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

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-21 11:20:00

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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Windows 11 upgrade failed? These are my 4 most powerful troubleshooting secrets

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-09-26 02:00:00

SvetaZi/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. When Windows decides that it isn't interested in completing an upgrade, it can be maddeningly unhelpful, spitting out error codes and cryptic messages that can leave even experts scratching their heads. Also: How to upgrade your 'incompatible' Windows 10 PC to Windows 11 - for free That can happen with a routine Windows 11 feature update, but it's especially frustrating when you're trying to install Window

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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 2025-09-28 18:40:08

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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Your Gmail just got a useful new tool for tracking online purchases

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-09-30 20:18:59

Daniel Grizelj/DigitalVision via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Gmail's new purchases tab helps organize your online purchases. You can still see the soon-arriving package cards. The tab houses shipping updates, order confirmations, and more. Google is making it easier to keep an eye on all of your online purchases. In an announcement Thursday, the company unveiled a new Purchases tab in Gmail that combines all of your purchase and tracki

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Microsoft fixes streaming issues triggered by Windows updates

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-04 12:02:44

Microsoft has resolved severe lag and stuttering issues with NDI streaming software affecting Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems after installing the August 2025 security updates. The company confirmed these problems after receiving widespread reports from users who experienced a range of performance issues while using various streaming apps, including OBS (Open Broadcast Software) and NDI Tools. "Severe stuttering, lag, and choppy audio/video might occur when using NDI (Network Device Interfac

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iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, and Apple’s other OS updates launch September 15

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-06 00:22:04

CUPERTINO, Calif.—If you’re buying one of the new iPhones or the other hardware that Apple announced today, your new devices will ship with Apple’s latest operating system updates already installed. But if you’re not looking to spend a bunch of money on Apple’s latest and greatest, the new updates will land on Apple’s other supported devices on September 15. Apple is shifting to a year-based numbering system starting this year, wiping away the previous grab bag of all-over-the-place version num

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Microsoft September 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 81 flaws, two zero-days

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-06 04:43:33

Today is Microsoft's September 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 81 flaws, including two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. This Patch Tuesday also fixes nine "Critical" vulnerabilities, five of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities, 1 is information disclosure, and 2 are elevation of privileges. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: 41 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 2 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities 22 R

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Microsoft Promises Windows 10 Users Free Security Updates for a Year – but There Are Strings Attached

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 08:00:09

Microsoft is ready to leave Windows 10 behind, and security support is due to end in October. If you aren't ready to upgrade to Windows 11, all isn't lost. You can snag a one-year extended security update for $30, but there's also a free option you may not have heard about. All you need to do is enable cloud backup, and connect it with 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 jus

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Android's Big UI Makeover Is Official for Older Pixels in September Update

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-11 19:35:00

Android's big UI overhaul, Material 3 Expressive, was announced earlier this year and is preinstalled on the new Pixel 10 series of smartphones. Now it's time for older Pixel devices to get the makeover treatment, thanks to the September Pixel Drop. Material 3 Expressive is now coming to Pixel 6 devices and up, including the Pixel tablet. Google's focus with the UI overhaul is to make Android more personalized, colorful and livelier overall. It's easier to identify actions you want to take with

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Apple releases beta 9 for iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, watchOS 26, more

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-17 12:23:04

Apple has just released another wave of beta updates for its forthcoming major software versions, including beta 9 for iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, and more. New beta 9 builds available for Apple’s major new OS versions Based on prior years’ patterns, last week’s beta 8 updates from Apple were widely expected to be the last releases before next week’s RC (release candidate) versions. Today, however, the company shipped a wave of beta 9 updates. New beta 9 releases include: iOS 26 iPadOS 26 macOS T

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Google Maps may soon keep your navigation updates where you can’t lose them

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-19 04:56:42

Megan Ellis / Android Authority TL;DR Google Maps is starting to test Live Updates for navigation on some devices. We spotted the feature several days ago, and more reports from other users have since surfaced. Testing appears very limited for now. If you’ve ever had a live navigation slip off your screen mid-journey, you’ll see why the latest Google Maps experiment could be useful. A handful of people are now seeing Live Updates appear for directions, keeping progress pinned on the screen w

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If You're Still Running Windows 10, You Need to Do This One Thing Before Oct. 14

