Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most smartphones have a built-in ...

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Amazon’s redesign has made the shopping list feature mostly unusable, so I’ve switched to Apple’s Reminders. Amazon’s redesign has made the shopping list feature mostly unusable, so I’ve switched to ...

Voice assistants such as Alexa are often marketed as smart tools that streamline everyday life. But once the technology moves into people's homes, interest quickly fades. This is shown by new research ...

Amazon is reportedly planning an AI content marketplace to connect publishers with developers, escalating competition with Microsoft’s licensing platform.

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

OpenAI's AI models could help power Amazon's digital assistant Alexa and other internal projects, CNBC confirmed. The collaboration is being discussed as part of Amazon's ongoing talks to invest up to ...

William Tunstall-Pedoe founded True Knowledge, later Evi, which Amazon acquired to build Alexa. He left Amazon in 2016 after almost four years at the tech giant to re-enter the startup world. He used ...

Alexa Plus is now available to everyone in the US, following an early access period that's been running since the new AI-powered assistant was announced in February 2025. Alexa Plus is an evolution of ...

If you're sick of robotic AI assistants, Alexa+ promises to provide more human-like interactions. We'll have to see how that pans out, but Amazon just removed the "early access" tags from Alexa+ and ...

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