Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Microsoft is applying a bunch of significant changes to how users set up PCs powered by Windows 10. The setup process involved with the operating system has become increasingly easier over time thanks ...

Oh dear—not still clicking around with a mouse and keyboard are you? What is this, early 2015? Cortana comes baked into Windows 10 now, so you can shout out commands and control your laptop or desktop ...

Alexa, the cloud-based voice service from Amazon will get the ability to control Microsoft Xbox One. As we know, the gaming device already supports Cortana. The same functionality would be extended to ...

You can now control the Xbox from Alexa and Cortana. Microsoft announced his morning it’s introducing a new way to interact with Xbox One using voice commands, by way of an Xbox Skill that works with ...

Microsoft's latest Windows 10 Creators Update build for Fast Ring Insider testers adds more Cortana capabilities, including the ability to turn off PCs with voice commands. Windows 10 Build 14986, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two technology heavyweights have teamed up to make voice-based computing a little less of a hassle for consumers. Microsoft and ...

If you’re an Xbox Insider in the U.S., you’ll soon be seeing more ways to interact with and control your Xbox One using Cortana and Alexa-enabled devices. The new functionality is slowly rolling out ...

Developers, hobbyists and makers that would like to control RGB LED strips using Microsoft’s Cortana personal assistant, may be interested in a new piece of hardware created by Sieuwe Elferink, based ...

Today, Microsoft announced that you'll soon be able to control your Xbox One console with Cortana or Alexa. The skill is available in beta now, and Xbox Insiders will be able to test it beginning ...