‘Lord of the Rings’ show on Amazon could be the most expensive TV series ever
Online streaming services fight tooth and nail to win over subscribers, which is why we weren’t especially surprised to learn that Amazon is spent a …
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Alexa’s new Brief Mode will make your Amazon Echo far less talkative
If you’re tired of Alexa chiming in with a verbal confirmation every time you ask her to do something for you, you’re going to want …
Walmart adds grocery delivery in 100 cities as the war with Amazon heats up
Walmart has announced plans to bring its online grocery delivery service to 100 cities and 800 Walmart stores by the end of the year. If …
Amazon rewards Twitch Prime members with free games every month
If you’ve got an Amazon Prime account, then you absolutely have to link it to your Twitch account right now, as Amazon will throw plenty …
Amazon is recalling six battery packs due to fire risk
Amazon has issued a voluntary recall of six AmazonBasics portable battery chargers due to overheating, The Verge reports. The power banks, sold between December 2014 and July …
Jimmy Kimmel explains Amazon Alexa’s creepy, hysterical laughing problem
Amazon’s voice assistant that’s built into Echo devices and other smart electronics from other vendors misbehaved at least a couple of times recently. After going …
A $150 HomePod might launch later this year
Apple’s shiny new HomePod was met with a decidedly tepid response when it finally launched last month. Whether the high price, unfinished features, or furniture-destroying …
Yes, Alexa is creepily laughing at you, but Amazon says a fix is coming
In what sounds like the beginning of an especially creepy episode of Black Mirror, Amazon Echo owners have begun to report that Alexa is laughing …
Amazon is offering discounted Prime to Medicaid recipients
If you’re a low-income American on Medicaid, shopping online might be the least of your worries. Nonetheless, Amazon will offer Medicaid members a reduced Amazon …
Amazon’s two-hour Whole Foods deliveries are coming to more cities
Amazon is rolling out free two-hour delivery of Whole Foods products to San Francisco and Atlanta, bringing the total number of cities where grocery delivery …
Amazon is coming for your checking account next
Since starting life as a way to buy books online, Amazon has grown the scope of its operations at incredible speed. The bookshop will now …
Amazon’s Alexa is down for everyone right now
Amazon’s Alexa AI assistant is down for countless users this morning. While the company has yet to issue any kind of official notice or response, …
Amazon could beat Apple to be the world’s first trillion-dollar company
Thanks to a surging stock market and the ever-onwards march of inflation, analysts are predicting that 2018 might be the year that a company finally …
Amazon just made shopping at Whole Foods even cheaper for Prime members
Amazon has announced the latest phase in its push to get Prime members into Whole Foods, and it’s good news for anyone who already has …
Amazon will launch its own delivery service to compete with FedEx, UPS
Amazon may be a one stop shop for home goods, electronics, furniture, clothing and more, but in order to actually get items to your home, …
Amazon introduces free Whole Foods grocery delivery for Prime members
Amazon announced on Thursday that it will begin delivering groceries from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now in four US cities today. Amazon Prime subscribers …
Amazon is removing lockscreen ads from Prime Exclusive Phones – and charging an extra $20
Amazon will remove lockscreen ads from its Prime Exclusive Phones on Wednesday, February 7th. Going forward, new phones from the program will ship without lockscreen …
Amazon patents bracelets that can monitor the hands of a warehouse worker
Amazon this week has been issued two patents for a bracelet that can track the movements of a warehouse worker’s hands in real time. First …
Take a photo tour of the new indoor tropical forest in Amazon’s $4 billion urban campus
Amazon’s upcoming new second corporate headquarters might be the biggest story surrounding Amazon’s expansion plans right now, but HQ2 isn’t the only exciting new building …
Apple is giving one of its forgotten apps an overhaul in order to compete with Amazon
Years after being found guilty in a high-profile e-book price-fixing case, Apple appears to be ready to make a renewed push into the digital book …
Amazon’s high-tech automated grocery store of the future is also super creepy
Amazon is ready to deliver another blow to retail stores, in the form of a grocery store that’s so high-tech that it doesn’t need cashiers …
Amazon raises monthly Prime subscription price from $10.99 to $12.99
If you pay for Amazon Prime month-to-month rather than on a yearly basis, your budget is about to take a hit. On Friday, the online …
Amazon and Google want their smart speakers in your home, no matter how much it costs them
Amazon and Google are fierce enemies in a new business: Smart speakers. Amazon’s Echo has a clear lead on Google Home, and Apple’s HomePod delay …
Amazon just revealed the most popular Prime items of 2017
To say that Amazon had an incredibly successful 2017 would be something of an understatement. Not only did its share price increase by a whopping …
How to play YouTube videos on Amazon devices now that Google blocks them
It’s January 2018, which means you already need to fix a major tech problem, one that you knew was coming. Google announced about a month …
YouTube has been deactivated on the Fire TV, but Amazon already has a fix
Amazon has deactivated the YouTube app on the company’s Fire TV sticks four days ahead of schedule. According to FastCompany, Amazon pulled a “you can’t fire …
Apple has lost the smart speaker war before it even began
Apple a few weeks ago announced that its expensive HomePod smart speaker wasn’t going to be ready for a late 2017 launch, as promised initially, …
Cord-cutters are about to get cable’s last big exclusive
Cord-cutting might be gutting the profits from the cable industry as we speak, but there’s still one last big club that cable companies have to …
Here are the most popular products from Amazon’s ‘biggest ever’ holiday season
With the 2017 holiday shopping season now firmly behind us, Amazon has a lot to smile about. Earlier today, the online retailing giant issued a …
Amazon has bought smart doorbell company Blink
Amazon has acquired Blink, a company that makes smart home camera and doorbell products, the company announced today. Blink hasn’t been around for long — …
