Articles about Ring

Ring cancels Flock partnership amid broader surveillance concerns

Ring has canceled its planned partnership with Flock Safety, the license-plate-recognition company, citing integration challenges, amid growing scrutiny of the role of home security cameras in surveillance and law enforcement. Read More

What Ring’s ‘Search Party’ actually does, and why its Super Bowl ad gave people the creeps

Ring’s Super Bowl ad for its AI-powered lost-dog feature was meant to be heartwarming. Instead, it set off a firestorm over privacy, surveillance, and what the technology could be used for next. Here’s what it actually does. Read More

Super Bowl tech ad roundup: Al can kill you — or help find your lost dog

rtificial intelligence is taking over the Super Bowl LX commercials much like the technology is taking over our lives. And that’s a good thing if your dog has gone missing. Or a bad thing if you’re paranoid about Alexa bringing the garage door down on your neck. Read More

Ring around the parking lot: Amazon’s security company unveils a $5,000 surveillance trailer

Amazon’s Ring is taking its home-security technology into the parking lot with a $5,000 solar-powered surveillance trailer aimed at construction sites, retail centers, and outdoor events — a move that puts the doorbell maker into more direct competition with commercial security providers. Read More

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Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on failure, reinvention, and his second act at Amazon

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff joins the GeekWire Podcast to discuss his journey from Shark Tank rejection to a billion-dollar Amazon acquisition, and how he’s reinventing himself and the business in the age of AI. Read More

‘Too dumb to fail’: Ring founder Jamie Siminoff promises gritty startup lessons in upcoming book

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is sharing the unfiltered story of his startup journey — from Shark Tank rejection to Amazon’s $1 billion acquisition — in an upcoming book promising lessons on grit, failure, and persistence. Read More

Amazon’s new Alexa and AI features will play doorman, recap Kindle books, and find lost dogs

Amazon unveiled a new lineup of Echo, Kindle, Ring, Fire TV and Blink devices, with artificial intelligence as the common thread. Highlights include Kindle recaps, Ring’s lost-dog “Search Party,” and Alexa+ features that turn the voice assistant into a virtual doorman and entertainment guide. Read More

Seattle Police Dept. launches new registry to pull private camera footage for investigations

Seattle wants to tap into residential security camera footage to aid police investigations. The Seattle Police Department recently launched Connect… Read More

Tech Moves: Ring CEO lands at AllTrails; former AWS CEO joins KKR as advisor; and more

— Elizabeth “Liz” Hamren is now CEO of AllTrails, a company that connects people with outdoor experiences through trail and… Read More

Amazon’s Ring expands into smoke detectors with integration into new Kidde devices

Ring, the Amazon-owned video doorbell and home security company, is branching out into smoke and carbon monoxide detection through a… Read More

Apple puts Wyze and Ring in its sights with reported plans for new smart home security camera

Seattle-area smart-home device maker Wyze Labs and Amazon-owned Ring, among others, could be set to face new competition in the… Read More

Ring’s new premium AI feature makes video history searchable by keyword

Those raccoons are showing up at the back door way more than I knew. That’s my own takeaway after testing… Read More

Found a raccoon in the living room — now seeking a tech solution so it doesn’t happen again

Well, that was a fun morning! I woke up around 2:20 a.m. today to the sound of what turned out… Read More

Amazon discontinues Astro for Business robot security guard to focus on Astro home robot

Astro is leaving its job to spend more time with family. Amazon informed customers and employees Wednesday morning that it… Read More

Ring ends feature that let police ask users for videos via Neighbors app

Police and other public safety agencies will no longer be able to request and receive videos from users of Amazon’s… Read More

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‘Unfinished business’: Ring CEO Liz Hamren leads Amazon’s home monitoring products into the AI era

Liz Hamren has been CEO of Amazon’s Ring business for almost a year, as the successor in the role to… Read More

Amazon’s Ring names Xbox and Oculus vet Elizabeth Hamren as new CEO; founder Jamie Siminoff remains chief inventor

Five years after its acquisition by Amazon, smart doorbell and home security technology company Ring named a new CEO: Elizabeth… Read More

New TV show from MGM called ‘Ring Nation’ uses surveillance video footage from Ring cameras

[Samson Amore is a reporter for dot.LA] Comedian Wanda Sykes’ latest venture is turning video from your smart home network… Read More

Amazon Cloud Cam, 2017-2022: Tech giant pulls the plug on its homegrown security camera

Truth be told, it took me a while to find my old Amazon Cloud Cam at the bottom of a… Read More

Amazon’s Ring unveils $40 device that detects breaking glass, duplicating Echo feature

Ring, the Amazon-owned smart doorbell and home security tech company, announced a new sensor that promises to detect the sound… Read More

Amazon cancels on-site presence at CES, T-Mobile scales back due to Omicron concerns

Amazon is one of several big tech companies that have decided not to attend or exhibit at the International CES… Read More

Police now will have to make a public request for Ring doorbell videos, Amazon says

In an effort to lessen concerns about privacy and civil liberties, Amazon will require police departments seeking Ring doorbell video… Read More

Amazon Sidewalk launching in June with Tile trackers and others on shared network

Amazon announced Friday that Sidewalk, its neighborhood wireless network designed to provide connectivity to small Internet of Things (IoT) devices,… Read More

Ring recalls 350,000 video doorbells after reports of security devices catching fire

Ring, the Amazon-owned maker of smart home security equipment, is recalling 350,000 of its video doorbells after reports of the… Read More

Amazon disavows Mississippi police program that plans to use Ring cameras for real-time surveillance

Amazon is distancing itself from a pilot program launched by police in Jackson, Miss., that will use residents’ doorbell cameras… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s flying security camera, and Microsoft’s $7.5B gaming deal

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Ring, the Amazon-owned smart doorbell and security company, unveiled… Read More

Drone home: Amazon’s new Ring indoor security camera gives flight to new privacy concerns

Amazon drones will probably be zipping around outside your house to drop off packages before too long. But before that… Read More

‘Alexa, I’m being pulled over’: Amazon-owned Ring unveils new security devices for the car

Ring is coming to the car. The Amazon-owned company revealed new car security products and services as part of Amazon’s… Read More

Amazon’s Ring unveils updated video doorbell with improved security features and new solar charger

Six years after the launch of the original Ring video doorbell, the Amazon-owned company announced the next generation of its… Read More

House lawmakers question Ring about partnerships with police

Federal lawmakers are asking Amazon to provide details on Ring’s partnerships with local police dating back to 2013. The U.S.… Read More