Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET News. He was raised in Brooklyn and previously worked on the New York Daily News's social media and breaking news teams. If you have hangups about Amazon and ...

Researchers disclosed flaws in Amazon Alexa that could allow attackers to access personal data and install skills on Echo devices. Vulnerabilities in Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant platform could ...

We asked two of the most popular smart home assistants — Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant — how to find the user data their devices collected about us. The ...

An auditing program for the voice assistant technology exposes geolocation data that can be personally identified, sources said. Employees at Amazon can access geolocation information for Alexa users, ...

Amazon Alexa is now concerning experts as a new report claims that the voice assistant tracks users' voice data. The latest research stated that the e-commerce giant does this through its Echo devices ...

The incredible convenience of Alexa comes with a trade-off—the constant presence of a listening device inside our homes. If you use an Amazon Alexa-powered device, it's time to take a few steps to ...

Prosecutors in an Arkansas murder trial claim that an Amazon Echo could hold data crucial to the case, but Amazon says that data is protected by the First Amendment and is refusing to give it up. In ...

Alexa has never been the greatest conversationalist — but she’s about to improve. The platform’s latest update adds Alexa Knowledge Skills, which allow Alexa to answer questions about a variety of ...

Tens of thousands of Amazon.com employees once could listen to voice recordings of Alexa users, according to U.S. regulators. Some 30,000 Amazon workers had access to audio clips picked up by the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years ...

A new study digging into how Amazon uses Alexa voice recordings from its customers has concluded that the company and third parties leverage the audio to deliver targeted ads directly on Echo smart ...