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There's a new Alexa in town – or at least in early access. Alexa+ is an upgrade from the standard Alexa voice assistant, now powered by generative AI. The updated assistant comes with quite a ...
There are over 100 million Alexa devices in use right now, bringing information and entertainment to people across the world. The Alexa phenomenon has spawned jokes, memes and even a range of ...
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In an email sent last Friday to a number of customers, Amazon revealed that as of March 28, it will remove an opt-in setting that prevented audio of your Alexa requests from being shared with the ...
Now after getting fairly to attached to their love story, we need to know...are Alexa and Lino still together after the finale? Alexa and Lino were one of four couples who entered the wild TV ...
Alexa+ is billed as a major upgrade that includes individual voice recognition through Alexa Voice ID, nuanced calendar scheduling, Ring home security system integrations, and product purchasing ...
NVIDIA provided hardware for Echo devices prior to 2021. Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic ...
Starting March 28, the feature that keeps Alexa voice recordings away from Amazon's cloud will be gone. This means all Echo voice requests will be handled by Amazon's servers, eliminating the ...
It's a seemingly major privacy pivot and one that some Alexa users might not appreciate. However, this change affects exactly three Echo devices and only if you actively enabled Do Not Send Voice ...
Amazon is in the process of overhauling Alexa, introducing a new Alexa+ AI service that will be available free of charge for Prime users (or $20 per month on its own). But as the company plans to ...
Former University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas recently spoke up in support of the trans athlete community as most Americans have become opposed to trans inclusion in women's sports.
President Trump said that schools that allow transgender athletes on female sports teams could be at risk of losing federal funding. Photo: Leah Millis/Reuters The Trump administration said it is ...