While poking through the Windows 10 Technical Preview, Digital Trends has discovered multiple references to Cortana, the virtual assistant in Windows Phone, in Microsoft’s new desktop OS. When we ...

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 ...

A large focus of Microsoft's press event today other than high-concept holograms and Windows 10 itself was the personification of the OS, Cortana. We've seen the Halo-themed AI (complete with original ...

Q: I recently purchased a new Dell all-in-one personal computer with Windows 10. After a couple of months I feel that it runs much slower than my old tower that had Vista. At dinner with a much more ...

Most how-to articles on a given subject walk you through a series of steps, perhaps with a video attached. Windows 10’s new free help feature, Cortana Show Me, is different: It actually performs basic ...

During Microsoft’s Windows 10 event today, Corporate Vice President Joe Belfiore demonstrated the Cortana digital assistant running as part of the Windows 10 operating system. While Belfiore cautioned ...

Even virtual employees aren’t safe from the artificial intelligence revolution replacing them, as evidenced by Microsoft’s Cortana app for Windows getting the boot later this year in favor of the ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Microsoft is bringing its digital assistant Cortana to Windows 10. Though it’s been no secret that ...

After watching early footage of Microsoft's virtual assistant Cortana in Windows 10 (below), its impending takeover of the Microsoft Borg seems inevitable. There's a lot riding on Cortana, after all.

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

Travis wanted Cortana, Microsoft’s personal assistant for Windows 10, out of his PC once and for all. He’s probably not alone, so I figured I’d detail exactly how to perform a Cortana-ectomy. This ...

Cortana is the digital voice assistant built into Windows 10, designed to make your life easier with simple voice commands. And like Siri for Apple, Alexa for Amazon, and Google’s self-named voice ...