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

The Alexa.com website appears to be live for some users. The browser-based home for Alexa Plus, the company’s revamped ...

Our kids' room has its own routine. When we say, "Alexa, it's bedtime," their sound machine turns on (powered by a smart plug), their bedside lamp switches off, and their smart light strip turns on to ...

Amazon's new Echo Studio is one of two speakers that allow you to use Alexa Home Theater to its full potential. (Billy Steele ...

The City of Calgary has announced plans to convert nine more vacant office buildings into housing. That will lead to about 1,000 new homes in the downtown area. Stepbrother of woman who died on ...

Amazon's "Thank My Driver" program allows customers to show appreciation for their delivery drivers. Customers can thank their driver by using an Alexa-enabled device or through the Amazon app and ...

But I quickly discovered how limited these assistants are without the right cloud-based support. Then there's the fact that ...

If you have an Amazon Echo device, you know it responds to the wake word, "Alexa." But did you know it's always listening? And now, Amazon is making changes to how those recordings are handled, ...

The William Way LGBT Community Center will permanently close the doors to its longtime Center City home on Dec. 18, but leaders say programming will continue at other locations throughout the city.

If a mail account is compromised, hackers can not only read messages, but also reset passwords and take over other accounts. This makes it all the more important to take an immediate and structured ...

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 ...