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As the holiday season approaches, Windows Insiders find themselves in a peculiar position—like children anxiously awaiting presents—but instead of toys or games, they might be receiving something a bit more divisive: Microsoft's Recall technology. Originally announced back in May, this feature...

November 5, 2024 Windows 11, Microsoft's latest operating system, finds itself at a crossroads as it grapples with user concerns surrounding its newly introduced Recall capability. Despite Microsoft's efforts to enhance security and privacy, the Recall feature has become a focal point of...

In a plot twist that even seasoned tech watchers didn’t see coming, Microsoft has decided to delay its much-anticipated Windows Recall feature yet again. Initially expected to launch in October 2024, the feature will now enter public testing in December 2024, following a series of...

Hello anyone, I copied a photograph from my Google account as my Background photograph and it looks great but since coping it, google photos continually interrupt me when I'm connected to any site I'm working on by interrupting the session and displaying some of my photos in my google account...

Introduction In a recent update, Microsoft has confirmed that its controversial AI feature, Recall, will be returning to Windows 11 and Copilot+ PCs. Despite the backlash and privacy concerns it initially sparked, the AI tool will not come with an uninstall option. Instead, it will be...

Microsoft has recently acknowledged a significant glitch in the Windows 11 operating system that has raised concerns among its user base, particularly regarding the new Recall AI feature. This announcement follows the rollout of the Windows 11 24H2 update (KB5041865), which inadvertently misled...

The landscape of Windows 11 is set for another significant change as Microsoft prepares to reintroduce a controversial tool known as Windows Recall, designed to integrate advanced AI capabilities into the operating system. This new feature, which allows the operating system to screenshot and...

In a surprising turn of events, Microsoft has not yet provided a definitive launch date for its controversial new feature, Recall, part of the much-anticipated Copilot+ PCs lineup. Originally slated for a June 18 rollout, Recall is designed to enable users to scroll back through time in their...

The Australian federal police have tested a controversial facial recognition search engine, possibly for operational use. Documents obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws show hundreds of connections between AFP devices and the website PimEyes between 1 January and 4...

Recently I have been pressed relentlessly to register to MS emailing. I never heard of this before & always logged in with my own email address &password. As at times I could not continue I accepted for their em address not knowing what I was letting myself in to. The thing infiltrated...

I realise that this question has been asked before but I don't see anything recently so am not quite sure whether to add to a thread start a new one. I decided to post a new one so forgive me if I have posted badly. I am running Windows 7 x 32b Recently, and all of a sudden, ALL of the folders...

Who will have access to your data. Politico did an article last week suggesting that Cloud vendors here in the U.S. might be having some issues landing foreign customers because of the Patriot Act and many are requiring that vendors establish domestic data centers within their respective borders...

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In yet another round of cyber attacks, hackers have stolen more than 177,000 emails from Sony Pictures France, ZDnet reports. The hackers say they wanted to demonstrate the sites insecurity to get them to fix their vulnerabilities. Read Full Story: Hackers Claim 177K Email Addresses from...

Safari, IE, Chrome and Firefox The autocomplete features in Safari, IE, Firefox, or Chrome are vulnerable to ID theft and other attacks. Insecurity expert Jeremiah Grossman is expected to tell a Black Hat conference that the four major browsers have critical weaknesses that have yet to be...

It may be the most legendary monument to the internet’s 15 megabytes of fame – or unintentional infamy: eight years ago, private footage of a heavy-set teenager, spinning nearly uncontrollably while wielding an imaginary-lightsaber, as if in an audition tape for Star Wars, was uploaded to the...

Hi guys, I recently acquired a virus on my system which has made my user profile disappear (when clicking on Windows Explorer then C: and then finally 'Users' folder. All of the data is still on the drive as it is as full as it was before). I am running Windows 7 and got around this...