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Microsoft to end Windows 10 support on October 14th, 2025

Another sign that a new version of Windows is on the way!Jun 14, 2021, 9:06am EDT Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 on October 14th, 2025. It will mark just over 10 years since the operating system was first introduced. Microsoft revealed the retirement date for Windows 10 in an updated support life cycle page for the OS. Thurrott reports that this is the first time Microsoft has ever described the end of support for Windows 10.It’s not clear exactly when the support document was updated, but Thurrott reports it only previous documented “when specific Windows 10 versions would leave support,” and not the entire OS. It could be another hint that a new version of Windows is on the way.Microsoft keeps dropping Windows 11 hintsMicrosoft has been dropping lots of hints that it’s ready to launch Windows 11. The software maker is holding a special Windows event to reveal the “next generation” of the OS next week. The event starts at 11AM ET, and the event invite includes a window tha

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Windows 10 will get five years of additional support thanks to 0patch

Jun 27, 2024 12:46 EDT · Hot! 0patch, a service that provides micro security patches without disruptions, announced today that it plans to offer security patches for Windows 10 for at least five years after its official end of life, giving customers a chance to stick to their current devices without significant security compromises. In fact, analysts predict that the end of Windows 10 will trigger a wave of PC upgrades.0patch is no stranger to providing security updates for now-unsupported products. They still offer patches for Windows 7 and Server 2008, Microsoft Office products, and more. Technically, 0patch is already servicing Windows 10 (six of its discontinued versions, to be precise), but customers have the option to update to version 22H2 and receive updates from Microsoft for free. In October 2025, that privilege will be taken away, and that is when 0patch will step in.With 0patch, Windows 10 users will be getting fixes for critical security vulnerabilities discovered after Oc

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Microsoft to test “new features and more” for aging, stubbornly popular Windows 10

Support ends next year, but Windows 10 remains the most-used version of the OS.Andrew Cunningham - 6/5/2024, 8:50 AMIn October 2025, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 for most PC users, which means no more technical support and (crucially) no more security updates unless you decide to pay for them. To encourage adoption, the vast majority of new Windows development is happening in Windows 11, which will get one of its biggest updates since release sometime this fall.Further ReadingWindows 10 is back, and it’s getting Microsoft’s AI-powered Copilot assistantBut Windows 10 is casting a long shadow. It remains the most-used version of Windows by all publicly available metrics, including Statcounter (where Windows 11's growth has been largely stagnant all year) and the Steam Hardware Survey. And last November, Microsoft decided to release a fairly major batch of Windows 10 updates that introduced the Copilot chatbot and other changes to the aging operating system.That may not be th

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Intel lets go of 2,000 staff at Oregon R&D site, offices in Texas, Arizona, California

Wed 16 Oct 2024 // 22:31 UTC Layoffs follow more than 7,500 voluntary departures, early retirements Intel this week handed out pink slips to more than 2,000 workers across the USAThe latest of these job cuts saw 1,300 people let go at Intel's Hillsboro offices, a crucial research and development hub where many of the chipmaker's next-gen parts get their start.First reported by the Oregonian on Tuesday, the layoffs are part of a massive staffing reduction that Intel announced in August following a disastrous second quarter. The job cuts will see the x86 giant cut 15 percent of its global workforce.The layoffs in Oregon represent a little over five percent of Intel's workforce in the state, which totaled 23,000 employees at the start of the year. However, we'll note this figure may not encompass the full scope of staff reductions hitting the R&D hub. Including staff buyouts and early retirements, the brain drain could be even more substantial. An Intel spokesperson told us the job c

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Can’t Open Microsoft Office Files in MacOS Sequoia? Fix Microsoft Word, Excel, Office File Associations

by: Paul Horowitz Some Mac users have noticed that Microsoft Office files and documents, whether that’s Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, Powerpoint presentations, or otherwise, are not opening in the intended apps, or properly associating with the relevant Microsoft Office app, after updating their Mac to MacOS Sequoia. To make matters worse, some users report that when attempting to open a Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Office file, like a docx or xls file on the Mac, they may see an alarming message that says some variation of “MacOS cannot verify that DocumentName.docx is free of malware”. ⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

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Google wins legal bid to overturn 1.5 billion euro antitrust fine in EU digital ad case

