Earlier this month, Microsoft launched Cortana for Android and iOS in the U.S. and China. Not even two weeks later, though, and the company has disabled the digital assistant’s hands-free feature on ...

Hey, you don’t have to say that anymore when you talk to Cortana. That’s right, your days of needing a two-word wake word for Microsoft’s artificially intelligent assistant are long behind you. From ...

Amazon and Microsoft today jointly announced that Alexa and Cortana will soon be able to communicate with each other. Microsoft said the collaboration will allow access to Alexa via Cortana on Windows ...

Microsoft doesn’t want its users to have to waste any time in getting the attention of its digital assistant Cortana. Microsoft dropped the word “hey” from the voice command that wakes up Cortana on ...

The latest Xbox One update includes plenty of features to please gamers, but gaming has never been the sole focus of Microsoft’s console. While Microsoft has moved away from its goal of taking over ...

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Microsoft’s in a weird spot with Cortana. The company’s smart assistant is deployed on countless PCs, by way of Windows 10, but it’s constantly playing second fiddle to the likes of Alexa, Siri and ...

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At its WinHEC event in Shenzhen last week, Microsoft revealed more of its hardware and software plans for Windows devices. This included major announcements, such as Windows returning to ARM systems ...

Cortana is one of the most useful features of Windows 10. But if you weren’t previously introduced to the Microsoft digital assistant via Windows Phone, you might have little idea how to take ...