GE is hoping that an Alexa-powered lamp will be the next lightbulb
Amazon seems to be the early winner of the home AI assistants market. The Alexa-based products are best sellers over on Amazon, and the company …
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Siri still sucks, and an Apple smart speaker won’t change that
In case you haven’t been keeping up with the Apple rumor mill this week, word on the street suggests that Apple is planning a standalone …
Please stop fantasizing about boning Alexa
A troubled writer falls in love with a voice-based, AI-powered, operating system, and the computer OS falls in love with the human. That’s not a …
Alexa adds Prime Now delivery option for peak laziness
The future is already here, folks: we finally get to talk to machines and tell them what to do, and that includes buying stuff online …
Amazon officially brings Alexa to the iPhone
There have been ways to get Alexa on your iPhone before, but now we have an official solution from Amazon to enjoy. If you’re not …
Get ready to make calls with Amazon’s Alexa
Amazon’s hugely popular Alexa virtual assistant is already everywhere, and given her similarities to Apple’s Siri and Google Assistant, it was only a matter of …
The Moto Z just scored a snap-on Alexa speaker, making all other phones jealous
Amazon’s Alexa is truly taking the world by storm, but since the company’s smartphone ambitions have hit a bit of a brick wall, the dream …
Amazon: Alexa’s speech is protected by the First Amendment
Should computerized virtual assistants enjoy the same constitutional protections that living, breathing humans do? Amazon thinks so, and it’s taking that position in regards to …
Alexa just became a virtual doctor
Alexa is useful for a great many things, from starting up a music playlist to talking you through a morning workout, so it should come …
Does Google have a voice problem?
Google’s parent company Alphabet on Thursday reported its financial performance for the fourth quarter of 2016, and the news wasn’t good. Alphabet missed Wall Street’s …
Amazon Echos mass-order dollhouses after local news clip
If you give young kids access to a high-tech Internet-connected device like an iPhone, history has shown that they’ll eventually figure out — or accidentally …
Alexa will soon be able to unlock your car and start your engine
Amazon doesn’t even have a formal presence at CES 2017 but you’d never know it by the number of times Alexa is being mentioned on …
Watch parents panic as a kid’s adorable Alexa request returns graphic pornography
Amazon’s Alexa will always do its best to make out what you’re trying to tell it, but when it comes to the adorable mumble of …
Google Home talking to Amazon Echo will entertain you all day long
Google and Amazon have the two best voice-enabled virtual home assistants in Google Home and Amazon Echo. Both devices were on sale through Black Friday and Cyber Monday, …
Amazon reportedly planning all-new Alexa device with massive touchscreen
Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant is still fairly new, but the company has already featured it in multiple products, from the Echo to the Tap, and even …
Developer hacked his Amazon Echo and replaced Alexa with a singing fish
Delivered just a few days before Halloween, a developer named Brian Kane last week modified his Amazon Echo by replacing the device’s sleek outer shell …
The new Amazon Fire TV Stick is better in every way
Right on the heels of Roku’s comprehensive hardware refresh, Amazon is updating one of its own streaming media players. On Wednesday, the online retailer revealed …
New Amazon Fire tablet brings Alexa everywhere with you
Amazon’s smart AI may have made its debut inside a Bluetooth speaker, but Amazon doesn’t plan a life of confinement for poor Alexa. The AI …
Alexa will now let you order over a million items from Amazon with your voice
Amazon kicked the home virtual assistant trend into overdrive a year ago when it launched the first Echo. Since then, Alexa—the voice service powering the …
Why Google Home has a lot of catching up to do
Amazon is quietly shaping the future of computing. The giant retailer created a popular voice-and cloud-based virtual assistant that’s smart enough to perform certain tasks …
Why Amazon’s Echo is better to talk to than Siri
Artificial intelligence and voice-based computing are likely two of the main components of the smart devices of the future, and Amazon’s surprisingly popular Echo is …
Amazon’s Echo listens to the radio, commits hostile takeover of a user’s home
Just days ago, Amazon expanded its lineup of Alexa-equipped devices with the debut of the Tap and the Echo Dot. The virtual assistant has been …
This heads-up display for your car comes equipped with Amazon’s Alexa
Although the idea of owning a car with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay might sound like a dream come true, it’s far too cost-prohibitive for …
