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Over the past few months, there’s been a couple of rumors regarding Microsoft’s “HomeHub.” According to rumors, the software giant built a Cortana-powered device for your kitchen, similar to Amazon’s Echo speaker and Google’s Home device. We also reported about Microsoft’s Home Hub recently, but details regarding the product have been pretty scarce so far. […]

Google Home and Amazon Echo: voice-activated assistants making life easier and cozier for families everywhere (ahem, say those heart-warming commercials with fathers carrying sleeping children into a house smart enough to unlock doors and dim lights, not-so-subtly implying that smart home devices let you focus on ‘what really matters’). This is the stuff advertising campaigns

Microsoft’s connected home ambitions with Home Hub lay far beyond just competing with Amazon and Google. Rumors regarding a new Windows 10 feature called “Home Hub” have been making the rounds on the internet recently. At first, it was thought that Home Hub would be some sort of Amazon Echo competitor, and although that’s not

Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg via Getty Images At this week’s Amazon Web Services conference re:Invent, the online retailer revealed two smart home initiatives that are getting a big hand from Intel. First, Intel built a reference design for a smart speaker that employs the Alexa virtual assistant to help with tasks. The device is meant to encourage

An Uber driverless Ford Fusion drives down Smallman Street on September, 22, 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Uber has built its Uber Technical Center in Pittsburgh and is developing an autonomous vehicle that it hopes will be able to transport its millions of clients without the need for a driver. Jeff Swensen / Getty Images Computers

Intel and Amazon made a joint announcement revealing their plan to work together on a series of smart home initiatives in the near future. The most notable part of the announcement was that the companies are planning to create a reference design for “an Intel-based smart speaker” which will include Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant. Image

Alexa and Logitech Harmony: Couch potato paradise? We tested out a voice-activated entertainment setup at the CNET Smart Apartment to see if Alexa can make for better binge-watching. by Ry Crist 2:31 Close Drag Two of my favorite pieces of tech sit a few feet away from each other in my living room. One is