Alexa

Amazon’s Alexa crashed on Christmas

Outage follows record-breaking sales for smart home assistants

On Dec 26, 2018 by Mikael Thalen

Alexa said ‘kill your foster parents,’ advised on sex acts in experiment

It wasn’t a glitch.

On Dec 21, 2018 by Samira Sadeque

Amazon says ‘human error’ let Alexa user hear 1,700 files from a stranger

Oops.

On Dec 20, 2018 by Samira Sadeque

Amazon’s Alexa will soon be available in your shower

The Aqua Dew is ‘the world’s first splashproof Alexa speaker.’

On Nov 1, 2018 by Mikael Thalen

This is Facebook’s first piece of hardware, Portal

Are you ready for a Facebook device to live in your home?

On Oct 8, 2018 by Christina Bonnington

University will put 2,300 Echo Dots in student dorms

Creepy or convenient?

On Aug 16, 2018 by Christina Bonnington

Alexa, are you spying on me?

Here’s what you need to know about the security of your smart speaker.

On Jul 30, 2018 by Ben Dickson

Researchers can now access your smart devices without you knowing it

Welcome to the dystopian future.

On May 12, 2018 by Tess Cagle

‘Star Wars’ commands are coming to Alexa for May the Fourth

In a cloud far, far away.

On May 2, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

All the Alexa tips and tricks you never knew you needed

Here’s everything you need to know to master Amazon’s virtual assistant.

On Apr 26, 2018 by Christina Bonnington

Amazon’s voice recognition patent would be the final blow to our privacy

The online marketplace claims it takes privacy seriously.

On Apr 4, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

1 in 5 U.S. adults have access to a smart speaker, study finds

Adoption has risen from 1 percent to 20 percent in two years.

On Mar 8, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

Amazon Alexa is making creepy sounds—and it’s scaring the heck out of people (updated)

This blood-curdling chuckle will haunt your dreams.

On Mar 6, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

Why a custom AI chip is such a big deal for Amazon Alexa

Alexa has a voice. Now she could have a brain.

On Feb 13, 2018 by Phillip Tracy

Amazon came up with an ingenious way to ensure your Echo doesn’t respond to its Super Bowl ad

This is quite clever.

On Feb 4, 2018 by Josh Katzowitz