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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade, ESU Bridge, or Replace

    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 End of Support 2025: ESU Bridge and Upgrade Paths

    Microsoft’s deadline is real: on October 14, 2025, routine security and feature updates for mainstream Windows 10 editions stop — a hard cut that leaves millions of PCs exposed unless owners upgrade, enroll in Microsoft’s one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or adopt other mitigation...
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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: 5 Realistic Paths to Stay Secure

    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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    Windows 10 end of support 2025: ESU enrollment, Windows 11 upgrade, or trade-in

    Microsoft has quietly begun steering Windows 10 users toward three hard choices—enroll in a one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) plan, upgrade to Windows 11, or trade in / recycle aging hardware—by adding an ESU “Enroll now” prompt and a new “Learn about options to trade‑in or recycle your...
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    Windows 10 End of Support: Should Microsoft Extend Free Security Updates?

    Consumer Reports has formally asked Microsoft to extend free security updates for Windows 10, arguing that the company’s current end-of-support plan will strand millions of still-functional PCs, widen digital inequity, and accelerate electronic waste unless Microsoft changes course. Background...
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    Consumer Reports Urges Free Windows 10 Security Updates Beyond Oct 2025

    Consumer Reports has formally asked Microsoft to keep delivering free security updates for Windows 10 consumers beyond the company’s announced October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support date, arguing that the current plan — a one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge combined with paid...
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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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    Windows 10 End of Support 2025: ESU, Upgrades, and Strategic Choices

    Microsoft’s hard deadline for Windows 10 — October 14, 2025 — marks more than a lifecycle milestone; it forces a choice for hundreds of millions of users between upgrading, paying for a short-term safety net, or knowingly running an unsupported operating system that will gradually become more...
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    Windows 10 End of Support: Advocates Push for Free Security Updates Beyond Oct 2025

    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...
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    Windows 10 End of Support: Consumer Reports Urges Free Security Updates Beyond 2025

    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...
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    DBT Copilot Pilot: Time Savings, Yet Limited Departmental Productivity

    The UK Department for Business and Trade’s three‑month pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot delivered a familiar but important paradox: users reported real and concentrated time savings—especially on written work and meeting summaries—but the evaluation could not find robust evidence that those...
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    UK DBT Copilot Pilot: Modest Time Savings, Mixed Productivity

    The UK Department for Business and Trade’s three‑month pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot delivered a mixed verdict: users reported high satisfaction and clear wins on routine drafting and meeting summaries, but independent evaluation found only modest, use‑case‑specific time savings and no robust...
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    UK Government Copilot: Measured Productivity vs Perceived Time Savings

    The UK government’s recent experiments with Microsoft 365 Copilot have produced a paradox that will shape how public-sector IT teams evaluate generative AI: staff like the assistant and report meaningful convenience gains, yet independent departmental measurement found no clear, verifiable...
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    Windows 10 EOL 2025: Migration to Windows 11 vs ESU Cost & Strategy

    Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing free security updates for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has forced IT leaders into a binary choice: pay to buy time, or accelerate an estate-wide migration to Windows 11 — and the short-term cost of staying on Windows 10 could be measured in billions for...
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    DBT's Microsoft 365 Copilot Pilot: High Satisfaction, Task Savings, No Dept Productivity Gains

    The UK Department for Business and Trade’s pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot returned a clear, measured verdict: staff liked the assistant, and specific writing and summarisation tasks became noticeably faster, but the trial produced no robust evidence that those time savings translated into...
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    DBT Copilot Evaluation: Text-Task Wins, Small ROI, Governance Risks

    The UK Department for Business and Trade’s three‑month pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot returned a cautious but informative verdict: users reported high satisfaction and clear wins on text‑based tasks, yet the measurable productivity gains were small, use‑case dependent, and offset in places by...
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    Nadella's Five Copilot Prompts: A Practical AI Playbook for Windows & M365

    Satya Nadella’s five short Copilot prompts are less a CEO flex and more a practical playbook for turning generative AI into repeatable executive work — from meeting readiness and project rollups to launch probabilities and time audits — and the implications for Windows and Microsoft 365 admins...
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    Windows 10 EOL Suit Spurs Debate on Software Lifespan and E-Waste

    A Southern California man’s complaint against Microsoft over the planned end of Windows 10 support has crystallized a wider public debate about software lifespan, consumer choice, cybersecurity, and e-waste—and it’s doing so at a moment when millions of PCs still run an operating system that...
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    Windows 10 End of Support: Zorin OS as a Practical Linux Alternative

    Windows users facing the October deadline for Windows 10 support are being offered a realistic, battle-tested alternative in Zorin OS — a Dublin-born Linux distribution that promises to keep older PCs secure, fast and usable for years to come, and which the Irish Times frames as a timely option...
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    Canadian Universities Deploy Secure AI Assistants Across Campuses

    Canadian universities are moving from debate to deployment: secure corporate AI assistants and campus-licensed models are now part of day‑to‑day IT offerings at multiple institutions, even as faculty, students and student groups urge caution over privacy, bias, academic integrity and...
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