Amazon, launched as an Internet bookseller nearly 24 years ago, has branched into offerings including voice-commanded speakers infused with Alexa artificial intelligence and original TV shows streamed online at its Prime subscription service. — AFP Relaxnews
HONG KONG: After Steven Yang left his coveted job at Google, he asked his mother whether he should take venture-capital money to fund his business idea.
If his online consumer-electronics enterprise was a risky bet, she told him, go with the venture capitalists. But if building the business into something great was his destiny, he instead should use her money from a pharmaceutical career in China.
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