10 free Windows apps that improved my productivity (and I'd easily pay money for)

LibreOffice is free to download and install for Windows.
Forbes

Microsoft Confirms Free Windows 10 Security Updates — How To Get Them

Windows users are, understandably, given the size of the operating system market share, a prime target for attackers of all kinds, from nation-state espionage actors to hackers and scammers. Windows ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026, with strings attached

Last fall, Microsoft announced that individuals who wanted to keep using Windows 10 past its official end-of-support date could do so by opting into the company’s Extended Security Update (ESU) ...
The Verge

Microsoft makes Windows 10 extended security updates free, but there’s a catch

Consumers will have to turn on Windows Backup if they want a year of free Windows 10 security updates. Consumers will have to turn on Windows Backup if they want a year of free Windows 10 security ...