Every Tuesday and Friday, tech journalist Kara Swisher and NYU Professor Scott Galloway offer sharp, unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in tech, business, and politics. They make bold predictions, pick winners and losers, and bicker and banter like no one else. After all, with great power comes great scrutiny. From New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Alexa, Is Jeff Bezos Spying on Me? (Guest: Dan Seifert, Senior Editor, The Verge)
Kara Swisher and Lauren Goode talk with The Verge's Dan Seifert about Amazon's efforts to top virtual assistants like Siri and Google Now with its own assistant, Alexa, which can be found in products like the Amazon Echo and Fire TV. They are joined by one of the newest Alexa-ready gadgets, the Amazon Tap, which is activated with the press of a button rather than the user's voice. Kara, Lauren and Dan answer your questions about whether the Echo, Tap and Amazon Dot are worth the money and if you should be concerned about your privacy when your tech is listening to you.