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Microsoft has stopped mainstream support for Windows 10, but Microsoft Defender will continue to supply threat intelligence and signature updates for a limited window — a pragmatic stopgap that reduces some short‑term malware risk but does not replace OS‑level security patches or the protections lost when the Windows 10 servicing lifecycle ends. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched as Microsoft’s flagship desktop OS and remained on active servicing for a decade; Microsoft designated...

Windows has never been just software; for millions it’s been the backdrop of careers, creative experiments, and daily rituals — and for ten days this month the Spiceworks Community turned that backdrop into a conversation. The community’s “10 Days of Windows” series revisited classic features, confessed install-room war stories, and mapped the emotional terrain around the end of an era: Windows 10’s move to end of service. The posts were equal parts technical playbook and nostalgia trip...

The day Microsoft ends support for Windows 10, many of the loudest reservations about moving to Windows 11 suddenly feel less theoretical and more immediate: security patches stop, app vendors shift focus, and the question of whether to upgrade becomes a practical one rather than a philosophical debate. The case for upgrading is not built on hype alone — it’s built on concrete deadlines, new hardware and security baselines, and a years‑long evolution of Windows 11 from an awkward debut into...

Microsoft’s formal retirement of Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 marks the end of an era—and the start of a complex migration and risk-management window for hundreds of millions of PCs still running the operating system. After October 14 Microsoft will stop issuing routine OS security updates, cumulative quality rollups, feature patches and standard technical assistance for mainstream Windows 10 editions; the company’s published guidance is to upgrade eligible machines to Windows 11 or enroll...

Microsoft’s new handheld-focused Windows 11 experience — the Xbox full‑screen launcher being shipped on the ROG Xbox Ally family — is more than a cosmetic skin for pocket gaming: it is a meaningful re-think of how Windows can behave when games, controllers and constrained hardware are the primary use case, and the lessons in that work argue strongly that this “handheld gaming mode” belongs on desktops and living‑room PCs as well. Background / Overview Microsoft and ASUS revealed the ROG Xbox...

Microsoft’s MAI-Image-1 arrives as a clear declaration: Microsoft will build its own image-generation stack, and it wants that stack to be fast, photorealistic, and tightly integrated into the company’s product ecosystem. Overview On October 13, Microsoft announced MAI-Image-1, the company’s first fully in-house text-to-image model, positioning it as a purpose-built tool for rapid creative iteration and product integration. Microsoft framed the model around photorealism—lighting...

LSEG and Microsoft have moved beyond co‑development headlines to deliver practical plumbing for “agentic” AI in finance: an LSEG‑managed Model Context Protocol (MCP) server will expose licensed LSEG datasets and deterministic analytics into Microsoft Copilot Studio so agents built there can be deployed inside Microsoft 365 Copilot and other MCP‑capable runtimes, beginning with a phased rollout of LSEG Financial Analytics. Background Since their multi‑year strategic alliance announced in...

GitHub’s engineering teams have been ordered to prioritize a full-scale migration of the platform’s production infrastructure to Microsoft Azure—pausing much new feature work—so the service can scale to meet an explosion in AI-driven workloads like GitHub Copilot, a move executives describe as necessary and, in their words, “existential” for the platform’s future. Background GitHub began life as an independent, developer-first code-hosting service and retained significant operational...

Microsoft has formally closed the chapter on Windows 10: Microsoft’s lifecycle calendar and October 2025 Patch Tuesday mark the end of free, routine vendor support for the operating system and a hard shift toward Windows 11 and paid or account‑tethered bridges for those who cannot upgrade immediately. Background / Overview After a decade of service, Windows 10 arrives at a vendor lifecycle cutoff on October 14, 2025. Microsoft’s official lifecycle pages and support posts confirm that routine...

Microsoft has set a hard line: as of October 14, 2025, Windows 10 will no longer receive routine security patches, feature or quality updates, or standard technical support — a major lifecycle milestone that forces millions of consumers, businesses, schools and public-sector organizations to choose among upgrading to Windows 11, buying new hardware, enrolling in Extended Security Updates (ESU), or migrating to another platform. Background / Overview Windows 10 debuted on July 29, 2015, and...

