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Microsoft has set a firm cut‑off: Windows 10’s mainstream support and security updates will end on October 14, 2025, forcing a fast‑moving migration conversation for millions of home users, small businesses, and IT teams worldwide. Background / Overview Microsoft announced that Windows 10, version 22H2 (the final broadly shipped consumer and commercial build) will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. That date is an explicit lifecycle milestone: after it passes Microsoft will stop...

Consumer Reports has formally called out Microsoft over the impending end‑of‑support for Windows 10, demanding that the company extend free security updates for consumers who cannot upgrade to Windows 11 and warning that the current plan will strand millions of users, create a national‑security exposure, and accelerate avoidable electronic waste. Background Microsoft announced years ago that Windows 10's public support lifecycle would conclude in October 2025. That planned cutoff is now days...

Microsoft has posted the September 2025 non‑security preview update for Windows 11, version 23H2 — an optional Release Preview build (KB5065790) that delivers a set of targeted reliability fixes while reiterating a major operational warning: Microsoft’s Secure Boot signing certificates issued in 2011 are scheduled to begin expiring in mid‑2026, and IT teams and device owners must prepare now to avoid boot‑time trust and updateability problems. Background / Overview Microsoft issues...

Microsoft’s September preview update pushed an urgent reminder to IT teams and advanced users: Secure Boot certificates used broadly across Windows devices are scheduled to start expiring in June 2026, and without coordinated firmware and OS updates some machines may be unable to boot securely or apply pre-boot fixes. Background / Overview Microsoft published KB notifications for the September 23, 2025 preview flight (KB5065790) that bundle targeted reliability fixes for Windows 11 while...

Microsoft has quietly shipped an out-of-band cumulative update for Windows 11 version 24H2 — KB5068221 (OS Build 26100.6588) — that restores stability for Microsoft Office when delivered via Microsoft Application Virtualization (App‑V) while also carrying forward September’s security rollup and servicing‑stack hardening; the release reiterates a persistent SMBv1 over NetBIOS (NetBT) connectivity caveat and reminds administrators about upcoming Secure Boot certificate rotation. Background...

Microsoft’s lab breakthrough in microfluidic cooling — etching microscopic coolant channels straight into the silicon and using AI to route fluid like leaf veins — promises to remove heat from AI chips up to three times more effectively than today’s best cold-plate systems and, in early tests, reduced peak silicon temperature rise by roughly 65 percent. Background The compute demands of modern AI workloads are driving chip power density to new extremes. Traditional air cooling reached its...

Microsoft’s decision to stop routine security and quality updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has moved from a long-foretold lifecycle milestone into a practical crisis for many users — a hard deadline that forces households, small businesses and public institutions to choose between upgrading to Windows 11, paying for a short-term Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or continuing to operate increasingly vulnerable systems with no vendor patches. Background / Overview Windows 10...

Microsoft’s calendar-driven cutoff for Windows 10 — the end of routine security and feature updates on October 14, 2025 — has moved from a distant lifecycle note into an urgent, practical problem for millions of users who now face a short list of uncomfortable choices: upgrade to Windows 11 where possible, pay for a one-year security bridge, migrate to another operating system, or continue using an increasingly risky, unsupported OS. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched in 2015 and has...

Microsoft’s latest “short‑form” roundup — reproduced in PCQuest’s Tech Update Of The Day — pulls together a tight set of developments that matter to every Windows user: faster, lighter updates in Windows 11 version 24H2, targeted Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) fixes that fetch drivers and critical pieces during first boot, a reminder about the risks of community‑built lightweight images (Tiny11/Nano11), rising concerns around modded messaging clients such as GBWhatsApp, and incremental but...

Microsoft has set a hard deadline: routine support, security patches and standard technical assistance for mainstream Windows 10 editions end on October 14, 2025 — a watershed moment that forces every remaining Windows 10 PC down three practical roads: upgrade to Windows 11 if the hardware is eligible, enroll in Microsoft’s one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or continue running an increasingly risky, unsupported operating system. Background Windows 10 launched in...

