But Cortana isn't dead yet. Photo: Microsoft/Cult of Mac Microsoft has confirmed plans to kill off Cortana — but only on mobile in only eight countries. A new support article confirms that the Cortana ...

Microsoft is shutting down its digital assistant app Cortana this month, having now put more of its focus on modern-day AI advances, like its ChatGPT-like Bing Chat and other AI-powered productivity ...

Microsoft is doubling down on Cortana as a virtual secretary, giving the digital assistant a host of new capabilities to help people manage their schedules and communications at the office throughout ...

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 ...

Cortana gives a user a rundown of everything she needs to know from several different apps. (USPTO Photo) Microsoft’s vision for Cortana continues to evolve, and according to a new patent, the next ...

Microsoft Corp. is killing off its standalone Cortana smart assistant apps for Android and iOS four years after their launch, but support may remain in the U.S. at least for some time longer. The ...

Javier Soltero, who briefly led the development of Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant, plans to leave the company, Soltero confirmed on Tuesday. Soltero confirmed his decision via Twitter after ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

Microsoft is continuing its march toward refocusing its Cortana digital assistant on productivity scenarios. Today, July 31, Microsoft is going public with dates for phasing out more consumer-focused ...

Microsoft confirmed Friday what PCWorld’s testing has already discovered: Cortana’s transition to an app in the upcoming Windows 10 20H1 release comes with some big, fundamental limitations. That ...

Cortana may have failed as a virtual assistant for consumers, but Microsoft is still betting on it (or at least its brand) for business use cases, now that it has rebranded it as a “personal ...

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