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Amazon gives customers a way to immediately delete Alexa voice recordings — here’s how to do it

Privacy was front-and-center for Amazon at the company’s big devices and services event this week. The most noteworthy privacy-related announcement… Read More

Amazon unveils spherical Echo speakers, flying indoor security camera, and cloud gaming service

Amazon unveiled a new lineup of spherical Echo devices, an autonomous flying indoor Ring security camera, a new cloud gaming… Read More

Bamboo launches English learning voice app for Alexa, partners with TAF to help kids in need

Seattle startup Bamboo Learning today launched its first voice-based education app for English Language Arts and announced partnerships to help… Read More

Amazon rolls out new Alexa development features to expand capabilities of voice tech interactions

Amazon announced 31 new features for its Alexa voice platform, aiming to help developers increase usage and engagement of their… Read More

Amazon adds hands-free voice activation to Alexa app, and gives users initial choice to opt in or out

Amazon is adding hands-free activation to its Alexa apps for iOS and Android, giving users the option to say “Alexa”… Read More

Amazon Alexa leader: COVID-19 has sparked ‘a huge increase in the use of voice in the home’

The COVID-19 crisis is speeding up the adoption of various technologies as people work remotely and spend more time at… Read More

Amazon and Techstars revamp Alexa Accelerator to help later-stage companies, unveil new cohort

Amazon and Techstars on Wednesday unveiled the seven companies participating in Alexa Next Stage, its voice tech startup program originally… Read More

Amazon teams with Zynga for an Alexa-enabled version of popular game ‘Words With Friends’

Amazon is teaming with Zynga to bring a voice-enabled version of the interactive entertainment company’s popular game “Words With Friends”… Read More

How Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is changing its tone during the pandemic

Alexa, do I need a coronavirus test? That’s a query that almost certainly was not in the repertoire for Amazon’s… Read More

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A glimpse of the future at CES: Celebs, parallel reality, and next-gen toilets at the big tech show

CES is becoming less of a place where companies unveil game-changing products, and more where they show attention-grabbing ideas. That’s… Read More

Tech’s extraordinary decade: What mattered most in the past 10 years of innovation

What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn,… Read More

Amazon’s top 10 Alexa skills for 2019 show broader ambitions amid questions about growth

Amazon has established itself as a smart home leader, with its digital assistant Alexa powering and controlling everything from speakers,… Read More

Be cool, Alexa … actor Samuel L. Jackson now voices the weather and more for Amazon

“I’m in the cloud, baby!” Only Samuel L. Jackson, the longtime Hollywood star with a distinct voice and vocabulary, could… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa can now order prescription refills and remind people to take their medicine

Amazon’s digital brain Alexa can now refill prescriptions via voice command and remind people to take their medicine, the latest… Read More

Alexa in every light switch? Amazon reduces requirements for voice controls in small devices

Amazon is releasing a new integration designed to help hardware makers build its Alexa voice assistant directly into smaller devices,… Read More

Oh, Christmas tree, even you are turned on by Amazon and Alexa … and it might be pretty cool

Forget the WAR ON CHRISTMAS and whatever color the Starbucks holiday cup is this year. Big tech is coming for… Read More

Alexa, who’s laughing now? Five years after debut, Amazon’s voice assistant defies early critics

If you woke up this morning and said anything to Amazon’s Alexa, hopefully “happy birthday” was in there somewhere, as… Read More

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Meet the hacker professor who’s saving lives with smart devices and sonar

Shyam Gollakota has come a long way since his first day as a university undergraduate. “I didn’t know how to… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers make futuristic baby monitors from smart speakers

Alexa could soon be the ultimate baby monitor. Researchers at the University of Washington created a speaker system that is… Read More

Amazon Alexa Accelerator Demo Night: Read about the 8 startups that pitched voice-related tech

Amazon’s voice technology has made some big leaps over the past two years — and so have the startups participating… Read More

How Amazon’s biggest flop paved the way for one of the company’s most important pillars

A few years ago Amazon was putting the finishing touches on two important pieces of hardware that came out within… Read More

Amazon considered stricter privacy settings after criticism over handling of voice recordings

After it faced public backlash against the practice of using people to review voice recordings from Alexa devices, Amazon gave… Read More

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Amazon expands Alexa’s horizons while attempting to alleviate consumer privacy concerns

Amazon announced a long list of new Echo and Alexa products and initiatives this week — from smart glasses to… Read More

Why Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sees new opportunity in the yard, on the sidewalk, and beyond

Alexa is finally moving out of the house. That was the underlying theme of Amazon’s annual hardware and services unveiling… Read More

Alexa will sync podcasts with smartphone apps, letting listeners pick up where they left off

Updated below with additional information. Almost lost amid the flurry of announcements from Amazon’s devices and services team Wednesday was… Read More

Everything Amazon announced at its devices event — Echo Buds, Echo Frames, Echo Studio, and more

Editor’s note: Read on for our real-time updates from Amazon’s event. The company published its own rundown of the products announced… Read More

Amazon unveils voice interoperability initiative with more than 30 companies — but not Google or Apple

Amazon announced a big partnership on Tuesday called the Voice Interoperability Initiative, taking a stand on how it believes voice… Read More

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A reckoning for the gig economy: Why Amazon and Uber are facing new scrutiny over contract workers

From package delivery to ride-hailing, companies including Amazon and Uber are facing new scrutiny over their use of contract workers… Read More

Amazon to let anyone supply Alexa with answers; company promises safeguards against abuse

Amazon today opened up its Alexa Answers program, which lets humans supply answers to queries that the digital brain can’t… Read More

Amazon announces new Fire TV devices, including first smart soundbar and more powerful Cube

Amazon’s desire to power your television-viewing experience through its array of Fire TV devices took another step forward on Wednesday… Read More