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It is hard to believe, but Windows 10 is nearly 10 years old. On July 29, the operating system will mark its tenth anniversary, only a couple of months ahead of the end of mainstream support. Despite its fair share of failed features and controversies, especially on the privacy side, Windows 10 is considered the best modern Windows, even though a lot of its reputation stems from the misfired Windows 11 launch in 2021. Still, Windows 10 was a big deal for Microsoft and the PC industry overall.

Windows 10 is fast approaching its tenth birthday, and to celebrate the occasion, we have been publishing features about the OS. These include items like our top 10 stories about Windows 10 from the past decade, 10 features that just never took off, and the operating system itself being one of the main reasons why Microsoft customers are so conscious about privacy now.
 
As we turn the page on Windows 10, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at some lingering issues or elements in the operating system that Microsoft hasn't been able to fix, despite the OS reaching ten years of life.

Windows 10 is approaching its 10th anniversary in a couple of days, and to celebrate this occasion, we have been publishing content that reminisces the decade that we have spent with the operating system. So far, we have talked about 10 features in Windows 10 that just never took off, as well as Windows 10 being the primary reason why we are so conscious about privacy now. Now, we are taking a look at our Windows 10 coverage from the past 10 years, highlighting the 10 stories that were read the most by our audience.

This week's news recap is here with big Windows 11 updates, more apps rejecting Windows Recall, browser updates, welcome pricing changes for Xbox games, a single Windows 11 preview build, and other stories.

Earlier this month Neowin noticed that Microsoft had begun releasing the KB5001716 update, one which it periodically releases to nudge users to jump from a previous Windows version to a newer one.

A small change in Edge highlighted how much I wish Microsoft would let us customize menus.

Microsoft is rolling out a handful of big new features and changes to Windows 11 in the next month, including new AI features and improvements to how the OS handles crashes and restarts.

Check out these lesser-known features from OneDrive that can help you boost productivity, organization, privacy, and file recovery.

Windows 11 needs a real upgrade, not just AI — here are nine features Microsoft should focus on next.

By Susan Bradley 
 
July has been a cooler weather month than usual for my little corner of California. But I’m still getting the heat — from updates.
 
I’ve been blistered by the number of vulnerabilities that were patched this month, along with some unique bugs that were seen only in the cloud. Nevertheless, things have settled down, and I’m lowering MS-DEFCON to 4.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'How to Train Your DragonThunderbolts' tops the chart, followed by 'Ballerina'. 'Karate Kid: Legends' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

UniGetUI (formerly WinGetUI) is a considerably popular Windows package manager. It basically combines command-line interfaces from package managers like Chocolatey, pip, npm, and more, in a single intuitive GUI. The project is available on GitHub under the MIT license, sporting almost 17,000 stars and 547 forks, and a decent amount of watchers.

Enrolling in consumer Windows 10 extended security updates (ESUs) without paying any money, but in a manner where the minimum quantity of personal information is shared with Microsoft for the shortest period of time. This video is applicable to computers running the latest version of Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro.

This week's news recap is here with plenty of new Windows 11 builds to try, a lot of useful information about the end of Windows 10 support, important guides for those who miss uBlock Origin in Chrome, gaming news, and more.

The most important improvements that Microsoft is testing for version 25H2 and 24H2 are during the first half of the month.

Some features on Windows 11 are exclusive to Europe, but they shouldn't be. Here's why Microsoft should open them up.

The PC market is about to experience a global-scale event later this year. Microsoft is on track to end Windows 10 support on October 14, 2025, and even though it is no longer the most popular operating system in the world, hundreds of millions of PC continue running it every day. The affected users have several options to choose from, one of which is updating to Windows 11.

It's been cropping up recently that Windows 11 will allow them to eject their GPU from their system, and you probably shouldn't do it. But also don't be alarmed.

Windows 10 is three months away from the end of support. In October 2025, the operating system will receive its final cumulative update, concluding its ten-year lifecycle. However, Microsoft is allowing users to stick to Windows 10 for a while. The Extended Security Update program grants one more year of critical updates for regular consumers and three years for enterprise consumers.

There are plenty of apps that can help you work around Windows 11's strict hardware requirements that are not going anywhere. And with Windows 10 being less than three months away from the end of life, the question of updating unsupported PCs becomes more relevant than before. If you think of updating your unsupported Windows 10 PC to Windows 11, say to try its recently introduced features or some of the upcoming ones, Flyby11 is one app that can help you do that. And with its latest update, it received some important fixes and a new way to download Windows 11 images.

When Microsoft launched Office 2016, one big improvement the update brought was the support for Bitcoin, the world's most popular cryptocurrency. Now, LibreOffice, arguably one of Microsoft Office's biggest competitors, has finally added the same feature. It has been a long time coming for users of the free office suite who handle digital assets.

Cloudflare has become the first internet intermediary beyond local residential ISPs, to block access to pirate sites in the UK. Users attempting to access certain pirate sites are greeted with 'Error 451 - Unavailable for Legal Reasons'. In theory, ISP blocking should prevent UK users from even seeing this notice, but a combination of Cloudflare's blocking mechanism and choices made by some VPN users results in a piracy dead end.

A new feature now in preview testing in the Windows 11 Canary Channel is designed to increase battery life by adaptively enabling energy saver mode based on your current workflow, not battery level.

The Start menu in its typical form factor is long dead to me (my fellow Usama Jawad recently shared the same sentiment in his editorial). Microsoft's PowerToys Command Palette fully replaced it for me, and I never looked back. This powerful search-like launcher can find files, launch apps, run commands, and do much more with the help of additional modules. In the upcoming PowerToys update, Command Palette will become even more useful.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Thunderbolts' tops the chart, followed by 'Ballerina'. 'Karate Kid: Legends' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.