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Microsoft is facing a fresh legal challenge over the looming end of support for Windows 10, with a San Diego lawsuit accusing the company of “forced obsolescence” and a strategy to “monopolize the generative AI market” as Windows 11 and Copilot+ PCs become the default path forward. The complaint, filed by California resident Lawrence Klein, seeks a court order compelling Microsoft to continue free Windows 10 updates until usage falls below 10% of all Windows installs—an extraordinary remedy...

Microsoft has sketched a sweeping “Windows 2030 Vision,” teasing a future where AI agents, voice, and other multimodal cues do much of the work we handle today with a mouse and keyboard. In a new company video, Microsoft security executive David Weston argues that by the end of the decade, talking to your PC will feel more natural than clicking and typing—a bold claim that’s already ignited debate across the Windows community. The first episode hints at agentic AI woven into the desktop...

Microsoft is pushing the “AI on your PC” era into high gear, rolling out OpenAI’s new open‑weight gpt‑oss‑20b model to Windows 11 through Windows AI Foundry, just as fresh labor‑market data shows early AI‑related displacement hitting young tech workers—and as OpenAI offers ChatGPT Enterprise to U.S. federal agencies for $1 per agency for a year. Meanwhile, Bill Gates is urging Gen Z to treat AI literacy as necessary but insufficient for job security. (azure.microsoft.com, cnbc.com...

Microsoft is openly sketching a “Windows 2030 Vision” where talking to your PC becomes the default and the mouse-and-keyboard era starts to fade. In a new Microsoft video, David Weston, corporate vice president for Enterprise & OS Security, describes near‑term Windows builds evolving into a multimodal, voice‑first environment with AI agents that “work alongside you” on everyday tasks—joining meetings, answering email, and handling routine workflows. The message is clear: Windows will hear...

Microsoft has turned on GPT-5 across the Copilot ecosystem—and, crucially, is extending free access to the new model via a “Smart mode” in the Copilot web experience—marking the broadest, fastest rollout of an OpenAI flagship yet across Windows and Microsoft 365. The update landed on August 7 with parallel announcements from OpenAI and Microsoft, and it covers consumer Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure AI Foundry, and GitHub Copilot. Early access appears in a phased rollout, but the core...

Security Boulevard’s new roundup of the “Top 15 SSO Providers 2025” is a handy entry point for anyone modernizing authentication, but several pricing notes and protocol claims need updating—and Windows shops in particular should weigh some very specific trade-offs around Entra ID, AD FS migrations, and phishing‑resistant passkeys before they buy. Overview The Security Boulevard guide surveys workforce and customer identity (CIAM) options from incumbents like Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Ping...

Corporate conference calls just got a lot harder to trust: new research shows attackers can hijack Microsoft Teams and Zoom’s TURN infrastructure to covertly tunnel command-and-control traffic, blending in with normal WebRTC media flows and slipping past enterprise defenses without exploiting a patchable bug. The post‑exploitation technique—dubbed “Ghost Calls”—relies on temporary TURN credentials issued when a client joins a meeting, then repurposes those credentials to route attacker...

SendQuick says its Conexa authentication platform has achieved FIDO2 server certification from the FIDO Alliance, a milestone the company claims will help enterprises cut password risk with phishing‑resistant, standards‑based sign‑ins. While this announcement signals a strategic shift toward passwordless authentication in complex Windows and hybrid environments, the FIDO Alliance’s public Certified Products Directory did not yet show a Conexa listing at time of publication; we’ll update this...

Barracuda Networks has launched Entra ID Backup Premium, a cloud-based backup-and-recovery service that protects 13 critical Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) components and promises fast restoration beyond Microsoft’s native 30‑day recovery window, with centralized visibility and management through the BarracudaONE platform. Background Microsoft Entra ID sits at the heart of sign-in, authorization, and policy enforcement for Microsoft 365, Azure, and scores of third‑party SaaS apps...

HID is betting big on enterprise passkeys: the company has launched a refreshed line of FIDO‑certified Crescendo authenticators alongside a new Enterprise Passkey Management (EPM) service aimed at making large‑scale, phishing‑resistant sign‑ins easier to deploy and run. The August 5 announcement leans on fresh FIDO Alliance data showing 87% of enterprises are now deploying passkeys—even as complexity and cost still deter holdouts—positioning EPM as the control plane that brings hardware...

