It looks likeMicrosoftis trying to hide its controversial Recall AI feature, even from the Windows insiders that were supposed to be testing it. Last week, the software giant announced thatRecall would not be partof the Windows build that came with the first generation of Copilot+ PCs, but it also said that Insiders would be testing the feature. Now, the latest Insider Builds of Windows on Arm have stripped all references to Recall and the previous build that had it is no longer available....

Googleis making use of aggressive noncompete clauses and extended notice periods, contends former GoogDeepMinder Nando de Freitas in a recent post on X. In some cases, Google DeepMind’s employment contracts may lock an AI developer into doing nothing for as long as a year, notesBusiness Insider, to prevent its AI talent from moving to competing firms. That’s a long time away from working on the cutting edge in the rapidly developing world of AI....

Ookla, a connectivity intelligence firm known for its Speedtest.net service, says thatGoogleFiber has increased the Internet speeds in the markets it enters through competition. According to itsGFiber Case Study, the median download speeds across all wired internet service providers in Mesa, Arizona, grew by 50% a year after GFiber expanded in the area in March 2023. Many users are enticed to switch to GFiber when it enters an area because of the superior speeds that it delivers....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The HP OmniBook Ultra is an excellent all-around ultraportable ready for Microsoft’s AI revolution. Class-leading performance Sleek chassis design Competitive battery life Thunderbolt 4 on AMD Too much bloatware Fussy USB-A port Why you’re able to trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. It’s an exciting time to be in the market for a new ultraportable laptop....

Imec and ASML announced on Wednesday that they had made the industry’s logic and DRAM structures using ASML’sASML’sroduction Twinscan EXE:5000 EUV lithography tool with a 0.55 numerical aperture, also known asa high-NA litho system. The successful demonstration of high-resolution patterning with the 0.55NA EUV scanner marks an essential milestone in microelectronics production. Imec achieved the patterning of random logic structures with 9.5nm dense metal lines (compared to a 13nm resolution in the case of currently used Low-NA tools), which corresponds to a 19nm pitch and a sub 20nm tip-to-tip dimensions, which is good enough to build logic on a 1....

In a surprise move, Intelannouncedtoday that it no longer plans to use its own ‘Intel 20A’ process node with its upcoming Arrow Lake processors for the consumer market. Instead, it will use external nodes, likely from partner TSMC, for all of Arrow Lake’s chip components. Intel’s only manufacturing responsibilities for the Arrow Lake processors will be packaging the externally manufactured chiplets into the final processor. Intel CFO Dave Zinsser also commented on the matter during the company’s discussion at the Citi Global TMT Conference today, indicating the company would ‘skip over productizing’ the 20A node to reduce capital expenditures and spending....

If you’re in the market for a new processor, now is a great time to spend a little and get a lot. TheIntel Core i5-14600KFis available atAmazonfor one of its lowest prices. It’s usually priced around $324, but it’s currently discounted to just $277. So far, no expiration has been specified, so we’re not sure for how long it will be made available at this rate. We haven’t reviewed this processor yet, but we did compare benchmark data between the Core i5-14600 andCore i5-14600K....

According to Internet Archive founderBrewster Kahleand ‘Have I been Pwned?’ founder Troy Hunt viaBleeping ComputerThe Internet Archive was hacked. Resulting in a data breach of its user authentication database containing 31 million accounts. Users found out when they saw the website displaying a JavaScript alert to let visitors know the site was breached. Along with the data breach, the website was defaced and DDoS’d (Distributed Denial of Service). The following was the message on the pop-up: “Have you ever felt like the Internet Archive runs on sticks and is constantly on the verge of suffering a catastrophicsecuritybreach?...

Why you may trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Response, Input Lag, Viewing Angles and Uniformity You’ve probably skipped ahead to this part of the review, so I won’t hold suspense much longer. To compare the 27GX790A’s performance, I’ve included one other 480 Hz screen,Asus’ PG27AQDP, and four 360 Hz monitors,Samsung’s OLED G6,MSI’s MPG271QRX,Asus’ XG27ACDNG, andPhilips 27M2N8500....

Getting your hands on an OLED gaming monitor continues to be an expensive affair. However, if you’re looking for something affordable that doesn’t compromise on visual quality or refresh rate, then LG has some interesting deals. The32-inch UltraGear 32GS60QC-B curved gaming monitor is available for $199for a limited period, down from its regular price of $299, saving you $100. If you’re looking for something brighter and faster, the 27-inchUltraGear 27GR83Q-B is availablefor a low price of $299, which is $200 less than its regular price of $499....

AMD CEO Lisa Su attended imec’s ITF World 2024 conference to accept the prestigiousimec Innovation Awardfor innovation and industry leadership, joining the ranks of other previous honorees like Gordon Moore, Morris Chang, and Bill Gates. After accepting the award, Su launched into her presentation covering the steps that AMD has taken to meet the company’s 30x25 goal, which aims for a 30x increase in compute node power efficiency by 2025. Su announced that AMD is not only on track to meet that goal, but it also now sees a pathway to more than a 100x improvement by 2026 to 2027....

Maxsun has recently launched two Intel Arc B580 graphics cards. Interestingly,another reportvia VideoCardz, indicates that the company is also preparing a third variant of the Battlemage GPU which will take advantage of the unused PCIe lanes in the x16 slot to provide bandwidth for two M.2 slots on the graphics card’s PCB. Ourearlier reportstates that the Intel Arc B580 uses the PCIe 4.0 x8 lanes, leaving eight lanes unused which is adequate for two M....

Microsofthasreleasedthe MS-DOS 4.00 source code, binaries, disk images, and documentation. The source code, which is nearly 36 years old (version 4.00 came out in 1988), has been released under the MIT license, allowing tinkerers free rein. MS-DOS 4.00 is quite an interesting version of this command-line-driven OS, as it was written in partnership withIBMand formed a branch of DOS called Multitasking DOS (or MT-DOS), that only had a limited release....