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Microsoft Offers Free Windows 10 Extended Security Updates: Here's What to Do

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-18 08:20:00

Microsoft is sunsetting Windows 10 support on Oct. 14, and stopping all updates to the OS. If you aren't able to update to Windows 11, you still have options. For $30 you can grab a year of extended-security updates. There is also a free option available, provided you're willing to enable cloud backup and connect it to your OneDrive account. The ability to get free updates on Windows 10 is a pretty big deal because it is still the most widely used Windows OS, accounting for just over 53% of ins

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Microsoft’s new Xbox mode on Windows has leaked for any handheld

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-18 13:06:08

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is getting ready to launch its Xbox full-screen experience on the new Xbox Ally devices next month, but it looks like you won’t need new hardware to get it. Windows enthusiasts have discovered a way to enable this new Xbox mode early in Windows 11, thanks to the latest 25H2 update

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Microsoft Paint is getting its own Photoshop-like project files

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-18 21:01:16

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft has been steadily improving its Paint app for Windows 11 in recent years with a dark mode, transparency and layers, and even AI-powered image creation. Now, Microsoft is adding two new Photoshop-like features to Paint. You’ll soon be able to save your Paint creations as a project

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Consumer Reports calls Microsoft 'hypocritical' for stranding millions of Windows 10 PCs

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-09-19 05:06:00

picture alliance/Contributor/picture alliance via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways CR says that Windows 10's end of support will strand millions of PC owners. It calls Microsoft's actions "hypocritical" and cites national security concerns. CR also calls for continued free security updates. Consumer Reports (CR), the venerable consumer rights organization known for its in-depth product testing, sent a letter to Microsoft CEO Satya N

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Microsoft: Office 2016 and Office 2019 reach end of support next month

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-19 16:57:04

Microsoft reminded customers again this week that Office 2016 and Office 2019 will reach the end of extended support in less than 30 days, on October 14, 2025. Redmond also advised organizations using Visio 2016/2019, Project 2016/2019, and related apps to upgrade as soon as possible to avoid security, compliance, and performance issues since they will also reach the end of support next month. According to the company's product lifecycle website, Office 2016 reached the end of mainstream

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Microsoft Python Driver for SQL Server

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-19 17:28:25

Microsoft Python Driver for SQL Server mssql-python is a Python driver for Microsoft SQL Server and the Azure SQL family of databases. It leverages Direct Database Connectivity (DDBC) that enables direct connections to SQL Server without requiring an external driver manager. Designed to comply with the DB API 2.0 specification, this driver also introduces Pythonic enhancements for improved usability and functionality. It supports a full range of database operations, including connection managem

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Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupt massive RaccoonO365 phishing service

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-20 01:20:05

Microsoft and Cloudflare have disrupted a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) operation, known as RaccoonO365, that helped cybercriminals steal thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials. In early September 2025, in coordination with Cloudflare's Cloudforce One and Trust and Safety teams, Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) disrupted the cybercrime operation by seizing 338 websites and Worker accounts linked to RaccoonO365. The cybercrime group behind this service (also tracked by Microsoft as

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Oh no, not again a meditation on NPM supply chain attacks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-20 12:57:50

I’ve been sitting on this article for a while now – well over a year I’ve put off publishing it – but as we’ve seen this week, the time has come to lift the veil and say the quiet part out loud: It’s 2025; Microsoft should be considered a “bad actor” and a threat to all companies who develop software. Of course, if you’re old enough to remember – this is not the first time either… Time is a flat circle Here we are again – in 2025, Microsoft have fucked up so bad, they have likely created an

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Microsoft, Nvidia, other tech giants plan over $40 billion of new AI investments in UK

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-09-20 12:04:41

LONDON — Microsoft said on Tuesday that it plans to invest $30 billion in the U.K. by 2028, as the company builds out its artificial intelligence infrastructure. The investment includes an additional $15.5 billion in capital expansion and $15.1 billion in its U.K. operations, Microsoft said. The company said the investment would enable it to build the U.K.'s "largest supercomputer," with more than 23,000 advanced graphics processing units (GPUs), in partnership with Nscale, a British cloud comp

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AI could boost UK economy by 10% in five years, says Microsoft boss

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-21 01:39:26

AI could boost UK economy by 10% in five years, says Microsoft boss 23 minutes ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman Technology editor Share Save Getty Images Microsoft says its new $30bn (£22bn) investment in the UK's AI sector – its largest outside of the US - should significantly boost Britain's economy in the next few years. Its package forms a major part of a $31billion agreement made between the UK government and various other US tech giants, including Nvidia and Google, to invest in British-base

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Microsoft, Nvidia other tech giants plan over $40 billion of new AI investments in UK

