Amazon is adding two-step verification of the "Alexa" wake word to make sure Alexa-enabled devices respond when they're supposed to. The update is part of the Alexa Voice Services (AVS) feature, which ...

Amazon has gotten flak for how it handles user and partner data, but that hasn’t stopped it from launching a program that openly pays to stalk opt-in participants’ smartphone traffic. The ...

Amazon has an Ad verification program where you can receive $2 each month in exchange for allowing the company to access your phone data As an Amazon Shopper Panel subscriber, you can receive $2 from ...

A new capability of Amazon’s palm recognition technology will make it so that users can prove they’re above the legal drinking age without showing a physical ID for a boozy purchase. The e-commerce ...

Amazon One, the retailer’s palm-scanning payment technology, is now gaining new functionality with the addition of age verification services. The company announced today that customers using Amazon ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brad Moon covers audio gear, Apple products and consumer tech. This isn’t the first time Amazon has taken the measure and it ...

Amazon is adding age verification to its palm-based Amazon One identity offering. The company on Monday announced that the age-verification feature is being rolled out at Coors Field, home of the ...