Cortana isn’t dead, but it’s no longer an Alexa competitor Cortana isn’t dead, but it’s no longer an Alexa competitor is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

Based on the popular AI character from the Halo franchise, Cortana has been a kind of runner-up in the field of voice-activated artificial intelligence, competing with the likes of Apple's Siri, ...

Sick of wasting time searching for your files like some sort of 1996-era plebe? Are you willing to give up another shred of your ever-shrinking privacy for a bit more digital convenience? Because if ...

Cortana can see you. Maybe. A mysterious, cone-shaped device, shown in a demo Monday at Microsoft’s Build event in Seattle, hinted at a big leap in capability for the company’s digital assistant: the ...

The Cortana beta for Windows 10 added a new hardware section to its settings. The section gives you quick access to managing devices that use Cortana. Xbox One, Surface Headphones, and Amazon Alexa ...

Microsoft will kill off its Cortana app for Android and iOS early next year. A newly published support article from Microsoft notes that the software will be withdrawn from these major app stores on ...

The next version of Microsoft’s Cortana app for Android may invade your phone’s lock screen. Users enrolled in the app’s beta program have begun seeing traces of a card-like interface that mirrors the ...

Microsoft has announced that it no longer supports Cortana on Windows. It’s advised users to switch to Bing Chat and several other alternative tools. The news comes two years after Microsoft killed ...

Several years ago voice assistants were the next big thing on our smartphones and other devices, and it led to four big options – Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, Samsung’s Bixby, and Microsoft Cortana ...

These changes are still a few months away, but it marks another big step for Microsoft in pivoting Cortana away from a Google Assistant or Alexa alternative to a more specialized, productivity-focused ...

Microsoft hasn't fielded -- at least so far -- a device that's similar to an Amazon Echo or Google Home speaker. But at least one of its OEM partners is working on such a device for release some time ...

Though the Cortana-powered GLAS thermostat from Johnson Controls isn't even available yet, the Cortana Device Setup app appears to be adding support for the device. Previously limited to assisting in ...