Microsoft won’t patch old Windows Servers, so a small security firm is doing it

Microsoft won’t patch old Windows Servers, so a small security firm is doing it

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Keep ‘Em Patching: 0patch is a “micropatching” service designed to keep aging software secure after its official support period ends. The service, provided by Slovak security company Acros Security, focuses primarily on Windows, as many critical systems continue to run older Windows releases despite Microsoft’s efforts to push users toward newer versions. The 0patch service recently unveiled a new set of patches for several “dead” versions of Windows Server. The updates are designed to address a dangerous security vulnerability Microsoft disclosed in August. Although the flaw...

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Wondershare’s Filmora 16 automates the most time-consuming parts of video editing

Wondershare’s Filmora 16 automates the most time-consuming parts of video editing

Published Oct 15, 2026, 9:40 AM EDT The below articles are sponsored by one of our partners. Product choices and opinions expressed are from the sponsor and do not reflect the views of the MUO editorial staff. Ask anyone who edits videos regularly where their time goes, and the answer is rarely “making creative choices.” A good chunk of it goes on scrubbing through clips to remember what was shot. More goes into fixing a transcript that has spelled the same name three different ways. Then there’s the final stretch, when a client wants a vertical cut as well as the...

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What is AI model distillation, and why is it so hard to stop?

What is AI model distillation, and why is it so hard to stop?

To make grain-based liquor, you heat a fermented mash in a still until alcohol-rich vapor rises and then cool it back into a stronger liquid. Chemists and whiskey makers know this as distillation. Artificial intelligence developers have borrowed the word to describe boiling down a big AI model into a smaller one—and lately the biggest AI companies say that rivals have been distilling like bootleggers. In September Anthropic and OpenAI each detailed how they caught and killed campaigns to distill their flagship models—that is, to extract enough information from the models to train new models that mimic the originals at...