Alexa is finally moving out of the house. That was the underlying theme of Amazon’s annual hardware and services unveiling in Seattle this week, as the company put its voice… Read More
Updated below with additional information. Almost lost amid the flurry of announcements from Amazon’s devices and services team Wednesday was this intriguing tidbit for podcast listeners in a post about… Read 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 today at its blog and via press release. Update, 11:20… Read More
Amazon announced a big partnership on Tuesday called the Voice Interoperability Initiative, taking a stand on how it believes voice services should work across different devices and digital assistants. The… Read More
From package delivery to ride-hailing, companies including Amazon and Uber are facing new scrutiny over their use of contract workers to power the services they provide to consumers. California is… Read More
Amazon today opened up its Alexa Answers program, which lets humans supply answers to queries that the digital brain can’t yet comprehend, to everyone. Alexa Answers first launched late last… Read More
Amazon’s desire to power your television-viewing experience through its array of Fire TV devices took another step forward on Wednesday with the announcement of a new smart soundbar, a second-generation… Read More
Siri won’t be so sneaky about snooping anymore. That’s the gist of a new policy announcement and accompanying apology from Apple this morning. It’s a move that could pressure its… Read More
Alex and Alexa — it’s a match made in geek heaven. Amazon’s recent sponsorship of the popular television quiz show “Jeopardy” comes with some prime-time product placement for the tech… Read More
If only we could do this with certain people in our lives! Alexa will speak up to two times slower or four times faster than normal with a new capability… Read More
Amazon became the latest tech giant to let users of its voice assistant opt out of human review of their voice recordings, after similar announcements from Apple and Google. The… Read More
Amazon is spending more cash to hire top technical workers in key growth areas as the Seattle company competes for talent in a tight labor market. Amazon’s headcount rose 13… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa Accelerator is up and running for the third consecutive year as another batch of early stage startups test the boundaries of voice technology. Nine startups from across the… Read More
Amazon’s hardware R&D teams are keeping busy, as the tech giant is reportedly working on a pair of intriguing new projects out of its secretive Lab126 group in Sunnyvale, Calif.:… Read More
The UK’s National Health Service is making Alexa available to millions of patients in another sign that voice technology is here to stay in healthcare. The nationalized healthcare system announced… Read More
Seattle-based digital health startup Saykara wants to free clinicians from the mountains of paperwork that await them at the end of the day. The company’s solution is Kara, a virtual… Read More
Peek into a random hospital room in the U.S. today, and you might see something that makes you cynical about technology. The classic scene is of a provider talking with… Read More
For years, fixtures in the Bay Area tech industry have been migrating to Seattle in search of comparable jobs with a lower cost of living. But as far as we… Read More
I pretty much rely on Amazon’s Alexa to tell me the weather for the day, read some headlines and play a little music. This week, the digital voice assistant provided… Read More
At the onset of a heart attack, people often have a few telltale symptoms: pain in the chest or arm, heartburn, shortness of breath. But only one of these is… Read More
Amazon will let developers build premium Alexa content directed at kids with an expansion of its in-skill purchasing feature. The company last year debuted in-skill purchasing, which lets developers sell… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa is the target of a pair of lawsuits that allege the voice assistant violates laws in nine states by illegally storing recordings of children on devices such as… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant will soon get savvier about juggling its thousands of skills — starting with arranging all the elements for a night out. Cross-skill action… Read More
Amazon is stepping up its privacy options for its voice assistant and digital brain Alexa, as tech giants look to give users more control over data to assuage widespread privacy… Read More
Voice assistants are coming to the hospital. Last month, Amazon Alexa announced a new skill that made the platform compliant with HIPAA, a set of privacy rules that govern patient… Read More
Amazon is reportedly working on a health and wellness device that is worn on the wrist and can read human emotions, according to a Bloomberg report that referenced internal documents… Read More
Amazon has counted on others to spread Alexa everywhere — first developers, then device makers, and most recently everyone else. It’s been about a year since Amazon unveiled Alexa Skill… Read More
Phone, keys, wallet. Oh, and AirPods. It’s happened to me, and I bet it’s happened to you too. The trio of daily accessories I stuff into my pockets has become… Read More
As big tech companies vie for a slice of the $3.5 trillion spent by Americans on healthcare each year, analysts at Morgan Stanley have a bold proposal: Work together. In… Read More
Amazon Web Services plans to launch a certification program Tuesday that will give developers building so-called “skills” for its Echo digital assistants a way to verify their abilities. The AWS… Read More