Meet Amazon's new Echo devices and Alexa hardware: Prices, features, release dates

mazon has announced several -- and we do mean several -- new Alexa devices for you to consider. Here's what you need to know, including what they can do and when you can buy them. At a surprise event in Seattle, Amazon announced updates to a few Echo-branded devices and unveiled what seems like a dozen entirely new Alexa products.

Amazon's Bezos says Trump should be 'glad' of media scrutiny

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said on Thursday the company would announce a decision on where it will build a second headquarters before the end of the year, and also said that President Donald Trump is wrong to “attack the media.”

Amazon Prime subscribers will more than double to 275 million in the next decade, Citi says

Amazon Prime subscribers will more than double to 275 million in a decade, estimates Citigroup, which raised its price target on the stock Monday after a deep-dive analysis into the subscription service of the internet retailing juggernaut.

Amazon's accounting system for sellers crashes a day after search malfunction

Less than a day after its search function crashed, Amazon is experiencing outages across its systems that manage accounting for marketplace sellers. Multiple sellers told CNBC on Thursday that the back-end system for tracking orders and sales has been down since Wednesday afternoon.

Chances of your Amazon Alexa being hacked are slim, says former hacker

According to reports, smart speakers are one of the fastest growing areas of smart home technology. It’s easy to understand why. Both Amazon Alexa and Google Home lend convenience to everyday tasks and controlling smart home devices, and the novelty of speaking to a computer has not yet worn off for many. On the flip side,

Saint Louis University is placing 2,300 Echo Dots in student living spaces

Saint Louis University has announced  that it will be placing Amazon Echo Dot devices, powered by Alexa for Business, in every student residence hall room or student apartment on campus. While other colleges,

Amazon now owns $1 billion worth of other companies

Amazon has become a more active corporate investor in recent years — and now its investment portfolio is worth $1 billion for the first time. Amazon disclosed in its latest quarterly report that it now owns $1 billion worth of stock in public and private companies, ....

Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and other tech giants want to fix one of the most broken things about health care

There are many broken things about the U.S. health care system. But one of the biggest and most overlooked problems is that patients still find it too hard to share their medical information between doctors, especially those working in different hospitals.

Jeff Bezos described the 4 qualities of a 'dreamy' business offering, and broke down exactly why projects like Prime have been so successful

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos knows a good business opportunity when he sees one. His shrewd judgment has spurred Amazon's growth from a small online bookstore to a company worth nearly $1 trillion.

'Amazon tax': Britain is reportedly mulling over a special tax to help local online retailers, finance minister says

The U.K. government is thinking about introducing a so-called "Amazon tax" to support struggling online retailers, Finance Minister Philip Hammond said in an interview with Sky News on Friday.