Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
KB5064081 Brings AI-Powered Recall Upgrade and Task Manager Fix to Windows 11 24H2
Microsoft shipped an optional preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 on August 29, 2025—KB5064081—bumping eligible PCs to OS Build 26100.5074 and laying the groundwork for a wave of AI...
Free AI Chat Tools in 2025: The Hidden Trade-offs Between Cost, Privacy, and Power
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Windows 11 25H2 Hits Release Preview Amid Debunked SSD Failure Panic
Microsoft cannot catch a break from hardware failure fears, even as it pushes its next feature update into final testing. On August 29, Windows 11 version 25H2 appeared in the Release Preview...
Trend Micro WFBS Blamed for Daily RDP Blackouts on Windows Server—Mitigation Steps and Fix Emerge
At 2:00 PM Central European Time, remote desktop sessions across multiple Windows Server farms abruptly freeze. The screen goes black, input stops, and a server reboot becomes the only fix. IT...
The Munich Pact: 20 Tech Companies Unite Against AI Election Deepfakes, But Is a Voluntary Watermark Enough?
Twenty of the world’s largest technology companies, including Meta, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, TikTok, Adobe, Amazon, IBM, and X (formerly Twitter), signed a voluntary accord at the Munich Security...
Apple’s macOS Sequoia Finally Adds Native Window Tiling—Here’s How It Compares to Windows 11
Apple’s macOS Sequoia has finally closed a productivity gap that Windows users have enjoyed for over a decade: native window snapping. The new feature, officially called window tiling, lets you...
Windows 12 Leak: Subscription Code Points to IoT Enterprise, Not Consumer Fees
A flurry of headlines in early October 2023 claimed Windows 12 would abandon free upgrades and shift to a paid subscription model. The trigger: a German tech site, Deskmodder, published screenshots...
Google Dominates A16z's Consumer AI Ranking as Grok and Vibe Coding Startups Disrupt
Andreessen Horowitz dropped its fifth bi-annual Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps ranking in late August, and the numbers tell a story that’s been simmering beneath the hype: the consumer AI market is...
Microsoft Secure Boot Certs Expire June 2026 — Act Now on Windows 10 ESU
Microsoft’s Secure Boot certificates for Windows will expire in June 2026, the company warned this week, adding a new layer of urgency for the millions of PCs still running Windows 10 after its...
Windows 11 Beta Adds App Recommendations to Start Menu: How to Opt Out
Microsoft has begun testing a new feature that places app recommendations directly inside the Windows 11 Start menu’s Recommended area. Limited to a small set of Windows Insiders in the Beta...
From Lagos to Lokoja: Inside Nigeria's Pragmatic, Mobile-First AI Tool Adoption
Nigerian students, professionals, and creators are quietly rewriting the rules of productivity with a set of AI tools that fit into their predominantly mobile lives. Across lecture halls, startup...
Windows Precision Touchpad: The Gesture Guide That Will Change How You Work
Most Windows laptop users are sitting on an untapped productivity goldmine: the Precision Touchpad. Introduced by Microsoft and now mandatory for all new Windows 11 laptops, this technology supports...