Harman Kardon combines its expertise in the audio world, with Microsoft’s expertise in personal assistants, and created the Invoke. While other manufacturers are creating their own smart speakers ...

While Google Assistant and Alexa have been present in households for some time now, the Harman Kardon Invoke smart speaker with Cortana integration was teased late last year and was officially ...

The Invoke is a pretty good speaker, but it’s too early to bet that Cortana will come out on top against the digital assistants Amazon and Google are offering. Harman Kardon’s Invoke is a pretty good ...

At a CES where digital assistants took center stage, one that was auspiciously missing is the Microsoft Cortana digital assistant. Google Assistant had a large visible presence while, alongside Amazon ...

Virtual assistants like Microsoft's Cortana, Amazon's Alexa and Google's have finally made voice-controlled computing a reality. But talking to them still feels basic -- shouting commands isn't ...

With every passing year, smartphones are less about “phone” and more about “smart.” They’re becoming artificially intelligent, speech-understanding, talking, wish-fulfilling robots. Apple, Google, ...

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Here we go again. It’s Microsoft’s turn in the spotlight thanks to a new report about the company’s practices for reviewing and improving its AI. With today’s news, nearly every company operating a ...

The latest Xbox One update includes plenty of features to please gamers, but gaming has never been the sole focus of Microsoft’s console. While Microsoft has moved away from its goal of taking over ...

Just like seemingly every other major tech company with a voice assistant or voice chat service, it emerged that Microsoft contractors were listening to Skype and Cortana recordings. Apple, Google and ...

Microsoft is the latest tech giant to amend its privacy policy after media reports revealed it uses human contractors to review audio recordings of Skype and Cortana users. A section in the policy on ...

Microsoft's Cortana voice assistant is clearly winding down—the feature is still available in the desktop versions of Windows, but it's no longer included in a default install of Windows 11, and the ...