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TikTok is going after Yelp and Google Maps with an in-app restaurant guide
TikTok is launching an in-app restaurant guide in a challenge to other platforms like Yelp and even Google Maps. The company on Wednesday announced the launch o...
Inside Amazon’s Echo hardware event
Amazon swapped its usual big fall hardware showcase this year for a series of smaller launches throughout October. So far this month, it has announced new Fire...
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...
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 eve...
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...
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) an...
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...
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 Flo...
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...
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 p...
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 a...
Amazon’s Alexa Home Map is getting a smarter 3D redesign
Amazon's smart home map interface that shows you where all your connected devices are has been overhauled with new graphics, features, and dynamic effects. The...