end of support

The United States’ cybersecurity apparatus has raised the alarm: edge devices that have reached end-of-support (EOS) are being actively hunted and exploited by nation‑state actors, and organizations must act now to reduce their exposure. This is not theoretical guidance — a joint fact sheet from...

If you’re still running Windows 10, don’t assume the worst — but don’t assume comfort, either. Microsoft formally ended mainstream support on October 14, 2025, leaving millions of PCs without routine OS security patches; consumers can buy a one‑year bridge via the Extended Security Updates (ESU)...

Windows 11 reaching one billion users — and doing it faster than Windows 10 — is the kind of headline that gets product teams, OEM partners, and IT departments talking. Microsoft quietly confirmed the milestone during its fiscal Q2, 2026 commentary, and company executives have since framed the...

Windows 10 hasn’t quietly faded away into the archive; instead, the retired giant is showing an unexpected pulse — global usage of Windows 10 has ticked up even after Microsoft formally ended support on October 14, 2025. This reversal — logged by market trackers and discussed across tech outlets...

Microsoft’s decision to stop routine security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 left millions of machines facing a clear decision: upgrade, pay for a limited Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, migrate to another OS, or accept increasing risk — and a growing number of users and...

Microsoft’s hard stop on Windows 10 support has left an enormous tail of still‑working machines exposed, prompted consumer and environmental outcry, and forced a practical reckoning about what “end of support” actually means for hundreds of millions of users around the world. Background...

Windows 10’s formal sunset has reshaped the platform’s news cycle: security stopgaps, nostalgia for older features, small utility updates, and even niche gaming minutiae now compete for attention as users decide whether to upgrade, patch, or preserve their machines. The most consequential story...

Microsoft has closed the final vendor‑backed update channel for the Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 codebase: the last Premium Assurance entitlements expired on January 13, 2026, and with them went Microsoft’s final promised security updates for the NT 6.x (Vista/Longhorn) lineage. Background...

Microsoft has quietly drawn a line under one of the longest‑lived branches of Windows: the Vista‑derived codebase that powered Windows Server 2008 has reached the absolute end of vendor‑supplied security updates, with the final paid lifecycle option (Premium Assurance) closing on January 13...

Microsoft’s formal end-of-support for Windows 10 has turned what was already a long-running upgrade debate into a moment of real urgency — and a flurry of steep Windows 11 Pro discounts and third‑party “lifetime” license offers has followed, pitching sub‑$10 keys as a low‑cost bulletproofing...

On October 14, 2025 Microsoft formally ended mainstream security updates for Windows 10, leaving millions of otherwise serviceable PCs exposed to future vulnerabilities — but you do not have to treat that as an inevitable decline into insecurity. With a carefully chosen set of free tools and a...

Neowin’s end‑of‑year roundup of the “Top 10 most viewed stories on Neowin in 2025” arrived as a familiar mirror for the Windows community — but the original page’s interactive verification barrier prevented a direct archival fetch, so the list as published could not be programmatically...

Valve has quietly completed a long‑expected modernization of its Windows desktop launcher: the Steam client now ships as a native 64‑bit application on Windows 10 (x64) and Windows 11, and Valve has set a firm end‑of‑support date for Steam on 32‑bit Windows — installations running 32‑bit Windows...

Valve has formally signaled the end of an era for legacy Windows desktops: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will no longer be supported on 32‑bit installations of Windows, and the launcher itself has been transitioned to a native 64‑bit build on modern Windows systems. The...

Microsoft’s steady migration strategy is entering a new phase: Windows 10 users who refused to move to Windows 11 or enroll in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program are now reporting that the familiar “Pause updates for 7 days” control has become inaccessible on some machines, and...

Microsoft appears to be tightening the Windows 10 update pathway in ways that will change how millions of PCs receive security fixes — and some recent headlines suggesting the company will “remove an essential update feature for non‑ESU users” need careful unpacking to separate confirmed policy...

A surprising and unwelcome change is now affecting some Windows 10 users who chose not to enroll in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program: the familiar “Pause updates for 7 days” control in Windows Update can appear greyed out, leaving no easy way to stop or delay downloads —...

Windows 10’s official support has ended and the clock is real—every connected PC not patched or migrated now carries measurable security, compliance, and operational risk, which makes a clear, tested Windows 11 upgrade plan essential for home users and businesses in Thailand. Background /...

Zorin OS 18 has raced into the headlines with a milestone few Linux distributions ever manage: roughly one million downloads in a little over a month after launch — and, crucially, Zorin Group reports that nearly 78% of those downloads originated from Windows machines, a data point that frames...

Microsoft has formally ended free support for Windows 10, and every user still running that OS needs to take immediate action to avoid growing security exposure: either enroll in the Windows 10 Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program or upgrade to a supported operating system—and for...