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Microsoft admits that it can't beat Amazon and Google in the voice assistant war Microsoft is pivoting its voice assistant strategy by abandoning plans to position Cortana as a stand-alone voice assistant competing with incumbents Alexa and Google Assistant, according to comments by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Rather, Microsoft plans to evolve Cortana into an app or service that will work to complement other voice platforms.
The news doesn't come as much of a surprise, given that Microsoft's been pursuing an open, cross-platform voice ecosystem for Cortana over the last few years.
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| | | In Goldman's Q4 2018 earnings report, released earlier last week, the firm reported an impressive $35 billion in deposits for its digital-only outlet Marcus. Read More → | | | | |
| | | UK-based multinational telecommunications company Vodafone and leading tech company IBM have formed a wide-ranging partnership to jointly pursue solutions in a variety of developing technology sectors. Read More → | | | | |
| | | Despite being the first firm in the nation to launch an autonomous ride-hailing service, Waymo is still experiencing technical challenges, according to an interview The Verge conducted with a rider. Read More → | | | | |
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| | | Apple Pay is expanding its merchant acceptance network to several major US retailers, quick-service restaurants, and convenience store chains, including Target, Taco Bell, and Speedway convenience stores, according to an Apple company statement. Read More → | | | | |
| | | The growing push by governments to both further regulate tech giants and more strictly enforce existing regulations could significantly dampen the companies' ability to make money from extracting user data and using it to target ads. Read More → | | | | |
| | | Executives from PayPal and Mastercard highlighted the benefits of partnerships between fintech companies and banks during a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland earlier this week. Read More → | | | | |
| | | Amazon has stopped shipping its Alexa Wall Clock after a number of users reported that the device would repeatedly lose its connection to home Wi-Fi networks. Read More → | | | | |
| | | Verily, Alphabet's life sciences arm, earned clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an electrocardiogram (EKG) feature in its smartwatch that allows healthcare researchers to study cardiovascular conditions. Read More → | | | | |
| | | The second-largest US wireless carrier by volume just lifted the lid on its strategy for delivering 5G services to business customers — and it's focused on three pillars to push adoption. Read More → | | | | |
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