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May 2018
29m 57s

The Rise of Voice Assistants like Amazon...

TED Audio Collective / Youngme Moon, Mihir Desai, & Felix Oberholzer-Gee
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In this episode, Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss why voice assistants like Amazon Echo and Google Home are all the rage; debate how to punish Wells Fargo for criminal wrongdoing; and offer their After Hours picks for the week.

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