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Windows 10 ESU Quietly Extended to 2027: How to Get Two More Years of Security Patches
Microsoft has quietly extended its consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10, now offering security patches through October 12, 2027 — a full 16 months beyond the previously...
Dangerous Light ISOs? Try These 6 Safe Windows Performance Tweaks Instead
Modified Windows ISOs promise a leaner, faster operating system by carving out bloatware and resource-hungry services. But these unofficial builds—like Tiny11 or Tiny10—often break updates,...
Right-Click to Summarize: Microsoft 365 Copilot Lands in File Explorer and OneDrive on Windows
Microsoft’s generative AI assistant is now a right-click away in Windows File Explorer. Microsoft 365 subscribers can invoke Copilot actions—summarize, compare, ask questions—directly from the...
Microsoft Plans Copilot Price Cut: Bundling Role-Based AI at $30 Per User
Microsoft is poised to overhaul how it charges businesses for Copilot, scrapping the $20 per-user monthly add-on for role-based AI assistants and folding them directly into its core Microsoft 365...
Microsoft’s WSUS Deprecation Paves the Way for Azure Arc Hybrid Patch Management
The September 2024 announcement that Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is deprecated didn’t just mark the end of a familiar on‑premises patching tool — it forced thousands of organizations...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Lands in Viva Engage with AI Summaries, New Governance Demands
Microsoft has made its context-aware generative AI assistant generally available in Viva Engage, embedding Microsoft 365 Copilot directly into the enterprise social network once known as Yammer. The...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Lands in Viva Engage, But Governance Is Make-or-Break
Microsoft 365 Copilot has arrived in Viva Engage, the enterprise social platform reborn from Yammer, injecting AI into internal communications with the promise of smarter posting, faster catch-ups,...
Beta Tool WinBoat Runs Full Windows on Linux via Docker, but Expect Setup Hurdles
For years, Linux users needing Windows applications have relied on compatibility layers like Wine or full virtual machines. A new open-source project called WinBoat takes a different route: it runs...
Windows 10’s Final Countdown: First-Year ESU Tab Could Hit $7.3 Billion, Analyst Warns
The clock is ticking louder than ever. On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will pull the plug on free security updates for Windows 10, leaving millions of business PCs exposed—and billable. An analysis...
The $7.3 Billion Question: What Windows 10 Extended Support Will Really Cost Your Business
A staggering $7.3 billion. That's the headline figure Nexthink projected as the first-year cost for enterprises stubbornly clinging to Windows 10 after its October 14, 2025 end-of-support date....
FreeBSD Charts Cautious Course on AI-Generated Code, Aims for Policy at BSDCan 2025
FreeBSD’s core team has begun formally investigating a policy to govern the use of generative AI in code and documentation, and will present its findings at the BSDCan 2025 developer summit,...
Microsoft Copilot Mobile Growth Outpaces ChatGPT by 10-to-1 in Q2, Comscore Data Shows
Microsoft Copilot added 5.6 million mobile users in the U.S. between March and June 2025, a 175% surge that crushed ChatGPT’s 3.9 million adds and 17.9% growth rate over the same period, according...