A stark reminder this week that 450 million Windows users must now act to ensure their PCs and data remain safe. Microsoft has provided a $12 billion solution to the problem, but it won’t protect everyone. Just make sure you’re not caught out.

Yet another incompatibility issue arrives for the latest Windows 11 24H2 update.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

First reported by Bleeping Computer, Microsoft is now preventing Windows 11's 24H2 update from being sent out to machines that have a selection of recent Ubisoft games installed on them. A number of users have reported persistent,

The clear issue here is that within the 400 million soon-to-be obsolete PCs that cannot make the TPM-compliant move to Windows 11, will be many users who can’t afford a new machine and perhaps are most likely to balk at the $30 Microsoft stipend to continue security support for a strictly one year only extension.