A year ago, Amazon and Microsoft pledged that their digital assistants, Alexa and Cortana, would become friends. That future has now arrived: Beginning today, you’ll be able to invoke Alexa from ...

During last week's Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, researchers showed how Microsoft's Cortana virtual assistant could be used to bypass the Windows lock screen. The vulnerability affects Windows 10 ...

Cortana may not be the personal assistant she once was, but a new update as part of the Windows Insider Dev Channel means that her capabilities to find files have improved. The new “File Skill” in the ...

Digital assistants have historically kept to their own turfs, with a great deal of competition between them by platform but much less on a given device itself. Siri owned iOS and MacOS, Google ...

In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. by Todd Bishop on Aug 15, 2018 at 10:31 am August 15, 2018 at ...

A pair of independent researchers yesterday uncovered a particularly worrisome security vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows 10. If your PC’s OS was installed with default settings this could affect ...

Cortana, like all digital assistants, is supposed to make life easier by organizing your data and presenting you with helpful information when you need it. Unfortunately, that inclination to be useful ...

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 ...

Is Alexa's imminent arrival on Windows 10 PCs a bad thing for Cortana's future? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of the ...

Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 preview for those on its Windows Insiders program that brings a few fixes and a new feature for Cortana, Microsoft's answer to Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa.

If you’re using a Windows 10 machine, you might want to consider disabling Cortana—at least on the Lock Screen—if you aren’t planning to install the latest Windows updates for whatever reason. (And, ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has issued a Windows 10 security update to prevent hackers from breaking ...