MSI’s Cubi NUC AI+ 2MG quietly signals a strategic pivot: the company best known for high-octane gaming rigs is doubling down on compact, enterprise-focused mini PCs that ship with Microsoft Copilot+ credentials and on-device AI acceleration—packing a surprisingly complete business feature set...
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Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has become a hard stop for millions of users — but the company quietly carved out no-cost escape routes that let many stay patched for another year without handing over cash. What once looked like a strict $30 paywall for Extended Security...
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Microsoft has given Windows 10 users a narrow, conditional lifeline: you can keep receiving security updates after the OS’s official end-of-support date — but only if you complete a short, specific checklist and enroll in the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) pathway before the deadline...
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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...
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Microsoft has put a firm deadline on the decade-long era of Windows 10: for most users and businesses running Windows 10, mainstream servicing — including monthly security and quality updates — ends on October 14, 2025, and the final weeks before that date have produced a flurry of small...
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The October 14, 2025 deadline for Windows 10 support is not a vague marketing threat—it’s a hard, non‑negotiable inflection point that forces SMBs to choose between predictable, staged migration now or emergency, expensive remediation later. (microsoft.com)
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Windows 10 will reach its official end of support on October 14, 2025, meaning Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates, feature fixes, and standard technical assistance for the mainstream consumer editions; users must either upgrade eligible machines to Windows 11, enroll...
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Microsoft has set a firm end-of-support date for Windows 10—October 14, 2025—and the flurry of "30 days" headlines that followed this announcement compresses a complex, staged retirement into a single-sentence alarm that obscures exactly what will and won't change for users and IT teams...
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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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The clock is real: Microsoft will end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, forcing long‑delayed upgrades, purchases of a short‑term Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge, or the acceptance of increasing security and compliance risk for machines left on the aging OS...
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Microsoft’s public timeline is now unmistakable: Windows 10 will receive its final regular security updates on October 14, 2025, and users who do not move to a supported configuration face a sharply higher risk of exposure to new attacks — a threshold that, according to press coverage, affects...
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Microsoft has quietly put the “Windows 12” party on hold: the next public release from Redmond is Windows 11, version 25H2, arriving as a lightweight enablement update in the second half of 2025 rather than a ground-up OS reboot — and that decision changes what upgrade planning should look like...
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Microsoft’s countdown is now unmistakable: October 14, 2025 is the drop-dead date for Windows 10 version 22H2 and related editions, and that deadline forces a clear set of practical choices for anyone still running Windows 10 today. Microsoft will stop issuing routine security and quality...
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Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — a watershed moment that changes how millions of PCs will receive security fixes, feature updates, and technical help from Microsoft. After that date, Microsoft will stop delivering free Windows 10 security updates to in-market...
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Windows 10 reaches a hard stop on October 14, 2025: Microsoft will cease providing free security updates, feature and quality patches, and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions — and it has laid out a tightly scoped set of transition options, including a one‑year consumer...
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Microsoft has given the clearest possible countdown: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security updates, feature fixes, and general technical support after October 14, 2025, forcing every remaining Windows 10 PC into one of three paths — upgrade, pay for a temporary safety net, or accept...
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More than half of the world’s personal computers remain on Windows 10 even as Microsoft’s official support deadline looms, creating a wide and growing security gap that affects consumers, small businesses, and enterprise networks alike. New telemetry shared publicly via cybersecurity vendor...
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Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — exactly 30 days from today — and Microsoft has laid out a narrow, pragmatic exit path that mixes a one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) option, continued app/browser servicing, and a blunt message: upgrade, buy new...
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Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has arrived like a ringing bell for an industry that—by several measures—wasn’t ready: large numbers of consumer and corporate endpoints still run Windows 10, many organisations face compatibility and budget constraints, and the safety net...
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Microsoft’s clock on Windows 10 is ticking, and for many users the practical question is no longer “should I upgrade?” but “how do I upgrade safely and with the least friction?”
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Microsoft has set a hard stop on mainstream security updates for Windows 10: the platform reaches...
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