Microsoft has officially stopped issuing routine security updates and free technical support for Windows 10 — a hard lifecycle cutoff that took effect on October 14, 2025 and forces every remaining Windows 10 PC into one of three practical paths: upgrade, enroll in a time‑boxed Extended Security...
Windows 10’s formal retirement this month is a milestone with more nuance than panic: the OS stopped receiving routine, free security and feature updates on October 14, 2025, but Microsoft built a deliberate, limited bridge and nudges to move users to Windows 11 — and that combination of...
Apple’s M5 chip and Microsoft’s deadline for Windows 10 support framed a week of platform-level shifts: Apple pushed heavier on on‑device AI with M5-equipped MacBooks, iPads and a Vision Pro refresh while Microsoft closed the chapter on Windows 10 and doubled down on Windows 11’s Copilot-driven...
Microsoft's mid‑October move is a study in strategic timing: as routine, free security servicing for Windows 10 reached its scheduled end, the company simultaneously pushed a broad set of artificial‑intelligence features into Windows 11 that deepen Copilot’s role from a helpful chatbot into a...
Microsoft’s mid‑October move paired a hard lifecycle milestone—the end of mainstream support for Windows 10—with a visible strategic pivot: Windows 11 is being pushed as an AI-first operating system, with deeper Copilot integration, new multimodal features and a hardware‑segmented “Copilot+ PC”...
Apple’s latest product and platform moves rewired two different parts of the computing landscape this week: Apple pushed the new M5 system-on-chip into a refreshed 14‑inch MacBook Pro, an M5‑equipped iPad Pro and an updated Vision Pro, while Microsoft formally closed the Windows 10 support...
Microsoft has officially drawn the line under Windows 10: after October 14, 2025 the platform leaves mainstream support, and Microsoft is using the moment to reframe the PC as an AI-first device centered on Windows 11 and Copilot—voice, vision, and agentic actions baked into the OS rather than...
Global PC shipments climbed in the third quarter of 2025 as a wave of Windows 10 end‑of‑support (EoS) refreshes intersected with vendor pushes for AI‑capable hardware, producing an uneasy mix of strong enterprise buying, muted consumer sales and notable regional divergence.
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Microsoft’s latest repositioning — accepting higher near‑term capital spending to secure AI capacity while insisting margins will remain intact — is a deliberate trade that reshapes the company’s risk/reward profile for enterprises, investors, and Windows‑centric IT teams alike. The Seeking...
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Microsoft's reminder to South African users that Windows 10 will reach its formal end of support on 14 October has been amplified by a targeted safety net: the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme and cloud alternatives such as Windows 365 Cloud PC. The messaging is simple but...
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Microsoft’s decision to end free security support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has shifted a global maintenance problem into a local business opportunity, and small service providers such as FixTech Informática in Murcia are positioning themselves as the first line of defence for users who...
Microsoft’s decision to stop free, routine support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 closes a decade-long chapter for one of the world’s most widely used desktop operating systems and forces a clear, time‑boxed choice for millions of consumers and businesses: upgrade to Windows 11, buy time...
Microsoft used the hard deadline of Windows 10’s lifecycle cutoff to shove Windows 11 further into an “AI-first” identity, shipping a wave of Copilot features while formally ending free mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025.
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Microsoft’s extended stewardship of Windows...
Microsoft’s mid‑October moves pair a hard lifecycle deadline — the end of free mainstream support for Windows 10 — with a broad, visible push to reframe Windows 11 as an AI‑first desktop built around Copilot, on‑device neural hardware and a new device tier that Microsoft and partners call...
The formal end of free support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 is now a live security event, not a distant calendar item — and experts warn that the practical consequence is an elevated, immediate cyber risk for millions of users, small businesses, schools and public-sector systems that...
Microsoft’s latest update to Windows 11 marks a deliberate pivot: the operating system is being reframed as an AI-first platform, with Copilot graduating from a sidebar chatbot to a multimodal, permissioned assistant that can listen, see, and — under controlled conditions — act on your behalf...
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Microsoft used the moment Windows 10 reached its vendor support sunset to accelerate a strategic repositioning of the PC: Windows 11 is being pushed as an “AI-first” operating system with deeper Copilot integration, a hands‑free wake word, expanded on‑screen vision, experimental agentic actions...
Microsoft has officially drawn a line under Windows 10 while simultaneously pressing the accelerator on an AI-first Windows 11: routine vendor support for mainstream Windows 10 ended on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft is pushing new Copilot Voice, Copilot Vision and related AI features as a...
Microsoft’s single-click upgrade path just broke at the worst possible moment for many users: the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) update released in late September suddenly closes without an error when run on Windows 10 (version 22H2) machines, and Microsoft has confirmed the problem and...
The moment many Windows 10 holdouts dreaded arrived this week: Microsoft has officially ended free mainstream security support for Windows 10, and the company is pushing users toward Windows 11 — an OS now explicitly framed as the company’s vehicle for deep AI integration — while offering a...