Updated 4:48 AM EDT, September 18, 2024 LONDON (AP) — Google won a court challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro ($1.66 billion) European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business.The EU’s General Court said it was throwing out the 2019 penalty imposed by the European Commission, which is the 27-nation bloc’s top antitrust enforcer.“The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision in its entirety,” the court said in a press release.The commission’s ruling applied to a narrow portion of Google’s ad business: ads that the U.S. tech giant sold next to Google search results on third-party websites.Regulators had accused Google of inserting exclusivity clauses in its contracts that barred these websites from running similarly placed ads sold by Google’s rivals. The commission said when it issued the penalty that Google’s behavior resulted in advertisers and website owners having less choice and likely facing higher prices tha

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Fun: Don’t Forget to Accept New iCloud Terms & Conditions

by: Jamie Cuevas Apple has bestowed upon us some wonderful weekend reading, in the form of all new iCloud Terms and Conditions, which are required to accept if you wish to continue to use iCloud on your Apple devices. It’s iCloud, it’s Terms, and it’s Conditions… iCloud. Terms. Conditions… are you getting it yet? This is not three separate documents!It’s a page turner from the very beginning where Apple welcomes you – and you do feel that welcome, don’t you? – to the very end where they provide a URL for the web version of the document, the full new iCloud Terms and Conditions comes in at a soothing 10,437 words. That’s roughly 21 pages of a single-spaced text document, or 42 pages double-spaced for all you students out there, making the new iCloud Terms and Conditions roughly the length of a healthy college dissertation. ⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

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8 secret features in Apple Maps

With tons of advanced features, Apple Maps competes quite handily with the likes of Google Maps and Waze. I put together a big list of the best eight features hidden in Apple Maps.You can learn them all in this post — and see them in action in our video below. ⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

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How to get your Mac ready for macOS Sequoia

macOS Sequoia will be available on September 16, if you want to get the latest version of macOS start preparing your Mac for Sequoia now! Before Sequoia arrives there are a few things we recommend that you do before installing it.It’s not only for Sequoia that you should prepare your Mac though, it’s good practice to run these checks on your Mac whenever you are updating the operating system. We recommend that you follow the steps below to make sure your Mac is ready for a new operating system as it will minimize your risk of having problems either during or after the update. ⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

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How to install macOS Sequoia on your Mac

Here's how to update macOS to the latest version. Follow these steps to download and install Sequoia on your Mac, including what to do if you can't update. Apple does a big update of macOS (the operating system that runs on Macs) once a year, bringing new features and interface tweaks. One of these major macOS updates is due on September 16, 2024. In this article, we will offer you guidance on how to install macOS Sequoia. We’ll also explain what to do if you experience any of the usual issues that can arise when a new version of macOS is installed and how to avoid those issues in the first place. ⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

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macOS 15 Sequoia superguide: Everything you need to know about the Mac update

Here's what you need to know about the next macOS. Find out about macOS 15 Sequoia, including when the new macOS 15 will be out, compatibility, new features, and the latest beta info. Following the WWDC keynote on June 10, we now know that the next version of macOS will be called Sequoia, named after the Californian National Park. Among the new features coming to Macs are iPhone mirroring, which puts your iPhone screen on your Mac’s display and lets you interact with it via your mouse and keyboard, a new Video conferencing presenter preview, and changes to Safari. In addition, developers will be easily able to port games between iPhone, Mac, and iPad. Read on for the lowdown on all the new features and improvements coming soon. ⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

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iPadOS 18 is Compatible with These iPads

by: Paul Horowitz iPadOS 18 for iPad includes some exciting new features for iPad users, from more interface customization options like Dark Mode icons and widgets, color hued icons and widgets, a customizable Control Center, the debut of a Calculator app for iPad, Passwords app, a Photos redesign, improvements to Notes app, new features in Safari like Distraction Control, and tons of AI Apple Intelligence features throughout the operating system, you’ll find plenty to keep you busy and productive.Like every new major system software release, iPadOS 18 has specific system requirements, however, and not every iPad model is compatible with the new operating system. And even if the iPad can run iPadOS 18, that doesn’t mean it will gain all features, because some features like Apple Intelligence AI have even stricter system requirements and compatibility. ⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

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Nearly 4 Million Cybersecurity Jobs Are Vacant: Here’s Why You Should Consider Breaking Into This Sector

