Microsoft won't let you disable Cortana in future versions of Windows. Post-Anniversary Update, Cortana and desktop search will be functionally identical. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

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 ...

An upcoming version of the Windows 10 Technical Preview has leaked, and it has some really, really big changes. Most notably, it looks like the original Control Panel might be going away, replaced by ...

Microsoft has announced a big change in how the Cortana search box in Windows 10 will work going forward: All searches will be powered by Bing, and all links will open with the Edge browser. This is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 also sent out invites for an event in January, in which the company plans to unveil the “next chapter” of Windows 10. The event is rumored to unveil Windows 10 running on tablets and phones, ...