To develop Cortana, Microsoft apparently spoke to a number of “real personal assistants” and learned that they kept track of the interests and preferences of their bosses in a notebook. So Microsoft ...

Microsoft will pull the plug on its Cortana AI assistant. And it’s hard not to feel like Microsoft is squandering yet another opportunity in doing so. Microsoft has said before that Cortana was rarely ...

Watch out, Siri. Someone wants your job. Since it debuted on the iPhone 4S three years ago, Apple’s Siri technology has been synonymous with the concept of a virtual personal assistant. But now comes ...

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 ...

Digital assistance dominated this year’s CES tech fair in Las Vegas, with Alexa and Google Assistant directly targeting each over in a massive show of force. Microsoft’s Cortana also turned up but its ...

Virtual personal assistants and chatbots are all the rage these days. But while some of them, like Siri, Alexa, or even Cortana, are interesting and at times even useful, they aren't exactly suited ...

Back in 2015, Microsoft was laying the groundwork for Cortana, gaming, and your Xbox. Here's a flashback to our original coverage. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...