There's a new Alexa in town – or at least in early access. Alexa+ is an upgrade from the standard Alexa voice assistant, now powered by generative AI. The updated assistant comes with quite a ...

Northland is also under a watch from midday Thursday for 24 hours as is Waikato from 3am Friday for 14 hours. At the top of the South Island, as much as 450mm is expected in Tasman northwest of ...

Follow along live on the web or in the iOS or Android app. When someone shares slides during a virtual meeting ... Cortana is also compatible with many platforms like Windows 10, Windows mobile, ...

Amazon's big 2025 Alexa announcement hit late last month, and we were there to cover the demos and new features. The new AI upgrade is aimed at making Alexa more conversational and at letting the ...

Starting today, those who own an Echo smart speaker or Echo Show display won't be able to block their devices from sending all voice recordings to Amazon for analysis. The retail juggernaut's ...

Rather than simply turning on and off devices, which has long been a feature of Groups within the Alexa app, Routines is more about how those devices act on your command. That means dimming some ...

Kathy Reid receives funding from the Australian Government Research Training Program (AGRTP) for her doctoral work and is a recipient of the Florence Violet McKenzie scholarship. She currently ...

Amazon Echo users are set to lose the option to store and process their Alexa requests locally, meaning all of their voice recordings will be sent to Amazon’s cloud. After March 28, Amazon will ...