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"Recall screenshots are only linked to a specific user profile and Recall does not share them with other users, make them available for Microsoft to view, or use them for targeting advertisements. Screenshots are only available to the person whose profile was used to sign in to the device," Microsoft says.

It's conspicuous that this statement talks only about the raw screenshots, not any data derived from them (such as aggregated data, inferred data, or even just slightly reprocessed data). So Microsoft could do any minor reworking of the data and send it off to the cloud for their own purposes, while technically complying with the above.

They're not making YouTube videos because people prefer video instructions to text; they're making them because they can make more money from YouTube than from text. I'm sure loads of people would prefer text.

However, the United States might also benefit from looking inward and possibly even learning from China. China’s ascent was driven by strict mandates and targets—strategies currently unfeasible in the United States due to a politically charged environment where lobby groups can easily overturn sound industrial policy following a change in administration.

That is unfortunate, as such mandates have proved effective; for example, the EU’s target for 25 percent of its critical minerals demand to be met through recycling by 2030 has significantly bolstered the industry.

All that oil lobbying and the regressive politics it promotes is now visibly harming the USA while other countries advance. It's a failure across the (very narrow) US political spectrum, engendered by a corrupt system that serves entrenched business interests.

It looks like the USA is about to embark on another 4 years of reality denial and protectionism, after which it will be even further behind. Republicans have made it clear that they will make it as difficult as possible to run sustainable energy businesses while pushing hard for more fossil fuels. This will do not only environmental damage but also economic and political damage to the country.

far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told a rally of thousands that the only way to defeat Hamas is to “return home” to Gaza and encourage “voluntary emigration” of its Palestinian population—a euphemism for ethnic cleansing.

And "ethnic cleansing" is in turn a euphemism for genocide. Netanyahu and his government's plan for Palestine is simply genocide.

I'm already confused about their product naming, and they haven't even launched any of these processors yet.

"Discretely" should be "discreetly". One means "separately" and the other "unobtrusively".

Spelling errors in titles really grind my goat.

Thank goodness these things aren't confusingly named.

Yeah I find it impossible to program at 60fps.

Emacs is more of a religion.

Why does this article use the term "real ads" every time instead of just "ads"? Is this just weird or does it have a technical meaning?

At our small company many of us became more productive with working from home, to the point that they closed the office. A couple of people are finding it difficult because of their home situations, so it would be good still to have a space to work outside the home. But generally we're getting more done these days, and most who do work that needs prolonged concentration find this more conducive to that.

It varies between different companies, teams, roles and temperaments. What Dell is doing sounds like corporate heavy-handedness.