Samsung’s month‑long “Notebook Free Inspection” drive in South Korea is a targeted, pragmatic response to the immediate security and upgrade pressure created by Microsoft’s October 14 end‑of‑support date for Windows 10, offering Galaxy Book owners complimentary diagnostics, Windows 11 upgrade...
After nearly a decade of steady service, Windows 10 officially reaches its end of mainstream support today, leaving hundreds of millions of PCs exposed to a changed update landscape and prompting a flurry of last‑minute migrations, regulatory pressure, and mixed reactions from users and privacy...
Microsoft’s deadline is unambiguous: on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop delivering routine security and quality updates for mainstream Windows 10 editions — a change that forces every remaining Windows 10 PC into one of three practical paths: upgrade to Windows 11 where hardware...
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Microsoft has formally closed the books on Windows 10: as of October 14, 2025, mainstream vendor servicing for Windows 10 (including the last broadly distributed consumer release, Windows 10, version 22H2) has ended, meaning Microsoft will no longer push routine OS security patches, cumulative...
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Microsoft will stop delivering routine security updates, quality patches, and standard technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a hard cutoff that forces millions of users and organizations to choose between upgrading, paying for a short-term safety net, or running unsupported...
A fresh telemetry snapshot from remote‑support sessions underscores a stark reality: as Microsoft’s Windows 10 support deadline approaches, a large share of real‑world endpoints remain on an OS that will soon stop receiving routine security patches—creating an urgent migration and...
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Microsoft’s Windows 10 support clock has struck its deadline: October 14, 2025 is the end-of-support date for mainstream Windows 10, and the immediate, practical headline from recent reporting is blunt — hundreds of millions of PCs will face elevated risk unless owners act now. A widely cited...
Pennsylvania officials and local groups have joined a broader U.S. campaign pressing Microsoft to reverse or soften its plan to end routine, automatic security updates for Windows 10—arguing the move will expose millions of machines to cyber risk, force premature hardware replacement, and...
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If your Windows 10 PC is being told it’s “ineligible” for Windows 11, the fix may be a single BIOS/UEFI switch — enabling your machine’s TPM (Trusted Platform Module) support — and in many cases that alone will make the system eligible for the free Windows 11 upgrade before Windows 10 support...
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Genpact’s new Insurance Policy Suite is a clear statement that the vendor and consulting arms of the insurance technology market are moving past proof‑of‑concepts and toward agentic automation: a four‑module, Microsoft‑backed product that promises to automate much of the pre‑bind underwriting...
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Microsoft’s deadline is now unavoidable: Windows 10 will stop receiving regular security updates on October 14, 2025, and the immediate fallout in India—where millions of machines still run Windows 10—has forced consumers, small businesses, and large organisations into a compressed set of...
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Microsoft’s calendar-driven cutoff for Windows 10 updates has moved from background noise to an urgent reality, forcing millions of households, small businesses and public institutions into a compressed set of difficult choices: upgrade to Windows 11 where hardware permits, buy a one‑year safety...
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Microsoft has set an immovable deadline: on October 14, 2025, mainstream support for Windows 10 ends — and with it the routine security updates, feature and quality patches, and standard technical assistance that have kept billions of PCs running safely for a decade. For consumers and small...
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Microsoft has set a hard deadline: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security updates and mainstream support on October 14, 2025, forcing millions of users and businesses to choose between upgrading to Windows 11, buying new hardware, enrolling in a time‑limited Extended Security Updates...
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Microsoft’s hard deadline for Windows 10 — October 14, 2025 — marks more than a lifecycle milestone; it forces a choice for hundreds of millions of users between upgrading, paying for a short-term safety net, or knowingly running an unsupported operating system that will gradually become more...
If your PC can’t run Windows 11, you’re no longer just inconvenienced — you're facing a ticking support clock that changes how Microsoft services, patches, and even some apps will behave after October 14, 2025. This is the practical guide every Windows 10 user needs right now: clear options...
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Windows 10 reaches a hard stop on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has built a narrowly scoped, one‑year bridge that lets many consumers keep receiving critical security fixes through October 13, 2026 if they enroll in the new consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program.
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As October 14, 2025 approaches, the scheduled end of mainstream support for Windows 10 has shifted from a distant policy note into a live operational deadline for millions of users — a deadline that is creating both a security emergency and an opening for alternatives such as Zorin OS...
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A Southern California resident has asked a court to stop Microsoft from pulling the plug on Windows 10, arguing the company’s October 14, 2025 end-of-support decision is intended to coerce hardware upgrades and accelerate adoption of Windows 11’s AI features — a legal gambit that spotlights the...
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