Smart speakers, smart displays and smart buttons — Amazon’s ambitions for its Alexa voice assistant have been growing, but it’s only built a few narrow categories of Alexa products itself. Generally,…
Two new vacuums join the ranks of Neato Robotics’ product line at IFA. The first, $499 Botvac D4 Connected, is aimed squarely at price-conscious shoppers. Neato hopes the second,…
Alexa is on so much more than just the Amazon Echo. Amazon executive Daniel Rausch stood onstage before a crowd of hundreds at Berlin’s IFA tech show Saturday to share…
More than a year ago, Amichai Shulman, an adjunct professor at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, challenged his computer science students to go toe-to-toe with the pros, asking them…
The German company AEG has created three induction cooktops that will let home cooks use temperature sensors and automation to prepare their meals. AEG, which is part of the Electrolux…
I’m calling this thing the Mickey Mount, but you’ll find it online as the Otter Den Series for Google Home Mini featuring Disney Mickey Mouse. It didn’t get any airtime…
Last September, Amazon unveiled its second-gen Echo smart speaker along with a gaggle of other new Alexa gadgets, including the Echo Spot touchscreen alarm clock and Echo Plus smart home hub….