Aug 16, 2024,06:00am EDTCybersecurity consistently ranks among the top areas for job growth and demand within the broader ... [+]gettyWhile there are millions of cybersecurity job openings worldwide, employers are finding it extremely difficult to fill these positions. Amid a global deficit of nearly 4 million cybersecurity workers, there is an increasing disparity between organizations that are cyber resilient and those that are not, according to the World Economic Forum. The majority (90%) of executives who participated in WEF’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024 survey indicated that immediate action is necessary to tackle the increasing cyber inequity, especially as emerging technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence, will only intensify existing cybersecurity issues. The gap in cyber resources, skills and talent is expanding rapidly, and remains the biggest challenge for companies when developing resistance against cyber attacks, the report revealed, as 71% of organi

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Research AI model unexpectedly modified its own code to extend runtime

Facing time constraints, Sakana's "AI Scientist" attempted to change limits placed by researchers. Benj Edwards - 8/14/2024 On Tuesday, Tokyo-based AI research firm Sakana AI announced a new AI system called "The AI Scientist" that attempts to conduct scientific research autonomously using AI language models (LLMs) similar to what powers ChatGPT. During testing, Sakana found that its system began unexpectedly modifying its own code to extend the time it had to work on a problem."In one run, it edited the code to perform a system call to run itself," wrote the researchers on Sakana AI's blog post. "This led to the script endlessly calling itself. In another case, its experiments took too long to complete, hitting our timeout limit. Instead of making its code run faster, it simply tried to modify its own code to extend the timeout period."Sakana provided two screenshots of example code that the AI model generated, and the 185-page AI Scientist research paper discusses what they call "th

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TripleHelixModerator

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Microsoft shares temp fix for Outlook, Word crashes when typing

August 15, 2024 Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a known issue that causes Microsoft 365 apps like Outlook, Word, and OneNote to unexpectedly crash while typing or spell-checking a text.According to a support document published on Wednesday, these crashes affect users of Excel for Microsoft 365, Word for Microsoft 365, Outlook for Microsoft 365, PowerPoint for Microsoft 365, and OneNote for Microsoft 365 after updating to Version 2407 Build 17830.20138 or higher.Affected customers can confirm if this is the issue by looking at the Windows Event Viewer Application Log for Event 1000 or Event 1001 with 0xc0000005 exception codes.The company says the crash issue is caused by the version difference between Office and the language packs installed on the impacted systems."The faulting module name will vary depending on what language packs you have installed. For example, mscss7it.dll for Italian, or mscss7de.dll, for German, with others listed here, Language identifiers and OptionSt

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Intel details fixes for crashing 13th- and 14th-gen CPUs as BIOS updates roll out

This microcode fix can't be rolled out in a regular software update.Andrew Cunningham - 8/9/2024 Intel has shared more about the voltage-related issues that affected some 13th- and 14th-generation Core processors, as the company tries to put the episode behind it. As reported by Tom's Hardware, Intel says that the problem originated with "elevated operating voltage" stemming from "incorrect voltage requests," specifically an increase to the minimum operating voltage of the chips. These "elevated voltage events can accumulate over time," eventually damaging the processor and causing system hangs or crashes.Intel has developed a microcode update to fix those elevated voltage requests, but the bad news for some users is that they will require a BIOS update, and they can't be deployed via software updates as some microcode fixes can be.Intel says that in most cases, CPU performance should be essentially unaffected by the patch, though the company did notice a handful of benchmark subscores

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Apple removes Control-click option for skipping Gatekeeper in macOS Sequoia

You'll no longer be able to override Gatekeeper in macOS Sequoia with a keyboard shortcut as Apple continues to crack down on unsigned software.If you try to install apps on macOS that haven't been signed or notarized, Gatekeeper gets in the way and won't let it run. Apple has removed an age-old shortcut for skipping the Gatekeeper prompt in macOS Sequoia.Until macOS Sequoia, users could hold Control and click on a freshly installed app to avoid Gatekeeper's warnings about running unsafe software. Now, users must navigate to System Settings then Privacy & Security to allow the app to run. ⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

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TripleHelixModerator

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OpenText Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Results, Raises Fiscal 2025 Margin Targets

Thu, August 1, 2024 at 4:01 p.m. EDT Delivers Total Annual Revenues of $5.8 Billion with 29% Growth –– Announces New $300 Million Share Repurchase Program –– Increases Annualized Dividend By 5% –Fiscal 2024 Annual Highlights Y/Y Total Revenues (in millions) Annual Recurring Revenues (in millions) Cloud Revenues (in millions) Reported Constant Currency Reported Constant Currency Reported Constant Currency $5,770 $5,729 $4,534 $4,506 $1,821 $1,816 +28.6 % +27.7 % +25.4 % +24.6 % +7.1 % +6.8 % Annual Recurring Revenues represent 79% of Total Revenues "OpenText delivered solid Fiscal 2024 financial results with total revenues of $5.8 billion, representing a 29% year-over-year growth, we grew organically, and delive

