Five million people in the UK are now being widely reported as facing heightened cyber‑risk after Microsoft ended free security updates for Windows 10, but the real picture is more nuanced — and more urgent — than a single headline suggests.
Overview
On 14 October 2025 Microsoft formally ended...
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