amazon Amazon Surpasses 100 Million Alexa Device Sales Amazon announces that it has sold over 100 million devices featuring its Alexa voice assistant. The milestone highlights the company's aggressive strategy to integrate the technology into a wide variety of hardware.
nfl The NFL Launches Its First Standalone Voice App with 'A Rookie’s Guide to the NFL' for Alexa The NFL launches its first standalone voice app for Alexa called "A Rookie's Guide to the NFL" just in time for the 2019 playoffs.
alexa The Number of Alexa Skills in the U.S. More Than Doubled in 2018 The number of Alexa skills in the U.S. more than doubles in 2018, reaching over 56,000 as developers push out an average of 85 new skills per day.
amazon Amazon Alexa Skills Double in the US During 2018 The number of Alexa skills available in the United States more than doubles throughout 2018, showcasing strong developer interest in Amazon's voice platform. However, questions remain regarding the actual monetization and user discovery of these rapidly growing voice applications.
cloud gaming Tech Giants Battle for Dominance in Cloud Gaming Market Major technology companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Tencent invest heavily in cloud gaming infrastructure as the industry enters a new competitive era.
amazon Amazon Abandons AI Hiring Tool After It Learns to Discriminate Against Women Amazon scraps an experimental artificial intelligence recruiting engine after discovering it automatically penalizes female job candidates. The system learns this bias by studying the tech industry's historically male-dominated resume pool.
amazon Amazon Abandons Biased AI Hiring Tool That Favored Men Over Women Amazon scraps an AI recruitment system after discovering it learns to discriminate against female candidates. The incident highlights how biased training data creates flawed algorithms.
amazon Amazon Scraps AI Recruiting Tool After It Learns to Discriminate Against Women Amazon abandons an experimental AI recruiting engine after discovering it automatically penalizes female candidates. The system learns this sexist behavior by training on a decade of male-dominated tech industry resumes.
amazon Amazon Abandons AI Recruiting Tool After Discovering Anti-Woman Bias Amazon scraps a secret AI hiring engine after discovering it systematically penalizes female job applicants. The system learns to prefer male candidates by training on a decade of male-dominated resumes.
amazon Amazon Workers Urge Bezos to Halt Police Face Recognition Sales A group of Amazon employees is demanding that CEO Jeff Bezos stop selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies. The workers warn the software will harm marginalized communities and urge the company to drop Palantir from its cloud servers.
amazon Investors Demand Amazon Halt Police Facial Recognition Sales A group of Amazon investors representing billions in stock urge the company to stop selling its Rekognition facial recognition software to police due to legal and ethical concerns.
amazon Amazon Introduces Alexa Blueprints to Enable Custom Skill Creation Amazon launches a new feature called Alexa Blueprints that allows everyday users to build personalized Alexa skills without any coding knowledge. The system provides pre-made templates for custom games, trivia, and household guides.
facebook Big Tech Companies Pour Record Funds Into Washington Lobbying Efforts Major technology giants like Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google are breaking records with their massive lobbying budgets in the nation's capital. These companies invest heavily to influence legislation and navigate increasing regulatory scrutiny.
amazon Amazon Launches Alexa Blueprints for Custom Voice Skills Without Coding Amazon introduces Alexa Blueprints, a new service that lets anyone create personalized Alexa skills and responses using simple fill-in-the-blank templates. The tool requires no coding knowledge and keeps the created skills private to the user's account.