Max talks about the developments surrounding Amazon's Alexa, where it's been revealed that layoffs are coming and the initiative has been costing an eye-popping 10 Billion per year. Max believes there is a future for these devices, and discusses where that might be.

Max also adds some details that he missed from the discussion on hurricane Sandy, and his experience in a Tesla self-driving car.

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