Amazon is developing a new Alexa AI project codenamed Moonraker to handle complex, multistep tasks, but internal documents reveal it is one of the most expensive initiatives, with projected GPU costs …
A California mother was scammed out of $5,400 after AI voice-cloning technology mimicked her daughter's voice in a fake kidnapping. Researchers have found that voices similar to one's own are more per…
Google released its first smart speaker in six years, the Google Home Speaker, powered by the Gemini assistant, but early impressions suggest the product feels unfinished and fails to deliver a smart …
Amazon faces higher costs under a renegotiated token-based pricing contract with Anthropic, prompting the e-commerce giant to explore alternatives including a potential deal with OpenAI. The tensions …
Amazon has discounted the Samsung 55-inch Frame Pro QLED TV to its lowest-ever price of $1,267.99, down from $1,497.99, saving shoppers $230. The 2026 model features Neo QLED technology, a glare-free …
Amazon is heavily promoting its AI assistants, Alexa and Rufus, during Prime Day to transform the shopping experience, but early evidence shows shoppers are using them more as fact-checkers than compa…
Amazon will let users design merchandise by speaking to Alexa, with direct-to-garment printing and Prime shipping, but author Steve Berry criticizes the trend, arguing that AI-generated designs strip …
A developer with over two decades of experience in technology describes how artificial intelligence has become an invisible infrastructure in daily life, citing practical use cases such as LLM-based p…
Amazon launched Alexa+ Agentic Ads during Cannes Lions and Prime Day, allowing customers to make purchases via voice commands on Echo Show devices, but users and tech reporters have criticized the inc…
Amazon is offering the 83-inch Samsung S95F OLED TV at its lowest ever price of $1,200 off MSRP in an early Prime Day deal. The 2025 flagship TV features a glare-free OLED panel, NQ4 AI Gen3 processor…
Amazon moved Prime Day 2026 to June 23-26, breaking from its July tradition, as it rolls out Alexa for Shopping to replace Rufus and shift product discovery from search to AI-powered conversations. Th…
Apple's WWDC 2026 showcased a re-architected operating system integrating intent-based AI across all platforms, fulfilling Siri's original vision from 13 years ago. The success of Apple Intelligence h…
Amazon is offering a Mandalorian & Grogu Ultimate Fan Bundle that includes two Echo Dot smart speakers with officially licensed collectible stands, priced at a 21% discount for Prime members. The bund…
Amazon has dropped the Insignia 50-inch F50 4K Fire TV to $159.99, a 47% discount from its usual $299.99 price, as part of early Prime Day deals. The budget-friendly smart TV offers 4K HDR, built-in F…
Amazon's lead UX Sound Designer for the Astro home robot reveals how the team chose to give the robot its own character rather than treating it as Alexa on wheels, shaping its emotional range and non-…
AI voice clones are up to 20% more intelligible than real human voices in noisy environments, according to a study published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Researchers at Univers…
Amazon is offering an early Prime Day deal on the Sonos Arc Ultra soundbar, reducing its price from $1,099 to $899, a savings of $200. The 9.1.4-channel Dolby Atmos soundbar features AI-powered speech…
The Connectivity Standard Alliance announced Matter 1.6, an update to the smart home standard aimed at improving device compatibility across platforms like Apple Home, Google Home, and Alexa. The upda…
The Conversation published an article by Clara Macarena Ponce Romero on June 17, 2026, warning that young children's routine interactions with voice-based AI like Alexa and Siri may affect language de…
Amazon has dropped the Echo Spot to $45, its lowest price this year, as part of an early Prime Day deal. The 44% discount brings the smart alarm clock and home hub down from its regular $80 list price…