Set up your Amazon Echo to "see" members of your family to unlock some cool automations.

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Google started out as a search engine, so nobody ever expected it to be directly competing with Amazon, an online retailer, in the smart home market.

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CNET reported a few weeks ago that Amazon is preparing to remove a key privacy setting in its Alexa smart home devices. Today, it goes into effect. Here's what it means. Tyler has worked on, lived ...

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