Amazon is urging a federal appeals court to reject users' request to revive claims that the company wrongly targeted ads to them based on their voice interactions with Alexa-enabled devices. In papers ...

Would you pay more for the ‘World’s best’ personal assistant, or get by with a free one that targets you with ads? Would you pay more for the ‘World’s best’ personal assistant, or get by with a free ...

We don’t talk about it much anymore because of the HomePod, but there was a time when Amazon was widely praised for its Echo devices and Apple was chastised for not competing in the burgeoning smart ...

It’s the end of another quarter, which means it’s time for yet another earnings call with concerning ideas for generating more revenue. This time around, it's Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who told ...

Amazon Echo Show owners are reporting an uptick in advertisements on their smart displays. The smart displays have also started showing ads for Alexa+, the new generative AI version of Amazon’s Alexa ...

Last week, Amazon's 2025 devices event debuted two new Echo smart speakers with Amazon's latest Alexa Plus (Alexa+) voice assistant. Now, Echo Show owners are reporting that its AI-powered updates ...

The question, once a whisper, has grown into a buzz: Will Amazon, in its pursuit of advertising dollars and dominance, soon embed ads within its Alexa voice assistant? The company’s recent moves ...

This weekend I received an email from a reader: “Maybe I’m going nuts, but I’ve had an Amazon Echo for three to four years, and until yesterday it did not feed me any commercials — I’d have noticed.

Amazon's huge voice assistant upgrade is conversational, connected and well-suited for Prime users. I enjoy it, but still ...