Update, Jan. 27, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 26, has been updated to expand upon the security dangers ahead for Windows 10 users who don’t take the free upgrade to Windows 11 on offer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Republished on July 25 with analysis of Microsoft’s new update claims ...

With 42.6% of Windows users still on Windows 10, reports suggest Microsoft is disabling the update pause feature for those ...

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 ...

Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows 10 support last October. The software, which debuted in 2015, is no longer getting ...

There are over 500 million people globally who use Microsoft Windows 10 on their computer. And now, Microsoft has ended automatic, free updates for that operating system starting Tuesday, Oct. 14. It ...

"For better or worse, Microsoft is prompting the world to move on from Windows 10. After October 14, 2025, Microsoft stopped ...