The countdown to October 14, 2025 is real: when Microsoft stops shipping security updates and technical support for Windows 10, millions of functioning machines will face a binary choice—move to Windows 11, pay for temporary extended security, or run a different operating system entirely—and for...
Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025, which means millions of PCs will stop receiving free security updates, feature patches, and technical support — and that looming deadline forces a hard choice: upgrade to Windows 11, buy time with paid protections, migrate to a...
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A single‑plaintiff lawsuit filed in California has turned a routine vendor lifecycle announcement into a potential legal test of forced obsolescence, platform power and the economics of the AI era — and it puts a hard deadline, October 14, 2025, at the center of the debate. The complaint, filed...