Google’s experiment quietly drops a compact, Spotlight‑style search bar onto the Windows desktop — summonable with Alt + Space — that unifies local files, installed apps, Google Drive and the web, and layers in Google Lens and an optional AI Mode for conversational, multimodal answers...
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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 free updates, feature releases and regular security patches for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a hard deadline that leaves hundreds of millions of machines facing an awkward choice: upgrade to Windows 11 if possible, pay for temporary Extended Security Updates...
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Microsoft has set a firm deadline: routine support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025, forcing millions of PCs onto one of three practical paths—upgrade, buy short-term protection, or accept increasing security and compatibility risk.
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Windows 10 arrived in 2015...
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Microsoft has quietly begun steering Windows 10 users toward three hard choices—enroll in a one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) plan, upgrade to Windows 11, or trade in / recycle aging hardware—by adding an ESU “Enroll now” prompt and a new “Learn about options to trade‑in or recycle your...
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Google’s experimental Windows app aims to remove the friction of switching windows to look something up — a floating, Spotlight‑like search bar you summon with Alt + Space that can search local files, installed apps, Google Drive, and the web, and that folds in Google Lens and the company’s AI...
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Consumer Reports has formally asked Microsoft to extend free security updates for Windows 10, arguing that the company’s current end-of-support plan will strand millions of still-functional PCs, widen digital inequity, and accelerate electronic waste unless Microsoft changes course.
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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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If you’re staring at a Windows 10 machine that’s nearing the end of support — or you simply tried Windows 11 and didn’t like it — switching to a free, user-friendly Linux distribution like Linux Mint is a practical alternative that can revive older hardware, protect your privacy, and get you...
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If Windows 10 or Windows 11 refuses to detect your external monitor, the problem is almost always one of three things: the physical connection, the graphics driver stack, or the monitor’s own identification data. The how‑to checklist rolled out by mainstream guides is solid — start with cables...
Two of the world's largest tech brands skipped the obvious ordinal, jumped a number, and left millions asking the same question: why was there no Windows 9 and why was there no iPhone 9? What looks like a quirky coincidence on the surface actually sits at the intersection of legacy technical...
Google's new Windows experiment drops a summonable Google search bar onto the desktop — press Alt + Space, highlight anything on screen with Google Lens, and get web, Drive and local-file results without opening a browser.
Background
For more than two decades Google Search has been primarily a...
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Consumer advocates have formally asked Microsoft to keep the lights on for Windows 10 security updates for ordinary consumers, arguing that the company’s announced October 14, 2025 cutoff and the narrowly scoped, account‑linked or paid Extended Security Updates (ESU) option will leave millions...
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Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 deadline for ending free security updates for Windows 10 has prompted a rare public rebuke from consumer advocates, who say the cutoff risks leaving millions exposed to cyberattacks and could produce a massive wave of electronic waste — unless Microsoft rethinks the...
Consumer Reports has formally asked Microsoft to keep delivering free security updates for Windows 10 consumers beyond the company’s announced October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support date, arguing that the current plan — a one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge combined with paid...
Microsoft’s decision to draw a line under Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 is doing more than closing a chapter — it is sharpening the upgrade calculus for millions of users and accelerating a hardware-led shift toward AI-enabled PCs, commonly sold as Copilot+ or “AI PC” devices. What began as an...
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Google has quietly brought a native, Spotlight-like search experience to Windows with a new experimental desktop app that places a floating, AI-capable search bar on your PC and lets you summon it instantly with Alt + Space.
Background
Google’s experimental Windows app is being distributed...
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Consumer Reports has formally asked Microsoft to keep delivering free security updates for Windows 10 consumers beyond the company’s announced October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support date, arguing that the announced one‑year consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) bridge and the paid options that...
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Google has quietly dropped an experimental, Spotlight‑style search app for Windows that aims to make web, cloud and local file search a single keystroke away — summoned by Alt + Space by default — and bundled with integrated Google Lens and an optional AI Mode powered by Google’s generative...
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Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — paired with a one‑year “consumer Extended Security Updates” (ESU) option that costs roughly USD 30 or requires a Microsoft account to enroll — has sparked widespread consumer frustration, industry scrutiny, and a...
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