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EaseUS’ timing is strategic: the software maker has packaged its core imaging, partitioning, and PC‑to‑PC migration tools into a single, customer‑facing message designed to help Windows 10 users back up, prepare, and — where possible — upgrade to Windows 11 before Microsoft’s support cutoff in October. Background / Overview Microsoft has set a firm, non‑negotiable end‑of‑support date for Windows 10: October 14, 2025. After that date Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates...

The Climate Prediction Center’s 6–10 day outlook is calling for a broad, above‑normal temperature pattern across much of the continental United States — a signal that the unseasonably warm weather that has dominated late September is likely to persist into early October for Alexandria and large parts of the Mid‑Atlantic and Northeast. This short‑range guidance, supported by operational model agreement on a ridging pattern and reinforced by regional forecasts, means that many communities can...

Microsoft’s Copilot Vision packs the promise of a truly multimodal assistant: point a camera or share a window, and the AI reads, summarizes, translates, highlights UI elements, and even talks back — a combination of visual comprehension and conversational voice that changes what “help” on a PC or phone can look like. The practical walkthrough in the PCMag UK piece captures that promise in everyday tasks — translating menus in Paris, identifying objects, summarizing manuals and web pages...

EaseUS’ timed push of its backup and migration toolbox lands squarely on a fixed calendar: Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 after October 14, 2025, and EaseUS is promoting Todo Backup, Partition Master, and Todo PCTrans as the practical kit many users and small IT teams need to protect data and move to Windows 11 with minimal disruption. Background Microsoft’s lifecycle calendar sets a hard deadline: mainstream security and feature updates for Windows 10 editions end on October 14...

EaseUS’ announcement this week positions the company’s backup and migration suite as a practical toolkit for users facing a hard deadline: Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and many machines will either need careful protection or a planned migration to Windows 11. The vendor’s pitch — built around EaseUS Todo Backup, EaseUS Partition Master, and EaseUS Todo PCTrans — is straightforward: create reliable backups, prepare drives for Windows 11, and migrate user data...

Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon X2 Elite family promises to rewrite the rules for Windows on ARM by delivering dramatically higher clock speeds, an 18‑core top bin, and an 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU — claims that put Snapdragon X2 Elite and Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme squarely into contention with Apple’s M‑series and high‑end x86 mobile chips for premium Windows 11 PCs. Overview Qualcomm used its Snapdragon Summit to unveil the Snapdragon X2 Elite family — two primary PC‑focused SoCs: the standard...

Square Enix’s decision to bring Final Fantasy VII Remake to Xbox and Xbox on PC marks one of the clearest signals yet that the company’s era of platform caution is over — and that decision has real technical, business, and cultural consequences for players, developers, and the platform landscape as a whole. The expanded Intergrade edition of Final Fantasy VII Remake is confirmed for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC (with Xbox Play Anywhere and cloud support), launching January 22, 2026, while...

Microsoft has turned Microsoft 365 Copilot from a single‑vendor assistant into a true multi‑model orchestration platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude models — notably Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends in Copilot’s Researcher agent and Copilot Studio, a move delivered as an opt‑in rollout and explicitly framed by Microsoft as additive rather than a replacement for OpenAI models. Background / Overview Microsoft 365 Copilot has been a flagship example of embedding...

Lenovo’s latest push into the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market packages enterprise-grade, AI-ready infrastructure into pre-tested, consumption-friendly bundles designed to get small teams from purchase to production faster — but the payoff depends on careful workload sizing, contract scrutiny, and security hardening. Background Small and medium businesses face two converging pressures: the need to modernize aging on‑premises infrastructure and the demand to put AI to work in...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme doesn’t just promise a step forward for Windows on ARM — it promises a potential leap that could finally make a high‑end Windows laptop a credible, everyday alternative to Apple’s M‑series machines for creators, data scientists, and power users. The company’s Summit 2025 reveal laid out a bold spec sheet — a third‑generation Oryon CPU with as many as 18 cores and a 5.0 GHz boost, a redesigned Adreno GPU, and an 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU — and paired those...

