How Amazon Just Turned Your Smart Speaker Into Its Next Big Opportunity

There's a good chance Amazon will continue to sell many more Alexa devices over the coming years as hardware improves, making ...
CNET

Alexa Plus AI Can Order Food From Uber Eats and Grubhub, but Only With the Right Device

When I tested Alexa Plus last year, I liked that the conversational voice assistant could connect with third-party apps, such as Uber, but many app integrations were still distant promises. That ...

A 4 a.m. scramble turned Anthropic's leak into a 'workflow revelation'

Sigrid Jin woke up to chaos and shipped "Claw Code" by breakfast. Here's everything it taught the world.
People

Alexa+ Adds New Sassy Mode (Yes, Really) That Allows the Amazon Tool to Use Occasional, but Censored, Profanity

Amazon has released four different personality styles for Alexa+: Brief, Chill, Sweet and Sassy Amazon Amazon has released four different personality styles for Alexa+: Brief, Chill, Sweet and Sassy ...
PC World

Alexa’s adults-only ‘Sassy’ personality just roasted my smart home setup

PCWorld tested Alexa’s new adults-only ‘Sassy’ personality mode, which delivers humorous roasts and playful sarcasm with mild profanity like bleeped F-bombs. This age-gated feature requires identity ...
Popular Science

How to make any smartphone easier to use for a senior citizen

🛍️ Amazon Big Spring Sale: 100+ editor-approved deals worth buying right now 🛍️ By David Nield Published Mar 2, 2026 9:26 AM EST Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred ...
The Verge

You can now make Alexa’s AI personality more friendly, blunt, or chilled out

Three styles — Brief, Chill, and Sweet — are available for Alexa Plus users in the US. Three styles — Brief, Chill, and Sweet — are available for Alexa Plus users in the US. is a news writer focused ...
Digital Trends

You can now make Alexa match your mood so every conversation feels just right

If you don’t like the extra cheerful and patronizing talking style of your AI virtual assistants, Alexa+ has you covered. Today, the company has launched three different personality types that will ...
Pew Research Center

How Teens Use and View AI

This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on artificial intelligence – from how teens use chatbots to how they think about AI ...
ZDNet

15+ best Alexa commands to make your home work smarter (Prime not required)

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most smartphones have a built-in ...
Engadget

Anthropic beefs up Claude's free tier as OpenAI prepares to stuff ads into ChatGPT's

Anthropic is upgrading Claude's free tier, apparently to capitalize on OpenAI's planned integration of ads into ChatGPT. On Wednesday, Anthropic said free Claude users can now create files, connect to ...