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That’s smart, and cute: Friends create stuffed animals to dress up Amazon and Google speakers

That smart speaker in your home could serve as the base for another smart — and adorable — idea if… Read More

Super Bowl looks like a pity party for the robots as ads show us the sad side of artificial intelligence

Oh, the poor, poor robots and smart devices. One minute we’re supposed to be scared that they’re coming for our… Read More

This voice-activated alarm clock from Lenovo is Google’s answer to Amazon’s Echo Spot

It’s the Echo Spot vs. Lenovo Smart Clock. Google today at CES unveiled a new nightstand alarm clock built in… Read More

Amazon reveals number of Alexa devices sold as smart speaker competition heats up

Amazon says more than 100 million Alexa-powered devices have been sold, a figure that shows the company’s early lead in… Read More

Sonos Beam

Sonos confident in Alexa partnership despite competition from Amazon in smart speakers

Amazon and Sonos are more friends than enemies, according to a top executive with the smart speaker company. Sonos has… Read More

Sonos Beam

Alexa, play this ad for the Sonos Beam, which makes all other smart speakers just look dumb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ2eUw6dG60 You might not need another smart speaker in your house, but a smart-aleck commercial about not-so-smart speakers is worth… Read More

Baidu

Tech giant Baidu chasing AI innovation with new products that utilize ‘the Alexa of China’

LAS VEGAS — Harnessing the power of data generated by a population of 1.38 billion people — 1.1 billion of… Read More

Samsung is reportedly developing a voice-controlled speaker to compete with Amazon Echo

Another day, another tech titan developing a smart speaker. A new report from The Wall Street Journal claims Samsung is… Read More

Report: Top Amazon rival Alibaba is about to launch an Echo competitor

Alibaba, the China-based e-commerce giant determined to go toe-to-toe with Amazon, is coming out with its answer to the Echo… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up: Apple HomePod, iOS 11 and all the important stuff from WWDC

The keynote speech at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference was 2-and-a-half hours long, but they packed a world’s worth of… Read More

Burger King commercial manipulates Google devices to describe the Whopper

When it comes to marketing ploys, this one’s a whopper. Burger King has launched an ad campaign that uses Google’s… Read More

Google CEO on competition with Amazon Echo and Alexa: Don’t count us out yet

Amazon is still reaping the benefits of its early lead in home voice technology, thanks to its Echo smart speaker… Read More

Amazon poised to dominate CES, thanks to Alexa and Dash integrations

Amazon doesn’t even have its own CES booth, but the Seattle-based tech giant promises to be one of the biggest stories at the… Read More

Amazon Echo sales reach 5M in two years, research firm says, as Google competitor enters market

Amazon’s Echo device has reached a sales milestone, with a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners estimating that the… Read More

Watch out, Amazon: Google set to launch Echo competitor at event Tuesday

Google is poised to launch its Amazon Echo challenger at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, according to reports from… Read More

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