SAN FRANCISCO — Cortana’s learning the neighborhood. Google’s digital assistant can’t tell a joke. And Siri apparently has a thing for the metric system. Those are just a few of the things I learned ...

Siri gets flustered, to say the least, when handling queries relating to domestic violence or rape, and this has now led to a formal petition that has been submitted to Apple. Here’s the background.

Microsoft's Cortana is late to the voice-enabled assistant support, but aims to leapfrog Siri and Google Now with its conversational model, personalization, and extensibility. Share on Facebook (opens ...

New footage shows the first images of Microsoft's new Siri- and Google Now-competitor in action -- though details are still lacking in the lead-up to its unveiling alongside Windows Phone 8.1. There's ...

Just don't make the mistake of calling Siri by the wrong name! Photo: Apple Siri’s the O.G. (Original Gangsta) personal assistant, and she doesn’t like it when you confuse her with upstart rivals from ...

It might still be a tiny player in the smartphone market, but Microsoft is keen to build on recent successes by releasing a next-gen mobile OS, featuring a Siri-like voice assistant feature. Windows ...

Microsoft Corp. is reportedly working on a virtual assistance program called "Cortana" that could battle <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/profiles/company/us/ca ...

Microsoft has acquired an artificial-intelligence startup, Semantic Machines, to bolster its efforts in "conversational AI" and potentially make its Cortana virtual assistant better at understanding ...

If you’ve tucked yourself under the sheets of ignorant bliss when it comes to your privacy while speaking to your favorite personal device, this is yet another wakeup call. A Reddit user recently ...

We’ve been hearing for sometime about Microsoft’s forthcoming Cortana assistant, set to arrive in Windows Phone 8.1. Here’s a video that appears to show the new Siri-clone in action. And it looks ...

Microsoft's virtual assistant for Windows Phone devices Cortana will reportedly include contextualised awareness similar to Google Now. Sources close to the computing giant told The Verge that the ...