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• Windows:
  "Windows update is committed to helping reduce carbon emissions" 🌱
  Also, Windows:
  "We don't support Windows 10 anymore so we ask users to dump their 500 million computers that are "too old" to run Windows 11 and buy new hardware"
  Also, Windows:
  "We will keep trying to force our users to use #Copilot, what, our carbon emissions have inc…

Upgrade Fail? An Estimated 1 Billion PCs Are Still Running Windows 10
It's unclear how many Windows 10 users took advantage of Microsoft's extended support program, and how many PCs are a security nightmare waiting to happen.

Windows 11 25H2: Weitere automatische Update-Verteilung
In der Nacht zum Freitag hat Microsoft mit der automatischen Verteilung des Windows-11-25H2-Updates auf 24H2-Maschinen begonnen.
https://www.

windsurfers: Windsurfers network (1986)
A network of interpersonal contacts among windsurfers in southern California during the Fall of 1986. The edge weights indicate the perception of social affiliations majored by the tasks in which each individual was asked​ to sort cards with other surfer’s name in the order of closeness.
This network has 43 nodes and 336 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted

Research: AI's ability to complete long and complex software engineering tasks doubles every 6-7 months, but there is a "messiness tax" for real-world tasks (Boaz Barak/Windows On Theory)
https://windowsontheory.org/2025/11/04/thoughts-by…

Thoughts by a non-economist on AI and economics
Crossposted on lesswrong Modern humans first emerged about 100,000 years ago. For the next 99,800 years or so, nothing happened. Well, not quite nothing. There were wars, political intrigue, the in…

Indian Company Wants to Transship (Russian) LNG at Svalbard
https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/indian-company-wants-transship-lng-svalbard

It always cracks me up when I see stuff like this. I'm now on my second 100yo home, and in both cases the window weight cavities were just empty despite having windows "professionally" installed. Now, my first 100yo home had the windows replaced in the 70s/80s, so.. I can forgive that. The 2nd 100yo home, tho, had the windows replaced in the 2000s. They also insulated from the interior (putting foamboard against the brick, sealed w/ spray foam, then 2x3 metal studs to build a n…

Noch mal kurz, weil in meinem Umfeld die Verunsicherung groß ist und es vielleicht nicht alle mitbekommen haben: In der EU läuft der Support für Windows 10 NICHT in ein paar Tagen aus, sondern erst nächstes Jahr. #EndOf10
Support für Windows 10 endet: Das müssen Sie wissen | Verbraucherzentrale.de

Support für Windows 10 endet: Das müssen Sie wissen | Verbraucherzentrale.de
Zum 14. Oktober 2025 wollte Microsoft den kostenlosen Support für das Betriebssystem Windows 10 beenden. Millionen PCs sollten davon betroffen sein. Nun hat das Unternehmen mitgeteilt, dass es den kostenfreien Support im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum um ein Jahr verlängert.

McCarthy set for on-field work, Wentz hurting https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46514877/vikings-mccarthy-set-field-work-wentz-being-examined

https://www.csoonline.com/article/4084007/louvre-delayed-windows-security-updates-ahead-of-burglary.html?utm_medium=organic_social
Louvre delayed Windows security updates ahead of burglary

Louvre delayed Windows security updates ahead of burglary
Thieves broke in through a second-floor window, but the museum has had other problems with unsecured Windows too, according to a decade-old cybersecurity audit report that has now come to light.

Scorability, a college sports recruiting marketplace for athletes and coaches, raised $40M led by Bluestone Equity Partners, bringing its total funding to $51M (Jessica Golden/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/30/scorability…

Startup Scorability wants to revolutionize college sports recruiting as NIL takes off
Scorability now boasts 1.2 million athletes and 3,000 college sports program users.