HID is bringing enterprise-grade passkeys to the mainstream, unveiling a refreshed line of FIDO2 authenticators alongside a new Enterprise Passkey Management (EPM) service designed to provision, monitor, and revoke credentials centrally at scale. The announcement introduces redesigned Crescendo Keys and Cards, a new OMNIKEY 5022 contactless reader, and FIDO-enabled Seos and MIFARE DESFire EV3 cards—all positioned to simplify passwordless rollouts for Windows and Microsoft Entra ID...

The clock is ticking for Windows 10 devices: with free security updates ending on October 14, 2025, millions of PCs face a crossroads—pay for Extended Security Updates, replace aging hardware, or move to Windows 11 despite official roadblocks. The good news is that Windows 11 can run surprisingly well on many older, “unsupported” machines. The better news is that with careful preparation, you can upgrade in-place and keep your apps and files. The trade-off is clear: you’ll bypass Microsoft’s...

Microsoft’s sweeping rollout of OpenAI’s GPT‑5 across Copilot, Microsoft 365, GitHub, Copilot Studio, and Azure AI Foundry signals a decisive new phase for Windows and enterprise environments: AI is no longer an add‑on, it’s the operating principle. The headline change is simple but profound—smart, adaptive model selection and improved reasoning are now embedded from the desktop to the datacenter, with developers and knowledge workers seeing tangible lifts in code quality, document...

Title: Microsoft 365 Copilot gets GPT‑5 sessions: what it means for your tenant, your budget, and your workflows Executive summary Microsoft has begun rolling out the option to run selected Microsoft 365 Copilot chats on GPT‑5, with a “Try GPT‑5” control appearing for licensed users in Copilot Chat as the rollout progresses. Copilot now routes each request in real time: simple prompts go to a faster, high‑throughput model, while complex, open‑ended, or ambiguous prompts can be escalated to...

Title: Microsoft puts Grok 4 behind a gate: What Azure and Windows admins need to know right now TL;DR Microsoft is not broadly launching xAI’s Grok 4 on Azure AI Foundry. Instead, the model is entering a limited, invite-only private preview while Microsoft continues safety and red-team testing. The slower rollout follows widely reported safety concerns around Grok outputs in July and additional red-team findings described internally as “very ugly.” Expect a longer hardening cycle than the...

The end of free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 is forcing millions of perfectly serviceable PCs to make a decision: pay for Extended Security Updates, retire the hardware, or find a way to install Windows 11 on devices Microsoft no longer “supports.” The good news is that Windows 11 can run surprisingly well on older hardware if you approach the upgrade thoughtfully. Using a tool like Rufus to prepare a customized installer, you can bypass checks for TPM 2.0, Secure...

Windows 10’s long goodbye is nearly here, and the smartest move you can make before support ends on October 14, 2025 is to download and archive a clean, unmodified Windows 10 Version 22H2 ISO directly from Microsoft. Whether you plan to keep older PCs running, want a recovery option if a drive fails, or expect to virtualize Windows 10 for legacy apps and classic games, saving a pristine ISO today avoids a last-minute scramble and reduces your risk of tampered images later. Background...

If you’ve been hunting for a “ChatGPT‑5 download for Windows 11 or Windows 10,” here’s the reality: GPT‑5 is now officially live in ChatGPT, and there is an official ChatGPT app for Windows—available through the Microsoft Store and OpenAI’s own download page—but GPT‑5 itself still runs in the cloud. You don’t install a “gpt5.exe” model on your PC; you install the ChatGPT client and access GPT‑5 online with your OpenAI account. As of August 7, 2025, OpenAI says GPT‑5 is its fastest, most...

For Windows users trying to “download ChatGPT‑5,” the headline news is simple: GPT‑5 is now the default model in ChatGPT, accessible on Windows via the official desktop app, the web, or a Progressive Web App—there’s no “GPT‑5.exe” to install. And while older guides conflated GPT‑5 with GPT‑4o and said you needed ChatGPT Plus, the reality as of August 2025 is that GPT‑5 is available to everyone in ChatGPT with varying limits by plan. This piece cuts through the confusion, explains what has...

Windows 11 ships with more than glossy icons and a refreshed Start menu; it quietly tucks away a toolkit of genuinely useful, deeply integrated apps that can save time, reduce clutter, and streamline support. While many of us rush to install third‑party utilities, nine built‑ins—Sticky Notes, Clipboard History, Clipchamp, Virtual Desktops, Task Scheduler, Quick Assist, Focus Sessions, Nearby Sharing, and Storage Sense—cover everyday workflows so well that they can replace entire categories...