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Openwashing, Microsoft, and Calamity

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 13, 2023

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HashiCorp open source change targets competitors [Ed: Openwashing traps by a Microsoft proxy of sorts]

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HashiCorp moves to a business source license for all its future product releases that prohibits use for commercial purposes, renewing questions about open core business models.

Microsoft shuts down Cortana app on Windows 11

=> ↺ Microsoft shuts down Cortana app on Windows 11

Microsoft has shut down its Cortana app for Windows 11. A new update is rolling out for Cortana that simply disables the digital assistant three years after Microsoft also discontinued its Cortana apps for iOS and Android.
If you attempt to launch Cortana on Windows 11 you’ll now be met with a notice about how the app is deprecated and a link to a support article on the change. Microsoft is now planning to end support for Cortana in Teams mobile, Microsoft Teams Display, and Microsoft Teams Rooms “in the fall of 2023.” Surprisingly, Cortana inside Outlook mobile “will continue to be available,” according to Microsoft.

Microsoft just killed the Cortana app on Windows 11 in favour of AI

=> ↺ Microsoft just killed the Cortana app on Windows 11 in favour of AI

Microsoft has finally killed Cortana on Windows 11 – its Windows Phone-era assistant that debuted on desktop with Windows 10. Cortana app was the tech giant’s response to Siri in 2014, and Microsoft published a series of advertisements targeting Apple’s powerful assistant.

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