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How to factory reset a MacBook or Mac: Reset a Mac to factory settings

Need to erase your MacBook? Want to wipe a Mac and reinstall macOS before selling? Here's how to erase a Mac - including the methods for new and old Macs. If you are selling your MacBook or Mac, trading it in, or just passing it on to friends or family, you would be wise to wipe the Mac and restore it to factory settings first. This is partly so that your data stays safe, but it will also avoid any issues at a later date that could come about if you don’t disconnect that Mac from various services and software you might use. It also means the new user can restart the Mac as if it was brand new. ⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

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TripleHelixModerator

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Apple has finally started mailing out settlement checks for bad MacBook butterfly keyboards

Aug 4, 2024 09:40 EDT It's been a long road for many owners of older MacBooks, but now that road is at an end. This weekend, it was reported that settlement checks sent by Apple for faulty butterfly keyboards in some previous MacBooks have reached the people who joined a class action lawsuit against the company years ago.One of the writers for 9to5Mac.com reports that he has personally received checks in the mail for the settlement. It may take a little while for all of the people who requested physical checks to get their settlement payment from the postal service. The story says there's no word yet on when people who decided to get a digital settlement payment will get their money.This is the end of a story that began in 2015 when Apple started shipping some MacBook notebooks with butterfly mechanisms in their keyboards. This design was supposed to offer keyboards that not only worked better than normal ones on notebooks but were also up to 34 percent thinner. However, the butterfly

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Fun: Forget to Empty Your Mac Trash? Have Buzzing Flies to Remind You

by: Paul Horowitz A fun new Mac app offers a rather creative way to remind you to empty your Mac Trash can… buzzing flies! Yes indeed, after your Mac Trash can has accumulated a little too much clutter, BananaBin puts buzzing flies around the trash, offering an unmistakable visual reminder to empty your digital Trash bin. ⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

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TripleHelixModerator

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US agency puts onus on Amazon for sale of hazardous third-party products

By ReutersJuly 30, 202411:30 AM EDTUpdated 16 min ago Packages emblazoned with Amazon logos travel along a conveyor belt inside of an Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo July 30 (Reuters) - Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab is responsible for hazardous products sold by third-party sellers on its platform under the federal safety law and bears legal responsibility for their recall, the U.S. consumer protection authority said on Tuesday. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said it has issued an order for the e-commerce giant to propose remediation plans to notify consumers about these products and to remove them from consumers' homes by encouraging returns or destruction. Amazon did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.More than 400,000 products are subject to this order, the CPSC said, noting in particular faulty carbon monoxide detectors, hairdryers without electrocution protecti

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I never regretted buying an Apple device–until now

I would recommend almost all Apple products without reservation, but I'm not so sure about the HomePod mini.I have almost no regrets when it comes to Apple products. Whenever Apple introduces a new device, I can count on it being a sophisticated product even if it’s not immediately obvious. For example, despite my initial misgivings, I realized how ingenious and well-thought-out the AirPods are after using them daily. ⇨⇨ Full Article ⇦⇦

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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21286 (2021)

Written ByBrandon LeBlanc published January 6, 2021 Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21286 (RS_PRERELEASE) to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. This build is being offered to ALL Insiders in the Dev Channel. All Insiders in the Dev Channel will now receive the same build going forward.What’s new in Build 21286Introducing news and interests on the taskbar With news and interests on the Windows taskbar, you get quick access to an integrated feed of dynamic content such as news and weather that updates throughout the day.You can personalize your feed with relevant content tailored for you. Instead of switching between apps or your PC and phone to stay up to date with the news and interests you care about – seamlessly peek into your feed directly from the taskbar anytime you want throughout your day.Staying up to date: Quickly glance at your news and interests directly from the taskbar. Get caught up on the latest headlines, weather, sports

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Webroot stopped working and is blue instead of green and won’t scan. It has turned OFF firewall, web shield, real-time shield.It says subscription has expired but it’s not expired til OctoberUninstalled and re-installed but it won’t take the CODE and says there’s no internet.Runs perfectly fine on my other devices.There seems to be zero support from Webroot and I do NOT have GeekSquad account … system is PC Windows 8.1

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