New Windows 11 preview build improves privacy for European users

In a nutshell: Microsoft recently announced a new Windows 11 Insider Preview Build for the Dev and Beta Channels, providing beta testers with new features and privacy-abiding changes. Redmond uses Insider builds to test potentially disruptive changes to Windows, so we will have to wait to see if these improvements will become permanently added to upcoming stable Windows releases. The Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3281 (KB5052086) removes the Location History API, a feature previously used by the Cortana personal assistant to access the last 24 hours of device history. The technology helped Cortana keep updated location information for customers who frequently traveled with their laptops. However, Windows has depreciated it because Copilot has replaced Cortana, and it does not need the API. Microsoft explained that Windows would no longer save location data locally. However, it did not provide any specific notes or remarks about any cloud-based database of users' location dat ... Read full article.