Would you pay more for the ‘World’s best’ personal assistant, or get by with a free one that targets you with ads? Would you pay more for the ‘World’s best’ personal assistant, or get by with a free ...

It’s the end of another quarter, which means it’s time for yet another earnings call with concerning ideas for generating more revenue. This time around, it's Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who told ...

We don’t talk about it much anymore because of the HomePod, but there was a time when Amazon was widely praised for its Echo devices and Apple was chastised for not competing in the burgeoning smart ...

Amazon Echo Show owners are reporting an uptick in advertisements on their smart displays. The smart displays have also started showing ads for Alexa+, the new generative AI version of Amazon’s Alexa ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Amazon wrongly targets ads to Alexa users based on their interactions with voice-controlled devices. In a decision issued late last week, U.S.

Last week, Amazon's 2025 devices event debuted two new Echo smart speakers with Amazon's latest Alexa Plus (Alexa+) voice assistant. Now, Echo Show owners are reporting that its AI-powered updates ...

The question, once a whisper, has grown into a buzz: Will Amazon, in its pursuit of advertising dollars and dominance, soon embed ads within its Alexa voice assistant? The company’s recent moves ...

This weekend I received an email from a reader: “Maybe I’m going nuts, but I’ve had an Amazon Echo for three to four years, and until yesterday it did not feed me any commercials — I’d have noticed.