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 13:00:06

Microsoft is about to pull the plug on Windows 10. Support for the decade-old operating system is scheduled to end on October 14, and users are encouraged to upgrade to Windows 11. However, we're less than two months out from that end-of-support date, and nearly 43% PC owners are still running Windows 10. These users must now either upgrade their devices or continue using the outdated software if their device doesn't support Windows 11. To give its users more time to upgrade their software and

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Microsoft fixes bug behind Windows certificate enrollment errors

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-21 16:02:25

Microsoft has resolved a known issue causing false CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) error messages after installing the July 2025 preview and subsequent Windows 11 24H2 updates. When it acknowledged this bug two weeks ago, the company asked users to ignore error events caused by recent updates that triggered a warning about the 'Microsoft Pluton Cryptographic Provider' not being loaded. "Following installation of the July 2025 Windows non-security preview update (KB5062660) and later upd

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Apple releases public beta 5 for tvOS 26 and more

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-30 07:57:01

Apple has just released public beta 5 for tvOS 26 and more. Here’s what to expect. Public beta 5 arrives as Apple’s summer testing cycle wraps up Earlier today, Apple released brand new developer beta 8 updates for iOS 26, watchOS 26, macOS Tahoe, and more. With the first few releases, Apple’s public beta builds haven’t shipped until days after the developer versions. Since last week, Apple has significantly shortened that gap to a matter of hours. Public beta 5 is here for tvOS 26, HomePod

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Microsoft: August Windows updates cause severe streaming issues

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-02 22:25:39

Microsoft has confirmed that the August 2025 security updates are causing severe lag and stuttering issues with NDI streaming software on some Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems. This comes after widespread reports from users experiencing a wide range of performance problems when using various streaming apps, including OBS (Open Broadcast Software), "Severe stuttering, lag, and choppy audio/video might occur when using NDI (Network Device Interface) for streaming or transferring audio/video fee

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Microsoft releases emergency updates to fix Windows recovery

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-08 23:46:37

Microsoft has released emergency Windows out-of-band updates to resolve a known issue breaking reset and recovery operations after installing the August 2025 Windows security updates. As the company confirmed when it acknowledged the bug on Monday, these problems impact systems running both Windows 10 and older versions of Windows 11. The list of buggy updates causing these recovery problems includes KB5063875 (Windows 11 23H2 and Windows 11 22H2), KB5063709 (Windows 10 22H2, Windows 10 Enterp

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Microsoft: August security updates break Windows recovery, reset

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-11 03:39:30

Microsoft has confirmed that the August 2025 Windows security updates are breaking reset and recovery operations on systems running Windows 10 and older versions of Windows 11. "After installing the August 2025 Windows security update [..] on any of the client versions mentioned below in the 'Affected platforms' section, attempts to reset or recover the device might fail," the company said in a new Windows release health update. Installing this month's security updates will cause issues for us

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5 reasons to switch to an immutable Linux distro today - and which to try first

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-13 17:06:00

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Immutable Linux distributions are the future. There are several reasons why immutable is the way to go. From security to predictability, you can't go wrong with immutable. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Immutable Linux distributions sound complicated, right? You'd be surprised to know that it's actually quite simple. Essentially, an immutable distri

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Microsoft: Recent Windows updates may fail to install via WUSA

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-13 20:07:07

Microsoft has mitigated a known issue that caused Windows update failures when installing them from a network share using the Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA). WUSA is a built-in command-line tool that helps IT admins install and uninstall Microsoft Standalone Update (.msu) files through the Windows Update Agent API to deploy and remove patches, hotfixes, and updates. This known issue affects Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 systems on enterprise networks, as WUSA isn't a comm

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ClickHouse matches PG for single-row UPDATEs and 4000 x faster for bulk UPDATEs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-14 04:52:43

TL;DR · On identical hardware and data, ClickHouse matches PostgreSQL for single-row UPDATEs and is up to 4,000× faster in our tests for bulk UPDATEs. · Why it matters: Bulk updates are common in OLTP workloads, and ClickHouse’s columnar design + parallelism make them far faster. · Caveat: PostgreSQL is fully transactional by default; ClickHouse isn’t. Results compare each engine’s native execution model, not identical transaction guarantees. PostgreSQL is the most popular open-source

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Android TV version roulette: Sony and Google lost control of updates

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-18 02:31:34

Robert Triggs / Android Authority For years and years, Apple fans could hold it over Android users’ heads that their platform was the place to get regular, reliable system updates, keeping their devices operating at their best with all the latest new features. That’s arguably still true when we’re looking at certain Android devices, but the situation has gotten a whole lot better, and if you’re rocking a mainstream handset like a Pixel or a Galaxy, you’ve largely got nothing to worry about when

