It could be a race between Apple and Microsoft as to who gets a voice assistant on the desktop first As a boy, from the first time I saw “Star Trek,” I thought it would be incredibly cool to say ...

The words “personal digital assistant” bring to mind visions of Stepford Wives speaking in monotone unison, beckoning with waggling index fingers, to come hither and ask them anything. And for Apple’s ...

Microsoft recently introduced a cool new feature for Bing Chat on desktop computers. Now you can have a conversation with the chatbot using your voice. If you're fond of practicing your communications ...

As the digital assistant battle rages on, Microsoft is positioning Cortana to piggyback on Amazon Alexa's success while Google Assistant becomes more "human." When you purchase through links on our ...

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LAS VEGAS — Lost in the shuffle of Amazon and Google’s digital assistant showdown this week at CES is another tech giant’s virtual brain: Microsoft’s Cortana. Unlike fellow tech heavyweights Facebook ...

Microsoft’s efforts to make Cortana as pervasive as possible could see the intelligent digital assistant brought to Android and iOS. A member of the software giant’s Windows Phone team has confirmed ...

Mac users will soon be able to say “Hey Cortana” and have Microsoft’s virtual assistant talk back to them from OS X, thanks to new functionality included in Paralells Desktop 11. The new version of ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

Cortana for desktop appears to sport many of the same features of its Windows Phone counterpart, allowing the user to make Skype calls and set reminders via voice commands. Microsoft is expected to ...

Cortana voice assistance is coming to the Microsoft Teams mobile apps. You'll be able to ask Cortana to make calls, start meetings, share documents, and more. Cortana capabilities are expected to hit ...

Speaking at Black Hat in Las Vegas this week, security researchers Amichai Shulman and Tal Be'ery from Kzen Networks, alongside the Israel Institute of Technology's Ron Marcovich and Yuval Ron, said a ...