You’ll need to spend $30 — roughly £23 — to continue to receive critical patches for security flaws and vulnerabilities in Windows 10 from next year, Microsoft has confirmed. You’ll be able to enrol your Windows 10 laptop or desktop PC in the paid scheme in the coming months, closer to the October 14, 2025 deadline for support. Yes, if you missed the memo, Microsoft will end support for Windows 10, which was released worldwide in July 2015 and was widely marketed at the time as the “final” iteration of Windows, in October next year. This is despite the fact that twice as many people still rely…