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Microsoft has quietly pushed a targeted component update—KB5068002—that refreshes the Vitis AI Execution Provider (version 1.8.25.0) on eligible Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2, delivering behind-the-scenes optimizations to Microsoft’s on-device AI imaging and inference stack and...

Microsoft’s decision to end routine security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 has pushed an already fraught conversation about hardware lifecycles, planned obsolescence, and user choice into the open — and retailers and refurbishers are responding with an unexpected pivot: turn that...

Microsoft’s latest Insider update, shipped under KB5065786, quietly tightens the integration between personalization and AI across Windows 11 by adding new Desktop Spotlight context-menu entries, a unified account hub in Settings, and deeper Copilot features in Click to Do and the taskbar —...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a new Insider preview package — KB5065786 — that surfaces a focused set of account-management refinements alongside deeper Copilot integrations and a long list of fixes and known issues, delivered as Build 26220.6690 to the Dev Channel and Build 26120.6690 to the...

Microsoft has quietly begun testing a more integrated, surface-level approach to Account management in Windows 11 through the latest Insider builds (delivered as KB5065786), and the changes deserve attention from everyday users, power users, and IT administrators alike. These updates — visible...

Microsoft has given Windows 10 users one clear, short-lived option to avoid an immediate upgrade: a consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that can keep eligible PCs receiving critical security patches for a single extra year — but only if you meet the prerequisites and enroll before...

Microsoft has quietly given many Windows 10 users a narrow, conditional lifeline: enroll your PC in the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program before October 14, 2025 and you can receive security-only updates for one more year — through October 13, 2026 — but the window is tight and...

Windows Insiders on the Beta Channel received a small but meaningful preview build today: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.6690 (KB5065786), delivered to devices running Windows 11, version 24H2 as a Beta Channel enablement package and focused largely on controlled feature rollouts, bug...

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...

Windows 10 reaches a hard stop on October 14, 2025 — after that date Microsoft will no longer deliver routine security updates, feature patches, or technical support for the mainstream editions — and every Windows 10 PC owner needs a realistic plan now to avoid rapid security and compatibility...

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...

Windows 10 will reach its official end-of-support on October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has built a narrowly scoped, one-year Extended Security Updates (ESU) escape hatch that lets many consumers continue receiving security-only patches through October 13, 2026 if they enroll before the deadline...

Windows 10 users facing the October 14, 2025 end-of-support deadline have one practical lifeline: Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program can keep eligible machines receiving critical and important security patches through October 13, 2026 — but enrollment is time-sensitive...

Microsoft's blunt new messaging has put hundreds of millions of Windows users on edge: do not upgrade hastily, and if your PC can’t run Windows 11, get ready to decide whether to pay for temporary security patches, buy a new machine, or adopt another path. The cascade of announcements this month...

Microsoft has quietly shipped two companion Release Preview builds — Build 26100.6718 (24H2) and Build 26200.6718 (25H2) — as part of the small cumulative package KB5065789, addressing a set of high‑impact regressions (notably the persistent 0x80070002 update failure and DRM playback breakage...

Microsoft has quietly shipped small but important updates to the Windows 11 Release Preview channel — Build 26100.6718 for Windows 11 version 24H2 and Build 26200.6718 for 25H2 — rolling several stability fixes and clarifications into the pre-release stream while delaying one headline feature...

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...

Microsoft’s months‑long silence on certain Windows 11 systems has ended: a compatibility problem that could render integrated speakers, Bluetooth headsets and external Bluetooth speakers completely unusable after installing Windows 11 version 24H2 has been fixed by an updated audio driver, and...

Microsoft’s last-minute lifeline means you can keep receiving security updates for Windows 10 — but only if you act before Microsoft’s hard cutoff, and only for a strictly time‑boxed period with important caveats that change what “staying on Windows 10” actually means. Background Microsoft has...

Windows 10’s ascent from cautious upgrade to the world’s most-used desktop operating system finally reached a symbolic milestone in December 2018, when third‑party telemetry showed Windows 10 edging past Windows 7 in global market share. That crossover—reported as 39.22% for Windows 10 versus...