‘Alexa’ automatically calls 911 after Amazon Echo overhears domestic violence attack

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A man accused of beating his girlfriend and threatening to kill her was jailed after an Amazon Echo — a voice-activated speaker device — automatically called 911, authorities said. “The unexpected use of this new technology to contact emergency services has possibly helped save a life,” Sheriff Manuel Gonzales III, of the Bernalillo County Sheriff Department, told FOX 61. “This amazing technology definitely helped save a mother and he