Jeff Bezos' rocket company has given NASA a brief taste of the moon's gravity without straying too far from home.

Amazon has unveiled a slew of gadgets and an update to its popular voice assistant Alexa, infusing it with more generative AI features amid the heated AI race among tech companies.

If there is no doctor in the house, Amazon’s Alexa will soon be able to summon one.

The company received government approval to put more than 3,200 satellites into orbit with the goal of beaming internet service to earth. Amazon said the satellites could provide internet to parts of the world that don't have it. It could also become a new business for Amazon, selling internet service to people or companies. Amazon said it will spend $10 billion on the initiative, called Project Kuiper. Other companies have already put satellites into orbit, including SpaceX, the rocket company owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.