Amazon and Microsoft's AI parades

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss all the announcements from Amazon's fall product launch event and Microsoft's Surface and AI event.

Further reading:

Amazon’s fall 2023 product launch event: live news, announcements, and more

Amazon is set to supercharge Alexa with generative AI 

The Fire TV should be at the heart of Amazon's smart home 

The new $269.99 Echo Frames look a whole lot more like glasses. 

Alexa Eye Gaze offers a new way to control Alexa on a Fire tablet 

In the new Echo Show 8, Alexa will be 40 percent faster. 

Finally some hardware...for kids.

YouTube is going all in on AI with background and video topic suggestions

YouTube made a video editing app — just like TikTok 

Microsoft Surface event: the 6 biggest announcements 

Microsoft’s new Xbox controller borrows great ideas from Stadia, Steam, and Sony

This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a lift-to-wake controller

Microsoft’s next Xbox, coming 2028, envisions hybrid computing

Microsoft addresses the huge Xbox leaks: here’s Phil Spencer’s full memo

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer says acquiring Nintendo would be ‘a career moment’ 

Microsoft announces the Surface Laptop Studio 2 with upgraded chips and ports

A first look at Microsoft’s upgraded Surface Laptop Studio 2 

Microsoft announces the new Surface Laptop Go 3

Hands-on with the Surface Laptop Go 3 

The Surface Go 4 comes with a much-needed performance boost 

Microsoft 365 Copilot launches in November

Windows 11’s next big update arrives on September 26th with Copilot, RAR support, and more

Microsoft announces Surface Hub 3 with portrait mode 

The cable bundle of the future is officially here

Google’s Bard chatbot can now find answers in your Gmail, Docs, Drive

The Home Assistant Green is here to make the most powerful smart home platform more accessible

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