Microsoft’s consumer-facing Copilot rollout has landed the company in federal court in Australia after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) accused Microsoft of misleading roughly 2.7 million subscribers by bundling Copilot into Microsoft 365 personal and family plans while...
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A California resident has filed suit seeking to force Microsoft to continue issuing free security updates for Windows 10 after the company’s scheduled October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support date, arguing the shutdown amounts to forced obsolescence that steers users into buying Windows 11–capable...
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A Southern California man’s last‑minute lawsuit asking a judge to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 has turned a long‑scheduled product lifecycle event into a high‑stakes public debate about security, consumer rights, competition and electronic waste —...
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A Southern California man’s decision to sue Microsoft over the company’s scheduled October 14, 2025 end-of-support for Windows 10 has turned a routine product‑lifecycle milestone into a multi‑front debate over security, consumer rights, environmental impact, and the competitive dynamics of an...
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A Southern California resident has asked a court to stop Microsoft from pulling the plug on Windows 10, arguing the company’s October 14, 2025 end-of-support decision is intended to coerce hardware upgrades and accelerate adoption of Windows 11’s AI features — a legal gambit that spotlights the...
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A Southern California resident has filed suit in San Diego Superior Court seeking to force Microsoft to continue providing free security updates for Windows 10 after the vendor’s announced October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support date, framing the move as forced obsolescence intended to accelerate...
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A Southern California man has filed suit seeking to force Microsoft to keep Windows 10 alive — a high-stakes legal challenge that crystallizes a fraught transition from a decade‑old, battle‑tested operating system to an AI‑first Windows 11 world and raises questions about security, consumer...
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A California resident has filed suit asking a court to stop Microsoft from turning off routine updates for Windows 10 this October, arguing that the company’s decision amounts to forced obsolescence that favors Windows 11 and Microsoft’s push into generative AI—and that the legal challenge could...
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A group of authors, including Pulitzer Prize winners Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, and Daniel Okrent, have filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that the company used pirated digital versions of their books without permission to train its Megatron artificial intelligence model. The lawsuit...
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In a bold move against cybercriminality, Microsoft has taken decisive legal action to disrupt a sophisticated network abusing generative AI—a threat that not only jeopardizes AI integrity but also the digital safety of users worldwide. This operation, targeting an international consortium of...
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