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SparkyLinux 8.0 “Seven Sisters” lands as a polished, lightweight alternative for users approaching the Windows 10 end-of-life—offering a Debian 13 “Trixie” foundation, multiple desktop editions for both modern and legacy hardware, and a set of pragmatic installer and package-management improvements that make it a credible path away from Windows 10 and Windows 11’s hardware treadmill. Background / Overview The timing for SparkyLinux 8.0 could not be more relevant. Microsoft has confirmed that...

Google has rolled Gemini-powered image editing directly into Google Slides and Google Vids, adding two AI tools — Replace background and Background expansion — that let users swap or extend image backgrounds with text prompts and intelligent outpainting. The features aim to help non-designers produce cleaner, more contextually relevant visuals inside Workspace, and Google says Rapid Release domains began receiving the update on July 28, 2025, with Scheduled Release domains following on...

Windows 11 has become the unlikely backdrop for a fresh, portable icebreaker: a curated set of “Two Truths and a Lie” examples aimed at adults that riffs on feature changes, licensing confusion, and the security talk that dominates every IT corridor — an approach recently republished on DrugsControl.org that mixes playful party-game content with technically flavored claims about the OS and its ecosystem. Background Windows 11 arrived with a strict security-first posture and an unusually high...

Windows’ update machinery is useful — and infuriating — in equal measure, and for many users the practical question isn’t whether updates are important but how to stop them from interrupting work, breaking drivers, or forcing unwanted restarts. The VOI.ID how‑to is a typical quick primer on the topic — it lists the common levers (Pause in Settings, stop the Windows Update service, Group Policy for Pro/Enterprise, and Registry edits for Home) — and the community consensus is clear: Windows...

Microsoft’s PowerToys 0.93 is a surprisingly consequential release: a modernized, card‑style settings dashboard paired with a deep engineering push to speed up the new Command Palette—delivering measurable reductions in install size, memory usage, and launch times—plus several targeted quality‑of‑life additions for presenters, makers, and power users. Background / Overview PowerToys has long been Microsoft’s open‑source playground for small but powerful Windows utilities, and the project’s...

Microsoft’s Windows Office Hours makes its next appearance on August 21, 2025, delivering a focused, chat-based hour of live Q&A aimed at IT professionals managing Windows devices, with specialists from Windows, Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, Windows 365, Windows Autopilot, security, FastTrack, and servicing on hand to answer practical deployment, update, and Zero Trust questions. s Office Hours is a recurring, text-only support and community engagement event hosted on Microsoft...

Microsoft will host the next installment of its Windows Office Hours on Thursday, August 21, 2025 — a one-hour, chat-based Q&A session aimed squarely at IT professionals managing Windows devices and modern endpoint estates. The event runs from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time and will be staffed by a cross-functional roster of product engineers and servicing experts representing Windows, Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, Windows 365, Windows Autopilot, security, FastTrack, and...

Microsoft’s Windows Office Hours returns on August 21, 2025, as a one‑hour, chat‑based Q&A focused on accelerating Windows 11 adoption, operationalizing Zero Trust, keeping fleets up to date, and moving workloads toward cloud-native models while respecting on‑premises and hybrid constraints. Background Windows Office Hours is a recurring Microsoft Tech Community event that intentionally eschews video and slides in favor of a moderated chat thread where product engineers, servicing...

Popular generative‑AI browser assistants can and do sweep up deeply personal data from ordinary web sessions — including health records, bank details and even social‑security numbers — and forward that content to remote servers where it can be tracked, profiled and reused in ways most users would neither expect nor accept. Background / Overview Last quarter, a multi‑institution research team published a large, systematic audit of generative AI browser assistants that lays out how widely...

Microsoft has quietly pushed an emergency mitigation and updated guidance after a late‑2024 Windows 11 installation‑media bug left some freshly installed systems unable to accept subsequent security updates, forcing affected users and IT teams into painful workarounds including media rebuilds and, in many cases, full reinstalls. Background / Overview The issue surfaced in Microsoft’s Windows 11, version 24H2 release health notes: installation media (USB/DVD/ISO) that included the October 8...

