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Microsoft has quietly committed to keeping Microsoft Edge and the Microsoft WebView2 Runtime updated on Windows 10 (version 22H2) for three years beyond the operating system’s end-of-support date, ensuring Edge security fixes, feature updates and WebView2 runtime improvements will continue through at least October 2028. (learn.microsoft.com, windowscentral.com) Background Microsoft’s official lifecycle calendar confirms that Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, after...

Microsoft’s move to retire Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has become more than a routine product‑lifecycle note: it has sparked a court challenge that frames the end‑of‑support as a calculated nudge — some would say a shove — toward Windows 11, AI‑optimized hardware, and paid patching options, with real consequences for security, competition, wallets and the environment. Background / Overview Microsoft has publicly scheduled the end of mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025...

SafeBreach Labs’ disclosure of four newly discovered Windows denial-of-service (DoS) flaws — and the novel “Win‑DDoS” technique they describe for turning exposed domain controllers into DDoS amplifiers — forces a hard look at how organizations harden their identity plane, patch critical servers, and monitor for protocol‑level abuse across DNS, RPC and LDAP traffic. Background: what was disclosed and why it matters SafeBreach Labs publicly documented an interrelated set of vulnerabilities and...

Microsoft’s security roadmap for Windows is increasingly explicit: stronger protections will arrive, but many of them require newer silicon and faster refresh cycles — meaning organizations that want to stay secure will need to buy into both Windows 11 (and beyond) and modern hardware platforms. What began as an aspirational 2030 vision from a senior Microsoft security executive has turned into actionable engineering work: post-quantum cryptography is already rolling into Windows Insider...

A Southern California resident has filed a last‑minute legal challenge asking a San Diego judge to halt Microsoft’s planned October 14, 2025 end of mainstream support for Windows 10 and to force the company to keep issuing free security updates until the operating system’s install base drops to a plaintiff‑defined threshold. The complaint, brought by Lawrence Klein, frames the move as more than routine product lifecycle management: it alleges Microsoft timed the sunset to push users toward...

Microsoft’s Copilot is coming to the rescue of night‑owl spreadsheet authors: the AI can now explain the formulas buried in your workbook, breaking down what each part does and why the output looks the way it does — and it does this inside the sheet so you never have to leave your workflow. rview Excel has long been the place where clever, opaque formulas accumulate — everything from nested IFs and LOOKUPs to array formulas and advanced dynamic array expressions. That power is also Excel’s...

A Southern California man’s decision to sue Microsoft over the company’s scheduled October 14, 2025 end-of-support for Windows 10 has turned a routine product‑lifecycle milestone into a multi‑front debate over security, consumer rights, environmental impact, and the competitive dynamics of an emerging AI ecosystem. The complaint, filed by plaintiff Lawrence Klein in San Diego Superior Court, asks a judge to force Microsoft to keep issuing free Windows 10 security updates until the OS’s...

Microsoft has quietly added a striking new capability to Copilot Labs: Copilot 3D, a free, browser‑based experiment that converts a single JPG or PNG photo into a textured, downloadable 3D model in GLB format — a move that could reshape how hobbyists, educators, indie devs and Windows users prototype 3D content. Overview Microsoft’s Copilot 3D arrives as an experimental feature inside Copilot Labs, the company’s public sandbox for early-stage multimodal tools. The workflow is deliberately...

Microsoft’s Azure cloud has become the focal point of a landmark investigation that alleges Israel’s elite signals-intelligence unit, Unit 8200, migrated massive volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications into a bespoke, segregated Azure environment—creating an AI-assisted, cloud-backed surveillance apparatus that reportedly stores terabytes of raw audio and drives operational decision-making across the West Bank and Gaza. Background and overview The allegations originate from a joint...

Microsoft’s Monitor is positioned as the single-pane observability lens Power Platform teams have been waiting for—bringing maker-level debugging, tenant-wide operational health metrics, contextual recommendations, and imminent alerting into a single, integrated experience that spans Power Apps and the Power Platform admin center. (microsoft.com, learn.microsoft.com) Background / Overview Monitor began life as an in-studio debugging tool for Power Apps makers and evolved into a broader...

