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Microsoft and GitHub have pushed GitHub Copilot beyond inline code suggestions into a full-fledged, Azure-centered app modernization workflow that can analyze, upgrade, and migrate .NET applications from inside Visual Studio — a development shift that promises big productivity gains while raising new governance and security questions for teams moving legacy code to Azure. Background and overview Modernizing legacy .NET applications — migrating from older .NET Framework versions to modern...

Microsoft’s cloud business has taken an unusually public step: the company says it has disabled specific Azure cloud and AI subscriptions tied to an Israeli Defence Ministry unit after investigative reporting revealed those services were used to store and process massive volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. The move — framed by Microsoft executives as enforcement of its terms of service and its AI/acceptable-use policies — follows months of reporting and internal review and...

Microsoft has quietly disabled specific Azure cloud and AI services used by a unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an internal review found activity that supported reporting alleging the technology was used to ingest and analyze large volumes of intercepted Palestinian communications. Background The controversy centers on Unit 8200, Israel’s elite signals intelligence unit, and reporting that Microsoft’s Azure platform was used to host and process extensive collections of phone-call...

EaseUS is positioning a familiar set of utilities as a practical, one‑vendor playbook for Windows 10 users facing Microsoft’s hard deadline: create verified system backups, prepare drives for Windows 11, and migrate accounts and apps — now or pay the price of increased risk after support ends on October 14, 2025. The company’s messaging, republished across regional outlets, packages three long‑standing products — EaseUS Todo Backup, EaseUS Partition Master, and EaseUS Todo PCTrans — into a...

Windows 10 reaches a hard stop on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has built a narrow, one‑year lifeline that lets many home users keep receiving security‑only updates through October 13, 2026 if they meet specific prerequisites and enroll in the Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. Background / Overview Microsoft’s official lifecycle calendar sets October 14, 2025 as the end of support for Windows 10 (consumer and business editions). After that date Microsoft will no longer...

EaseUS has packaged its long‑standing imaging, partitioning, and migration utilities into a clear, deadline‑driven playbook aimed at users and small IT teams facing Microsoft’s fixed Windows 10 end‑of‑support date: back up first, prepare disks for UEFI/GPT and Secure Boot, then migrate accounts and applications to Windows 11‑capable hardware — using EaseUS Todo Backup, EaseUS Partition Master, and EaseUS Todo PCTrans as the practical toolkit to get the job done. Background / Overview...

Today’s Canary-channel release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27954 is a focused maintenance flight that fixes a handful of platform regressions while flagging a small set of high‑risk known issues that Insiders and developers must weigh before installing on active hardware. Background / Overview Microsoft released Build 27954 to the Canary Channel as a narrow quality update, not a feature sweep. The public notes describe a concise set of general improvements and targeted fixes intended...

Microsoft has opened the door for AI features to run natively across Windows PCs with the general availability of Windows ML, a system-managed ONNX Runtime and hardware abstraction layer that lets developers ship AI-enabled apps without bundling vendor runtimes or hand-tuning builds for every silicon variant. This release — now integrated into the Windows App SDK and targeting Windows 11 version 24H2 and later — promises smaller installers, automatic execution-provider selection for...

Microsoft’s latest push to put “agents” at the center of work—through a native Agent Store inside Microsoft 365 Copilot and a unified Microsoft Marketplace web destination—moves the company from experimental tooling to a platform play designed to make AI agents discoverable, governable, and commercially consumable at enterprise scale. The announcement signals a practical next step for organizations wrestling with where to start with agentic AI: packaged, partner-built agents and a single...

Microsoft’s decision to let Anthropic’s Claude models run inside Microsoft 365 Copilot marks a strategic inflection: Copilot is no longer a single‑vendor service built around OpenAI — it’s becoming a managed, multi‑model orchestration layer where IT teams can pick the engine best suited to each task. Background: why this shift matters now For three years Copilot has been synonymous with Microsoft’s close partnership with OpenAI: the GPT family powered headline productivity features across...

