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Microsoft gives up on Cortana as an Alexa rival, now views assistant as cross-platform skill – Microsoft no longer views Cortana as a competitor to the Google Assistant or Amazons Alexa, and the priority has changed to make it a skill that works within other digital assistants across a variety of devices. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella noted the change this week, per The Verge, saying the …