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When Microsoft tried to launch Recall, an AI-powered Windows feature that screenshots most of what you do on your PC, it was labeled a “disaster” for cybersecurity and a “privacy nightmare.” After the backlash and a year-long delay to redesign and secure Recall, it’s once again facing security and privacy concerns.Cybersecurity expert Alexander Hagenah has created TotalRecall Reloaded, a tool that extracts and displays data from Recall. It’s an update to the TotalRecall tool that demonstrated all the weaknesses in the original Recall feature before Microsoft redesigned it.Microsoft’s redesign focused on creating a secure vault for Recall data, with Windows…

The original InZone M10S OLED gaming monitor stood out for a mix of reasons when I reviewed it for Polygon back in late 2024 — some good (impressively small stand, high 480Hz refresh rate) and some bad (high price, low on features versus the competition). The company is launching its follow-up model, the InZone M10S II, at the same $1,099.99 price as before, but with numerous updates to better justify the cost. It’ll come out later this year and will be sold exclusively through Sony’s online shop.For instance, it’s built with a fourth-gen WOLED panel (LG Display’s Primary RGB Tandem…

Google is launching a new Chrome workflow feature that allows you to reuse your favorite Gemini commands across multiple webpages. Any AI prompts can now be saved as “Skills” in the Chrome desktop browser, letting you instantly run them across any tabs you select.“Until now, repeating an AI task — like asking for ingredient substitutions to make a recipe vegan — meant re-entering the same prompt as you visited different pages,” Chrome product manager Hafsah Ismail said in the announcement. “To make this easier, we’re launching Skills in Chrome, which lets you save and reuse your most helpful AI prompts…

Full specs for the Osmo Pocket 4 Pro aren’t known yet, but the camera is rumored to pair an ultrawide lens with a telephoto lens offering optical zoom capabilities, according to New Camera. It could be announced alongside the standard version of the Osmo Pocket 4 later this week, but rumors seem to point to a later arrival in May or June.Alongside the image of the dual-lens pro version of the Osmo Pocket 4, Bogdanov also shared several DJI marketing images for the standard version of the camera. The images show the Osmo Pocket 4 from several angles, as well…

Microsoft is reportedly ending production of its Surface Hub 3 collaborative office display and canceling plans for a Surface Hub 4, according to Windows Central. The extra-large digital whiteboard that included its own built-in PC was originally announced in 2015 ahead of the launch of Windows 10 and came in two sizes, 50 inches and 85 inches, priced at $8,000 and $20,000, respectively. It has outlasted former Surface leader Panos Panay, who left for Amazon in 2023, and other gone-but-not-forgotten Surface hardware like the Surface Studio all-in-one, Surface Duo, and Surface headphones.Microsoft gave the Surface Hub line a few updates…

​​If you’re looking to get OLED picture quality without spending a couple thousand dollars, LG’s 48-inch B5 OLED TV is on sale for $599.99 ($700 off) at Best Buy, which is one of the best prices we’ve seen on the budget-friendly TV. You can also buy the 55-inch model from Amazon, Best Buy, and LG for $799.99 ($700 off), matching its all-time low price.Our AV reviewer John Higgins was impressed with LG’s B5 OLED. It’s not as bright as higher-end models he’s tested, but the 4K TV still delivers a great-looking picture with accurate, realistic colors. You’re also getting all…

Netgear, Inc.‘s Nighthawk consumer mesh, mobile and standalone routers (R, RAX, RAXE, RS, MK, MR, M and MH series), Orbi consumer mesh, mobile and standalone routers (RBK, RBE, RBR, RBRE, LBR, LBK and CBK series), cable gateways (CAX series) and cable modems (CM series) Read the full article here

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is asking the attorneys general of California and New York to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices, saying the tech giant fails to notify users before handing over their data to law enforcement agencies like ICE.“For nearly a decade, Google has promised billions of users that it will notify them before disclosing their personal data to law enforcement,” the letter says. But it didn’t in the case of Amandla Thomas-Johnson, a former PhD candidate at Cornell University who says he received no notice that ICE had accessed his university email.The EFF alleges that this isn’t…

The bundle includes both streaming services for $19.99 per month, as opposed to the total $29.98 per month it costs to buy each subscription separately. An active Amazon Prime membership is required to sign up for the bundle, though, which costs an extra $14.99 per month, making this option a bit pricier if you don’t already have Prime. A matching bundle is also available for the same price directly from Apple TV or Peacock.Amazon’s bundle includes the ad-free tier of Peacock, with the exception of certain content like live sports. (If you want to go ad-free across all of Prime…

Elon Musk is facing questions about his upcoming payments platform, X Money, and whether it will allow users to safely perform transactions. In a letter to Musk on Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) writes that X Money could pose a risk to “consumers, our national security, and the stability of the financial system,” citing Musk’s “track record operating X.”But Warren, who is the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, isn’t convinced that Musk can safely operate a payments service. The letter notes that X has faced criticism from regulators over the circulation of child…

By pressing the Alt + Space shortcut, you can bring up the app, which lets you search both the web and files on your computer and on Google Drive. While searching, you can click through different views like All, Images, and AI Mode. If you want to ask Google questions about what you’re looking at on your computer, you can use Google Lens or share your screen.It’s unclear if this app is coming to macOS or Linux, and Google didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment. However, the company is reportedly testing a Gemini app for macOS — if…

Sony’s PC-focused InZone brand is covering a lot of ground, now adding open-back headsets to its growing catalog of gaming accessories. The $199.99 H6 Air borrows the comfortable, easy-to-adjust design of the flagship $350 H9 II wireless headset, makes it wired, and pokes a bunch of holes in the ear cups, resulting in an open-back design that sounds more natural and fits more comfortably than most other headsets.Like other open-back headphones, the H6 Air isn’t built to reduce outside noise. Instead, sounds coming from the headset’s drivers are mixed with outside sounds. Open-back headsets or headphones are a bad choice…