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Microsoft will stop issuing routine security updates and mainstream technical support for the majority of Windows 10 editions on October 14, 2025—a deadline that forces millions of home users and organisations to decide quickly between upgrading to Windows 11, buying a short-term safety net, or accepting rising security and compliance risk. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched in 2015 and has been a dominant desktop platform for a decade. Microsoft announced a firm end-of-support date...

Microsoft has fixed a hard deadline: Windows 10’s official support ends on October 14, 2025, and that timetable forces every remaining Windows 10 PC into one of three paths—upgrade, pay for a short-term safety net, or migrate to a different operating system—each with clear security, cost, and sustainability trade-offs. Background / Overview Windows 10 launched in 2015 and became the dominant desktop OS for a decade. Microsoft’s lifecycle policy now brings that era to a close: Microsoft will...

Microsoft’s security updates and mainstream support for Windows 10 end on October 14, 2025 — a fixed, non‑negotiable deadline that forces a simple but urgent choice for every Windows 10 user: upgrade to Windows 11 if your PC qualifies, enroll in Microsoft’s limited Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, replace the machine, or accept growing security and compatibility risk. Background / Overview Windows 10 was introduced in 2015 and has been the default desktop platform for a vast majority...

Fedora KDE Plasma’s combination of a less intrusive update model, true desktop-level customization, and the ability to remove unwanted preinstalled apps is convincing enough that some users say they don’t want to go back to Windows. Background Fedora is a mainstream Linux distribution known for being on the fresher side of the Linux ecosystem, and KDE Plasma is a highly configurable desktop environment available as an official Fedora spin. The recent first-person accounts about switching...

The Office of Personnel Management has quietly opened the federal doors to mainstream generative AI by making Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and OpenAI’s ChatGPT available to its workforce — a move that follows a string of rapid OneGov procurement deals and the launch of GSA’s USAi sandbox, and that crystallizes both the promise and the peril of large‑scale AI adoption across the federal workforce. Background The federal government’s AI landscape has moved from pilot projects to enterprise-scale...

Zorin OS 18’s beta lands at a pivotal moment: a redesigned desktop, an approachable tiling system, OneDrive and Web Apps integration, and a clear push to make switching from Windows 10 to Linux as frictionless as possible — but the real question for users and IT teams is whether those improvements are enough to overcome application compatibility, peripheral support, and enterprise management challenges. Background The calendar driving much of the conversation is immovable: Windows 10 reaches...

Valve has set a firm deadline: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will stop receiving official support on 32‑bit editions of Windows — effectively ending the platform’s last mainstream accommodation for 32‑bit Windows and putting a clear migration clock on the tiny group of users still running Windows 10 (32‑bit). Background The PC ecosystem has been migrating to 64‑bit computing for nearly two decades. Hardware manufacturers, driver vendors, anti‑cheat providers, and major...

Microsoft has set a hard deadline: Windows 10 will stop receiving security updates and official support on October 14, 2025, and if you’re still running Windows 10 it’s time to pick a path forward — upgrade, buy new hardware, or choose a supported workaround. The good news for most users is that Windows 11 remains a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 machines, and there are three official, no-cost routes Microsoft provides to move to Windows 11. For those with “incompatible” hardware there...

Microsoft pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel with a tightly focused set of reliability and compatibility fixes — most notably addressing persistent File Explorer freezes, audio regressions, and intermittent screen flicker while also smoothing gaming overlay performance on mixed-refresh-rate multi-monitor setups. Background Microsoft published the official announcement for Build 27950 on the Windows Insider Blog on September 19, 2025, describing the flight as...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel with a tight, targeted set of bug fixes aimed at smoothing a handful of visual and installation problems that have frustrated Insiders — most notably fixes for taskbar preview misalignment after display resolution changes and intermittent screen flickering that some testers saw while browsing or using other apps. Background Microsoft’s Canary Channel is the earliest preview ring for Windows 11, where...