Lenovo’s latest SMB play is a clear bet that the next phase of enterprise AI will be decided on Main Street, not just in hyperscalers’ data halls — a set of pre-validated, channel-friendly bundles and partnerships that pair Windows Server Hyper-V readiness, Veeam-protected backup appliances, and whisper‑quiet edge inferencing hardware with Scale Computing and an AI‑driven XClarity management layer to reduce setup time, operational risk, and the people cost of running on‑prem AI. Background...

Microsoft has issued a stark final warning: extended support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 ends on October 14, 2025 — the same day mainstream support for Windows 10 wraps up — and organizations that fail to act risk serious security, compliance, and operational fallout. Microsoft is pushing customers toward cloud-first paths such as Microsoft 365 while offering an on-premises option in the form of Office LTSC 2024; at the same time it is making limited, paid safety nets available through...

Valve has quietly added a small but consequential item to the Steam beta: a visible check for TPM status and Secure Boot in the client’s System Information pane, and those values will soon be captured in the Steam Hardware Survey—an unobtrusive change with outsized implications for PC players, platform compatibility, and the future of anti‑cheat and DRM enforcement on Windows. Background The PC gaming industry has been moving steadily toward hardware‑level protections to combat increasingly...

Windows 11 can be reshaped to look and behave a lot like Windows 10 without abandoning the security and performance improvements of the newer OS, and a mix of built‑in settings, safe registry edits, and a handful of well‑maintained third‑party tools will get most users within striking distance of the familiar Windows 10 workflow. Background Microsoft’s Windows 11 brought a modern visual redesign — centered taskbar icons, rounded corners, and a compact Start UI — but for many professionals...

Microsoft has fixed a hard calendar on Windows 10: routine support stops on October 14, 2025, but Microsoft is offering a one‑year safety net — the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program — and has agreed to make that extra year truly free for users inside the European Economic Area (EEA). This package of options is short, targeted, and full of trade‑offs: it buys time, not a permanent escape from an unsupported OS, and enrollment has specific prerequisites and privacy implications...

Microsoft’s late-stage change to Windows 10 servicing has opened a narrowly scoped escape hatch: eligible consumer PCs can receive one additional year of security-only updates after October 14, 2025 — but the conditions matter, and claims that those updates are available without linking to a Microsoft Account are incomplete at best and misleading at worst. Background / Overview Windows 10 reached its planned end-of-support date on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft created a limited consumer...

Microsoft has quietly changed the rules: Windows 10 users inside the European Economic Area (EEA) will receive a one‑year extension of free Extended Security Updates (ESU) through October 13, 2026, without the previously announced requirement to enable Windows Backup or redeem Microsoft Rewards — a regional concession prompted by pressure from consumer groups and European regulatory expectations. Background / Overview Microsoft set a firm end‑of‑support date for consumer editions of Windows...

ExplorerPatcher has quietly become the Swiss Army knife for Windows users who loathe the design-first choices in Windows 11 and want the productivity-first behavior of Windows 10 back — restoring classic context menus, a movable taskbar, the familiar Start layout, and the full File Explorer ribbon, all without reinstalling the older OS. The hands-on accounts from power users reflect a consistent pattern: install ExplorerPatcher, tweak a handful of settings, and many of the most annoying...

Microsoft has given millions of Windows 10 users a narrowly scoped lifeline: a one‑year, consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) path that can keep eligible PCs receiving critical security patches after the official end‑of‑support date— and, crucially, major outlets report routes that let many European consumers obtain that extra year without a direct payment. Background / Overview Microsoft’s official lifecycle for Windows 10 sets a firm end‑of‑support date for consumer editions: October...

The next MetaTrader 5 update promises a subtle but important shift for developers and traders: a dedicated CodeBase category for MQL5 Services, improved handling of input parameter names in MQL5 source, and a set of compiler/debugger tweaks — but the announcement also raises a bigger compatibility question, because the report claims this will be the last MT5 build to support older Windows releases (Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows Server 2008). Those two threads — developer convenience and...