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Amazon removes Echo AUX control; startup harvests water using data center heat

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Amazon is removing voice control for the AUX port on Echo speakers, despite keeping the physical port functional. Separately, a startup named Atoconeura is developing machines that can harvest water from arid air using waste heat from data centers, without requiring electricity. AI

IMPACT Minimal impact; Amazon Echo feature removal affects a niche use case, and Atoconeura's water harvesting is a novel application of waste heat.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a product change (Amazon Echo) and a startup product announcement (Atoconeura water harvesting), neither of which rise to the level of significant industry news.

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Amazon removes Echo AUX control; startup harvests water using data center heat

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The cluster contains a product change (Amazon Echo) and a startup product announcement (Atoconeura water harvesting), neither of which rise to the level of significant industry news.
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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Amazon is taking away this Alexa feature from Echo speakers for no real reason Amazon is keeping the AUX port alive, but Alexa can no longer control it. https:/

    Amazon is taking away this Alexa feature from Echo speakers for no real reason Amazon is keeping the AUX port alive, but Alexa can no longer control it. https://www. androidauthority.com/amazon-ec ho-alexa-aux-input-voice-controls-3719987/ # Tech # Technology # TechNews # AI # Ga…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    A Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using Data Centers’ Waste Heat Atoco’s new machines use specialized materials that can harvest water from some of th

    A Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using Data Centers’ Waste Heat Atoco’s new machines use specialized materials that can harvest water from some of the driest air on Earth without using electricity. https://www. wired.com/story/startup-atoco- makes-water-from-air-using-…

    LINKS wired.com/…/startup-atoco-makes-water-fro…

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