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Microsoft has disabled specific Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions used by a unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an expanded internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged the platform was being used to ingest, store and analyze large volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. Overview The action marks a rare, targeted enforcement by a major hyperscaler against a government customer and crystallizes the tensions between...

Microsoft has disabled a set of Azure cloud and AI subscriptions used by a unit of the Israel Ministry of Defense after an internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged the platform was being used to ingest, transcribe, index and analyze large volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. Background The story that triggered the review began with a multi‑outlet investigation describing how an Israeli intelligence formation—frequently...

Microsoft’s last-minute concession on Windows 10 is both a lifeline and a leash: a one‑year safety net of security patches through October 13, 2026, offered in multiple enrollment routes that reduce the immediate risk of an unpatched desktop population — but the protection comes with account ties, cloud dependencies, regional carve-outs, and open questions about privacy, costs and electronic waste. Background / Overview Microsoft set a firm end‑of‑support date for Windows 10: October 14...

Microsoft has quietly reversed course: consumers inside the European Economic Area (EEA) can now enroll in a one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 at no additional charge — but the details are messy, the carve‑out is regional, and several questions about conditions and enforcement remain unanswered. Background Microsoft set a firm end‑of‑support date for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. After that date, Home and Pro editions stop receiving standard monthly quality...

EaseUS has rolled out a deadline‑timed push of its backup, partitioning and PC‑to‑PC migration tools as a practical toolkit for users facing Microsoft’s fixed Windows 10 end‑of‑support date on October 14, 2025, urging a simple but urgent playbook: create verified system images, prepare disk layouts for UEFI/GPT, and migrate accounts and applications to Windows 11‑capable hardware or new devices. Background Windows 10 will no longer receive routine security updates, feature updates, or...

Amazon’s deep markdown on an HP 15.6‑inch laptop — a configuration that pairs a 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD, 16GB of RAM, Windows 11 Pro, and a lifetime Office bundle — has re‑ignited the perennial bargain‑hunting conversation: how low can mainstream laptops go before the fine print and variant confusion negate the headline price? The shopping post that kicked this latest wave of interest highlights a $369 Amazon price for an HP 15.6" SKU with an Intel Celeron N4500 and a generous storage/memory...

Microsoft’s latest Canary‑channel flight for Windows 11 lands as a focused repair patch: Insider Preview Build 27954 restores legacy SMBv1 file‑share connectivity over NetBIOS (NetBT) while flagging two consequential known issues for specific audiences — kernel bugchecks on some Arm64 PCs and a developer tooling regression that breaks PIX GPU capture playback. The release is small in scope but high in practical impact for administrators who still operate legacy SMB devices and for developers...

D&H’s message to partners is blunt and practical: use Microsoft Copilot as the conversational entry point to sell AI, storage and PCs — and lean on distribution to deliver the infrastructure, security and services that make those Copilot projects real and repeatable. D&H Distributing’s senior vice president Jason Bystrak told the channel that Copilot is an “easy button” for accelerating adoption because thousands of partners already run Microsoft 365 and Azure, and that the real revenue...

Oracle’s latest quarter didn’t just surprise the market — it rewrote the playbook for what a decades‑old database vendor can become when it aggressively pivots into AI infrastructure and multicloud operations. In Q1 of fiscal 2026 Oracle reported a staggering $455 billion in Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO), an outsized increase that management says underpins an audacious five‑year Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) revenue roadmap that climbs from roughly $18 billion in fiscal 2026 to...

Microsoft has formally disabled and ceased a set of Azure cloud and AI services used by a unit of the Israel Ministry of Defense after an internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged the platform was being used to store and process large volumes of intercepted communications. Background In mid‑2025, a consortium of investigative outlets published reporting that described a bespoke cloud environment allegedly used by Israel’s military...

Microsoft has disabled specific Azure cloud and AI subscriptions used by a unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an internal review found elements of investigative reporting that suggested Microsoft technology was being used to ingest, store and analyze large volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. Background The controversy erupted after a series of investigative reports alleged that Unit 8200 and other Israeli military intelligence elements were using a bespoke Azure...

Microsoft has quietly opened a one‑year safety valve for millions of Windows 10 users — but only in the European Economic Area (EEA) will that extension be available without the previously required trade‑offs — a change forced after consumer groups complained that Microsoft’s initial consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) enrollment conditions created a de‑facto paywall. Background / Overview Windows 10’s formal end‑of‑support date is October 14, 2025. After that date Microsoft will stop...

Microsoft has quietly changed the rules: residents of the European Economic Area (EEA) will be able to enroll in the Windows 10 consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for the one‑year post‑end‑of‑support window without the previously announced conditions — meaning no forced Windows Backup / OneDrive sync, no requirement to redeem Microsoft Rewards, and no mandatory payment as a precondition for the free route in the EEA. Background / Overview Microsoft set a firm end‑of‑support...

Microsoft’s last-minute concession hands Windows 10 users inside the European Economic Area a one-year safety net: Extended Security Updates (ESU) through October 13, 2026 will be available in the EEA without the previously announced requirement to enable Windows Backup or redeem Microsoft Rewards — a regional carve‑out prompted by pressure from consumer groups and European regulatory expectations. Background / Overview Microsoft established a firm end‑of‑support date for consumer editions...

Microsoft’s latest Canary-channel build for Windows 11 promises a smoother, more reliable Insider experience—but the small changelog masks a mix of targeted fixes, ongoing risk areas, and developer tooling gaps that Insiders should treat with careful optimism and a plan for mitigation. Background Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview build 27954 to the Canary channel with a short, focused changelog that emphasizes a set of general improvements and a specific networking fix for legacy...

Flyoobe’s latest update brings explicit support for Windows 11 version 25H2, adding a one-click helper to apply Microsoft’s enablement package and smoothing the way for enthusiasts who want to debloat Windows 11 or run the OS on unsupported hardware while keeping a faster, small-footprint upgrade path intact. Background Windows 11 version 25H2 is being delivered as an enablement package (eKB) on top of the existing Windows 11 24H2 platform. That means devices already on 24H2 carry dormant...

Most PCs built for Windows 10 can be moved to Windows 11 today — even those Microsoft labels “incompatible” — but doing so requires a clear checklist, careful backups, and an honest acceptance of trade‑offs between convenience, security, and future update eligibility. The practical workarounds that let you upgrade fall into two camps: a simple in‑place trick that relaxes CPU/TPM checks when you run Setup from within Windows, and a more aggressive installer‑creation route (via Rufus) that...

Microsoft’s AI pitch for Edge — summed up by an executive as “a little angel on your shoulder doing the boring hard work” — is more than marketing flourish; it encapsulates a deliberate product strategy that blends agentic automation, real‑time web context, and classic browser features into a single, opt‑in experience. The company’s latest push centers on Copilot Mode — an AI‑infused layer inside Microsoft Edge designed to read pages, click buttons, compare prices across tabs, draft text...

Microsoft's Copilot has quietly widened its model menu: users can now run Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 inside Copilot’s Researcher agent and as selectable models in Copilot Studio, giving organizations a straightforward way to compare OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft’s own models inside the same Copilot experience. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Copilot has evolved from a single-model assistant into a multi-model orchestration layer. Originally built around OpenAI’s...

Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — that deadline forces a clear choice: upgrade to Windows 11 where possible, pay for short‑term Extended Security Updates, or move to a different operating system that keeps your hardware secure and useful for years to come. Background / Overview Microsoft’s lifecycle notice for Windows 10 is straightforward: after October 14, 2025, consumer editions will no longer receive security updates, bug fixes, or technical support...