Part of this answer will inspire hackers, it is one of many answers to the question ask the stateHow officials want to deal with the end of Windows 10 support on October 14, 2025. Then security updates for regular editions are finished. Microsoft only wants to provide such updates for the next three years in exchange for additional payment increases. This should cost $30 in the first year for personal client PCs. Corporate clients and executives can expect much more.
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Illinois regulates the use of AI in the legal professionThe switch to Windows 11 could also be costly for executives: Many PCs don’t meet the requirements to run Windows 11. They will have to be replaced, even though they would technically be powerful enough to run Windows 11 – but Microsoft continually refuses to upgrade and continues to raise the hardware requirements, especially for processors. There is a fear that this will generate unnecessary electronic waste.
Federal Environment Agency gone astray
It is worth mentioning that, How the Federal Environment Agency of all places responded to the demand in April 2024What they want to be done about high-level electronic waste: “Unfortunately, the environmental information you want is not available.” And: It is not necessary to provide information that is not available. Other locations not known. Finally, the office recommends the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection as the contact person.
The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport took this into account when rejecting the request for information on 19 December. De Maiziere Joker: “…no access to information, If disclosure of information could endanger public safety,
The applicant wishes to file an objection. The Thuringian state parliament responded to his inquiry by saying that a request for information would amount to more than a minimal effort. is chargeableHe is still waiting for Bavaria’s reply.
But there are also positive examples: The Ministry of the Interior, Digitalization and Municipalities of Baden-Württemberg has given its information on migration plans for Windows computers in view of the end of support: Migration to Windows 11 is underway there and Will be completed by mid-February 2025.
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Hacker Congress: That was the first day of the 38th Chaos Communication Congress
