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Microsoft faces lawsuit over Windows 10’s end of support

August 12, 2025
We’re now two months from the planned end of support date for Windows 10, and it seems tempers are running high as tensions continue to build. A man from Southern California filed a lawsuit against Microsoft last week, according to one news report. The reason for the lawsuit? Not enough people are currently using Windows 11, therefore it isn’t right to end support for Windows 10 at this time.
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Tablo over-the-air DVRs still struggling to record following server outage

August 11, 2025
A popular and inexpensive plug-and-play DVR that records shows from a TV antenna and works over Wi-Fi might sound like cord-cutter nirvana, but Tablo DVR users have been experiencing more headaches than bliss following a major service outage late last month. While Tablo’s most serious connectivity issues have been resolved, many users are still complaining of missing data on their electronic…
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Trump demands resignation of Intel’s new CEO

August 8, 2025
Intel is a company in crisis, failing to compete with the products of its booming rivals and struggling to get back on its feet after a high-profile leadership shakeup and devastating layoffs. The last thing it needs is to be in the crosshairs of an increasingly retaliatory federal government. But that is indeed what’s happening, as U.S. president Trump demands that Intel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan…
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Microsoft Copilot is now powered by GPT-5 too, mostly

August 8, 2025
Microsoft has added GPT-5 to Copilot, a day after adding OpenAI’s open-source GPT model to its local services. GPT-5, which also powers ChatGPT, is now live within Copilot, at copilot.microsoft.com, Microsoft said Thursday. Presumably the same model will eventually power…
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How to get Windows 11 cheap (or even for free)

August 7, 2025
Windows licenses cost a lot—painfully so. Paying $139 for Windows 11 Home or $200 for Windows 11 Pro feels expensive when Linux is free. That much money can easily swallow a third of a budget PC build. Yet with less developer support for Linux, Windows is a necessity for…
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Nvidia says its chips don’t have backdoors, wants to keep it that way

August 7, 2025
Nvidia is sitting on an absolutely mind-boggling amount of money… like, enough to make Solomon and Midas and Croesus go, “Wow, that’s a lot of money.” It’s become one of, if not the, richest companies on the planet by riding both the crypto and AI chip booms. But are all those pricey chips secure? Nvidia says they are—and should stay that way, much to the chagrin of some…
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