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 ...

Cortana, Microsoft’s Xbox-themed digital assistant, is reportedly coming to Android and iOS as a standalone app. A new Reuters report says Cortana will come to Microsoft’s rival mobile platforms after ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

Microsoft has released a new version of the Windows 10 Update Assistant in order to fix a local privilege escalation vulnerability. While there is no imminent threat, the only way to fix this ...

A Microsoft job ad is seeking a engineer to help build the next generation of Cortana and redefine the Windows experience. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

Just when we thought that Microsoft and Cortana would stay forever, the Redmond giant announced that it's killing its long-time AI assistant on Windows. This means that the standalone app will no ...

Microsoft, in a barrage of announcements, has once again made it clear that artificial intelligence (AI) is at the core of its business strategy, positioning itself as a leader in enterprise AI. The ...

Microsoft is embarking on what it calls the “next generation of intelligent assistant technologies” today, looking to move forward to a new era in the digital brain battle as Cortana has so far not ...

TL;DR: Windows 10 support is gone— grab Windows 11 Pro for just $9.97 and upgrade your device with better security, a cleaner ...

The Windows Update Assistant is an essential module for downloading Windows upgrades or updates from the Microsoft website. It has two primary jobs – first, it checks for system compatibility issues, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft has made yet another acquisition designed to retool the former software king into an enterprise solutions leader. The Redmond, Wash-based company announced Monday that it was ...