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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...

Consumer advocates have formally demanded that Microsoft reverse course and continue providing free security updates for Windows 10 beyond the company’s announced end‑of‑support date, warning that the planned cutoff on October 14, 2025 will leave hundreds of millions of still‑working PCs exposed...

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...

Consumer Reports has asked Microsoft to reverse—or at least soften—its decision to end free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, arguing that the company’s transition plan will strand millions of ordinary users on unpatched systems unless Microsoft offers a longer, more inclusive...

Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has arrived like a ringing bell for an industry that—by several measures—wasn’t ready: large numbers of consumer and corporate endpoints still run Windows 10, many organisations face compatibility and budget constraints, and the safety net...

Consumer Reports has formally asked Microsoft to keep providing free security updates for Windows 10 beyond the company’s announced October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support date, warning that the current one‑year, consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) plan and paid options will leave millions of...

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...

Microsoft's decision to stop providing free security updates for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 — a move that campaigners say could instantly strand hundreds of millions of otherwise functional PCs — has crystallised a new, urgent debate in Europe about software-driven obsolescence and whether...

An engineer has turned a discarded disposable vape into a functioning web server — and the stunt is more than a neat hack: it’s a concise demonstration of how tiny, low-cost microcontrollers embedded in throwaway consumer goods can be repurposed to run real network stacks and serve pages, while...

One month before Windows 10 reaches its official end-of-support date, the migration map unexpectedly shifted: public telemetry shows Windows 10 reclaiming share versus Windows 11, a reversal that complicates Microsoft’s timeline and raises urgent security and deployment questions for consumers...

Microsoft’s decision to stop free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has moved from a routine lifecycle notice into a global business, security and environmental story — one that could funnel billions into Microsoft’s coffers through Extended Security Updates (ESU), provoke...

Microsoft’s decision to sunset Windows 10 has moved from distant calendar noise to a pressing deadline: the OS reaches end of support on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft is offering a limited consumer path to buy one more year of security-only updates — including a surprising set of free entry...

Tiny11 is the latest reminder that the Windows upgrade debate has moved far beyond marketing slogans: while Microsoft insists many older PCs are unsupported for Windows 11, independent projects like NTDEV’s Tiny11 are actively proving the opposite — and forcing a much more uncomfortable...

Windows 11 has just hit an unexpected speed bump: after briefly overtaking Windows 10 in global usage during July, official analytics show Windows 11 slipped in August while Windows 10 regained ground, a reversal that underlines how jagged, fragile, and politically charged operating system...

The countdown is real: Microsoft will stop issuing regular security updates and technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and owners of older but still serviceable laptops face three clear choices — upgrade to Windows 11 if the hardware permits, pay for a short-term Extended Security...

The countdown to October 14, 2025 is real: when Microsoft stops shipping security updates and technical support for Windows 10, millions of functioning machines will face a binary choice—move to Windows 11, pay for temporary extended security, or run a different operating system entirely—and for...

Microsoft’s next major Windows chapter is already shaping up as a defining moment for the PC era: rumors and early leaks point to a profoundly AI-centric, security-first, and modular operating system—commonly referred to as Windows 12—that could reshape how people interact with their computers...

Microsoft has set a hard stop: Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025, and the clock is now counting down for hundreds of millions of PCs still running the decade-old OS. Microsoft is urging users to move to Windows 11 where possible, while offering a limited Extended Security...

Microsoft’s official end-of-support date for Windows 10 — October 14, 2025 — is no longer a distant calendar note: it’s a hard deadline that forces millions of users to choose between upgrading to Windows 11, buying time with Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU), or accepting growing...

Microsoft’s decision to close the chapter on Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has forced an uncomfortable conversation across homes, small businesses, and enterprise IT floors: pay for a short-term safety net, move to Windows 11, or run the risk of exposure on an unsupported platform. Background /...