Carrie was a managing editor at CNET focused on breaking and trending news. She'd been reporting and editing for more than a decade, including at the National Journal and Current TV. Amazon's Alexa ...

Despite Alexa's extensive information database, there are still thousands of questions that stump the smart assistant. But starting today, Amazon is inviting select users to help answer some of the ...

Smartphones settle a lot of dinner table debates nowadays. We argue about this or that, until somebody finally pops out a phone and Googles it. It really takes the fun out of being an adamant ...

Amazon has announced “Customers Ask Alexa”, which is a subtle and creative way to serve ads to customers who ask questions to the virtual assistant. Brands will be able to answer common queries.

The next time you ask a question to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, the answer might come from another Alexa user. Starting today, Amazon is publicly launching a program called Alexa Answers, which ...