Google Cloud Storage quietly does the heavy lifting for countless businesses and projects — and if your stack is built on data, it deserves to be treated as infrastructure, not an afterthought.
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Google Cloud Storage (GCS) is Google’s managed object storage service for...
2025 closed as an unmistakable inflection point: a year when the tech industry deliberately pruned entire product families, retired long‑running services, and folded experiments into larger platforms — moves driven by AI readiness, cost discipline, regulatory standardization, and changing user...
Microsoft’s October 2025 patch cycle accidentally flagged Windows 10 21H2 Enterprise LTSC (and some IoT LTSC variants) as “end of life,” producing alarming in‑OS messages and an inaccurate “no longer supported” status in Windows Update for devices that should still receive long‑term servicing...
Microsoft’s 2025 Windows 11 feature update — version 25H2 — arrives as a careful, operationally minded release rather than a headline-grabbing rework: it’s an enablement package that flips on features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream, removes a few long‑deprecated tools, and resets...
Microsoft will stop issuing routine security updates and mainstream technical support for the majority of Windows 10 editions on October 14, 2025—a deadline that forces millions of home users and organisations to decide quickly between upgrading to Windows 11, buying a short-term safety net, or...
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Valve will stop supporting Steam on 32‑bit editions of Windows on January 1, 2026, a move aimed at simplifying engineering, reducing security risk, and aligning the platform with the 64‑bit baseline that now dominates the PC ecosystem.
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The PC ecosystem completed its long migration...
Microsoft has set a hard deadline: on October 14, 2025, routine security updates and mainstream support end for Windows 10 (version 22H2) and for perpetual releases Office 2016 and Office 2019 — a coordinated sunset that forces consumers and organizations to choose between upgrading, buying...
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Steam will stop supporting Windows 32‑bit installations on January 1, 2026, a move that, if confirmed and implemented as reported, will leave the vanishingly small number of users still running Windows 10 in its 32‑bit form without client updates, security fixes, or official Steam Support help —...
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Microsoft’s October cut-off for Windows 10 is about to turn some high-end meeting-room kit into an operational liability unless IT shops act fast: Surface Hub v1 devices running Windows 10 Team edition will lose official support and Teams functionality, and there is no ESU rescue path for the...
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Microsoft has set a firm deadline: Windows 10 mainstream support ends on October 14, 2025, and that cutover changes the security posture for millions of PCs worldwide. After that date, most Windows 10 machines will no longer receive monthly security patches, feature updates, or standard...
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Valve will stop supporting 32‑bit versions of Windows for the Steam client on January 1, 2026, a move the company says affects only a vanishing fraction of users but which nevertheless closes a long-running chapter in the 32‑bit to 64‑bit transition for PC gaming. Background / Overview
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Windows 10 users facing the October 14, 2025 end-of-support deadline have one practical lifeline: Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program can keep eligible machines receiving critical and important security patches through October 13, 2026 — but enrollment is time-sensitive...
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Microsoft has set a firm deadline: routine security updates, quality patches and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions will end on October 14, 2025 — forcing households, businesses and public-sector IT teams to choose between upgrading, buying temporary protection, or...
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Microsoft will stop providing routine security updates, feature fixes, and standard technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a firm, previously announced lifecycle cutoff that leaves millions of consumer and business devices facing a clear migration deadline and a compact set of...
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Microsoft has set a firm deadline: Windows 10’s mainstream support ends on October 14, 2025, and every PC still running the OS must choose a path forward — upgrade, enroll in a short-term Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or migrate to a different platform — because after that date...
Microsoft’s countdown is now unambiguous: on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop providing routine security updates, quality fixes, and standard technical support for Windows 10, version 22H2 (Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions). Background
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Microsoft’s countdown clock is now real: with just weeks to go until Microsoft stops issuing security updates and routine support for Windows 10, organisations and home users face a concrete deadline — October 14, 2025 — and must act now to avoid rising exposure and operational disruption...
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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Microsoft pushed Windows 10 cumulative update KB5065429 to 22H2 machines this week, a mandatory security rollup that arrives as the platform approaches its October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline — and it’s tightly linked to Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) enrollment path...
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Microsoft’s lifecycle clock is now glaringly visible for many organizations: support for several Windows releases will stop within months, and the window for action is short enough that CIOs, IT managers, and school IT directors must move from planning to execution now. A recent lifecycle...
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