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-09-21 01:44:08

LONDON — Microsoft said on Tuesday that it plans to invest $30 billion in the U.K. by 2028, as the company builds out its artificial intelligence infrastructure. The investment includes an additional $15.5 billion in capital expansion and $15.1 billion in its U.K. operations, Microsoft said. The company said the investment would enable it to build the U.K.'s "largest supercomputer," with more than 23,000 advanced graphics processing units (GPUs), in partnership with Nscale, a British cloud comp

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Deploying agentic AI? You'll probably do business with these 3 companies

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-09-21 07:04:58

Eoneren/E+ via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft, Nvidia, and Google top the agentic AI market. Agentic AI automates problem-solving in real time. The tech will significantly impact enterprise productivity. Research And Markets' 2025 360 Quadrant analysis aims to provide insights into the global agentic AI market. The study, published Thursday, includes the market's key players, technological advancements, product innovations

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Microsoft trumps Google with $30 billion investment in the UK

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-21 09:30:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is announcing that it’s investing £22 billion (around $30 billion) in the UK to help support AI infrastructure and ongoing operations from 2025 through 2028. The investment includes $15 billion in capital expenditures to build a supercomputer to support AI demand and adoption. “T

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Consumer Reports asks Microsoft to keep supporting Windows 10

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-09-21 09:49:59

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Consumer Reports is calling on Microsoft to extend the October 14th deadline that will cut off free security updates for Windows 10 computers. In a letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Consumer Reports says the move will “strand millions of consumers” who have

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Microsoft rolls out Copilot Chat to Microsoft 365 Office apps

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-21 13:01:41

Microsoft is rolling out Copilot Chat to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote for paying Microsoft 365 business customers. Copilot Chat (short for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat) is the company's AI-powered, content-aware chat that enables users to access AI agents. However, unlike Microsoft 365 Copilot, which has access to organizational content, Copilot Chat only works with data from the web. While Microsoft says Copilot Chat is "included at no additional cost" for Microsoft 365 users,

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Microsoft: WMIC will be removed after Windows 11 25H2 upgrade

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-22 01:58:59

Microsoft has announced that the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool will be removed after upgrading to Windows 11 25H2 and later. WMIC is a legacy built-in Windows command-line tool that allows users to interact with the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) system using text commands. In a Microsoft 365 message center update, Microsoft now advises IT administrators to switch to Windows PowerShell for WMI, scripts, and other tools because later Windows releases will

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4 ways I save money on my favorite AI tool subscriptions - and you can too

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-22 01:29:03

PM Images/DigitalVision/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I subscribe to several generative AIs, both for personal and professional reasons. Those include ChatGPT, Google AI Pro, Copilot through Microsoft 365, and Perplexity AI. But with most of those AIs generally costing $20 a month, subscribing to them all can put a heavy dent into my wallet. That's why I've dug up discounts on these services that save me a fair chunk of change. Here's what I've done to sav

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Copilot Chat arrives free for Microsoft 365 users - check if you have it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-22 01:43:20

Microsoft Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Copilot Chat is now integrated into Microsoft 365. Chat is available in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. But you'll need a Microsoft 365 business account. You're working on a Word document or PowerPoint presentation and you want to discuss certain questions or ideas with an AI chatbot. That's the goal behind the new Copilot Chat integration in Microsoft 365. In a Monday blog post, Seth Patt

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Microsoft Favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code

news.ycombinator.com Tom Warren 2025-09-22 00:48:37

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is adding automatic AI model selection to its Visual Studio Code editor that will automatically pick the best model for “optimal performance.” This new auto model feature will select between Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, GPT-5 mini and other models for GitHub Copilot free users, but pai

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Microsoft’s Xbox PC app adds Steam games and access to other stores

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-22 20:03:20

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is rolling out a new aggregated gaming library inside its Xbox PC app today on Windows. The updated app will now list games from Steam, Battle.net, and other PC storefronts — making it a launcher for games you have installed on your PC. Microsoft has been testing this aggregated

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Microsoft favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-22 21:08:19

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is adding automatic AI model selection to its Visual Studio Code editor that will automatically pick the best model for “optimal performance.” This new auto model feature will select between Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, GPT-5 mini and other models for GitHub Copilot free users, but pai

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Microsoft’s Office apps now have free Copilot Chat features

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-24 01:32:55

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is adding the free Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and agents to Office apps for all Microsoft 365 business users today. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote are all being updated with a Copilot Chat sidebar that will help draft documents, analyze spreadsheets, and more withou

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Windows 11 lets you run a network speed test right from the taskbar now - how to try it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-24 05:26:11

Microsoft Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Windows 11 is testing a network speed test that you run from the taskbar. The speed test icon takes you to the Bing website. For now, you need a Windows 11 Insider build to use the feature. Running a network speed test is a helpful way to determine if you're getting the speed promised by your internet provider. Normally, you have to trigger such a test from a third-party web page like Ookla's Speedest or

