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Change These Default Windows 10 Settings

You can improve your Windows 10 experience by changing any of these settings.

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Best gifts for the Halo fan in your life

Celebrate 20 years of Halo with these awesome gifts for fans of the franchise.

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16 smart thermostats to regulate your home's heat and AC

Not sold on a smart thermostat? Scroll through your options here.

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<p>Bye bye, Cortana on Android and iOS.</p>

Microsoft retires Cortana app for iOS and Android

The app's demise wasn't exactly a shock.

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<p>Microsoft's Surface Laptop 3 runs Windows 10.</p>

5 Windows 10 features that are better than what you had on Windows 7

Security, the start menu and Cortana all get updates in Windows 10.

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The only Cortana-powered speaker is about to drop Microsoft's digital assistant

Harman Kardon's Invoke won't respond to "Hey Cortana" after Wednesday.

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What happened to Siri?

Apple's Siri had a huge head start when it came to voice assistants. How on earth did Siri get bested by Google and Amazon? We explain how that happened and how Siri can still be a major player in the intelligent assistant world.

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Cortana reborn: Microsoft's digital assistant becomes less about Alexa, more a productivity app

Cortana isn't gone yet, but Microsoft is changing course.

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Apple pulls vaping apps, Microsoft kills Cortana on mobile in eight countries

In today's top stories, Apple responds to the vaping crisis by pulling associated apps from its App Store, Microsoft kills off Cortana on iOS and Android in eight countries and T-Mobile CEO John Legere reportedly won't be jumping ship to WeWork.

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Cortana app for iOS, Android going silent in UK, Canada, Australia, Microsoft says

Affected markets also include China, Germany, India, Mexico and Spain.

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<p>David Limp, Amazon's hardware chief, at last year's Alexa product launch in Seattle.</p>

Amazon looks to expand Alexa's world amid growing privacy concerns

The online retailer will hold a product launch Wednesday, with Alexa expected to go into earbuds and maybe even a robot.

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Microsoft's contractors listened in on Xbox users

The "human review" of AI systems extended to Cortana on Xbox, according to a Vice report.

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