Farewell, Cortana

Come the end of January, it appears the Cortana app’s getting booted to the Microsoft assistant graveyard. At least poor... [Gizmodo]( November 18, 2019 [Farewell, Cortana]( [Come the end of January, it appears the Cortana app’s getting booted to the Microsoft assistant graveyard. At least poor Clippy will have some company now.]( [Giz Asks]( [What Causes Foggy Brain?]( [If you’re like me, you can barely read this paragraph right now. I’m amazed I’m even capable of writing it. Most of us suffering from brain fog can recall a time, perhaps illusory, when setting and achieving goals was simple, more or less—when the main impediments to accomplishment, or simply...]( [News]( [T-Mobile CEO John Legere Is Stepping Down]( [T-Mobile has announced John Legere, the company’s CEO since 2012, will step down on April 30, 2020. Mike Sievert, current COO, will become CEO, and Legere will remain a member of the company’s board. The executive shakeup comes as T-Mobile and Sprint move to finalize a $26 billion merger.]( [Conservation]( [Why We Need to Consider the Human Toll of Conserving Half the Earth]( [Humanity has pushed Earth to the brink with more than a million species threatened with extinction. There are a number of ideas for how to stop the collapse of nature, but among the most radical is the idea of conserving half the planet.]( [Health]( [President Trump Is Terrified That Banning Flavored Vapes Might Cost Him Votes]( [President Donald Trump insisted back in September that he would soon ban flavored vape products in an effort to make them less appealing to children. But the ban is almost certainly dead, if the latest anonymous reports cascading out of the White House can be believed.]( [Field Guide]( [How to Turn Your Smart Speaker Into a White Noise Generator]( [Those smart speakers you’ve allowed into your home can do more than look up the weather forecast and set timers for your eggs—they’re growing increasingly capable of taking on a host of other tasks, including becoming an ambient or white noise generator. If you need help focusing or falling to...]( [News]( [Hemorrhaging WeWork Is Now Fielding SEC Probe: Report]( [However WeWork may be defined—transformative office space startup or cult-like Silicon Valley unicorn—the Securities Exchange Commission reportedly believes the company warrants inquiry. Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg the SEC has begun scrutinizing the corporation over concerns that investors may have been misled ahead of WeWork’s disastrous initial-public-offering-that-wasn’t.]( [Privacy and Security]( [Pentagon to Add Two Weeks to Huawei's Interim Trading License With a Longer Extension in Talks]( [Huawei Technologies has purportedly secured another two weeks to continue working with certain U.S. companies. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that, come Monday, the Pentagon will issue an extension to the Chinese company’s temporary general license, though one far shorter than a previous 90-day extension allotted in August. This...]( YOU MAY ALSO LIKE [Lifehacker]( [Stop Using Public USB Ports to Charge Your Phone]( [Battery power is one of those things that’s always at a premium, especially when you’re traveling and need to use one of the precious few power outlets at the airport to keep your device charged.]( [Kotaku]( [Google Panics, Adds 10 More Games To Stadia's Launch Lineup]( [Perhaps spooked by the fact the only people who seem to care about the impending launch of their Stadia home streaming platform are those noting everything wrong with it, Google has at the 11th hour—this thing is released in two days, on November 19!—almost doubled the number of games that’ll be...]( [Kotaku]( [Pokémon Sword And Shield Are Making Some TVs Shut Off [Update]]( [Over the weekend, some players sat down to play Pokémon Sword and Shield on their Roku TVs, only to have them get stuck frozen on the startup screen before rebooting. Roku said it’s currently working to fix the problem.]( [Kotaku]( [I Didn't Realize How Much I Love Suspending Games Until The Outer Worlds Took That Away]( [The Outer Worlds begins with your character coming out of cryo-sleep. They’ve been out of commission for years as their colony ship traveled across the galaxy, but once awakened they’re able to pick up right where they left off. I’ve come to take it for granted this console generation that...]( [Kotaku]( [Final Fantasy VII Remake's Tifa Voice Actor Has Gotten Threats]( [In 2005’s Kingdom Hearts II, Ayumi Ito first voiced Tifa Lockhart and since then has continued to be the character’s Japanese voice. Naturally, she will be returning for next year’s Final Fantasy VII Remake, but sadly, she has recently received threats of violence.]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Gizmodo]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Profile Center]( © 2019 Gizmodo Media Group 1540 Broadway, 27th Floor New York, NY 10036