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jamesy0ung ◴[] No.41863532[source]
What exactly does Windows do with a NPU? I don't own an 'AI PC' but it seems like the NPUs are slow and can't run much.

I know Apple's Neural Engine is used to power Face ID and the facial recognition stuff in Photos, among other things.

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DrillShopper ◴[] No.41863977[source]
It supports Microsoft's Recall (now required) spyware
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Janicc ◴[] No.41864269[source]
Please remind me again how Recall sends data to Microsoft. I must've missed that part. Or are you against the print screen button too? I heard that takes images too. Very scary.
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1. Terr_ ◴[] No.41864507[source]
> Please remind me again how Recall sends data to Microsoft. I must've missed that part.

Sure, just post the source code and I'll point out where it does so, I somehow misplaced my copy. /s

The core problem here is trust, and over the last several years Microsoft has burned a hell of a lot of theirs with power-users of Windows. Even their most strident public promises of Recall being "opt-in" and "on-device only" will--paradoxically--only be kept as long as enough people remain suspicious.

Glance away and MS go back to their old games, pushing a mandatory "security update" which reset or entirely-removes your privacy settings and adding new "telemetry" streams which you cannot inspect.