Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most smartphones have a built-in assistant powered by artificial intelligence (AI), ...

A hot potato: Amazon Echo users concerned about their privacy might have something else to worry about on March 28. That's the date when supported devices will lose the option to store and process ...

Amazon is pressing ahead, though, and now you can access the Alexa+ voice assistant from the new Alexa.com website. You have ...

Smart assistants feel friendly, which makes oversharing easy. Here’s a look at Alexa questions that can cause real problems ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Inside our homes, though, Amazon Alexa has become the most popular virtual assistant in the US and around the world, as a widely adopted virtual ...