Software AI Amazon adds emotional responses to Alexa As well as 'Speaking Styles' By Cohen Coberly, November 27, 2019, 2:02 PM
Tech Culture Police turn to Alexa in murder case Did the smart speaker hear a homicide? By Rob Thubron, November 5, 2019, 5:20 AM
Security Electronics SRLabs finds new smart speaker vulnerabilities that turn them into spying devices The same technique can be used to trick users into revealing their password By Cal Jeffrey, October 21, 2019, 3:12 PM
Electronics Tech Culture You can now apply for a job at McDonald's using Alexa and Google Assistant Thanks to the company's Apply Thru scheme By Rob Thubron, September 30, 2019, 5:20 AM
Electronics Amazon's 'Certified for Humans' program makes smart homes more accessible to tech novices Using the power of Alexa By Cohen Coberly, September 25, 2019, 6:42 PM
Electronics Amazon's 3rd-gen Echo features a new design and better audio At the same $99 price point By Cohen Coberly, September 25, 2019, 5:36 PM
Electronics Amazon announces high-end Echo Studio smart speaker Apple and Sonos should be worried By Shawn Knight, September 25, 2019, 2:04 PM 8 comments
Mobile Amazon can now sell you a Sony Xperia 1 with built-in Alexa Sony is now looking towards smart home owners for selling its flagship at a discounted price of $850 By Humza Aamir, August 15, 2019, 8:55 AM
Tech Culture Industry Opinion: The contradictory state of AI Less magic, more grunt work By Bob O'Donnell, July 23, 2019, 12:08 PM 8 comments
Gaming St. Noire is a murder mystery board game driven by Alexa The game is the brainchild of Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell By Cal Jeffrey, July 18, 2019, 5:18 PM
Security Alexa transcripts may persist even after deleted, Amazon reveals in letter to Senator Transcripts may remain, even when "deleted" By Shawn Knight, July 3, 2019, 12:05 PM
Tech Culture Electronics Voice assistant adoption rates are lower than previously thought Nearly half of those surveyed never use a voice assistant By Shawn Knight, June 17, 2019, 12:07 PM 31 comments
Electronics Amazon patent would let Alexa listen to and record conversations without wake word To enable more natural voice commands By Rob Thubron, May 24, 2019, 6:56 AM 7 comments
The Web Facebook is reportedly working on an Alexa rival Facebook tried this back in 2015 and failed By David Matthews, April 18, 2019, 7:38 AM
Electronics AI Thousands of Amazon workers are listening to your Alexa conversations Human reviewers are used to improve the AI By Rob Thubron, April 11, 2019, 8:52 AM 18 comments
Electronics Amazon's Echo 'Song ID' feature tells you the name of songs before they play Alexa gets a bit closer to to being a personal DJ By Cohen Coberly, March 6, 2019, 3:49 PM
Electronics The Web Amazon has discontinued its Dash buttons Modern technology made them obsolete By Rob Thubron, March 1, 2019, 5:25 AM
Software Electronics Amazon opens up its Alexa Skills store, letting anyone publish their own skills Make anyone's Alexa device do more than set timers and turn the lights on and off By Dean Pennington, February 15, 2019, 1:08 PM
Electronics Industry Opinion: The voice assistant war, what if nobody wins? By Bob O'Donnell, January 15, 2019, 11:57 AM 11 comments
Electronics Industry Smart speaker adoption nearly doubled over the last year Alexa leads the way by a longshot By Greg Synek, December 28, 2018, 12:38 PM 25 comments
Electronics Industry Google takes the gold in annual smart speaker IQ test Google's smart speaker is likely to return a correct answer most often By Shawn Knight, December 21, 2018, 10:56 AM 8 comments
Tech Culture Amazon employee error shares thousands of Alexa recordings with a random user Alexa, who did you share my voice recordings with? By Greg Synek, December 20, 2018, 10:08 AM
Electronics The Web Amazon is getting its IoT on with the $30 Echo Wall Clock Silly or brilliant? By Isaiah Mayersen, December 16, 2018, 1:03 PM 20 comments
Apple Industry Apple Music has finally arrived on Amazon Echo smart speakers A rare example of industry cooperation By Cohen Coberly, December 14, 2018, 6:10 PM
Electronics AI Amazon launches 'Alexa Answers,' letting select customers answer questions for the AI Your words could come out of Alexa's mouth By Cohen Coberly, December 6, 2018, 4:31 PM