Microsoft's Bing Chatbot, codenamed Sidney, has made headlines over the last few days for its erratic and frightening behavior. It has also been manipulated with "prompt injection,"(opens in new tab) a method of bypassing some protocols to get information it's not supposed to deliver.

I wanted an easy way to generate and review non-English RSS news feeds, and I think this works pretty well. Best of all, the translator Google Sheet is self-contained, so you can make your own copy.

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Over the years people have come to expect search engines to automatically detect intent and provide great search results for text queries typed into a single search box. Now Bing takes the first step to achieve the same for images. The Bing Team sets out to connect your camera to a deep search experience.

Machine learning is accomplishing Facebook’s mission of connecting the world across language barriers. Facebook is now serving 2 billion text translations per day. Facebook can translate across 40 languages in 1,800 directions, like French to English. And 800 million users, almost half of all Facebook users, see translations each month.

Microsoft is closing off one of the easiest ways to Google search in Windows 10. The company has announced in a blog post that starting today, it will block the ability to perform third-party searches through the Cortana digital assistant, as part of an effort to maintain an "integrated search experience." The move comes in response to a number of recent workarounds, which used browser extensions or even registry edits to establish...

Search engines are a very personal affair, everyone tends to have very strong opinions about which one they prefer, or which one they think is best. Micros

When last we caught up with Cortana, she was billed as a rival to Siri. Since her introduction, Cortana has grown up a lot.

Perhaps it goes without saying that Windows 10 Mobile is in need of work. Last week's build 10166 seems to be moving along the same lines as its PC counterpart.

Cortana, Windows 10's personal digital assistant, is ready to change your life. Once you upgrade to Microsoft's new operating system, the voice-or-keyboard activated assistant will be available to help you complete tasks, ensure you don't miss appointments, and send emails and messages on your behalf. Originally released with Windows Phone 8.1, Cortana–named after the AI…

Bing has trumped Google with the announcement of a new Bing AOL partnership. The 10-year deal wi...

Following closely on Google’s “Mobilegeddon” algorithm update, Bing has announced its own roll out of mobile friendly ranking signals over the next few months. The short update is that both search engines are now factoring into search ranking whether a website is mobile “friendly” or not. Basically if your site is not easy to use and navigate on a mobile device, your rankings may be going down.

How Satya Nadella plans to make Microsoft relevant in a post-PC world and reclaim the brand of a technology leader.   

Read the full email from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to his employees about the direction Microsoft will be taking it's business in from here on out, direct from Microsoft's website.

Google may still be the top search engine, but Bing is starting to stand on its own. Bing has many of the same search operators offered by Google, but it has a few tricks you won’t find elsewhere.

Search is a key aspect in any operating system. In Windows, search is powered by Bing, be it through the OS itself, or through Cortana in Windows 10. Bing makes it as simple as possible to get to th

The data includes some interesting statistics such as Bing’s share of the US search market is at 33% when including Yahoo searches, and that the Bing audience spends 22% more than the average Internet searcher.

Bing ads has recently doubled its global coverage of demographic data from search and display behavior, allowing advertisers to better target consumers by age and gender.

In the wake of some belt-tightening, what's next for Microsoft's search and advertising platforms?