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Cortana will offer to read your emails in Outlook for iOS

Microsoft is continuing its A.I. push. By further integrating artificial intelligence into its Microsoft 365 applications including its Office suite products such as Outlook and Excel — the company wants to offload some of the heavy human lifting to its Cortana digital smart assistant to help you stay productive. By bringing its A.I. smarts to […]

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Microsoft’s new privacy policy admits humans are listening to some Skype and Cortana recordings

Microsoft today updated its privacy policies to disclose that employees and contractors are listening to audio from some Skype calls and conversations with Cortana recordings. unlike Apple and Google, each of which halted listening to some of these recordings after the revelations, Microsoft appears to be merely updating its privacy policy to admit that yes, […]

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Microsoft unveils new Cortana app for Windows 10

Microsoft has been distancing Cortana from Windows for months. First, it split the virtual assistant from search in Windows 10. Then, a beta version of a standalone Cortana app appeared on the Windows Store. And starting today, Windows 10 Insiders are able to test the new Cortana app beta in Windows. It’s designed to be […]

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Microsoft continues distancing Cortana from Windows

Microsoft’s virtual assistant Cortana could be split off from Windows 10 to become its own separate app. As highlighted by The Verge, Microsoft has added a standalone beta version of Cortana to the Windows Store that is now available to download and try. This move suggests that Microsoft will choose to update the voice assistant […]