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Windows 10 KB5063709 update fixes extended security updates enrollment

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-23 16:15:48

Microsoft has released the KB5063709 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, with seven fixes or changes, including a fix for a bug that prevented enrollment in extended security updates. The Windows 10 KB5063709 update is mandatory as it contains Microsoft's July 2025 Patch Tuesday security updates, which fix one zero-day vulnerability and 136 other flaws. Windows users can install this update by going into Settings, clicking on Windows Update, and manually performing a 'Ch

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Microsoft August 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes one zero-day, 107 flaws

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-23 16:43:50

Today is Microsoft's August 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 107 flaws, including one publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Windows Kerberos. This Patch Tuesday also fixes thirteen "Critical" vulnerabilities, nine of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities, three are information disclosure, and one is elevation of privileges. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: 44 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 35 Remote Code Execut

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After just five years, Microsoft will end support for low-cost Windows 11 SE

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-12 20:31:48

Microsoft says it plans to stop providing updates for Windows 11 SE, the special Windows 11 variant intended to compete with Google's ChromeOS in schools. The change was announced quietly via this Microsoft support document (spotted by the German-language site Dr. Windows), which says that Windows 11 SE will not be getting a version of this year's Windows 11 25H2 update. Security updates for Windows 11 SE will end in October of 2026, when Windows 11 24H2 stops receiving updates. "Support for Wi

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Best Android Smartwatch for 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-13 02:00:00

Here are a few key factors to consider to help you filter out the noise and narrow down your search. CNET Budget: If you're looking to score a deal, it might be worth waiting for major discount days like Black Friday or Labor Day in the US when most retailers, including the original manufacturers, offer sales or cash-back incentives. You can also save by waiting for the next update cycle and considering the previous-generation model, which often goes on sale once a newer version is released. W

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Microsoft kills Windows 11 SE, another in a long line of failed ChromeOS competitors

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-13 02:31:48

Microsoft says it plans to stop providing updates for Windows 11 SE, the special Windows 11 variant intended to compete with Google's ChromeOS in schools. The change was announced quietly via this Microsoft support document (spotted by the German-language site Dr. Windows), which says that Windows 11 SE will not be getting a version of this year's Windows 11 25H2 update. Security updates for Windows 11 SE will end in October of 2026, when Windows 11 24H2 stops receiving updates. "Support for Wi

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Still Using Windows 10? Here’s How to Get Another Year of Updates for Free

wired.com Andrew Cunningham 2025-12-13 14:15:00

Officially, Microsoft will stop providing new security updates for Windows 10 PCs after October 14, 2025, a little over a decade after its initial release. It's a stick that Microsoft is using to push upgrades to the newer Windows 11, whether you install it on a PC you already have or buy a brand-new PC to meet Windows 11's system requirements. But if you can't or don't want to upgrade to Windows 11, Microsoft has made it reasonably simple to get an extra year of Extended Security Updates (ESUs

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Nvidia announces end of GPU driver updates for GeForce 10-series, Windows 10

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-15 21:34:02

If you last updated your gaming PC in late 2016, Nvidia has two pieces of bad news to share with you today. First, it will no longer support the Maxwell, Pascal, or Volta GPU architectures with new Game Ready graphics driver updates after October 2025. That means GeForce GPUs from the GTX 900 and 10-series, including aging but enduringly popular cards like the GeForce GTX 1060, will no longer get optimized driver releases for new games starting this fall. Second, Nvidia says it will wind down a

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Google and Samsung are forever changing Android updates as we know them

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-19 10:00:14

Joe Maring / Android Authority As an Android fan, there’s nothing quite like a major Android OS upgrade. Even as more recent Android versions have seen tamer year-over-year updates compared to a decade ago, there’s still something exciting about getting a fresh piece of software on your phone or tablet. For the last several years, the cadence of Android updates has been consistent: Google announces a Developer Preview sometime in February or March, a public beta follows in the spring, and the

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Apple releases iOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, and other updates as current gen winds down

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-20 11:03:19

Apple's next-generation software updates are just a couple of months away, but Apple isn't done with last year's releases just yet. Apple has released iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, watchOS 11.6, tvOS 18.6, and visionOS 2.6 to the public today, fixing an issue with sharing movies from the Photos app but mostly patching a long list of security vulnerabilities. For iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, the list of resolved CVEs covers everything from the Metal graphics API to WebKit to networking t

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