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    Consumer Reports Pushes Free Windows 10 Security Patches Beyond Oct 2025

    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...
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    California Lawsuit Challenges Windows 10 End of Support and AI Hardware Push

    A California resident has filed suit seeking to stop Microsoft from cutting off free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, arguing the company’s end‑of‑support decision amounts to forced obsolescence that funnels users toward Windows 11 and Microsoft’s AI‑focused hardware...
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    California Lawsuit Seeks Free Windows 10 Updates After End-of-Support

    A California resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to force Microsoft to keep Windows 10 receiving free security updates, calling the company’s October 14, 2025 end-of-support decision a de facto coercion to buy new hardware and a move to entrench its AI strategy — a case that crystallizes...
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    Lawsuit Seeks Free Windows 10 Updates Beyond Oct 14, 2025 EOL

    A Southern California resident has filed a lawsuit asking a court to stop Microsoft from ending routine, free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, arguing the company’s lifecycle decision amounts to forced obsolescence designed to push users onto Windows 11 and into Microsoft’s...
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