Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Inside Microsoft’s 2025 Governance Crisis: Employee Arrests, Azure Surveillance Claims, and Investor Risk
On a late August day in 2025, employees from Microsoft’s own ranks stormed the office of President Brad Smith, refusing to leave until their demands were met. Police were called, arrests made, and...
Why Windows Power Users Are Ditching Paid Software for These 10 Open-Source Gems
The best Windows utilities no longer come with a price tag. A recent MakeUseOf spotlight on free, open-source Windows apps confirms what many power users have known for years: community-built tools...
Bargain or Bait? Scrutinizing the $449 Dell Precision 5550 Workstation Listing
A $449 listing for a Dell Precision 5550 mobile workstation—packing an Intel Core i7-10850H, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, and NVIDIA Quadro T1000—has sparked a heated verification thread among Windows...
Prompt Engineering for Good: How NetHope and Microsoft Are Training Nonprofits on Copilot in 90 Minutes
Nonprofits can now access free, CPD-certified training in Microsoft Copilot and generative AI through a new program designed to fit into a single afternoon. NetHope, with support from Microsoft, has...
Windows 10's October Deadline Sparks Linux Surge as Dublin-Made Zorin OS Steps Up
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will pull the plug on free security updates for Windows 10, leaving hundreds of millions of computers exposed to cyber threats unless their owners take action. The...
Chrome Canary's New Flag Lets You Instantly Archive Tab Groups as Bookmark Folders
Google has shipped a striking new experiment in Chrome Canary that lets users convert a tab group into a standard bookmark folder with one click—and optionally clear the entire group from the tab...
Windows 11 Background Services You Can Disable: A Verified Guide to Boosting Privacy and Performance
Windows 11 ships with a quiet army of background services—some essential, many that exist only to collect telemetry, run periodic disk tasks, or enable features you never use. A spotlight from...
HP Transforms Windows 10 End Into AI PC Opportunity with Humane Deal and Supply Chain Overhaul
HP’s latest quarterly results didn’t just beat consensus estimates—they signaled a company trying to transform a cyclical PC refresh into a structural competitive advantage. Revenue growth in...
CERT-In Urges Immediate Patching of Critical Microsoft Edge, Windows Server, and Azure Databricks Flaws to Avert Ransomware
India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a high-severity advisory warning organizations and individuals to urgently patch a range of Microsoft products, including the Edge...
Windows 11 Tooltips: The 400ms Default You Didn’t Know About, and How to Tame Them
A widely circulated online guide claims that the default hover delay for Windows 11 tooltips is 10 milliseconds, but that’s a dangerous misreading of the Registry. The actual Windows default is 400...
Wireless Android Storage Browsing Comes to Windows 11 File Explorer—No USB Needed
Windows 11 users can now wirelessly browse, copy, move, rename, and delete files on their Android phone directly from File Explorer — a long-requested integration that eliminates the need for USB...
Xbox Cloud Gaming Beta Now Available to Game Pass Core and Standard Insiders with PC Support
For the first time, Xbox Insiders on the budget-friendly Game Pass Core and Standard plans can stream a selection of games over the cloud, including some PC titles—a privilege once reserved...