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Amazon's Alexa voice assistant sports many useful abilities around the home. It can control smart thermostats, set timers or ...

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Starting today, those who own an Echo smart speaker or Echo Show display won't be able to block their devices from sending all voice recordings to Amazon for analysis. The retail juggernaut's ...