LAS VEGAS – Complexity is the enemy of security, but prompt patching is its strongest ally. Security professionals have made those points for years, but two presentations at the Black Hat USA ...

Microsoft’s flagship voice assistant is built-in to Windows 10, yet Cortana hasn’t shared the same success as voice assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant. But that may change with ...

Microsoft is killing off its Cortana app for Android and iOS in a number of countries around the world from January 31. The company announced the change in a support document for affected markets.

A beta version of an independent Cortana app has appeared on the Microsoft Store and it could finally allow Microsoft to update digital assistant with new features more frequently. Cortana has always ...

The tricky Cortana flaw, CVE-2018-8253, was addressed by Microsoft during Patch Tuesday. As voice assistants like Alexa and Google Home gain traction in the smart-home market, they have also been ...

Voice assistants are a great convenience. They make it easier than ever to control all our devices hands-free. A wide choice of assistants has risen over the past few years, including Google Assistant ...

Microsoft's Cortana voice assistant is clearly winding down—the feature is still available in the desktop versions of Windows, but it's no longer included in a default install of Windows 11, and the ...

Microsoft’s digital assistant, Cortana, began as a peppy AI sidekick within Windows 10, experimented a bit with smart speakers, then went on semi-hiatus as she worked out some things. Now she’s ...

A number of companies are starting to have reservations about using real people to “improve” their digital assistants by reviewing what you’ve said to your smart speaker or phone. I’m willing to bet ...

Microsoft has confirmed that they are investigating reports of high CPU usage in the SearchUI.exe component of Cortana after users install the Windows 10 v1903 KB4512941 cumulative update. In a ...

Cortana will appear in Microsoft products where it makes sense Cortana will appear in Microsoft products where it makes sense is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...