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Rael Hornby

Microsoft hastily rethinks controversial Copilot+ PC feature ahead of launch

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Late last week, Microsoft announced it would be changing how the flagship Recall feature of its recently announced Copilot+ PCs would work. The decision from Microsoft to change how Recall performs comes after an outcry from Windows users over potential privacy and security concerns.

Recall, expected to launch on June 18, is an all-new Windows 11 feature designed to run on Copilot+ PCs exclusively. It seeks to renew the way users can interact with their devices by harnessing AI to intelligently capture and analyze snapshots of your activity so users can search across an interactive timeline of events of every action taken during their computing sessions — from pages visited to songs listened to.

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