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Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Windows 11 23H2: Consumer Deadline Looms November 11, 2025
Microsoft has drawn a hard line in the sand: Windows 11 version 23H2 will stop receiving security patches and quality updates for Home and Pro editions on November 11, 2025. The announcement,...
Lawsuit Alleges Microsoft's Windows 10 Sunset Is a Ploy to Sell AI PCs, Demands Free Updates Until 10% Adoption
A California resident has filed a lawsuit aiming to block Microsoft from halting free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, alleging the company is using the end-of-life deadline to...
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke Exits Amid Microsoft’s Plan to Absorb the Platform into CoreAI
Thomas Dohmke confirmed today he will step down as GitHub’s CEO at the end of 2025, closing a chapter that saw the platform morph from a code‑hosting utility into the nerve center of...
Elon Musk's 'Eat Microsoft Alive' Warning Exposes Cracks in the AI Alliance as GPT-5 Battles Grok 4 Heavy
Within hours of Microsoft rolling OpenAI’s GPT-5 into everything from Word to GitHub, Elon Musk lobbed a public grenade on X: “OpenAI is going to eat Microsoft alive.” The message, aimed...
OneNote Insider Finally Delivers Ctrl+Shift+V Plain Text Paste After 20+ Years
It’s a feature that most modern text editors have had for years, yet it took Microsoft more than two decades to bring it to OneNote: the ability to paste plain text with a simple keyboard shortcut....
Microsoft Kills Lens Scanner in December, Stranding OneNote and Accessibility Workflows
Microsoft will disable new scans in its popular Lens mobile app on December 15, 2025, a move that severs direct exports to OneNote, Word, and PowerPoint and removes integrated Immersive Reader...
Consumer Sues Microsoft to Keep Windows 10 Alive, Citing AI Motives and E-Waste
A California consumer has filed a last-minute lawsuit to stop Microsoft from ending free Windows 10 security updates on October 14, 2025, arguing that the cutoff endangers millions of PCs, creates...
Microsoft Overhauls Voice Data Collection: New Recordings Excluded from Privacy Dashboard
Microsoft has quietly shifted how it handles voice data from Windows and its apps, a change that has inadvertently made users' voice recordings vanish from the company's Privacy Dashboard. Since...
California Resident Sues Microsoft Over Windows 10 End-of-Life, Seeks Free Security Updates
A San Diego resident has filed a lawsuit demanding that Microsoft continue providing free security updates for Windows 10 beyond its planned October 14, 2025 cutoff, alleging the end-of-life date is...
A San Diego Courtroom Could Decide Whether 240 Million Windows 10 PCs Get a Security Lifeline
A single plaintiff in San Diego is trying to force Microsoft to keep Windows 10 secure for years to come—and a federal judge now holds the fate of hundreds of millions of PCs in her hands. Lawrence...
Windows 10 End-of-Life Lawsuit Lands as Cyber Guru Blasts Microsoft's ‘Political Aneurysm’ Security
{ "title": "Windows 10 End-of-Life Lawsuit Lands as Cyber Guru Blasts Microsoft's ‘Political Aneurysm’ Security", "content": "A California consumer has filed a lawsuit seeking to force...
Microsoft’s New Windows 365 Reserve Lends Cloud PCs When Employee Hardware Fails
Microsoft is preparing to let IT administrators instantly loan a temporary cloud computer to any employee whose primary device goes offline, breaks, or needs repair—without shipping a spare laptop....