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Microsoft’s Recall feature recently made its way back to Windows Insiders after having beenpulled from test buildsback in June, due to security and privacy concerns. The new version of Recall encrypts the screens it captures and, by default, it has a “Filter sensitive information,” setting enabled, which is supposed to prevent it from recording any app or website that is showing credit card numbers, social security numbers, or other important financial / personal info....

Microsoftsaid that it no longer allows its China-based engineers to work on U.S. Department of Defense computer systems after aProPublicainvestigation revealed the practice. According toTech Crunch, Redmond’s previous system relied on digital escorts — American employees with proper security clearances — to monitor the foreign engineers working on the systems. However, it’s been noted that some of these U.S. citizens weren’t knowledgeable enough to determine if the person they were monitoring was doing regular work or putting in a backdoor....

German tech company AP Sensing just developed a technology that lets undersea cables detect tampering and sabotage through soundwaves. The company tested its newDistributed Fiber Optic Sensing(DFOS) last year when it sent a diver to make contact with an underwater cable it was monitoring. “He stops and just touches the cable lightly, you clearly see the signal,” Daniel Gerwig, global sales manager at AP Sensing toldBBC. “The acoustic energy which travels through the fiber is basically disturbing our signal....

Semiconductor chip building is becoming more complex, and a big trend in that direction is the adoption of new 3D-stacking technologies that improve chip density at a level that would be impossible with traditional shipbuilding methods.A blog post by Nvidia’s Baskar Rajagopalan reportsthat engineering simulation and 3D design software company Ansys is using Nvidia’s Omniverse platform to analyze 3D-based semiconductor designs in 3D. The company utilizes Nvidia’s modulus Fourier neural operator architecture to predict power profiles when developing chip designs....

Some thermal imagery shared on Twitter/X underlines how toasty-hot power connectors servicingNvidia GeForce RTX 5090graphics cards can get. Veteran hardware reviewer Andreas Schilling, an editor at Germany’s Hardware Luxx,took thermal photosof his water-cooled graphics card. While the GPU barely broke a sweat, the power connectors could be seen “cooking at 150+ degrees.” That’s Celsius, and for those unfamiliar with metric units, 150 degrees Celsius equates to just over 300 degrees Fahrenheit....

TheGeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super, one of thebest graphics cards, recently emerged with alarger AD102 silicon, which differs from the original AD103 silicon. Newegg has started selling these GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super AD102 SKUs with custom models from Zotac and Gigabyte. The Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G Solid OC sells for$869.99, while the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super WindForce Max OC retails for$819.99. The AD102-based variant can be easily identified by its new capacitor configuration since it has four SP caps with two MLCC clusters....

If you’re on the hunt for a quality mechanical keyboard that has many of the features you’d find on a much more expensive keyboard but for only a fraction of the price - then today’s deal could be for you. Keychron is a well-known keyboard brand manufacturer, and we’ve had the pleasure of reviewing several of their keyboards in the past, with this keyboard offering similar tech with some of the bells and whistles trimmed off for a budget offering....

Good news! You can now get our favorite gaming monitor, the Dell S3222DGM, for just $263 atBest Buy, reduced from $329. This 32-inch curved display has an epic, 3,700:1 contrast ratio to make colors pop and a 165 Hz refresh rate to go with its sharp, 2560 x 1440 resolution. This is the cheapest it has been in a while. The Dell S3222DGM tops our list of thebest gaming monitors, because it offers a unique combination of eye-popping colors, smooth gaming and superior build quality....

Earlier this week, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella took to BlueSky to discuss the likely impacts of Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on imports from Mexico— which happen to include lots of video games sold on disc in the United States [h/tArs Technica]. As he notes, not only could this limit the scope of physical game runs for games sold in the US, but some digital game prices may still rise to remain in scale with the now more expensive disc titles....

President Donald Trump isthreateningApple with a 25% tariff on iPhones sold in America but manufactured abroad, as well as a50% blanket tariffon the European Union. The move comes just days after Trump said he had a “problem” with Tim Cook and told him to stopbuilding in India. Trump made the remarks via his Truth Social Account on Friday, first taking aim at Cupertino. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhones that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else,” he posted....

When it comes to anime-themedRaspberry Piprojects, it just makes sense there would be a natural overlap with the technological-oriented mecha genre. From giant robots to cool sci-fi gadgets, there’s loads of potential for fans who want to bring a little piece of their favorite series home. Today we’ve got a really cool project to share from a maker named Rob who has spruced up his Gundam figurine using a Raspberry Pi Pico with what he calls aGundam Cyberdeck....

Magic mirrors have become well-known in theRaspberry Picommunity as a go-to project for many new makers. As cool as they are, they’re also widespread. However, we came across this magic mirror project put together by David fromElement 14and thought it was different and exciting enough to share. This magic mirror is massive, one of the biggest we’ve ever seen and doubles as a retro gaming platform. Magic mirrors are fantastic despite being seen as a bit overdone....

Today’s deal features a premium gaming keyboard from Razer that features their own-brand analog optical switches on a full-sized keyboard layout. The Razer Huntsman V2 Analog is still on sale at Razer for a hefty $249 price tag, but, thankfully that price is reduced to just $79 in today’s deal. Pick up aRazer Huntsman V2 Analog gaming keyboard for just $79 at Woot. As I mentioned above, the Huntsman V2 Analog is available directly from Razer for $249, but I have also seen the keyboard on sale at Walmart for $149....