Amazon is eliminating a setting on Echo devices that lets you store voice recordings locally rather than on cloud servers.

Amazon’s smart speakers have been called Echo since the first one launched in 2014. Every subsequent smart speaker and ...

The Alexa Fund, which has invested in companies like Ring and Ecobee, is broadening its scope to include more AI-powered technology. In addition to investing in the AI startup NinjaTech, the company ...

Amazon started the Alexa Fund in 2015 to back early-stage voice startups. With the advent of large language models and Amazon ...