You can run Windows 11 on a Mac mini with the M4 chip — but not by installing Microsoft's x86/x64 Windows natively; you run it inside a virtual machine. In practical terms that means modern M‑series Macs, including the Mac mini M4, make excellent hosts for Windows 11 when you use a mature...
Microsoft has closed the mainstream support chapter for Windows 10 but left a practical — if strictly temporary — lifeline in place: Extended Security Updates (ESU). Organizations and consumers can continue to receive security-only fixes through October 13, 2026, provided devices meet specific...
Microsoft's Mixed Reality Link has left preview and entered general availability for Meta Quest headsets, turning Quest 3 and Quest 3S into capable, portable Windows workstations that can host multiple high‑resolution virtual monitors and connect to local Windows 11 PCs or managed Windows 365...
Microsoft and Meta have moved Mixed Reality Link and the Windows App for Meta Quest out of preview and into general availability, enabling Windows 11 and Windows 365 Cloud PC sessions to run directly inside Meta Quest headsets and delivering a practical, multi‑monitor virtual desktop experience...
A fresh telemetry snapshot from remote‑support sessions underscores a stark reality: as Microsoft’s Windows 10 support deadline approaches, a large share of real‑world endpoints remain on an OS that will soon stop receiving routine security patches—creating an urgent migration and...
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After more than a decade of free updates and patches, Windows 10 has reached its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — and the decision you make now will determine whether that PC remains safe, usable, or a liability. Consumers get a one‑year emergency runway of official security updates...
Microsoft's reminder to South African users that Windows 10 will reach its formal end of support on 14 October has been amplified by a targeted safety net: the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme and cloud alternatives such as Windows 365 Cloud PC. The messaging is simple but...
Windows 10 reaches its final, non-negotiable support deadline on October 14, 2025 — and if your PC can’t pass Microsoft’s Windows 11 compatibility checks, you have to pick a plan now: pay for a one‑year extension, buy or rent a modern PC, force an upgrade with workarounds, swap the OS, or accept...
Windows 10 reaches its official end-of-support moment on October 14, 2025, and if your PC can’t be upgraded through Windows Update you face five practical paths — each with clear trade-offs in cost, security, and complexity — that must be chosen and executed now rather than later. Background /...
Genpact’s new Insurance Policy Suite is a clear statement that the vendor and consulting arms of the insurance technology market are moving past proof‑of‑concepts and toward agentic automation: a four‑module, Microsoft‑backed product that promises to automate much of the pre‑bind underwriting...
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Microsoft’s deadline is now unavoidable: Windows 10 will stop receiving regular security updates on October 14, 2025, and the immediate fallout in India—where millions of machines still run Windows 10—has forced consumers, small businesses, and large organisations into a compressed set of...
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If your PC is still running Windows 10, the calendar is no longer a distant concern — it's a deadline with real security consequences: Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates, feature fixes, and standard technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and that shift raises...
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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...
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Windows 10 will stop receiving free security fixes on October 14, 2025 — and if your PC can’t take the free Windows 11 upgrade, you have five realistic paths forward: enroll in Extended Security Updates (ESU), buy or rent a new Windows 11 PC (including cloud PCs), perform an unsupported upgrade...
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Microsoft has set a hard deadline: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security updates and mainstream support on October 14, 2025, forcing millions of users and businesses to choose between upgrading to Windows 11, buying new hardware, enrolling in a time‑limited Extended Security Updates...
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More than half of the world’s personal computers remain on Windows 10 even as Microsoft’s official support deadline looms, creating a wide and growing security gap that affects consumers, small businesses, and enterprise networks alike. New telemetry shared publicly via cybersecurity vendor...
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Microsoft’s countdown is now unmistakable: October 14, 2025 is the drop-dead date for Windows 10 version 22H2 and related editions, and that deadline forces a clear set of practical choices for anyone still running Windows 10 today. Microsoft will stop issuing routine security and quality...
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Microsoft has given the clearest possible countdown: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security updates, feature fixes, and general technical support after October 14, 2025, forcing every remaining Windows 10 PC into one of three paths — upgrade, pay for a temporary safety net, or accept...
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Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — a watershed moment that changes how millions of PCs will receive security fixes, feature updates, and technical help from Microsoft. After that date, Microsoft will stop delivering free Windows 10 security updates to in-market...
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Microsoft has put a hard line under a chapter of the PC era: support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025, and users who want to remain patched after that date must either migrate, enroll in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or move workloads into supported...
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