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Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-24 05:22:23

Next month, Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices that have the Microsoft 365 desktop client apps. The Microsoft 365 Copilot app integrates the AI-powered Copilot assistant with Microsoft 365 suite apps, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as other features like Notebooks and AI agents. While the newly installed app will be added to the Windows Start Menu and enabled by default, IT administrators responsible for managing Micro

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Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-24 09:59:23

Next month, Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices that have the Microsoft 365 desktop client apps. The Microsoft 365 Copilot app integrates the AI-powered Copilot assistant with Microsoft 365 suite apps, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as other features like Notebooks and AI agents. While the newly installed app will be added to the Windows Start Menu and enabled by default, IT administrators responsible for managing Micro

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Can't upgrade your Windows 10 PC? You have 5 options - and just weeks to act

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-09-24 21:03:00

wragg/E+/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Windows 10 support ends on Oct. 14, 2025. Users have free and paid options for extended updates. Doing nothing is not a safe option. Have you decided what to do with your Windows 10 PCs when they reach their official end-of-support date in a few weeks? I can tell you with absolute certainty that Microsoft is not going to back down at the last minute and extend that deadline. But you do have o

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Microsoft is changing how Xbox controllers work on Windows 11

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-25 05:16:16

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft has started testing a change to how Xbox controllers operate on Windows 11. The change will allow Xbox controllers to easily access the Task View on Windows 11 to tab between apps and games, using the Xbox button. “A new change we’re introducing is when you long press the Xbox bu

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New VoidProxy phishing service targets Microsoft 365, Google accounts

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-24 19:23:32

A newly discovered phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, named VoidProxy, targets Microsoft 365 and Google accounts, including those protected by third-party single sign-on (SSO) providers such as Okta. The platform uses adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) tactics to steal credentials, multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes, and session cookies in real time. VoidProxy was discovered by Okta Threat Intelligence researchers, who describe it as scalable, evasive, and sophisticated. The attack begi

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Microsoft Offers Windows 10 Extended Security Updates for Free. You Just Need to Do One Thing

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-25 15:40:08

Microsoft is sunsetting Windows 10 support on Oct. 14, and with it stopping all updates to the former OS. If you aren't able to update to Windows 11, you still have options. For $30 you can grab a year of extended-security updates. There is also a free option available, provided you're willing to enable cloud backup and connect it to your OneDrive account. The ability to get free updates on Windows 10 is a pretty big deal because it is still the most widely used Windows OS, accounting for just

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Microsoft Will Lower Price of Office 365 Without Teams Platform, Avoiding EU Antitrust Fine

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-25 16:45:00

Microsoft has agreed to sell Office 365 suites unbundled without Teams for a significantly lower price than previously, ending a five-plus-year European Union dispute with Slack and avoiding a fine by the EU. The software giant was charged with EU antitrust violations in June 2024 for bundling Teams with Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions. The dispute began in July 2020, when Slack (now owned by Salesforce) filed an official complaint, alleging Microsoft was conducting an "illegal and a

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Microsoft Offers Free Windows 10 Extended Security Updates: Here's What to Do

Microsoft’s new Xbox mode on Windows has leaked for any handheld

Microsoft Paint is getting its own Photoshop-like project files

Consumer Reports calls Microsoft 'hypocritical' for stranding millions of Windows 10 PCs

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Microsoft Python Driver for SQL Server

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Microsoft, Nvidia, other tech giants plan over $40 billion of new AI investments in UK

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Microsoft, Nvidia other tech giants plan over $40 billion of new AI investments in UK

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Microsoft trumps Google with $30 billion investment in the UK

Consumer Reports asks Microsoft to keep supporting Windows 10

Microsoft rolls out Copilot Chat to Microsoft 365 Office apps

Microsoft: WMIC will be removed after Windows 11 25H2 upgrade

4 ways I save money on my favorite AI tool subscriptions - and you can too

Copilot Chat arrives free for Microsoft 365 users - check if you have it

Microsoft Favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code

Microsoft’s Xbox PC app adds Steam games and access to other stores

Microsoft favors Anthropic over OpenAI for Visual Studio Code

Microsoft’s Office apps now have free Copilot Chat features

Windows 11 lets you run a network speed test right from the taskbar now - how to try it

Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October

Microsoft to force install the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in October

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Microsoft is changing how Xbox controllers work on Windows 11

New VoidProxy phishing service targets Microsoft 365, Google accounts

Microsoft Offers Windows 10 Extended Security Updates for Free. You Just Need to Do One Thing

Microsoft Will Lower Price of Office 365 Without Teams Platform, Avoiding EU Antitrust Fine

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