GitHub’s top executive has publicly defended a controversial Microsoft memo that urged managers to factor employee use of internal AI tools into performance reflections — a move that has reignited debate over workplace AI mandates, measurement, and culture at one of the industry’s most visible developer platforms. Thomas Dohmke, GitHub’s CEO, told the Decoder podcast that asking employees to reflect on their AI usage — whether they used GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, or Teams Copilot —...

NTT DATA’s new global business unit for Microsoft Cloud marks a clear and ambitious step to turn enterprise AI promise into large-scale production deployments, pairing NTT DATA’s consulting heft with Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Agent Service and Copilot capabilities to deliver Agentic AI, cloud modernization and sovereign cloud options for regulated industries. (us.nttdata.com, azure.microsoft.com) Background NTT DATA announced on August 7, 2025 that it has created a dedicated...

HR365’s Employee Directory 365 arrives on Microsoft’s marketplace as a tightly scoped, SharePoint‑native directory that promises rapid deployment, deep Microsoft 365 integration, and AI‑enhanced search — a simple idea executed with cloud‑native discipline and aggressive go‑to‑market positioning. The app is now listed on Microsoft AppSource / Azure Marketplace and marketed as a turnkey way to make people and expertise discoverable inside SharePoint, Teams and Outlook with features such as...

Microsoft’s recent clarification that Microsoft Edge — and the Microsoft WebView2 runtime that powers many modern Windows apps — will continue to receive security and quality updates on Windows 10 (version 22H2) through at least October 2028 is a meaningful shift in the post‑end‑of‑life conversation: it decouples the browser/runtime lifecycle from the underlying operating system and gives users and IT teams a predictable, time‑boxed window to migrate without immediately losing browser‑engine...

Microsoft has quietly expanded its Surface firmware this week to give Snapdragon-powered Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 owners the same on-device battery charge-limit controls that Intel-based models and the newer Surface Pro 12‑inch and Surface Laptop 13‑inch already received — meaning you can now set the Surface app to Adaptive, Limit to 80%, or Charge to 100% without rebooting into the UEFI. Background Microsoft’s Surface ecosystem has long included multiple mechanisms to manage...

Microsoft has announced the removal of Windows PowerShell 2.0 from shipping Windows images, a deliberate end to a legacy runtime that has lingered in the OS for more than a decade and which Microsoft says will be excised from Windows 11 (starting with version 24H2 in August 2025) and Windows Server 2025 (September 2025), with Insider preview builds already reflecting the change. Background PowerShell 2.0 was introduced in 2009 and rapidly became a cornerstone of Windows automation and...

Microsoft is removing Windows PowerShell 2.0 from current Windows releases — a deliberate, security-first cleanup that closes a long‑standing legacy loophole and signals a firm end to an engine that was deprecated in 2017 but remained present for compatibility. The official Microsoft support bulletin (KB 5065506) published on August 11, 2025, lays out the timeline, affected editions, and practical guidance for migration, while Insider releases already reflect the change. Background...

Microsoft has announced a definitive end to an era: Windows PowerShell 2.0—the legacy engine first shipped with Windows 7—is being removed from upcoming Windows releases as part of a platform-wide clean-up aimed at reducing attack surface and simplifying the PowerShell ecosystem. This removal is scheduled to start in August 2025 for Windows 11, version 24H2, with Windows Server 2025 following in September 2025; the change already appears in Windows Insider preview builds as of July 2025...

A Southern California resident has asked a state court to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, arguing the company’s announced end‑of‑support timetable amounts to forced obsolescence tied to a push toward Windows 11 and Microsoft’s AI‑centric device strategy—an extraordinary legal gambit that, if it gains traction, could reshape how platform vendors retire legacy desktop operating systems. Background / Overview Microsoft’s...

A California resident has taken Microsoft to court in a bid to stop the company from ending routine, free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a legal challenge that turns a routine product‑lifecycle decision into a public debate about security, forced obsolescence, AI strategy, and the environmental and economic costs of platform transitions. eblished lifecycle calendar sets October 14, 2025 as the end of mainstream support for Windows 10 Home and Pro. After that date...