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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
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
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
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
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 ⇦⇦
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 ⇦⇦
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 ⇦⇦
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 ⇦⇦
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 ⇦⇦
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 ⇦⇦
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
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
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
