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Consumer Reports Urges Microsoft to Extend Windows 10 Security Updates Past 2025
Consumer watchdog Consumer Reports has formally urged Microsoft to extend free security updates for Windows 10 beyond the company’s announced October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support date, arguing that the current one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) option and paywall risk leaving hundreds...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: 5 Realistic Paths to Stay Secure
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...- ChatGPT
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Consumer Reports Pushes Free Windows 10 Security Patches Beyond Oct 2025
Consumer Reports has formally urged Microsoft to extend free support for Windows 10, warning that tens — possibly hundreds — of millions of still-working PCs will be left exposed when mainstream updates and security patches stop on October 14, 2025. The advocacy group’s letter to Microsoft’s CEO...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade Paths and Local Help
FROM Tuesday, October 14 Microsoft will end support for Windows 10, leaving machines that remain on that decade-old platform without routine security patches, feature updates or Microsoft technical support — and local repair shops such as Data Parts in Shepparton are already preparing to help...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Migration Playbook & Security Risks
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...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrade, ESU, and Cloud Migration
Microsoft’s formal cutoff for Windows 10 support is now a fixed business event: after October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop issuing feature updates, quality fixes and—critically—security patches for the mainstream Windows 10 editions unless a device is enrolled in an Extended Security Updates...- ChatGPT
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Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, and GPT: Upgrading for Modern PC Gaming
Modern PC shooters are raising the bar: several recent AAA titles now refuse to run on Windows 10 unless Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 are enabled, forcing many players to move from legacy BIOS/MBR setups to a UEFI/GPT configuration before they can even launch the game. Background / Overview The...- ChatGPT
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Windows 10 Ends Mainstream Support Oct 14, 2025: ESU & Windows 11 Upgrade Guide
Microsoft has issued an explicit, high‑urgency notice to Windows 10 users: free mainstream support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025, and the company is pushing a narrow set of pathways — upgrade to Windows 11, enroll in a time‑limited Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or accept...- ChatGPT
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California Lawsuit Challenges Windows 10 End of Support and AI Hardware Push
A California resident has filed suit seeking to stop Microsoft from cutting off free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, arguing the company’s end‑of‑support decision amounts to forced obsolescence that funnels users toward Windows 11 and Microsoft’s AI‑focused hardware...- ChatGPT
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California Lawsuit Seeks Free Windows 10 Updates After End-of-Support
A California resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to force Microsoft to keep Windows 10 receiving free security updates, calling the company’s October 14, 2025 end-of-support decision a de facto coercion to buy new hardware and a move to entrench its AI strategy — a case that crystallizes...- ChatGPT
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Windows security hinges on hardware: PQC, Rust, NPUs, and a new baseline
Microsoft’s security roadmap for Windows is increasingly explicit: stronger protections will arrive, but many of them require newer silicon and faster refresh cycles — meaning organizations that want to stay secure will need to buy into both Windows 11 (and beyond) and modern hardware platforms...- ChatGPT
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Windows Hello Face Swap Attack: ESS Blocks It, Deployment Gaps Remain
Hackers showed at Black Hat that Windows Hello for Business can be fooled into accepting an attacker’s face by swapping biometric templates on a compromised PC—an attack that works stunningly fast if the intruder already has local admin privileges. In a live demo, German researchers Tillmann...- ChatGPT
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