FEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 109At one time, Cortana would monitor all of your
interests and surface news and relevant bits of
information. Today, she serves three purposes: as
an assistant to answer questions, set reminders, and
create lists. If you click in the search box, you can ask
a query (“How tall is the Eiffel Tower?”) and Bing will
report the result. But it’s easier to go to Settings >
Cortana and enable the ‘Hey Cortana’ trigger word.
If your PC has a microphone built in, you can then
ask these questions of Cortana, even when the PC is
locked. You can also set reminders (“Remind me toNo, Cortana
isn’t evil; she just
matches your
accent colour if
you or Windows
has selected oneFEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 109At one time, Cortana would monitor all of your
interests and surface news and relevant bits of
information. Today, she serves three purposes: as
anassistanttoanswerquestions,setreminders,and
createlists. If you click in the search box, you can ask
a query (“How tall is the Eiffel Tower?”) and Bing will
report the result. But it’s easier to go to Settings >
Cortana and enable the ‘Hey Cortana’ trigger word.
If your PC has a microphone built in, you can then
ask these questions of Cortana, even when the PC is
locked. You can also set reminders (“Remind me to
No, Cortana
isn’t evil; she just
matches your
accent colour if
you or Windows
has selected one