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Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, reporting on Amazon, e-commerce and mobile payments. He previously worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and got his start at ...

The tech giant has been cutting staff and more changes may be coming. Amazon’s Alexa personal virtual assistant has been available to help customers since 2013. Technology that connects to your phone ...

Alexa can order your groceries, hail you a ride and tell you how many teaspoons are in a tablespoon (it's three). Now, the Amazon virtual assistant can also give you medical advice and look up and ...

Amazon sellers in the USA are burning out. Time is slipping. Orders are piling up. Product listings remain unoptimized. Customer messages sit unanswered. Sound familiar? You are not alone. Over 60% of ...

Amazon and Microsoft are teaming up to get their virtual assistants to talk to each other. The surprising partnership will mean Alexa and Cortana, the two voice-activated AI assistants from the ...

The Amazon Alexa platform dominated CES this year. The virtual assistant is shaping up to be the most important new operating system. A few years ago, chatbots were supposed to take over as a leading ...

Virtual assistants nowadays are more than just the voices coming out of your devices. Japanese company Vinclu has just unveiled its Gatebox virtual assistant, which features a holographic anime ...

“Pfft, who would fall in love with a virtual assistant?” I laugh, only to realize that no one has ever tenderly told me what the weather was like outside or reminded me of an upcoming Tuesday ...

At first it doesn’t seem like much of a threat for a third party to hear you talking to your Amazon Echo’s virtual assistant, Alexa. After all, saying “Alexa, order me an Uber” is already being shared ...