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amazon wants to put Alexa on your PC lenovo is talking with amazon on how the voice assistant Alexa can be used on its computers Lenovo executives shared the news with CNET but didn't provide more details Amazon clearly wants Alexa to grow beyond the echo smart speaker hubs letting you talk to it from any device but it won't be the first digital assistant to make its way to pcs Microsoft's Cortana is now also on Windows 10 pcs and Siri is also coming to Mac computers and a software update later this year computer makers are looking for new ways to get people interested in buying more pcs because worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall 7.2 percent this year that's according to research group IDC and not only is lenovo talking to Amazon to spice things up but it also just unveiled the new $500 yoga book laptop that has an all touchscreen keyboard and because it's a touchscreen it can turn into other tools like a drawing pad with no real keyboard can we even still call it a laptop if it's not a nightmare for typing it could become a new trend in laptops but it is not the first time laptop makers have experimented with replacing the clickity-clack keys with a touchscreen Acer had a 14 inch dual screen laptop way back in 2011 it was called the Iconia that's it for this tech news update I'm Bridget Carey and you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet.com slash you