Amazon Alexa now is readily accessible in over 42 regions of the world and in a number of languages, making it more accessible than before. Alexa now can collaborate in much less prominent locations, such as the Cayman Islands and Cambodia, after initially being supported only in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, India, Japan, and Germany. However, it's not as simple as having to log into your Amazon account and order an Echo Dot or a full-fledged Amazon Echo smart speaker. We'll go over how to get Alexa if you live outside of the United States, which features you'll have access to, and some potential workarounds if you run into problems. If you really want Alexa, the very first thing you'll need is, well, an Alexa-enabled gadget.

As I vaguely recall, 2001: A Space Odyssey might have been trying to tell us something about the dangers of artificial intelligence. But I haven't seen the movie in years, and instead of morals, all I can remember is how cool HAL9000 seemed, so I'm already fantasizing about making room on my wall for this replica of the lip-reading computer that includes a real AI of its own. Master Replicas Group has yet to reveal pricing information for its new 2001 Interactive HAL Computer prop replica, which almost certainly means it's going to cost a small fortune. But this is a rare time when a replica does more than just look pretty in a display case. We don't have all the details on what MRG's HAL9000 will be capable of--the group has only posted a couple of teasers so far--but in addition to the computer's glowing, unblinking eye, the replica will also have working displays, and functional voice recognition, as this video demonstrates.