sought to buy iRobot, maker of the Roomba. The FTC and European antitrust authorities opposed the transaction and Amazon walked away in 2004. Recently, iRobot filed for bankruptcy. It's now owned by a Chinese firm.
One problem with antitrust thinking and enforcement is how little updating there is based on experience and evidence. Much less than you see in macro policy--and to be clear there is not enough of it in macro policy either. Take the case of Roomba. A 🧵 .
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A sad day for the US hardware, robotics, and smart home categories. The worst part: it was our own government's misguided efforts that 'put the nail in iRobot's coffin.' "We built this thing, we put it in a box, wrapped it up, and handed it to [China]." RIP Roomba
How Roomba invented the home robot — and lost the future
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Meta, Google, OpenAI and so many others are hyping AI gadgets but they all suck right now. My @WSJ column recapping my year in testing nearly 10 different AI wearables. https://t.co/2Bw1Vl9o8g
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Working on this story was a career highlight
It doesn’t end at Neuralink
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LFG!!!
Right-hander Dylan Cease and the Toronto Blue Jays are in agreement on a seven-year, $210 million contract, pending a physical, sources tell ESPN. The defending American League champions get one of the best arms on the free agent market.
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So Treliving's presser was an excellent analogy to the Leafs' play this season; a vanilla nothingburger and a waste of everyone's time. Glad you're taking responsibility, but you're weeks late + didn't offer a solution or an attempt at one.
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It’s moments like this that remind me why I love what I do in PR
Finding joy in small moments with Link 2 and Neuralink. Meet Brad Smith, an ALS patient who regained the ability to communicate and broke through physical limitations. We're honored to be part of helping patients like Brad reconnect with loved ones in new and exciting ways!
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