Police and other public safety agencies will no longer be able to request and receive videos from users of Amazon’s Ring devices via its Neighbors app, the company said, ending… Read More
Liz Hamren has been CEO of Amazon’s Ring business for almost a year, as the successor in the role to Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, but it’s not the first time… Read More
Five years after its acquisition by Amazon, smart doorbell and home security technology company Ring named a new CEO: Elizabeth (Liz) Hamren, a former executive in Meta’s Oculus division and… Read More
[Samson Amore is a reporter for dot.LA] Comedian Wanda Sykes’ latest venture is turning video from your smart home network into a TV show. The primetime Emmy winner and star… Read More
Truth be told, it took me a while to find my old Amazon Cloud Cam at the bottom of a storage bin today after learning that Amazon is discontinuing the… Read More
Ring, the Amazon-owned smart doorbell and home security tech company, announced a new sensor that promises to detect the sound of a window breaking from up to 25 feet away,… Read More
Amazon is one of several big tech companies that have decided not to attend or exhibit at the International CES trade show and conference in Las Vegas from January 5-8.… Read More
In an effort to lessen concerns about privacy and civil liberties, Amazon will require police departments seeking Ring doorbell video data to make public requests for the information in the… Read More
Amazon announced Friday that Sidewalk, its neighborhood wireless network designed to provide connectivity to small Internet of Things (IoT) devices, will launch next month with support for Echo devices and… Read More
Ring, the Amazon-owned maker of smart home security equipment, is recalling 350,000 of its video doorbells after reports of the devices catching fire. The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission said… Read More
Amazon is distancing itself from a pilot program launched by police in Jackson, Miss., that will use residents’ doorbell cameras to monitor potential crime scenes. “This is not a Ring… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Ring, the Amazon-owned smart doorbell and security company, unveiled a flying indoor camera on Thursday morning. Sure, it’s cool… Read More
Amazon drones will probably be zipping around outside your house to drop off packages before too long. But before that day arrives, the drones could also be flying inside your… Read More
Ring is coming to the car. The Amazon-owned company revealed new car security products and services as part of Amazon’s big devices unveiling Thursday: Ring Car Alarm, Ring Car Cam,… Read More
Six years after the launch of the original Ring video doorbell, the Amazon-owned company announced the next generation of its signature product on Wednesday. The updated version of the home-security… Read More
Federal lawmakers are asking Amazon to provide details on Ring’s partnerships with local police dating back to 2013. The U.S. House subcommittee on economic and consumer policy sent Amazon a… Read More
For the second time in a week, Amazon disclosed employee firings for improper access to customer data. TechCrunch obtained an email sent Friday to customers noting that an Amazon employee… Read More
CES is becoming less of a place where companies unveil game-changing products, and more where they show attention-grabbing ideas. That’s one of the takeaways from GeekWire’s CES 2020 coverage team,… Read More
Amazon confirmed Thursday that its subsidiary Ring fired employees for attempting to access customer video data beyond the scope of their jobs. Amazon public policy lead Brian Huseman disclosed the… Read More
Jamie Siminoff won’t be deterred. The Ring CEO told GeekWire as much at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Siminoff said he is determined to “stay the… Read More
An 8-year-old in Mississippi, a Georgia woman lying in bed, a Michigan family watching TV, and dozens of other Ring users were harassed by hackers via their home security cameras… Read More
Ring, the Amazon-owned home security and video doorbell company, will update its app to let customers opt out of receiving requests for videos on behalf of police investigating neighborhood crimes.… Read More
Amazon’s home security business, Ring, landed in more hot water Thursday when researchers discovered thousands of user passwords had been uploaded to sites on the dark web. Some 1,500 unique… Read More
Amazon is in the crosshairs of consumer groups — led by the digital rights organization Fight for the Future — this week following a series of hacks into Ring security… Read More
The hacking of multiple Ring cameras this week brought the sometimes abstract world of tech security and privacy into stark relief, as hackers watched and harassed families and children in their… Read More
After a series of high-profile hacks involving in-home Ring security cameras, some people are finding that devices they bought to increase their sense of security at home are doing just… Read More
Hackers accessed Ring security cameras in Florida and Tennessee over the last few days and communicated with children, raising questions about the safety of the devices made by the Amazon… Read More
Amazon is attempting to set the record straight on Ring, the security camera company that the tech giant acquired in 2018. Ring has been making headlines over the past few… Read More
News reports detailing the relationship between Amazon-owned Ring and police departments are raising eyebrows in Washington D.C. and at least one federal lawmaker wants answers. Sen. Ed Markey, a Democrat… Read More
Is Ring’s collaboration with police departments a public benefit or a privacy concern? That’s the issue raised by an announcement from the Amazon-owned smart doorbell maker, in which it touts… Read More