Microsoft released October’s Patch Tuesday for Windows 11 with a wide-ranging cumulative update that is mandatory for most users and brings both security-critical patches and a steady stream of user-facing improvements across File Explorer, accessibility, Windows Hello, and AI-powered workflows. The two packages — KB5066835 for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 (builds moving to 26100.6899 / 26200.6899) and KB5066793 for versions 22H2 and 23H2 — ship October’s security fixes and quality...

The Dell 16 Premium is the boldest statement yet about what a premium Windows 11 laptop can be: a near‑desktop-class creative workstation squeezed into a sleek, lightweight chassis with a 16.3‑inch 4K OLED, an Intel Core Ultra processor, NVIDIA RTX graphics, and a design that borrows the best — and some of the most controversial — ideas from the XPS lineage. While it pushes the boundaries for creators who need raw GPU and display muscle, it also underlines the enduring trade-offs in modern...

Windows 10 has officially reached its end-of-support milestone, forcing households, small businesses, and enterprises to choose between upgrading, paying for a temporary safety net, or continuing to run an increasingly risky, unsupported operating system. Background / Overview Windows 10 debuted in July 2015 and for a decade was Microsoft’s dominant desktop platform, receiving regular feature, quality, and security updates on a monthly cadence. Microsoft’s lifecycle policy established a firm...

Microsoft released a targeted Safe OS (WinRE) Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 24H2/25H2 and Windows Server 2025 on October 14, 2025 to refresh the Windows Recovery Environment used by Reset, Automatic Repair and cloud reinstall flows — a small but operationally important package that imaging teams and IT administrators should add to their deployment hygiene checklist. Background Dynamic Updates — split between Setup Dynamic Updates and Safe OS (WinRE) Dynamic Updates — are Microsoft’s...

Microsoft rolled out its October 2025 Patch Tuesday updates across supported Windows channels today, shipping the security cumulatives for Windows 11 (two packages) and the final public security update for consumer Windows 10 installs — while also marking the scheduled end of support for Office 2016 and Office 2019. The headline pieces are KB5066835 for Windows 11 versions 24H2/25H2, KB5066793 for the older Windows 11 servicing branches (23H2/22H2), and KB5066791 for Windows 10 (the last...

Microsoft’s Copilot is inching out of novelty mode and into practical utility, and the latest set of roadmap notes and Insider previews show real, work‑oriented features arriving that could make Copilot genuinely useful for busy knowledge workers — if organizations and users manage the governance, privacy, and accuracy tradeoffs that come with giving an assistant broader access to calendars, recordings, files and third‑party systems. The most consequential items: natural‑language calendar...

Windows 10’s retirement on October 14, 2025 has created a hard deadline that many users ignored until the last minute — and Google has moved quickly to turn that anxiety into a marketing and product opportunity: convert aging, unsupported Windows PCs into Chromebooks with ChromeOS Flex or push buyers toward premium Chromebook Plus hardware that promises long update windows and built‑in protections. The result is a clear consumer moment: keep, patch, or replace your machine — or repurpose it...

Microsoft has pushed its October 2025 Patch Tuesday out the door, delivering the month’s security fixes alongside a notable batch of user-facing updates for Windows 11 and the final public cumulative update for Windows 10 — with major commercial and operational consequences for consumers, IT shops, and enterprises alike. The centerpiece is KB5066835 for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2 (builds 26200.6899 and 26100.6899), supported by a companion KB release for older Windows 11 branches...

Microsoft’s formal end-of-support deadline for mainstream Windows 10 is now in force: on October 14, 2025 Microsoft stopped delivering routine OS security updates, non‑security quality patches and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions unless a device is enrolled in an Extended Security Updates (ESU) plan. Background Microsoft’s lifecycle calendar set a firm cut-off for Windows 10 (version 22H2 and the listed mainstream SKUs) on October 14, 2025. That calendar decision...

Microsoft’s decade‑old Windows 10 has officially reached end of support, and a newly polished update to a popular third‑party tool is making the path to Windows 11 noticeably easier for users whose PCs are blocked by Microsoft’s hardware gates. Background / Overview October 14, 2025 marked a hard deadline: Microsoft stopped delivering free security updates, feature fixes and standard technical support for Windows 10. That change immediately raised the stakes for the millions of PCs that...