For nearly a decade Amazon's Alexa has been invited into the homes of millions as a virtual assistant to lend a helping hand to routines, entertainment, shopping, and more. However, in the build-up to ...

Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic capabilities” and turn a profit from the popular devices.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — If you use an Amazon Echo device, otherwise known as “Alexa,” it’s always listening. Now, some of what it hears will be saved to Amazon servers. Amazon is working ...

Amazon is making a huge overhaul to its Echo devices, but it's not what the users are expecting. Starting March 28, the feature that keeps Alexa voice recordings away from Amazon's cloud will be gone.

Alexa is about to echo everything you say to her to Amazon. Owners of the Amazon Echo have long had the option to process requests locally, meaning their information wasn’t sent to Amazon’s servers — ...

Amazon's virtual assistant allows you to control your smart home with voice commands, but is Alexa safe to use? Learn about Alexa privacy concerns and how to secure your Alexa device. Most of this is ...

Amazon is ending the option to have Alexa requests processed on local Echo devices instead of on Amazon’s cloud servers on March 28. Amazon says it is making the move as it prepares to add generative ...

Amazon is making a major change to how its Alexa devices handle user voice data. Starting Friday, the company will disable the privacy feature that previously allowed users to block their voice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While that raises some issues regarding Alexa data privacy, it's necessary for these devices' core functionality. If it weren’t ...

Some mildly bad news for the Bezos money machine: Amazon is being slapped with a $25 million fine over its practices for handling children's data through its Alexa voice-activated assistant and Echo ...

We've been testing Echos and Alexa devices for years, up through the Alexa Plus AI. Here are the gadgets that work best with ...