Cortana

Cortana didn't tell me about Cervantes, that came from my memory bank, and you know how that goes.  I might look him up later on Wiki, but probably not tonight.

Cortana didn't tell me about the Whistleblower thing either, that came from several different articles on my news app.  Uncle Ken's link added a different perspective, which is always a good thing.

Cortana is not a real person, although I understand that, if I had a microphone for my computer, I could converse with her as if she was.  When I first bought my current computer, Cortana kept pestering me to sign her on as my personal assistant, but I never did because I heard that she could be "a dangerous servant and a fearful master."  She must have given up on that because she hasn't bothered me about it lately.  I later learned that she also runs my search engine, which I let her do because she is so much better at it than I am.

I looked her up on Wiki last night to find out more about her because I have been impressed by the way she seems to know exactly what I'm looking for, even if I don't.  Turns out that, before she had this job, she worked for a video game called "Halo".  She started out as a technical advisor to the players and eventually worked her way up to Ruler of the Universe.  At some point, Microsoft recruited her to inhabit all their Windows 10 platforms and some other things that I don't understand.  I'm not sure if she still rules the Halo Universe as well, but I think she could if she wanted to.