Windows Sandbox is the kind of overlooked Windows feature that quietly solves real-world problems for developers, power users, and anyone who downloads software they don’t fully trust—without the friction of setting up a full virtual machine. Background Windows has shipped many niche features that only a subset of users notice. Windows Sandbox arrived with Windows 10 and matured in Windows 11 as a lightweight, disposable environment for safely running applications and examining files. It is...

Microsoft has quietly turned up the heat on Windows 11’s AI rollout: an opt‑in pilot called Windows AI Labs has begun appearing inside Microsoft Paint as a limited sign‑up prompt, and Microsoft confirms the program is a pilot acceleration for testing experimental AI features before they reach broader previews or production. The initial discovery — a small “Try experimental AI features in Paint” label in the Paint settings — signals a new in‑app testbed that surfaces experimental tools to a...

Three weeks is not a long time in the life of a PC, but when that window sits directly ahead of a fixed end-of-support deadline it becomes a hard stop: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security and quality updates on October 14, 2025, and every Windows 10 user now has three practical options to preserve security and continuity — upgrade to Windows 11, enroll in the Windows 10 Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program as a temporary bridge, or move off the platform by buying new...

Duo Access Gateway for Windows remains a practical on‑premises SAML 2.0 identity provider for organizations that must host their own SSO front end, but its roadmap, support status, and an imminent certificate authority (CA) bundle change require immediate planning and careful operational work for Windows administrators who still run it in production. Background / Overview Duo Access Gateway (DAG) is an on‑premises SAML IdP that adds Duo two‑factor authentication (2FA), inline self‑service...

Microsoft’s latest lab demos show microfluidics — routing liquid through microscopic channels etched into silicon — moving from academic curiosity toward practical tooling for the next generation of AI hardware, a test that promises to reduce cooling overhead, enable higher chip density, and even permit brief bursts of extra performance through controlled overclocking. Background: why cooling has become a central design problem for AI data centers AI training and inference at scale...

October 14, 2025 is a hard deadline: for most Windows 10 users in Idaho and across the United States, Microsoft will stop issuing free security patches, quality fixes, and routine technical support — and that change will sharply raise the risk profile for aging home PCs, school lab machines, and small‑business systems that still run Windows 10. Background / Overview Microsoft officially lists October 14, 2025 as the end‑of‑support date for mainstream Windows 10 editions (Home, Pro...

Microsoft has fixed a hard stop: routine security and feature updates for Windows 10 end on October 14, 2025, and millions of machines will face a practical choice — upgrade to Windows 11 if compatible, buy a Windows 11‑ready PC, enroll in a short Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or continue running an OS that will no longer receive regular vendor patches. Background / Overview Windows 10 debuted in 2015 and evolved under the "Windows-as-a-Service" model. Microsoft has now set a...

Microsoft’s long-notified cutoff for Windows 10 updates is now unavoidable: on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop issuing regular security patches, feature updates, and technical support for every mainstream edition of Windows 10, leaving millions of users with a stark choice—upgrade to Windows 11, enroll in a temporary Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, migrate to another platform, or continue running an increasingly risky, unsupported operating system. Background For more than a...

KAL’s Kalignite is now being offered as a pathway to Windows 11 for ATM fleets, and the move arrives as a hard deadline approaches for Windows 10 support that will force banks and ATM deployers to choose between costly hardware refreshes, paid security extensions, or software-driven migration strategies. KAL says Kalignite — and its Kalignite Hypervisor — let banks run Windows 11 across multivendor ATM fleets, including older machines that otherwise lack vendor support for the newer OS. This...

Microsoft has quietly opened a new in‑OS test channel called Windows AI Labs, inviting a limited set of Windows 11 users to try experimental AI features — starting with Microsoft Paint — before those features reach wider preview or production. The program is strictly opt‑in, requires participants to enable optional diagnostic data, and surfaces as a sign‑up prompt inside Paint that links to a short program agreement describing preview quality, telemetry, and feedback expectations. Early...