Fri. 09/03 – An Alexa TV Coming Next Month?

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🗓️ 3 September 2021

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It’s Rumor Friday! Are we getting an Alexa TV next month? Will Apple’s AR/VR headset need an Apple device to work? Is Reddit lining up an IPO? Also, Apple delays its controversial CSAM feature, the week in NFT madness, and, of course, The Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: Metalab.com Links: EXCLUSIVE: Amazon is close to launching its own TV in the US (Insider) Apple’s AR/VR Headset Will Need Connection to Other Device Such as iPhone (The Information) Exclusive: Reddit seeks to hire advisers for U.S. IPO -sources (Reuters) Apple delays rollout of CSAM detection system and child safety features (9to5Mac) Record Doge NFT Sale Highlights Growing Demand for Fractionalization (CoinDesk) The Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Latest NFT Fad Is a Text-Based Fantasy Game Building Block (Coindesk) Gimme the Loot! (Collisions) NFTs, DeFi Boost for Ethereum Dims Clamor of Bitcoin Maximalists (Bloomberg) Wall Street Is Looking to Reddit for Investment Advice (WSJ) Here are all the companies from Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day, Part 1 (TechCrunch) Here are all the companies from Day 2 of Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day (TechCrunch) Today's #WorldCupOfEntrepreneurs Matchup click here to vote! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Friday, September 3rd, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:08.4	Today it's Rumor Friday. Are we getting an Alexa TV next month?
0:13.8	Well Apple's ARVR headset need an Apple device to even work.
0:17.6	Is Reddit lining up an IPO?
0:20.0	Also Apple delays its controversial C-SAM feature, the week in NFT Madness, and of course, the
0:26.8	weekend long read suggestions.
0:28.6	Here's what you miss today in the world of Tech.
0:33.5	As I said, it's Rumor Friday.
0:35.7	Some days I wake up, fire up Tech meme and the stories just sort of sort themselves from
0:40.1	top to bottom.
0:41.7	Sources are telling Insider that Amazon is planning to launch its own
0:46.0	branded TV featuring Alexa built in and no other third party manufacturer branding in the U in the US possibly as soon as next month.
0:56.3	Quote, the company already launched an Amazon Basics TV in India late last year.
1:01.5	Amazon has also teamed up with other manufacturers to
1:03.8	exclusively sell TVs with its Fire TV software built in, but those models have
1:08.1	always carried the branding of the manufacturers such as Toshiba. The U.S.
1:12.0	launch, a closely guarded secret within the company,
1:14.7	has been in the works for almost two years
1:16.8	and involves teams from Amazon Devices and Lab 126,
1:20.8	according to people familiar with the situation.
1:23.0	They ask not to be identified discussing private matters,
1:25.2	and Amazon spokesperson declined to comment.
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