Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Amazon's Alexa, now in 100 million homes, is set for significant AI enhancements, as announced by Jeff Bezos.

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Alexa didn’t get a big splashy launch event, or come with a bunch of grand proclamations about being the future of anything. Instead, like a phone charger with a made-up name or a knockoff version of ...

Alexa-enabled devices ... If you're curious about what the different colored lights mean, or want to turn off notifications for calls and messages, here's what you need to know.