is a senior reviewer covering laptops and other gadgets. Monica was a writer for Tom’s Guide and Business Insider before joining The Verge in 2020. If you use a PC, Xbox, or other Microsoft device, ...

Cortana the personal assistant Windows comes with, and its used for many things apart from using it for search. That said, Microsoft also collects data from Cortana to improve the user experience. It ...

Travis wanted Cortana, Microsoft’s personal assistant for Windows 10, out of his PC once and for all. He’s probably not alone, so I figured I’d detail exactly how to perform a Cortana-ectomy. This ...

The Cortana.exe Miner is a Trojan that uses your computer to mine for the Monero digital currency without your permission. It is not known how this particular miner Trojan is being installed, but it ...

Thanks to new controls and settings in Windows 10, you can finally disable Cortana completely without much effort. What if you don’t want Cortana scanning your emails or tracking what you’re working ...

Did you know that Microsoft keeps a copy of everything you asked Cortana? In this guide, we'll show you the steps to view and delete your voice data, and the steps to stop sending out this information ...

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Cortana isn't going far: Microsoft will move it just to the right of the Search bar. For now, this is only available via the Windows 10 preview build, released today for Windows Insiders. I'm PCMag's ...

In February, Microsoft revealed that it would be slowly phasing out Cortana functionality in mobile and other devices, implying that the third-party Harman Kardon Invoke would be among them. On Friday ...

Microsoft Launcher users will soon no longer be able to access Cortana. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Cortana inside the ...

Some significant changes are coming to Cortana. Starting this spring, Microsoft said it plans to make productivity the focus of the digital assistant. As part of the shift, Cortana will lose some of ...