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A former Amazon Web Services manager says he turns his Echo speakers off when he wants some privacy.

Market research reveals that Apple falls behind Amazon in terms of smart speaker sales by a huge margin, despite a dip in the retail giant's expected sales.

Instagram users will now have more features to enjoy when using the app as the company has added three new effects to its Boomerang stories.

Is it okay for people to be saying “please” or to talk politely with their digital assistants? Here's a quick look at some differing opinions.

People have been using Alexa and their Amazon Echo home speakers for some time now, but not all of them know that the voice assistant and the audio device can do so much more than just play music, tell the time or inform users about the weather. Alexa and the Amazon Echo can do more than that.

A report reveals that Google’s smart home speaker, Google Home, has some advantages over Apple’s HomePod and Amazon’s Echo that makes using it easier and more convenient.

Apple’s AirPods will soon have another rival in the truly wireless headphones race, as well as the smart home speakers category.

Tech giant Amazon will investigate its Chinese supplier Foxconn after reports suggested that it resorted to child labor by hiring schoolchildren and forced them into night shifts and overtime work.

Research data shows that Apple’s HomePod isn’t doing as well as other smart speakers in the U.S. market. Why is this so?

Here’s a quick article providing tips on how to stop Alexa from listening to people -- and preventing it from allowing others to listen too.

This could be the biggest sales event ever for the e-commerce juggernaut -- by a wide margin.

Amazon Echo owners will soon be able to add Apple Music as a skill in the Alexa app.

The Xbox One system update also adds support for Dolby Vision HDR for Netflix.

Amazon also introduced a new microwave that can be paired with Echo speakers to deliver Alexa voice assistant support.

The Amazon Echo Sub will let users have a 2.1 stereo system when it's connected to two standard Echo speakers.

The upcoming OnePlus TV will feature AI functionalities and will connect seamlessly with smartphones.

Samsung’s Bixby SDK and API will be available to developers this November.

Lenovo and JBL are currently the only ones selling Google Assistant speakers with built-in displays, but Google is building its own device and releasing it later this year.

Amazon Echo users will be able to ask Alexa to open Cortana to read emails out loud, while Windows 10 users can ask Alexa to shop on Amazon.

A research firm estimates that there are around 50 million smart speakers sold in the U.S., with the Amazon Echo taking around 70 percent of the market share.

The third-generation Amazon Echo Dot features a rounder design and it has a fabric cover that's reminiscent of the Google Home Mini.