In late October of 2016, the internet was taken down by the Mirai botnet, and at the time, everybody freaked out that it was a test of Russian cyberweapon capabilities, or terrorists doing a test run ...

(CNN Money) — It's quiet in the house. Nobody else is home and the cat is fast asleep. Then you hear a disembodied woman's voice let out a short, mocking cackle. No, you're (probably) not being ...

Amazon has said that some "misheard" Alexa commands can result in a laughter response from the device. What's False It does not appear that the devices are widely malfunctioning or that the "laugh ...

NEW YORK (NBC News) — Amazon Echo users are reporting that Alexa, the virtual personal assistant that comes with several devices in the Echo line, sometimes begins to break into an unprompted fit of ...

(CBS News) -- Does Alexa have something diabolical in store for her human owners? That might explain the eerie laughing she's been doing all by herself, with no bidding. Amazon confirmed Wednesday ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. What's up with the creepy laughing clown sounds in Fortnite? That's what a lot of a lot of people are asking today after the battle royale's game's ...

Hearing a smart speaker suddenly emit a chuckle for no good reason would creep anyone out, and Amazon’s Echo device has recently been doing exactly that. The Echo’s digital assistant, Alexa, appeared ...

Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist and Dylan Dreyer run through the Highs and Lows of the week, including the 2-year-old who met former first lady Michelle Obama after gazing in awe at her portrait, the ...

This week, Amazon Alexa users began reporting that their devices are laughing, creepily, on their own–so frequently that the phenomenon became a Twitter Moment. Sometimes, people reported, they’d be ...

Brian Geraghty is enjoying his role as creepy psycho man child Ronald Pergman on “Big Sky” — but says that playing the role has its awkward moments. “My girlfriend and I have been together for a good ...

Late at night, in the gathered shadows of your bedroom, you may have heard it. Or, perhaps you heard it over breakfast with your family in the kitchen, the sound rising unbidden from over your ...