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Amazon puts a camera in its Echo Studio so Alexa can see
Amazon has put a camera in its Echo Studio speaker so that Alexa can see what is in front of it. The Echo Studio with Home Camera is one of five new Alexa devices the company unve…
Apple's Pro and Tell event: Live updates as we wait to see a MacBook Pro with a touch screen
Reports indicate that a "MacBook Ultra" with a touch-sensitive display is likely on the agenda today.
Almost all of Amazon’s new Echo gear is available now
Amazon used to blast out dozens of products onstage at annual hardware events. If this October is any indication, the company has wisely changed its strategy to put more focus on …
Everything announced at Amazon’s October 2026 hardware launch
Amazon had plenty of new gadgets to share at its Echo hardware event this year, along with updates to the AI-powered Alexa Plus after it became available to everyone in the US in …
Hackers now scanning systems for recently-patched Oracle flaw
Attackers have begun probing the Internet for systems unpatched against a recently disclosed critical Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) vulnerability. [...]
Amazon warns its engineers against tokenmaxxing in new AI guidelines
Amazon says token usage, AI tool adoption and counts of code changes are “deeply flawed” ways to measure its engineers’ work with AI. The company published the warning on Tuesday …
Amazon’s new Echo line is here: the 6 biggest updates
Amazon has just taken the wraps off a bunch of new devices as part of a string of fall announcements. Today's news focuses largely on new Echo speakers, with a few new smart home …
Dayforce puts its HR and payroll data inside Anthropic’s Claude
Dayforce is bringing its HR, payroll and scheduling data into Anthropic’s Claude. A new Dayforce connector lets customers ask questions about their workforce in plain language ins…
Upwind’s $400M Series C backs a runtime-first security strategy as revenue quadruples
The moment a cloud workload changes, the security picture around it can change too. A new application release, an altered configuration or an interaction between services may affe…
Spending time with the Echo Time — a smart clock that senses you sleeping
Amazon just announced its newest smart alarm clock - the Echo Time. The baseball-sized smart speaker with a screen, the Time looks like an Echo Dot with Clock and an Echo Spot had…
Our first look at Amazon’s big new Echo Show 16
Amazon's latest Echo Show smart display is big, gorgeous, and eye-wateringly expensive. Announced today, the Echo Show 16 costs $499.99 (wall mount included) and is available to p…
Amazon’s new Echo Studio speaker has a camera
Amazon is giving its premium smart speaker a camera. The new Echo Studio with Home Camera, announced today as part of Amazon's big blast of announcements, has a built-in camera fo…
How a grocery merger could expand a surveillance network
Kroger's $1.65 billion proposed acquisition of Giant Eagle might not only consolidate the grocery market, but also a vast surveillance network that includes Flock cameras, a new r…
Amazon’s first digital picture frame lets you add voice notes to photos
Amazon's screen-equipped smart speakers have long been able to display your family's photos, but its new Alexa Photo Frame is purpose-built for that task. It's designed to compete…
Voters in Texas agree: They hate data centers
Ask Texas NAACP president Gary Bledsoe what it's been like to see data center developers descend upon Austin and its surrounding suburbs and he can rattle off project after projec…
The Alexa Home Map is a visual way to see and control your smart home
Amazon's Alexa Home Map will show you a visual representation of your smart home.
Samsung's Galaxy Buds On are its first clip-on, open-ear wireless earbuds
Samsung is returning to open-ear design wireless buds and these ones clip on.
Amazon's new Echo Dot now works as an eero Wi-Fi extender and smart home hub
Amazon just unveiled a new Echo Dot with some useful new smart home features.
Amazon launches its first digital photo frame with built-in Alexa
You can tell Amazon's Alexa Photo Frame which images you want to see.
All the Amazon Echo devices announced today: Echo Time, Alexa Photo Frame and more
Along with speaker and Echo Show upgrades, Amazon unveiled a smart alarm clock and photo frame.
The Amazon Echo Studio's new camera can check on your dog or tell you how to play 'Monopoly'
Amazon has added a camera to its Echo Studio speaker as part of its big Echo refresh.
Amazon adds a glare-reducing nanomatte display to its new Echo Show 16
Amazon says the Echo Show 16 is its 'most advanced, versatile smart display' yet.
Amazon's new Echo Time smart alarm clock tries to make waking up less painful
Amazon has launched a new smart alarm clock that can determine when you're in lighter sleep before waking you up.
Critical 16-Year-Old UEFI Flaw Can Run Code Before Secure Boot on Network-Booting Servers
A critical 16-year-old flaw in EDK II, the open-source code that most hardware makers use to build UEFI firmware, can allow an attacker to run code on a machine before its operati…