Articles from May 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in May 2025
Azure APIM vs. Apigee: New Analytics, Security, and Monetization Advances Reshape the API Management Battle
Microsoft’s Azure API Management and Google’s Apigee have both rolled out significant platform enhancements, sharpening their focus on developer experience, performance scalability, and API...
CERT-In Warns of Active Exploits: Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities Threaten Millions of Indian Windows Users
On May 15, 2025, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a stark warning to millions of Windows users across the country: multiple critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s...
Microsoft Rewards Finally Lets You Redeem Exact Xbox Gift Card Amounts, Not Just Preset Tiers
Microsoft Rewards has quietly introduced one of its most requested features: the ability to redeem Xbox gift cards in any custom amount, from $5 up to $100. As of the May 2025 update, users are no...
Forced Windows 11 24H2 Update Leaves Users with Crashing File Explorer and System Failures
Microsoft's decision to make the Windows 11 24H2 update mandatory for all eligible, non-managed PCs has triggered a wave of system instability reports, with users documenting catastrophic File...
Defendnot Exploits Undocumented Windows API to Silently Disable Microsoft Defender
{ "title": "Defendnot Exploits Undocumented Windows API to Silently Disable Microsoft Defender", "content": "A newly developed proof-of-concept tool named Defendnot can disarm Microsoft Defender,...
Windows 11 24H2 Beta Brings Native PC Migration Tool: What It Can and Can’t Transfer
Microsoft has quietly dropped a long-overdue feature into the latest Windows 11 24H2 beta (Build 26120.4161): a built-in PC migration wizard. For years, Windows users transferring to a new computer...
Microsoft Fires Engineer After Gaza Protest at Build 2025, Sparks Ethics Debate
Microsoft's annual Build conference is meant to be a celebration of code and innovation. But in 2025, the event took a sharp political turn when a lone protester's shout pierced the keynote hall....
GPT-4o Image Generation Arrives in Microsoft Copilot: Here’s What It Can Do for Office Users
{ "title": "GPT-4o Image Generation Arrives in Microsoft Copilot: Here’s What It Can Do for Office Users", "content": "Microsoft has rolled out image generation capabilities powered by...
Microsoft Rushes Out Emergency Updates to Stop Azure VM Crashes and BitLocker Lockouts
Microsoft has broken its usual patching cadence to ship two urgent out-of-band updates, targeting a pair of showstopping bugs that left virtual machines unresponsive and triggered mass BitLocker...
Microsoft Patches Hidden Danger in Old Windows Installation Images with Offline Defender Update
{ "title": "Microsoft Patches Hidden Danger in Old Windows Installation Images with Offline Defender Update", "content": "Windows ISOs are the backbone of PC deployment, but every time someone...
Microsoft's AI Rewrite of Notepad, Paint, and Snipping Tool Comes With a Subscription Catch
Notepad, the stripped‑down text editor that has shipped with Windows for four decades, can now rewrite your sentences using generative AI. But the feature isn’t free, and it isn’t available to...
Windows 11 Snipping Tool Set to Enable Native Animated GIF Creation, Leak Reveals
The Windows 11 Snipping Tool is on the verge of a major upgrade—adding the ability to create animated GIFs directly from screen recordings, according to details leaked by Windows enthusiast...