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Microsoft has announced it has “ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit within the Israel Ministry of Defense” after an expanded review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged the use of Microsoft Azure and AI tools to ingest, store and analyse large volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. Background The allegation chain began with an in‑depth investigative package that described a bespoke, cloud‑backed surveillance pipeline reportedly...

I installed macOS in a VM on a Windows PC so you don’t have to — the process works, but it’s fiddly, fragile, and legally murky, and the practical alternatives are usually better for most users. Background / Overview Running a second operating system inside a virtual machine (VM) is a routine task for Windows users who want to test Linux, run legacy Windows builds, or isolate experimental software. Virtualization tools such as Oracle VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, and Microsoft’s built‑in...

Less than three weeks before Microsoft’s fixed end-of-support date for Windows 10, millions of PCs still face a hard choice: upgrade, buy time, replace, migrate, or accept growing risk — and each path has clear trade‑offs, costs, and technical caveats that every user and IT manager should understand now. Background and overview Microsoft has set a firm end-of-support date for Windows 10: October 14, 2025. After that date, Windows 10 will continue to boot and run, but Microsoft will stop...

Microsoft has quietly reintroduced the ability to run video files as desktop backgrounds in Windows 11 Insider builds, a modern reboot of the long‑forgotten Vista era “DreamScene” and a sign that native animated wallpaper support may soon be a standard personalization option for millions of users. Background / Overview Windows has flirted with animated wallpapers before. In 2007 Microsoft shipped Windows DreamScene for Vista Ultimate, which let WMV and MPG clips play behind icons and...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of Azure cloud and AI services for a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defence after an internal and externally assisted review found evidence that elements of investigative reporting about mass surveillance of Palestinians were supported by Microsoft’s business records and telemetry. Background / Overview In August 2025 a consortium of investigative reporters published a high‑profile series alleging that an Israeli military intelligence...

Microsoft has started rolling a targeted AI-driven organizational upgrade to the Windows 11 Photos app that automatically groups images into four narrowly defined document-like categories — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes — and the feature is currently being previewed for Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Photos app has been steadily acquiring AI capabilities over the last year, from on-device Super Resolution upscaling and OCR to...

Microsoft’s last official day of mainstream support for Windows 10 is October 14, 2025, but a dispute between the software giant and European consumer advocates has rewritten the practical end‑of‑life story: the company will offer a free, one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) option for consumer devices in the European Economic Area (EEA) without the specific OneDrive/Windows Backup requirement it had originally proposed — though the concession comes with important caveats and a hard end...

Microsoft has agreed to provide a no‑cost, one‑year extension of Windows 10 security updates for consumer PCs in the European Economic Area (EEA), altering the enrollment conditions that drew criticism and sparking a fresh debate about regional fragmentation, planned obsolescence, and user privacy. Background Microsoft set an end‑of‑support date for Windows 10 of October 14, 2025, after which feature updates and mainstream technical support cease for that OS. For users who need more time to...

TTEC Digital’s announcement that it has been named to Microsoft’s 2025–2026 AI Business Solutions Inner Circle marks another public milestone in a decade-long partnership with Microsoft and reinforces the company’s positioning as a Microsoft-aligned specialist in AI-enabled customer experience (CX) and contact-center modernization. The company says this is its tenth consecutive Inner Circle selection; that claim sits on a documented pattern of prior Inner Circle awards and broader Microsoft...

Microsoft has agreed to give consumers inside the European Economic Area (EEA) a one‑year safety net of Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 without the backup‑to‑OneDrive condition that originally accompanied the free enrollment path — a concession driven by sustained pressure from Euroconsumers and its national members and implemented as a regionally scoped change in the ESU enrollment flow. Background Microsoft fixed a firm end‑of‑support date for consumer editions of Windows...

This week’s Windows‑centric conversation landed at the intersection of two tectonic shifts: AI’s rapid industrialization and Arm silicon finally staking a credible claim in premium Windows PCs — a blend of strategic maneuvers and product reveals that leaves Microsoft, hardware partners, and developers chasing both opportunity and risk. The latest Windows Weekly episode framed the arc clearly: a quieter “Week D” in Windows previews sits beside explosive external news — Qualcomm’s Snapdragon...

Part 2 of this two-part series moves from licensing and Active Directory decisions into the hands‑on mechanics you must master to migrate Windows Server workloads to Amazon EC2: choosing the correct virtualization platform and instance family, verifying boot‑mode compatibility (UEFI vs Legacy BIOS), picking and preinstalling the right drivers, and running the AWS validation tools that catch the migration blockers before you hit a production cutover. Background Successful Windows Server...

Microsoft has quietly recalibrated its Windows 10 end-of-life playbook for European consumers, agreeing to provide a no-cost year of Extended Security Updates (ESU) for personal devices in the European Economic Area (EEA) after pressure from consumer organisations — but the fix is partial, complex, and leaves important legal, security and sustainability questions unresolved. Background Microsoft formally set October 14, 2025 as the end-of-support date for Windows 10, a milestone that...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions used by a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged the company’s services were used to ingest, store, and analyze large volumes of intercepted communications from Gaza and the West Bank. Background / Overview In early August 2025 a joint investigative package led by The Guardian, together with +972 Magazine and...

Microsoft’s last-minute carve‑out for Europe has turned what looked like a costly, conditional “grace period” for Windows 10 into a consumer-friendly, one‑year security lifeline — but it is a carefully limited lifeline with binding conditions and real trade‑offs that every user should understand before they relax. The European Economic Area (EEA) will get one year of Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 at no charge, delivered as security‑only patches through 13 October 2026...

Microsoft has quietly backtracked on a controversial condition for consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 — but the reversal comes with important caveats that mean the relief is real for European users, yet narrower than many headlines suggested. Background / Overview Microsoft set a firm end-of-support date for consumer editions of Windows 10: October 14, 2025. After that date, Home and Pro editions will no longer receive routine feature updates, monthly quality updates...

Microsoft’s deadline is real: Windows 10 stops receiving security updates on October 14, 2025, and for most users that makes upgrading to Windows 11 or enrolling in an Extended Security Updates (ESU) plan an urgent, non-optional task. Background: why October 14, 2025 matters Microsoft’s official lifecycle pages confirm that Windows 10 (including Home, Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions) reaches end of support on October 14, 2025. After that date Windows 10 PCs will continue to...

TTEC Digital’s reported inclusion in Microsoft’s 2025–2026 AI Business Solutions Inner Circle is a clear signal that the company remains a top-tier Microsoft partner in customer‑experience (CX) engineering and AI-enabled contact‑centre modernization — a recognition that, if validated by Microsoft and TTEC’s official channels, carries tangible product, commercial and operational advantages for enterprise customers and prospects alike. The Malaysian Reserve’s notice of the award places TTEC...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of cloud and AI services used by a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defence after an internal review found evidence supporting media reports that its technology was linked to large-scale surveillance of Palestinian communications. Background The action marks an unusually public intervention by a major U.S. cloud and AI vendor to limit specific military use of its products. Over the past year, investigative reporting alleged that an Israeli military...

Microsoft’s announcement that it has “ceased and disabled” specific Azure cloud and AI subscriptions used by a unit inside Israel’s Ministry of Defense marks a rare, high‑profile enforcement of a technology company’s acceptable‑use rules against a sovereign military customer — a move prompted by investigative reporting that alleged the company’s services were used to store and process vast volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. Background The controversy began with a joint...