Microsoft is executing the long‑announced end of Windows PowerShell 2.0: starting with Windows 11, version 24H2 in August 2025 and following with Windows Server 2025 in September 2025, the legacy PowerShell 2.0 engine will be removed from shipping Windows images as part of a platform cleanup aimed at reducing attack surface and simplifying the PowerShell ecosystem. e2009 and helped define modern Windows automation with features such as remoting, jobs, modules, and the Integrated Scripting...

Dreamspace’s public beta opens a new front in the no-code AI app builder race by combining Microsoft’s Azure AI stack, Space and Time’s zero-knowledge (ZK) verifiable database, and the Base Layer‑2 blockchain to let non‑technical creators design, deploy, and monetize on‑chain AI applications without writing a line of production code. Background / Overview Dreamspace bills itself as a “vibe‑coding” studio for the AI economy: a no‑code, generative platform that scaffolds frontends, smart...

Iron Mountain says the Windows 10 end-of-life is already reshaping IT asset disposition: secure data sanitization, higher volumes of device decommissioning, and a shift toward treating refresh cycles as strategic value-recovery opportunities rather than one-off disposal events. Background Microsoft has set a firm end-of-support date for Windows 10: October 14, 2025. After that date Microsoft will no longer provide routine security updates, feature updates, or technical support for consumer...

Ingram Micro’s latest investor call and fiscal results leave little doubt that the company is riding two concurrent tailwinds: the imminent October 14, 2025 end of support for Windows 10 — which is accelerating commercial device refreshes — and the gradual emergence of AI-driven demand that is already reshaping parts of the hardware market, especially for GPUs and platform services. The company reported robust Q2 performance with adjusted EBITDA near $294 million and North America net sales...

Microsoft today pushed a targeted cumulative update for Windows 10, delivering Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel running Windows 10, version 22H2 — a relatively small but strategically notable release that bundles a grab-bag of bug fixes, a pair of administration-facing feature additions, and an explicit new entry for enterprise backup tooling. Background Windows 10 remains in extended circulation even as Microsoft focuses on Windows 11 and cloud-centric...

Deep Dive: Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081) — what’s new, what to watch for, and how to handle it Published: August 14, 2025 Microsoft today released Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (packaged as KB5064081) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel for Windows 11, version 24H2 (OS build 26100). This is a “quality + features” update for the 24H2 track that continues to fold in AI-powered experiences, usability refinements, and a number of reliability and compatibility fixes. It also...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 10, version 22H2 — Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) to the Release Preview Channel for Insiders on August 14, 2025, delivering a mix of targeted bug fixes, enterprise-focused features, and what Microsoft describes as the general availability of a major management capability called Windows Backup for Organizations. Background Microsoft’s Windows Insider channels continue to act as the final staging ground for quality updates and incremental features before they flow...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Build 22631.5837 (KB5064080) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, a targeted cumulative preview for the 23H2 branch that stitches together a range of reliability fixes and — notably — marks Windows Backup for Organizations moving into broader availability for enterprise scenarios. Background Windows 11 continues to be updated via two parallel servicing families for user testing and staged rollouts: build families such as 22621 and 22631 represent...

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27924 (Canary Channel) — what to know, what’s new, and whether you should install By WindowsForum Staff — August 14, 2025 Microsoft today pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27924 to the Canary Channel and published ISOs for this flight. The release is notable because it begins enabling several Copilot+ PC experiences in the Canary Channel and adds a redesigned “Advanced” page in Settings that surfaces options such as long-path support, virtual...

Today Microsoft published Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 (KB5064081) to Insiders on the Release Preview Channel for Windows 11, version 24H2, delivering a broad mix of AI-driven features, quality fixes, and platform changes that will begin rolling out to wider audiences in the coming weeks. The update surfaces notable consumer-facing additions — like AI actions inside File Explorer, a redesigned privacy prompt, and Recall improvements — alongside enterprise-focused work such as Windows Backup...