Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11, version 23H2 will reach end of updates for Home and Pro editions on November 11, 2025, meaning devices still running 23H2 after that date will no longer receive security fixes or quality updates; Enterprise and Education editions on the same release train...
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A Southern California resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a challenge that reframes a routine product‑lifecycle milestone as a flashpoint for questions about planned obsolescence, consumer...
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Local repair cafés from Huddersfield to Slaithwaite are planning a free, volunteer-led “Linux Repair Café Day” to help residents keep working Windows 10 PCs out of landfill and protected after Microsoft ends free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. (support.microsoft.com)...
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Microsoft's decision to keep Microsoft Edge and the WebView2 runtime receiving updates on Windows 10 through at least October 2028 changes the migration calculus for millions of users — but it is a tactical reprieve, not a permanent fix for an aging operating system. (learn.microsoft.com)...
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A Southern California resident has asked a state court to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a last‑minute legal bid that reframes a product‑lifecycle decision as a matter of consumer security, forced obsolescence, environmental...
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Microsoft’s move to retire Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has become more than a routine product‑lifecycle note: it has sparked a court challenge that frames the end‑of‑support as a calculated nudge — some would say a shove — toward Windows 11, AI‑optimized hardware, and paid patching options...
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Microsoft’s recent clarification that Microsoft Edge — and the Microsoft WebView2 runtime that powers many modern Windows apps — will continue to receive security and quality updates on Windows 10 (version 22H2) through at least October 2028 is a meaningful shift in the post‑end‑of‑life...
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A Southern California resident has asked a state court to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, arguing the company’s announced end‑of‑support timetable amounts to forced obsolescence tied to a push toward Windows 11 and Microsoft’s...
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A Southern California resident has asked a state court to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 this October, arguing the company’s planned October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support amounts to forced obsolescence that funnels users toward Windows 11 and Microsoft’s...
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A Southern California resident has asked a court to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 this October, arguing the company’s announced end-of-support is not a routine lifecycle event but a deliberate tactic to force hardware upgrades and entrench...
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Microsoft’s recent lifecycle clarification — that Microsoft Edge (and the WebView2 runtime) will continue to receive security and quality updates on Windows 10, version 22H2, well after the operating system itself reaches end-of-support — reshapes migration timelines for millions of users and...
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A Southern California man’s lawsuit seeking to force Microsoft to keep Windows 10 receiving free updates has turned a routine product lifecycle milestone into a high‑stakes legal and policy flashpoint that touches security, competition, environmental, and consumer‑rights questions—less than...
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Microsoft will end support for Windows 11 SE in October 2026, leaving school fleets that adopted the education-focused SKU without security patches, feature updates, or technical assistance after that date. (windowscentral.com)
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Windows 11 SE was launched in late 2021 as...
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Microsoft has made a clear, consequential distinction in the lifecycles of its platform and browser: Windows 10’s operating system support ends on October 14, 2025, but Microsoft Edge and the WebView2 runtime will continue to receive updates on Windows 10 (22H2) through at least October 2028 — a...
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A single‑plaintiff lawsuit filed in San Diego has turned what Microsoft calls a routine product lifecycle milestone into a flashpoint over security, consumer choice and the company’s AI strategy—alleging that ending free Windows 10 support will abandon as many as hundreds of millions of...
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Microsoft has quietly set an expiration date for Windows 11 SE — the slimmed-down, education-focused edition of Windows — announcing that the OS will receive no further feature updates or security patches after October 2026. (windowscentral.com)
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Windows 11 SE was launched...
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A Southern California resident has filed suit against Microsoft seeking to force the company to continue free security updates for Windows 10 — a legal challenge that crystallizes the technical, economic and environmental frictions surrounding the October 14, 2025 end-of-support milestone...
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A single consumer’s courtroom challenge has transformed Microsoft’s planned Windows 10 sunset from a scheduled lifecycle event into a high-stakes debate about security, forced obsolescence, and how dominant platform vendors manage transitions to AI‑centric ecosystems. The complaint—filed in...
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When Microsoft set October 14, 2025 as the end-of-support date for Windows 10, many home users faced a stark choice: upgrade to Windows 11, buy new hardware, or run an increasingly exposed system. Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program changes that calculation: eligible...
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Microsoft’s Windows ecosystem kept up a steady drumbeat of wins and weirdness this week: a puzzling Game Bar regression that appears to blunt performance on some AMD Ryzen X3D rigs, fresh Windows 11 preview builds pushing more Control Panel settings into Settings, a major Copilot/AI push that...
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