Author: Mike Snider, USA TODAY

Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa has a new feature: Reading Sidekick, which will read books along with children to help kids learn to improve reading.

Microsoft is expanding its cloud-based video game streaming service to all Windows PCs and Apple devices with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription.

Live TV streaming service YouTube TV is adding new features including video downloads and 4K streaming for subscribers who want to pay more.

The 5-year-old Nintendo Switch console has been the top-seller in the U.S. for 30 straight months. It’s newest game: “Mario Golf: Super Rush.”

Coming out of E3, video gamers have a full schedule of releases coming soon such as “Mario Golf,” and in 2022, including “Redfall” and “Starfield.”

‘Metroid Dread,’ a video game coming to the Nintendo Switch in October, brings to a close a 35-year story arc for franchise heroine Samus Aran.

‘Madden NFL 22,’ the latest edition of the long-running pro football video game, has plenty of new features to engage fans of virtual NFL action.

Microsoft Corporation’s upcoming operating system update may have been leaked online. Windows 11 reportedly has the new Xbox app integrated.

Razer unveiled a new 14-inch Blade gaming laptop and CEO Min-Liang Tan said the Project Hazel face mask is in production and due in Q4 of this year.