Lifehacker

Windows Recall Is Back (but Should You Use It?)

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...
Wired

How Windows Recall Works—and Whether You Should Switch It On

Windows Recall is one of the biggest AI features Microsoft has added to Windows 11. It’s useful, but it comes with some privacy trade-offs. If you're a Windows 11 user, and specifically an owner of a ...
GeekWire

One year after its rocky launch, Microsoft’s Windows Recall still raises security red flags

Windows Recall, originally available to all users of Copilot+ PCs in April 2025, stores screen caps of user activity. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft says its Recall app — which captures and stores screen ...
Ars Technica

“TotalRecall Reloaded” tool finds a side entrance to Windows 11’s Recall database

Two years ago, Microsoft launched its first wave of “Copilot+” Windows PCs with a handful of exclusive features that could take advantage of the neural processing unit (NPU) hardware being built into ...
Hosted on MSN

I finally removed every trace of Copilot and Recall from Windows — here's how

While AI is becoming more and more commonplace in daily life, I'd prefer not to have it on my PC if at all possible. I can't deny that Copilot and Recall aren't helpful — they do offer great things ...
Ars Technica

In depth with Windows 11 Recall—and what Microsoft has (and hasn’t) fixed

Besides the botched roll out and lack of trust, who actually wants this? It's yet another AI thing shoehorned into something no one asked for because these companies have to try and create use cases ...
Neowin

Microsoft quietly released a simple Windows 11 25H2 upgrade install tool0 0

It has been nearly half a year since Windows 11 version 25H2 was released for everyone. Despite being based on the older Windows 11 24H2, as both versions share a common servicing branch and codebase, ...