Mozilla has confirmed that Firefox will no longer receive security updates on older desktop Windows releases: Firefox 115 (ESR) is the final build that runs on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, and Mozilla’s Extended Support Release maintenance for that branch is scheduled to stop at the...
Mozilla’s support path for users running pre–Windows 10 desktops has reached a clear milestone: Firefox 115 ESR will be the last maintained Firefox build for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, and Mozilla’s support documentation now states that security updates for those legacy installations...
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Microsoft’s latest move with Windows 11 has split the roadmap into two clearly different lanes: an early, device‑specific platform release — Windows 11 version 26H1 — that will appear only on new Arm‑based devices (starting with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 series), and a broader, consumer‑facing...
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Microsoft will pause uploads from the legacy Log Analytics (MMA) agents for 12 hours on January 26, 2026 as a validation test ahead of the permanent shutdown of legacy backend services in March 2026 — a move that raises immediate operational risk for any environment that still depends on the...
The abrupt disappearance of ChatGPT from WhatsApp on January 15, 2026 marks a significant pivot in how conversational AI is distributed — a policy-driven closure of one of the simplest, lowest‑friction ways millions accessed large language model assistants inside a messaging app they already use...
Windows 10's official end-of-support has forced a scramble — but a surprising ecosystem response is already here: community builds such as Tiny11 promise a lean, Windows 11-like experience on older machines, Microsoft has begun pushing the first major Windows 11 servicing of the year with...