Microsoft has begun rolling out Gaming Copilot — an AI-powered, in‑overlay assistant for players — into Windows 11 via the Xbox Game Bar, bringing voice-first help, screenshot-aware guidance, achievement tracking, and personalized recommendations directly into the play session. Background and overview Microsoft’s Copilot brand has expanded across Office, Edge, and Windows, and Gaming Copilot is the company’s most visible attempt to embed a conversational, contextual assistant inside the...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a new Insider preview package — KB5065786 — that surfaces a focused set of account-management refinements alongside deeper Copilot integrations and a long list of fixes and known issues, delivered as Build 26220.6690 to the Dev Channel and Build 26120.6690 to the Beta Channel. Background / Overview Microsoft packages these experimental changes in Insider preview builds so it can iterate quickly and gate exposure with staged rollouts. The September 19 releases...

Zorin OS 18 Beta arrives at a pivotal moment: with Windows 10’s extended lifespan ending on October 14, 2025, millions of users face either an enforced upgrade to Windows 11, costly hardware refreshes, or the security risks of running an unsupported OS — and Zorin OS 18 Beta positions itself as a polished, low-friction alternative that aims to keep older PCs useful, secure, and familiar to Windows users. Background The Windows 10 end-of-support calendar is fixed: Microsoft stops mainstream...

Seneca Polytechnic has taken a significant step into graduate education with the public launch of its first-ever master’s degree: the Master of Artificial Intelligence Design & Development. The program — positioned as an industry-focused, work-integrated pathway into AI careers — promises deep technical training in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, data science and AI ethics, plus structured internships and applied research. The announcement, published through a...

Microsoft’s latest push to plant Copilot into every corner of Teams marks a decisive shift: AI is moving from a personal “assistant” to a collaborative, agent-driven layer that lives inside meetings, channels, SharePoint workspaces, and Viva Engage communities. The company announced new collaborative agents that can prepare agendas, take editable real‑time notes, assign and track follow-ups, generate channel- or community-scoped reports, and surface authoritative content—features Microsoft...

Microsoft has quietly taken Copilot out of the pocket and planted it on the living‑room screen: select Samsung 2025 TVs and Smart Monitors now ship with a voice‑first, animated Copilot that speaks, lip‑syncs, and answers with large, glanceable visual cards — a move Microsoft and Samsung say transforms the TV from a passive display into a shared, conversational hub. Background / Overview Samsung and Microsoft announced the integration on August 27, 2025, positioning the rollout as part of...

Microsoft’s announcement that Puget Sound employees who live within 50 miles of a Microsoft office will be expected in the office three days a week by the end of February 2026 is a decisive reset of hybrid norms at one of Big Tech’s most consequential firms — and it changes the framing of “flexible work” from optional benefit to operational baseline. Background / Overview Microsoft’s Chief People Officer, Amy Coleman, laid out an updated flexible‑work expectation in an internal blog and...

Microsoft is pouring megabucks and marketing muscle into a narrative that Copilot+ PCs — Windows machines with on-device neural engines and specially tuned Windows subsystems — will remake personal and enterprise computing. The message is clear: these machines are faster than Macs, sip far less power, guard your secrets with new silicon, and deliver a wave of native Arm apps so large it renders compatibility worries moot. Reality, drawn from sales data, analyst surveys, hands-on reviews and...

Windows-stack websites still matter: in 2025 the best cheap Windows hosting providers combine modern Windows Server support, affordable Windows VPS/shared plans, and clear licensing options — but the trade-offs between cost, control, and compliance are more visible than ever. Background Windows hosting is a specialized corner of the hosting market built for sites and apps that rely on Microsoft technologies: ASP.NET, .NET (Core/Framework), MS SQL Server, IIS, and integrations with Windows...

The first time you boot the Xbox full‑screen experience on an OG ROG Ally, it feels like someone quietly unhooked Windows from the device and slid a console‑style launcher in its place — but the reality is more pragmatic and far more interesting: Microsoft has layered a controller‑first Xbox shell on top of Windows 11 and used simple, surgical resource trimming to squeeze measurable performance and battery headroom out of handheld hardware. Background: what the Xbox full‑screen experience...