Tech News Today 1610

Facebook's Snapchat-like Messenger Day that enables shared photos/video for 24 hours (before expiration), Amazon's Alexa Prize competition for university students, Arduino is launching the ESLOV IoT Invention Kit, Nintendo unveils new NES Mini features like save states, and an old Teddy returns with today's tech. Plus, Sam Machkovech discusses Amazon Game Studio's recent Stream+ announcement.

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Links

• messenger day
• Amazon’s $2.5M ‘Alexa Prize’ seeks chatbot that can converse intelligently for 20 minutes
• How Google Plans to Take Down Amazon’s Echo (EXCLUSIVE)
• Arduino unleashes a serious Internet of Things system for hardware hackers
• Nintendo shows off some highly nerdy features of the NES Mini
• Amazon reveals Twitch’s first currency, gambling systems
• HTC Vive’s Viveport VR marketplace is now available worldwide
• Meerkat, star app of 2015, is officially dead
• Teddy Ruxpin is back and creepier than ever