Amazon rolled out an automatic upgrade to its Alexa virtual assistant. Alexa+ has new voices and new features.

Christina Jane became a virtual assistant as an undergrad, after working part time for Amazon. She continued to work as a virtual assistant when she moved to Ghana for grad school. These are her four ...

Mercedes says its virtual assistant transforms the "car-driver relationship." The artificially intelligent computer KITT from "Knight Rider" could do it all -- drive solo, speak to humans, land quips ...

For as "smart" as our phones are supposed to be, they're not very good at getting things done on our behalf. But that's about to change, according to Qualcomm. During its annual Snapdragon Summit, the ...

Even virtual employees aren’t safe from the artificial intelligence revolution replacing them, as evidenced by Microsoft’s Cortana app for Windows getting the boot later this year in favor of the ...

The landscape of the legal industry is changing rapidly. Like most industries in the digital age, the legal profession seeks new and innovative ways to streamline operations and provide the best ...

Falyn Golub is a virtual assistant and the founder of boutique VA company The Invisible Assistant. She started out working five to 10 hours a week at a $25 hourly rate. Now she makes six figures. Here ...

Google has agreed to settle a multi-million-dollar privacy lawsuit.

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