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China reportedly orders state agencies to uninstall its government-only edition of Windows 10

By Luke James Published

China's Ministry of State Security has told some state-linked organizations to remove a customized version of Windows 10 from their machines.

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Best Laptops
Best Laptops 2026: Our benchmarked picks for productivity, portability, and battery life

By Andrew E. Freedman Last updated

We test dozens of laptops a year for their performance, screen quality, and battery life, to find the best laptops right now across Windows, macOS, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm notebooks.

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Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates for a second year

By Luke James Published

Microsoft has extended its free consumer Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program by a year, pushing the cutoff for critical security patches to October 14th, 2027.

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Windows 11
Windows 11 continues gaining traction, nears 75% market share

By Jowi Morales Published

Windows 11 finally breaks 70% market share, five months after Microsoft ended support for Windows 10.

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Gaming-first Linux distro delivers a petabyte of ISOs in one month as users avoid forced updates to Windows 11

By Mark Tyson Published

Bazzite devs boast of 'over 1 petabyte of Bazzite ISOs' downloaded in last month.

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Windows 11
Microsoft patches Windows 10 issue that accidentally blocked extended security updates from installing

By Aaron Klotz Published

Install this update if you want ESU to work properly on your aging Windows 10 computer

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Windows Update
Windows 10 update incorrectly tells some users they've reached end-of-life, despite having extended support

By Hassam Nasir Published

Windows 10 is not completely dead, yet.

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Windows 10 laptop sitting on a desk in a dark room.
Developer warns users that fake download site is hosting Windows 11 upgrade bypass tool

By Kunal Khullar Published

Following Windows 10’s end-of-life, Flyoobe has grown in popularity for enabling safe Windows 11 upgrades on unsupported systems - but you must only download it via the official GitHub source.

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Commodore OS Vision 3.0
Commodore needles Microsoft over end of Windows 10, tries to lure disgruntled users to its Linux-based OS Vision 3.0

By Mark Tyson Published

Hesitating about the move to Windows 11? Part of you wants to upgrade to Commodore OS Vision 3.0.

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Goodbye, Windows 10 — how a decade of 'progress' eroded users' command over their own machines

By Zak Killian Published

Premium As Windows 10 fades into obsolescence, the argument it leaves behind is more philosophical than technical.

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