Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Wednesday, September 29th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Amazon's Astro Robot apparently has a nasty tendency of throwing itself down the stairs.

Netflix acquires its first game studio, the interesting company that acquired Genius and now Imger,

explaining Facebook's interest in the tween audience and

Angelus wants to offer Founders startup foundation as a service.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. Let's talk about Amazon's Astro shall we that robot that

Amazon announced at the event yesterday. Much like Apple is rumored to be planning

on a high-end expensive pair of AR glasses

as their first foray into the market

so that they can learn what the product is actually

good for before going mass market.

Amazon clearly hopes we'll look back one day at Astro and see it as the historic first

foray into a new consumer product category, but also they're looking to learn.

Perhaps as evidenced by the rough edges around this product,

Vice's motherboard outlet was reporting on internal documents that detail Astro's use of facial recognition and

Sentry Mode. Sources who worked on Astro say it is a quote privacy nightmare

among other issues, quoting Motherboard.

In its announcement video, Amazon says Astro is designed to give peace of mind to its owners.

First and foremost, Astro is a surveillance device that tracks you and everyone who enters your home.

When a user purchases the $999 robot, customers are asked to enroll their face and voice,

as well as the faces and voices of anyone who is likely to be in a home

so Astro can learn who is supposed to be there.

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