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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella explains why he’s not worried about Alexa on Windows PCs

Alexa’s impending arrival on several Windows PCs looks like it could be trouble for Microsoft’s Cortana, but its CEO Satya… Read More

Where’s Cortana? Microsoft is playing the long game as Amazon and Google dominate CES

LAS VEGAS — Lost in the shuffle of Amazon and Google’s digital assistant showdown this week at CES is another… Read More

Hands on with Microsoft’s hardware cornucopia at tech giant’s behind-the-scenes CES booth

LAS VEGAS — Microsoft is typically more low key at CES than fellow tech giant Amazon, and this year Google,… Read More

Alexa is coming to PCs: HP, ASUS and Acer bring Amazon’s assistant onto Microsoft Cortana’s turf

Amazon Alexa will soon arrive on Windows PCs, creating new competition for Microsoft’s built-in Cortana voice assistant. Hardware makers HP,… Read More

Microsoft and Johnson Controls unveil 1st Cortana-powered smart thermostat with pre-orders in March

Microsoft’s digital assistant Cortana will soon show up in another smart gadget. Microsoft and Johnson Controls today debuted a new… Read More

Why Alexa and Cortana aren’t BFFs yet: Amazon and Microsoft taking longer than expected to integrate voice assistants

A few months ago, Amazon and Microsoft said their respective digital assistants, Alexa and Cortana, would begin talking to each… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana finally gets her own speaker: Hands-on with the $199 Harman Kardon Invoke

Alexa has a bunch of them. Siri is getting one. So why not Cortana, too? A new smart speaker from… Read More

Mattel cancels ‘Aristotle’ smart hub for kids amid concerns about AI parenting and data collection

Mattel’s voice-activated smart hub for kids, Aristotle, first caught our attention at CES this year. Powered by Microsoft’s Cortana, the… Read More

Microsoft and Amazon will link Cortana and Alexa in surprising collaboration between tech giants

Microsoft’s Cortana and Amazon’s Alexa will begin “talking to each other” by the end of the year, letting each voice… Read More

Microsoft shows off Windows Timeline running in the Cortana app on an iPhone. (GeekWire photo / Todd Bishop)

Microsoft delays Timeline, a Windows 10 feature that will sync between Android and iOS devices

It seemed like Microsoft had taken another step toward its pledge to be device-agnostic earlier this year, when it announced… Read More

Microsoft Cortana-powered Harman Kardon speaker will feature Skype calling

Will Skype be the killer app for Microsoft’s aspiring Amazon Echo killer? Harman International, the Samsung subsidiary, this morning released new details about… Read More

How Amazon teaches Alexa, and what it hopes the virtual assistant will learn someday

Days after Amazon announced that it was bringing its Alexa to its iOS Amazon app, Amazon senior principal scientist Nikko… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana will now keep you accountable for promises you forgot you made

Cortana wants you to keep your promises. Microsoft’s virtual assistant, available on platforms including Windows 10, iOS and Android, has some… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa will soon show up in a new Lenovo smart speaker and work with Dish Network DVRs

Amazon’s digital brain Alexa is growing outside the online retail giant, with PC maker Lenovo and Dish Network both announcing… Read More

Amazon poised to dominate CES, thanks to Alexa and Dash integrations

Amazon doesn’t even have its own CES booth, but the Seattle-based tech giant promises to be one of the biggest stories at the… Read More

Microsoft bringing full Windows 10 to ARM devices with Qualcomm partnership

Microsoft will again seek to expand the reach of its Windows PC operating system to devices running mobile-oriented ARM processors,… Read More

Naughty or nice? Microsoft adds new holiday list feature for Cortana with Wunderlist integration

Microsoft released a new skill for making and maintaining lists using its digital assistant Cortana, just in time for the… Read More

Microsoft unveils features of Dynamics 365, its new bid to bring AI to the business world

Microsoft in an extensive demo today unveiled the capabilities of its Azure-based Dynamics 365 service announced in July — describing it as a significant undertaking combining its… Read More

Look out, Alexa? HP’s new tabletop PC, featuring Microsoft Cortana, doubles as smart home speaker

This is not your beige box under the desk. HP is moving its PC business into the smart home speaker market with the Windows… Read More

Microsoft begins rolling out Windows 10 Anniversary Update, starting with newest machines

Microsoft began rolling out its Windows 10 Anniversary Update today, the first big update to the operating system since it was… Read More

Steve Martin vs. Cortana: Why Microsoft’s virtual assistant stumped the legendary comedian

Actor, comedian, author and musician Steve Martin is a loyal Windows 10 user. He live-tweeted his upgrade to the latest… Read More

Why is AI female? How our ideas about sex and service influence the personalities we give machines

Consider the artificially intelligent voices you hear on a regular basis. Are any of them men? Whether it’s Apple’s Siri,… Read More

Microsoft introduces Cortana-powered chatbot for Skype, opening up framework to developers

Skype is getting the power of the Cortana virtual assistant thanks to Microsoft’s new bot framework, and with it, the power… Read More

Hulu goes all-out for Windows 10 with Cortana integration in new universal app

Microsoft has a history of helping users watch TV, first with now-dead Windows Media Player and then with Xbox One’s… Read More

Cortana gains scheduling smarts as Microsoft pushes research group to get projects out of the lab

Personal assistants of the world beware: Cortana just learned another one of your tricks. Microsoft’s AI assistant for Windows 10 will… Read More

Microsoft pulls ‘Hey Cortana’ feature from Android app after it caused mic problems systemwide

One of the biggest ways Microsoft has beefed up its mobile presence is by making its AI assistant, Cortana, available on Android… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana arrives on Android and iPhone, bridging Windows PCs and mobile devices

Microsoft made good on its promise to bring Cortana — its digital assistant — to a broader range of devices on… Read More

Why people in China love Microsoft’s Xiaoice virtual companion, and what it says about artificial intelligence

Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon is speaking quickly inside a Beijing boardroom, excited about the conversation topic. He’s rattling off statistics and talking… Read More

Want Cortana on your iPhone? Microsoft looking for iOS testers for its virtual assistant

Without Cortana available across all your devices, Microsoft’s smart assistant isn’t quite as helpful. And with Windows Phone running on less… Read More

Microsoft working on Cortana for the car, testing virtual assistant on the road

Cortana may be your next co-pilot. Microsoft has been testing a prototype car with Cortana’s voice-control system built in. The… Read More