And someone on the other side of it may be listening, too.

"You basically can't use the internet without interacting with them," Gizmodo reporter Kashmir Hill says.

As its popularity increases, so do questions about privacy and security.

Silicon Valley is well on its way toward a world of voice-activated interfaces.

Encryption, voice commands and 'intelligent things' will be big in the new year.

The company unveiled Google Home to compete with Amazon's Echo.

Another episode from Molly's dispatch, this time she tries out the Amazon Echo.

As software and cloud technology is becoming more advanced, gadgets are losing the spotlight and are becoming obsolete.