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 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 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 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
Apple Apple Music is being brought to Amazon's lineup of Echo devices Amazon is getting quite friendly with Apple By Greg Synek , November 30, 2018, 9:33 AM
Tech Culture Judge tells Amazon to hand over Echo recordings to murder case prosecutors Another murder trial involving an Echo device By Rob Thubron , November 14, 2018, 5:24 AM
Software You can now use Alexa on any Windows 10 PC Because one voice assistant just isn't enough By Cohen Coberly , November 8, 2018, 12:48 PM
Electronics Amazon rolls out 'Whisper Mode' for Alexa-powered devices Alexa will respond in kind By Cohen Coberly , October 18, 2018, 2:53 PM
Electronics Facebook may finally be ready with its competitor to Amazon's Echo Show Because Facebook needs more of your personal information By Greg Synek , September 21, 2018, 8:14 AM
Electronics Car Tech Amazon is bringing Alexa to your car with Echo Auto Alexa on the go By Shawn Knight , September 20, 2018, 3:33 PM
Electronics Amazon steps into the premium home audio game with the Echo Sub Amazon gets serious about home audio By Shawn Knight , September 20, 2018, 2:29 PM
Electronics Amazon's upgraded Echo Dot features a new look and improved audio The price will stay the same, though By Cohen Coberly , September 20, 2018, 1:55 PM