Despite its best efforts, Microsoft’s Groove Music service never really caught on. So back in October, Microsoft shut the service down and told its users to switch to Spotify. Unfortunately, that ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Cortana knows what music you like and is now giving you a heads up when favorite musicians are ...

Cortana is bucking the trend of smart assistants, which are usually found adding talents, by quietly dropping her ability to recognize songs. Microsoft's AI, available across on smartphones, desktop ...

Cortana started off looking like Microsoft’s answer to Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant. These days it’s looking… a lot less useful. Microsoft has announced a ...

Microsoft said Tuesday that it plans to allow users to pool and share music among several users in the near future, although it was vague on how it would do so. That promise was hidden in a blog post ...

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Microsoft's repositioning of Cortana has been a "journey," to use a favorite company euphemism. And its part of Microsoft's move to turn Cortana into more of an integrated productivity service rather ...

With the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft will bring more gaming features across both the operating system and Xbox One. Some of the new features to expect this summer were announced ...

Cortana is the star of a big new Windows 10 Insider Preview build. Microsoft says that voice control of your PC was one its "top requests," so the latest update now lets you shutdown, restart, lock or ...