This British couple claims that their baby’s first word was “Alexa,” even before “mom” or “dad,” after watching the parents interact with the device. That’s a pretty depressing anecdote about the impact that tech has on our lives. This also comes just a few weeks after Amazon rolled out an Echo Dot device specifically geared toward children. Parents were already struggling with how much screen...
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