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    Microsoft Corporation
    / Windows evolution: XP, Vista, and Windows 7 (and 8, 9, 10, and 11)

    …10, released in 2015, featured Cortana, a digital personal assistant capable of responding to voice commands (as did the iPhone’s Siri), and a new Web browser, Microsoft Edge, which replaced Internet Explorer.

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    …10, released in 2015, featured Cortana, a digital personal assistant capable of responding to voice commands (as did the iPhone’s Siri), and a new Web browser, Microsoft Edge, which replaced Internet Explorer.

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    …Windows 10, which came with Cortana, a digital personal assistant like Apple’s Siri, and the Web browser Microsoft Edge, which replaced Internet Explorer.

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    …Windows 10, which came with Cortana, a digital personal assistant like Apple’s Siri, and the Web browser Microsoft Edge, which replaced Internet Explorer.

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