Windows 10 has officially reached end of support in October 2025. Those PCs didn't all spontaneously combust, though, and ...

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Can you name one single, solitary, success Microsoft had in 2025? Think hard. It sure ain’t easy. In the years that PCWorld has catalogued Microsoft’s wins, failures, and head-scratching “WTF” moments ...

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When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Microsoft no longer officially supports Windows 10, so do this if you want to keep using your older PC securely.

Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5072033 and KB5071417 cumulative updates for versions 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security vulnerabilities, bugs, and add new features. Today's updates are mandatory ...