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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 02:22:09 JST Ars Technica

   Microsoft shuts down Windows’ Cortana voice assistant as it chases AI ambitions

   Cortana will remain in Teams and Outlook, for now, but is going away in Windows.

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/microsoft-shuts-down-windows-cortana-voice-assistant-as-it-chases-ai-ambitions/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Johanna Wilder, ex-Thaumaturge (jiejie@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 02:28:48 JST Johanna Wilder, ex-Thaumaturge

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     @arstechnica

   • Drantigon (drantigon@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 02:30:23 JST Drantigon

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     @arstechnica oh well. They didn't provide Cortana in my country anyway, so I'm impartial about this change.

   • Florian Lepont (florianlepont@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 03:06:31 JST Florian Lepont

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     @arstechnica Halo tells me that Cortana will be back in its darkest version within the next few years. Watch out!

   • William Johnston (wjohnston@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 03:17:06 JST William Johnston

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     @arstechnica And life imitates art… https://www.cyberpunkreview.com/tmp/cortana-the-ai-character-in-microsofts-halo-video-game-franchise-is-confirmed-to-be-dead-in-halo-infinite/

   • Neighborhood Nerd (andrewmettier@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 03:50:14 JST Neighborhood Nerd

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     @arstechnica I had some fun conversations with her. Long long time ago now. Crazy.

   • Howard Chu @ Symas (hyc@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 03:54:09 JST Howard Chu @ Symas

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     @arstechnica gonna miss her in HALO

   • Gabe Pérez (gabeweb@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 04:39:53 JST Gabe Pérez

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     @arstechnica this news is really sad, because Cortana was much more capable than OK Google, in the short commercial life span of Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile. It was even much more useful without an Internet connection than the Google assistant.

   • Kunal Agrawal (kunalagrawal@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 05:27:57 JST Kunal Agrawal

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     @arstechnica Forgot it even existed. Used to be the first thing I used to get rid off.

   • Ian (avercromxd@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 05:31:45 JST Ian

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     @arstechnica f*cking finally. Cortana was so annoying. Out of nowhere starts talking if she can help in the install process…