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Alexa switches on and decides to have a party so loud the police came
The future belongs to AI-powered devices that will play music and party on their own when we're not there. SEE ALSO: …
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Amazon teaches Alexa Japanese for Echo's next destination
Amazon's Echo, Plus and Dot speakers will finally be available in Japan starting next week. To prepare for the devices…
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Amazon has some pretty sweet Black Friday discounts for its gadgets
Looking for discounts on Amazon's own family of gadgets during Black Friday ? Good, because the online retailer's…
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Amazon Echo update doesn’t forget the bass
Amazon's been listening. Not just to your every word (waiting for you say "Alexa"), but also to the widespre…
Smart Home
Here's a Rare Chance to Save on the Alexa-Packing Ecobee4 Thermostat
While not nearly as ubiquitous as Nest’s Learning Thermostats, Ecobee’s smart thermostats one-up the competition by pairi…
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Interactive fiction for smart speakers is the BBC's latest experiment
Smart home speakers have quickly become the hot gadget people didn't know they wanted. They can answer your movie triv…
Home Assistants
Amazon celebrates Alexa's third birthday with these deals
Amazon's voice-powered digital assistant Alexa just turned three, so the company is acknowledging its three years of e…
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Alexa will help you order gadgets and gear from Best Buy
In an odd turn for retail cooperation, Best Buy is now available on Alexa, Amazon's voice-powered digital assistant. S…
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Oprah will be Alexa’s first celebrity-voiced shopping assistant
Alexa is getting its first celebrity voice. To go along with the Oprah's Favorite Things storefront on Amazon, users o…
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Talk to Pikachu through your Amazon Echo or Google Home
Pikachu is virtually inescapable in the tech world, and that includes the smart speaker in your living room. The Pok&…
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Google Assistant for Android now supports Spanish and Italian
Google announced today that its virtual assistant will now support two new languages -- Spanish for users in the US, Mexic…
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Amazon Echo Plus review: Alexa, is this all you've got?
Amazon's new $100 Echo is a disappointment for anyone who looking to upgrade from the original model. Sure, it's n…
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IKEA’s smart lighting officially supports HomeKit
After what seems like an eternity (for IKEA and HomeKit fans, at least), the Swedish furniture maker has added support for…
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Hello Aibo, goodbye Alexa: Sony turns robot dog into AI assistant
That robotic dog you wanted as a kid is back. And sadly, it's just as expensive. Sony had announced that after more th…
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Schlage Sense now unlocks itself with an Alexa voice command
You can already unlock Schlage's Sense smart deadbolt with your voice through Siri, but you now have another choice if…
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