The new Amazon.com Inc. Echo devices sit on display during the company's product reveal launch event in downtown Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Amazon unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its popular Alexa-powered Echo speaker that the e-commerce giant said has better sound. Photographer: Daniel Berman/Bloomberg via Getty Images
David VanderWaal, vice president of marketing for LG Electronics USA, left, and Michael George, vice president of Alexa, Echo, and Appstore at Amazon.com Inc., speak about the Amazon Alexa partnership with the LG InstaView Door-In-Door smart refrigerator during the company's press conference at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. LG is seeking automotive alliances to accelerate autonomous driving, as well as acquiring artificial intelligence and robotics acquisitions to speed up its global expansion. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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This photo taken on January 11, 2018 shows a woman walking past Marriott signage in Hangzhou in China's Zhejiang province. Authorities in China have shut down Marriott's local website for a week after the US hotel giant mistakenly listed Chinese-claimed regions such as Tibet and Hong Kong as separate countries. / AFP PHOTO / - / China OUT (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)
Marriott Hotel, Chicago
