Windows 10 first major update today.

[dedanna1029]

Microsoft is improving Cortana, the virtual assistant that is built into Windows 10. Korst didn't have user numbers to hand, but told Business Insider that the uptake — especially among older machines — was something to celebrate.

In the November update, Cortana is getting a myriad of new features: The ability to write down notes (rather than dictate them) and then recognise information, such as phone numbers and addresses; a partnership with Fandango means that Cortana can now book movie tickets (and call an Uber to take you there); and the service is expanding to Australia, Japan, Canada and India (all in English).

Microsoft Edge is also getting an update with a new Tab Preview feature (which Korst described as "something actually quite cool"), the ability to sync favourites and reading lists across devices, and a tighter integration with Cortana. When Business Insider pressed Korst about browser extensions (a thorny issue for Windows 10 users), he reiterated that they would come in "early 2016" but had nothing more to share. There was no reason given for their noticeable absence.

See the rest of the "improvements" here.

I figure in other words, Windows 10 still isn't finished.

[viking60]

Cortana is sending data to Microsoft servers even if you have turned it off.

A Technical Analysis done by Ars showed that even when you tell Microsoft to not to make any Internet-related inquiries by changing various privacy settings, it appears that Windows 10 still communicate with the software giant's servers for different information.

To make it worse; Microsoft collects your data unencrypted.

http://thehackernews.com/2015/08/window ... pying.html

WIndows 8 and higher are simply unacceptable for privacy minded people and certainly for Governments and critical infrastructures.

[dedanna1029]

So true. I don't understand why businesses and schools use Windows. They're doing it to their own detriment.