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Lowe’s is the latest company to take advantage of Alexa, the digital brain that powers Amazon Echo. The home improvement giant earlier this week began rolling out voice-integrated skills for Iris, its ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

You’ve just unboxed a brand new Amazon Echo product, and Alexa is now at your beck and call — but what do you ask? You’ve likely already asked for the weather a few times, maybe even for a news update ...

Another way to control your connected home from a smarter light switch has finally hit shelves, with the iDevices Instinct Alexa switch going on sale. It's been a long time coming, too: iDevices ...

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), ...

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 ...