CNET reported a few weeks ago that Amazon is preparing to remove a key privacy setting in its Alexa smart home devices. Today, it goes into effect. Here's what it means.

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Some customers are seeing new Alexa branding for Amazon’s smart speakers.

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I've tried without success to get Amazon.com to show me such a result, but I truly hope the name change becomes ... the various Echo devices were simply speakers, this might make some sense.

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This two-step change means Alexa users need to make a trade-off between privacy and functionality. Put simply, Amazon needs Echo devices to start making money. As US voice assistant expert Joseph ...

is making waves. Starting March 28, Alexa Echo users won't be able to block their devices from sending all voice recordings to Amazon for analysis. Just before this privacy change, more than 2,000 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech ... the AI-enhanced service coming to Echo speakers soon, Panos Panay, Head of Devices & Services at Amazon, revealed the improved assistant ...

It didn't take long for Amazon ... Echo Spot looks like an alarm clock, especially when you use one of the analog clock-style faces. Amazon told us the default interface is a clock, but you can ...