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Amazon’s Alexa Wants To Know How Consumers Really Feel
June 13, 2016

In a move being hailed by as “clever” by some and “creepy” by others, Amazon is moving to make the AI that powers Alexa just a little more sensitive to consumers’ needs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Amazon’s Alexa Reaches 1,000 Skills
June 06, 2016

Amazon’s Alexa, the cloud-based virtual assistant, now has over a 1,000 skills under its belt. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

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Amazon Nixes Device Encryption Support
March 04, 2016

Encryption is most certainly having a moment, though not in the way its proponents might expect. While Apple is fighting a legal battle in support of it, another major retailer just sandbagged encryption in a major way. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Amazon’s Echo Will Now Read Your Books To You
January 18, 2016

While Amazon’s voice-controlled Echo may have caught consumers off-guard when it was first released last year, the retailer has been hard at work adding features to the device to make it more appealing to the least tech-savvy Prime members out there. Get the Full Story...