You might not want to hold on to that vintage gaming PC for much longer. Valve has warned that Steam will no longer support Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 as of ...

Why it matters: Windows 7 went out of Microsoft's extended support (through the Extended Security Updates paid program) in January, and software companies are now revealing they will do the same in ...

After extending support for Windows 7 and 8 for an impressive two years, Mozilla is finally drawing the curtains on Firefox.

According to the official Steam Hardware Survey for December 2023, 98.95 percent of users on Windows are using Windows 10 or 11, with just .93 percent of users still clinging to Windows 7, Windows 8, ...

Mozilla had planned to end support for Firefox on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 in 2024. Extended support now ends in February.

Google has recently announced that it is ending support for its desktop app on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Although quietly announced on a support page, this development has important implications for ...

Steam is no longer supported on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 as of January 1, with the company recommending users upgrade to a newer operating system. The gaming company warned last year that ...

As for the reasoning, this isn't a decision spearheaded by Valve, as Steam relies on an embedded version of Google Chrome, "which no longer functions on older versions of Windows." In addition, future ...

Valve announced that its Steam online game platform will officially drop support for the Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 platforms starting January 1st, 2024. Once it reaches the end-of-support ...

"In order to continue running Steam and any games or other products purchased through Steam," Valve writes. "Users will need to update to a more recent version of Windows." Read more: Valve's latest ...