Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET News. He was raised in Brooklyn and previously worked on the New York Daily News's social media and breaking news teams. If you have hangups about Amazon and ...

Amazon's virtual assistant allows you to control your smart home with voice commands, but is Alexa safe to use? Learn about Alexa privacy concerns and how to secure your Alexa device. Most of this is ...

The Amazon Echo line makes for a neat hub for simple home automations, but not every user realizes just how much data it keeps track of.

Amazon products can collect a surprising amount of viewing, voice, and shopping data. Privacy settings can help cut back what ...

Amazon just killed two Alexa privacy controls. It has been widely reported that Amazon is making changes to Alexa as the online shopping and cloud technology behemoth prepares to release a new AI ...

If you interact with Alexa in any meaningful way (or even in non-meaningful ways), then Amazon holds information on you, from the conversations you've had with Alexa to the skills you've installed, ...

Amazon is making a huge overhaul to its Echo devices, but it's not what the users are expecting. Starting March 28, the feature that keeps Alexa voice recordings away from Amazon's cloud will be gone.

Amazon has disabled two key privacy features in its Alexa smart speakers, in a push to introduce artificial intelligence-powered “agentic capabilities” and turn a profit from the popular devices.