Amazon announces Fire TV Cube
Combines Echo with Fire TV for US $119.99
Amazon has officially announced the Fire TV Cube, a small cube which combines Echo with Fire TV to bring, what Amazon calls, the first hands-free media player with Alexa.
Tower of Babel grows as Roku has its say
Help me, help me!
Roku will introduce a voice assistant with its technology later this year, entering what's getting to be a crowded space packed with the likes of Amazon, Google, Apple and more.
Amazon to touch your soul with Echo speaker
Premium videoconferencing unit may arrive tomorrow
According to a recent headline from the Wall Street Journal, Amazon is on track to reveal a touchscreen-powered version of its highly popular Echo smart home speaker as early as tomorrow.
Alexa is too sexy for most
Sad story of the day
A quarter of people have such lonely and miserable lives they want to have sex with their Amazon assistant.
Samsung Bixby to fight Siri, Alexa and Assistant
Google assistant look alike for the Galaxy S8
Samsung is only a week away from the official announcement of its Galaxy S8 phone and the company officially shared that the new Samsung devices will get a new intelligent interface. The Korean mobile giant is using a rather questionable name, Bixby.
Amazon's Alexa apparently works for the CIA
Device shuts down after being asked about federal connection
In light of recent revelations that the Central Intelligence Agency has been keeping thousands of zero-day technology exploits at its disposal for public surveillance purposes, the Amazon voice-activated assistant known as Alexa has now come out into the light and revealed her potential involvement with the intelligence group’s covert operations.
Amazon will hand over Echo audio data in murder case
Warrant request was made for audio recordings on company's servers
Thanks to a proper demonstration of First Amendment rights by consent of a defendant to release information obtained under a warrant, Amazon has now repositioned its stance on a November 2015 murder case and has agreed to release audio recordings originating from an Echo device during the incident.
Turn off your telly if you use Alexa
You could end up ordering something you don’t want
Amazon’s Alexa seems to have a bit of problem playing nice with televisions.
Ford to expand in-car Alexa use
You can have an AI so long as it's black
Ford Motor wants to expand the use of Amazon's Alexa personal assistant in its vehicles to allow drivers to talk to their cars.
AT&T customers can now text using Amazon's Alexa
Companies also form retail partnership
This Saturday, American AT&T mobile customers will be able to send text messages at home and in the workplace using Amazon’s cylindrical and hockey puck-shaped Echo devices.