Forget the doomsday headlines about Windows 10's end of life. Paul, Richard, and Leo break down why most users can relax, what Microsoft really has planned, and why the supposed landfill crisis around old PCs is mostly exaggeration. Also, Microsoft said OneDrive's new app was coming next year, but your file system says otherwise.

Windows 11

October Patch Tuesday arrives, 1st for 25H2
Copilot+ PCs: Click to Do improvements, AI agent in Settings, File Explorer improvements
24H2/25H2: Desktop improvements, File Explorer improvements, Keyboard shortcuts for en and em dashes, Administrator Protection (off by default), Passkey improvements, Game Bar improvements
Windows 10 (didn't) reach EOL and the world didn't end
Zorin OS and ChromeOS Flex seize the moment
Windows Insider: Copilot on Windows gets Connectors, Document creation and export. Copilot on Windows gets Settings support. Dev and Beta get AI agent in Settings improvements (Copilot+ PC), Setting search improvements (ditto), Drag Tray, Click to Do improvements, Dark mode improvements
Dashlane partners with Yubico to make security keys primary vault access
Lenovo ThinkCentre neo 50q QC is a Snapdragon X-based SFF PC
HP OmniBook 5 16-inch shows why even the cheapest Snapdragon X chip is a winner
Hope springs eternal: Intel Panther Lake is the efficiency of Lunar Lake plus the performance of Arrow Lake. Hopefully, it's not the reliability of either
IDC: PC sales jumped 9.4 percent in Q3, just not where you live

AI

AI is the end of apps
Microsoft reveals its first image generation model
Opera Neon adds Nano Banana (image gen) and Sora (video gen) capabilities

Xbox and gaming

Target and Walmart will keep selling Xbox consoles unlike those losers at Costco
A veteran of Halo Studios leaves, warns everyone
Sorry, but there will be a sequel to the Minecraft movie
Game Pass member? Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is free to play for one more day
Sony and AMD trickle out some PS6 news in a bizarre way - oh, and we're just getting started

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Yes, Virginia, you can still sign in to Windows 11 25H2 with a local account
App pick of the week: The new OneDrive app
RunAs Radio this week: The End of NTML with Steve Syfuhs
Brown liquor pick of the week: Holladay Soft Red Wheat Bourbon

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