{
  "id": 12515090,
  "title": "Boston Dynamics appoints former Amazon executive Rohit Prasad, who spent 12 years helping build and expand Alexa, as its CEO (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/boston-dynamics-appoints-former-amazon-executive-rohit-prasad-who",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T01:30:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
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    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-06/boston-dynamics-taps-amazon-alexa-executive-as-new-ceo"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Boston Dynamics has appointed Rohit Prasad as its CEO. Prasad is a former Amazon executive who spent 12 years helping build and expand Alexa. He will lead the company, which is controlled by Hyundai Motor Co., into its next era.\n\nThe appointment was reported by Bloomberg. There is no additional information available on Prasad's plans for Boston Dynamics.\n\nThe other reports mention changes to Amazon's Echo smart speaker, specifically the disabling of Alexa control of devices plugged into the AUX port. However, this information is unrelated to the appointment of Rohit Prasad as CEO of Boston Dynamics.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers' AUX input",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/amazon-kills-alexas-ability-to-control-echo-speakers-aux-input",
        "published": "2026-10-06T17:03:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Alexa can’t control the aux input on Amazon Echo speakers anymore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/alexa-cant-control-the-aux-input-on-amazon-echo-speakers-anymore",
        "published": "2026-10-06T19:03:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Slashdot",
        "title": "Alexa Can't Control the AUX Input On Amazon Echo Speakers Anymore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/alexa-cant-control-the-aux-input-on-amazon-echo-speakers-anymore-12468553",
        "published": "2026-10-06T21:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}