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Consumer Reports has formally urged Microsoft to extend free support for Windows 10, warning that tens — possibly hundreds — of millions of still-working PCs will be left exposed when mainstream updates and security patches stop on October 14, 2025. The advocacy group’s letter to Microsoft’s CEO...

The Restart Project’s new “End of Windows 10” toolkit has sharpened a public campaign into an actionable playbook for community repair groups and activists — and its message is blunt: Microsoft’s hardware-gated Windows 11 transition risks driving hundreds of millions of still‑serviceable PCs...

This election day select "None of the above" for every candidate. Now, the Republican Party has it setup to where Medicare no longer cover's Lantus Insulin for Diabetics. They obviously want us diabetics to die, but only after we vote for them first. The current Democrat party is idiot ridden...

For gamers around the world with accessibility needs, the Xbox Adaptive Controller is now available at Link Removed and Link Removed for $99.99. Xbox Adaptive Controller “The Xbox Adaptive Controller is a product that was ideated and pioneered with inclusivity at its heart,” writes Gabi...

I know this may a sort of political post here and I know such discussions are discouraged but hear me out. Recently Mozilla has gotten a new CEO that is against gay rights and as an advocate for gay rights this is not acceptable. In protest I removed all mozilla products on my computer as it has...

Here's a collection of interesting videos and links pertaining to the mass surveillance currently on-going. It all started when The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald exposed secret information indicating that the NSA was monitoring virtually all communication in the United States and in many countries...

Congress has a full plate of hearings coming up. Everything from medical liability reform, creating and promoting jobs and investigating Internet child pornography to assessing China's behavior and making immigration work for American minorities. Do you think the House or Senate will have...

Twenty-five Bolivian circus lions rescued from poor conditions arrived safely in the United States, bound for a Colorado wildlife refuge. Dubbed "Operation Lion Ark," the 14 males and 11 female cats arrived at Denver International Airport Wednesday on a jet chartered by Animal Defenders...

Link Removed due to 404 Error A man who ate a rat in front of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in 2005 is threatening to repeat what he says is a traditional form of protest used to bring change. John Ojim Omoding, 79, told the Daily Monitor newspaper that his grandfather ate a live rat...

This was sent to me by one of our moderators Celestra, who has been on the site for some time. CANHR is the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform. CANHR, as an advocacy organization, and like many other sociological studies and investigations of nursing homes in the US, have found that...

This story combines two topics that really piss us off, bad cops and bad teachers. I guess the good news is that the teachers were not trying to molest the poor kid. Watch how this snowballs from one bad decision after another. Link Removed Apparently this poor kid with autism wanted to go to...

Suppose you went to the supermarket to buy a pound of steak for dinner and when you got home you noticed that the package seemed very light. So you went back and complained to the manager, only to be told that the label says "up to 1 pound", and you're stuck with it. You'd be furious, of...