Tech Regulation
The latest Tech Regulation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows 11 Passes 52% Market Share as Lawsuit Demands Free Windows 10 Security Updates Indefinitely
Windows 11 has finally crossed the majority threshold. In July 2025, the operating system captured 52% of desktop web traffic, according to Statcounter, overtaking Windows 10 for the first time since...
Microsoft Probes Unit 8200 Azure Surveillance as Executives Doubt Israel Staff Transparency
Microsoft is conducting an internal investigation into how Israel’s elite military intelligence unit used Azure cloud services for large-scale surveillance of Palestinians, amid rising concerns...
GitHub CEO Defends AI Performance Reviews as ‘Fair Game,’ Steps Down Days Later
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has publicly endorsed a controversial Microsoft memo that ties employee AI usage to performance evaluations, calling it “totally fair game” — and just four days later...
Lawsuit Challenges Windows 10 End of Life as Microsoft Ties $30 ESU to Account Requirement
A California resident has asked a state court to halt Microsoft’s plan to end free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, arguing the cutoff is an act of forced obsolescence designed...
California Lawsuit Seeks to Force Microsoft to Keep Windows 10 Updates Free for Years
A San Diego man has filed a lawsuit demanding that Microsoft continue providing free security updates for Windows 10 until the operating system’s share of active Windows PCs drops below 10 percent,...
California Lawsuit Demands Free Windows 10 Updates Until 10% Market Share, Alleges AI Monopoly Play
A Southern California resident has filed a lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court aiming to block Microsoft’s planned October 14, 2025 end-of-support for Windows 10, demanding that the company...
California Man Sues Microsoft to Halt Windows 10 Support Cut, Alleging AI Monopoly Strategy
With barely two months remaining until Microsoft ends security patches for Windows 10, a Southern California man has filed a lawsuit demanding the company continue free support indefinitely—and...
Lawsuit Demands Microsoft Keep Windows 10 Alive for Free, Citing AI Monopoly and E-Waste
A San Diego man has filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to force Microsoft to continue providing free security updates for Windows 10 until the operating system’s share of active Windows installs...
Windows 10 Lawsuit: Microsoft Accused of Forced Obsolescence to Push AI PCs
A Southern California resident has dragged Microsoft into a San Diego courtroom, accusing the company of weaponizing the end of Windows 10 to strong-arm consumers into hardware upgrades and dominate...
Windows 10 ESU and Lawsuit: What Every User Must Know Before October 2025
Two months before Microsoft pulls the plug on free Windows 10 support, a California consumer has dragged the company into court, arguing that cutting off security updates for millions of PCs is not...
Lawsuit Aims to Block Windows 10 End-of-Support, Force Free Patches for Millions
A Southern California resident has filed suit against Microsoft, seeking a court order that would compel the company to continue providing free security updates for Windows 10 beyond its October 14,...
Microsoft’s Free Copilot Hands You GPT-5 Thinking With 5x the Daily Quota of ChatGPT
Microsoft Copilot is now rolling out GPT-5-powered Smart mode to free users, and early tests reveal a surprising twist: the company is allowing more generous use of the model’s deep reasoning...