Amazon has revealed a huge change that will make interacting with its smart speakers a lot less fun. The tech giant is retiring all three celebrity voices for its smart speakers – Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal and Melissa McCarthy. Amazon offered the superstar voices for $4.99 each as an alternative to Alexa, but these are no longer available for purchase on its website. Amazon, which released its fifth generation Echo Dot smart speaker last year, said customers can contact them for a refund. The feature was for US users only, although the tech giant does offer alternative voices for its smart assistant in the UK, such as Santa Claus.

If you've been saving up to integrate Shaq's voice into your Alexa devices, you've officially blown it. Amazon is ditching all of its Alexa-enabled celebrity voices, including Shaquille O'Neal, Melissa McCarthy and, say it ain't so, Samuel L. Jackson. The distinct voice options will no longer be available for purchase and will no longer function even if you made a purchase a while back, as reported by The Verge. That brings us to the topic of refunds, and it looks like there won't be any. This isn't earth-shattering news, as the voice options launched for just $1 before moving up to $5 in recent months.

If you've been saving up to integrate Shaq's voice into your Alexa devices, you've officially blown it. Amazon is ditching all of its Alexa-enabled celebrity voices, including Shaquille O'Neal, Melissa McCarthy and, say it ain't so, Samuel L. Jackson. The distinct voice options will no longer be available for purchase and will no longer function even if you made a purchase a while back, as reported by The Verge. That brings us to the topic of refunds, and it looks like there won't be any. This isn't earth-shattering news, as the voice options launched for just $1 before moving up to $5 in recent months.

Warner Bros has unveiled the trailer for a comedy titled Superintelligence, the latest creation of actress Melissa Mccarthy and her director husband Ben Falcone (following Tammy, The Boss, Life of the Party). This is skipping theaters and debuting directly on HBO Max at the end of the month - which is probably for the best considering this looks awful. When an all-powerful Superintelligence (voiced by James Corden) chooses to study the most average person on Earth, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it's up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving. This stars Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Brian Tyree Henry, and Jean Smart.