Behold the Alexa-powered Coca-Cola Energy wall: Cursed, but beautiful

Mere days into the year 2020 and we've already been gifted a beautifully cursed object from corporate America: the Amazon Alexa-powered Coca-Cola Energy Drink wall.

Coca-Cola has debuted a new energy drink called, appropriately, Coca-Cola Energy. To share it with the world, it enlisted Amazon's voice assistant, Alexa, for a cheeky display and sample station at CES in Las Vegas. 

The old guard of corporate America — Coca-Cola — and the new — Amazon — working in concert to dispense energy to visitors as they take in "Consumer" "Technology" in the grotesque capital of consumption — Las freaking Vegas — feels like a sign of the times.  Read more...