Microsoft’s last-minute course correction on Extended Security Updates (ESU) hands a narrow but meaningful win to Windows 10 users in the European Economic Area: Microsoft will no longer require payment or the prior “enable Windows Backup” / Microsoft Account condition for consumers in the EEA to receive the one-year post‑support security updates that run through October 13, 2026. Background / Overview Microsoft set October 14, 2025 as the official end-of-support date for Windows 10...

Microsoft's argument for upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 has moved beyond pure aesthetics: over the last few years Microsoft has layered meaningful multitasking, gaming, AI and security improvements into Windows 11 that — in many practical scenarios — do a better job than the equivalent Windows 10 features, even when Windows 10 tries to catch up. The short version: if you rely on multi‑monitor workflows, polished window management, the newest gaming I/O and HDR conveniences, or want...

Microsoft’s quiet move to add Anthropic’s Claude models into Microsoft 365 Copilot is the clearest signal yet that Copilot is evolving from a single‑vendor showcase into a deliberate, multi‑model orchestration platform — one that balances performance, cost, and vendor risk while exposing enterprise IT teams to new governance and cross‑cloud complexities. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot arrived as a headline product built on deep integration with large language models, most visibly those...

Microsoft quietly handed enterprise IT teams a new lever in the Copilot era: Microsoft 365 Copilot now offers Anthropic’s Claude models — notably Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 — as selectable backends inside the Researcher reasoning agent and the Copilot Studio agent-building surface, making model choice a first‑class feature for organizations that want to route specific productivity tasks to the model best suited to them. Background Microsoft 365 Copilot transformed Office apps into...

Lenovo’s new SMB-focused infrastructure bundles promise to make AI-ready on‑premises IT more accessible to small and medium businesses by packaging validated server hardware, partner software, cloud-enabled management, and consumption-based pricing into turnkey offerings — but the real value for a given organization will hinge on careful workload profiling, contract transparency, and security operationalization. Background Small and medium businesses (SMBs) face a squeeze: they need the...

Raspberry Pi and NComputing have teamed up to launch the Raspberry Pi 500+ — an all-in-one keyboard computer bundled with NComputing’s LEAF OS — positioning the device as a low-cost, centrally managed alternative for enterprises wrestling with Windows 10’s imminent end of support and the complexity of mass Windows 11 migrations. Background The industry is entering a crunch moment: Microsoft has scheduled Windows 10 end of support on October 14, 2025, after which mainstream security updates...

Microsoft’s Copilot — when asked to pick every game in an NFL week and give a final score — has become more than a novelty: it’s a live experiment in where conversational AI fits in sports journalism, editorial workflows, and even the betting ecosystem. USA TODAY’s sports desk ran Copilot through a repeatable prompt for every Week 4 matchup, publishing the chatbot’s winner, a projected score, and a short human commentary for each selection. The experiment produced a tidy set of predictions...

Microsoft’s Copilot has taken a decisive step from a single‑vendor architecture toward a managed, multi‑model platform by adding Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 as selectable engines inside the Researcher reasoning agent and Copilot Studio, a move that delivers practical model choice to enterprises while introducing new operational, legal, and governance tradeoffs. Background For years Microsoft 365 Copilot relied heavily on OpenAI models as the backbone of its generative‑AI...

Markets closed the session with a clear note of caution: Indian benchmarks slipped while a clutch of stocks — led by metals and defence-linked names — bucked the broader weakness, and global headlines about U.S. trade probes and AI-capital flows amplified investor uncertainty across asset classes. Background / Overview India’s equity market finished the trading day under pressure, with headline indices down and a mixed sectoral picture: metals and telecoms showed strength, while IT and real...

The guide posted by Fossbytes outlining “3 Proven Ways to Rip DVD to MP4 on Windows/Mac” correctly documents three of the most common workflows people use today: a commercial all-in-one ripper (Tipard DVD Ripper), the open-source encoder HandBrake (with third‑party helpers for encrypted discs), and the multi‑platform VLC Media Player’s Convert/Save feature. Each approach has distinct trade‑offs in cost, ease of use, compatibility with copy‑protected discs, and control over output quality...