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Privacy settings in Microsoft Edge: disable tab grouping, follow creators, similar sites, and shopping recommendations
Microsoft is known to regularly use its platform to push its software and cloud services onto users. They often provide only little value but tend to bloat the system or siphon off data. The latter applies to a number of Edge browser features. They are active by default but can be disabled via GPO.
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Paolo Maffezzoli posted an update
2 months, 1 week agoMicrosoft Graveyard: a new website for tracking dead and soon-to-be-dead Microsoft products – Neowin
Microsoft Graveyard is a new unofficial website where you can track all the dead and soon-to-be-dead products. That is where Windows Phone, Cortana, and other things we used to love and hate rest.
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Paolo Maffezzoli posted an update
3 months, 1 week agoEvery Windows 10 and 11 feature Microsoft deprecated in 2023 – Neowin
In 2023, Microsoft dropped support for 18 different Windows 10 and 11 features. Here is a recap of everything Microsoft deprecated, including Windows Mixed Reality, Cortana, WordPad, and more.
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3 months, 3 weeks agoWindows: Microsoft declares speech recognition as deprecated | Born’s Tech and Windows World
The list of discontinued Windows functions that will eventually be removed is getting longer and longer. After Cortana, WebDAV client, etc., Microsoft also no longer wants to retain the speech recognition introduced with Windows Vista.
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Paolo Maffezzoli posted an update
6 months ago
Microsoft finally removed the Cortana standalone app from Windows 11 in the latest preview build for Insiders in the Canary Channel. -
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6 months, 2 weeks ago
Microsoft has confirmed that support for Cortana in Teams mobile, Microsoft Teams display, and Microsoft Teams Rooms will end in the fall of 2023 -
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8 months ago
Microsoft has officially begun killing off Cortana as the company moves its focus towards integrating ChatGPT and AI into Windows 11. -
Paolo Maffezzoli posted an update
8 months ago
Earlier in the week, Microsoft rolled out a new Insider build for testers in the Dev Channel. Today, arriving just in time for the weekend, it delivers a new flight for those on the Canary Channel. -
Paolo Maffezzoli posted an update
8 months ago
Siri appears to be the last smart assistant standing as Microsoft quietly sunsets Cortana in Windows, but this may be a meaningless victory given the rise of AI-based chatbots. -
Paolo Maffezzoli posted an update
8 months ago
Microsoft has just killed Cortana its Windows Phone-era digital assistant and its answer to Apples Siri. A new Microsoft Store update, which is rolling out to some users on Windows 11, shuts down the Cortana standalone app. This development was first spotted by Windows Latest on Thursday morning.
