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Microsoft Offers Free Windows 10 Security Updates for Those Who Don't Want to Upgrade to Windows 11
The Windows 10 era is almost at an end. Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 and stopping security support in October.
Microsoft boosts Apple and Linux with Windows 11 upgrade tax
Linux hits 5% of desktop OSes in the US, Apple's share grows — and Windows slowly falls, according to StatCounter.
Why a Y Combinator startup tackling AI agents for Windows gave up and pivoted
Pig.dev was working on a problem that could have been revolutionary: agent tech for controlling Windows desktops.
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Windows 7 is more than a decade old, but the company had previously extended security support for those willing to pay. Take ...
Microsoft targets better Windows 11 stability with stricter driver standards
Windows 11 25H2 is coming this fall, which is right around the corner. But until recently, Microsoft hasn’t given us many ...
Windows 11 Firewall with Advanced Security flagged up errors in "under development" code — Microsoft apologizes for bugs
Microsoft issues an apology for "inconvenience or confusion" caused after it mistakenly indicated that it had resolved a ...
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Microsoft abandons change to Windows 11 taskbar as testers hated it - but I didn't, and it's baffling why there wasn't a compromise
Microsoft 'disappeared' a change for the Windows 11 taskbar - and I don't understand the thinking behind this decision.
Microsoft scraps the new Windows 11 system tray after user criticism
The simplified Windows 11 system tray design was close to being launched, but Microsoft backed out at the last minute.