It’s only been a little over a month since Microsoft first announced a new feature for Copilot+ AI PCs, called Recall. The idea behind the AI tool was that it would make searching through your PC’s use history easier but the public felt otherwise, pointing out that it had serious privacy and security concerns. Microsoft has updated the system to address some of these issues, adding the most important one of all—the option to disable it entirely.

The updates to Recall are covered in a Microsoft blog (via Ars Technica) and while the changes are only three in number, they’re pretty significant ones. The first, and most important one of all, is that Recall is now completely optional.

During the first run of your new Copilot+ AI PC, during the Windows setup procedure, you’ll be asked if you want Recall to be enabled. No prizes for guessing what most people will choose here.

Next, for added security, you’ll need to use Windows Hello to enable Recall and also to vie…

If you haven’t played co-op survival game Icarus, this is the weekend to give it a shot. To celebrate two years since launch, developer RocketWerkz is inviting everyone to visit their beautiful but extremely deadly alien planet: Icarus is free to play for the weekend.

As a bonus, if you decide you want to stick around past December 4, you can buy the game for 33% off. Not a bad deal.

If you haven’t been keeping up with Icarus lately, well, it’s been keeping up with its community. I think it’s genuinely one of the most responsive games out there in terms of reaction to community requests. Since it launched its added a number of new modes, including a complete open world (it was initially a session-based survival game), mounts, an expansive fishing system, new maps, and more. It’s also grown from an original roster of 35 missions to over 100, plus added lots of other, smaller quests.

Most impressively, Icarus began with about 150 craftable items and that number has s…