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Windows 10 has ended. What your options actually are

Your PC still works and the security updates have stopped. There are four ways forward, one of them is free, and most people who think they do not qualify are blocked by a firmware setting rather than their hardware.

Ahmad J · Sep 8, 2026 · 6 min read

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Guide · security

Is your router still getting security updates?

Your ISP wrote the update promise for your router, not the manufacturer. What BT, Sky, Virgin, Vodafone and TP-Link each actually commit to.

Ahmad J · Aug 31, 2026 · 13 min read

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Guide · hardware

When does your laptop stop getting security updates?

Google dates your exact Chromebook. Apple dates no Mac at all. On Windows the date belongs to the version you run, not to the machine.

Ahmad J · Aug 31, 2026 · 11 min read

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Article · smartphones

What actually happens when your phone stops getting security updates?

Nothing happens on the day, which is why this is so easy to ignore. Here is the real sequence: what changes, in what order, why the dangerous part is the one with no signal, and why the thing that finally forces most people to act is a banking app rather than an attack.

Ahmad J · Aug 16, 2026 · 11 min read

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Guide · smartphones

How long does Apple support iPhones?

Apple publishes no support period for any iPhone, so every figure you have read was calculated by the writer. Here is what Apple does publish, and the measurement nobody runs on it: on one day in May 2026 Apple patched an iPhone 6s that went on sale in September 2015, ten years and eight months earlier.