Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Gears of War Reloaded, Helldivers 2, and Metal Gear Solid Δ Land on Xbox This Week—But Can Servers Hold?
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Copilot Veja Concept Reimagines Wearable AI as Audio-First, Camera-Equipped Ear Stems
A stark, screenless vision of wearable AI—ear-worn stems that use stereoscopic cameras and audio feedback to put Copilot in your ear—has emerged from an unexpected source: a Microsoft...
Early ROG Ally X Demo Delivers 70 FPS Ray-Traced Doom Gameplay at 18 Watts
ASUS and Microsoft’s premium gaming handheld, the ROG Xbox Ally X, has turned heads at Gamescom 2025 with a stunning early benchmark: 70 frames per second in Doom: The Dark Ages, ray tracing...
SharePoint, Cisco, Apple Zero-Days Headline 908-CVE Weekly Vulnerability Barrage
Security researchers tracked 908 new vulnerabilities in the last seven days, more than 188 of which already have publicly available proof-of-concept exploits, according to Cyble’s latest weekly...
PowerToys 0.93 Brings Faster Command Palette, but the Missing Settings Search Is Coming in v0.94
Microsoft has rolled out PowerToys version 0.93, a significant update that overhauls the Settings dashboard with a Windows 11-style card layout and supercharges the Command Palette with ahead-of-time...
How to Recover Lost USB Drive Files: Expert Workflow and Tested Tools
Losing photos, documents, or project files from a USB flash drive triggers a familiar wave of panic. The device shows up as RAW, Windows demands you format it, or you simply deleted something by...
After Ditching Agilisys, Guernsey to Replace 3,000 Laptops for Windows 11 Compatibility
The States of Guernsey has launched a government-wide laptop replacement program, informing staff that any device incapable of running Windows 11 will be swapped for new hardware. The move is a...
OneNote Tables Get a Copilot AI Upgrade: Merged Cells, Nested Layouts, and Automated Task Creation
Microsoft has quietly elevated OneNote’s humble tables into a powerhouse for structured note-taking, combining new formatting capabilities with Copilot AI to automatically transform scattered notes...
Zyxel WBE510D Delivers Wi-Fi 7 and BandFlex to Windows 11 Without Triple-Band Cost
The Zyxel WBE510D is a BE6500-rated Wi-Fi 7 access point that sidesteps the cost of a full tri-radio AP by offering a dual-radio design with BandFlex—allowing IT admins to toggle the second radio...
The Linux Mindset Revolution: 5 Signs You've Left Windows Behind and Why Open Source Might Win the Long Game
The shift from Windows habits to a Linux mindset isn’t just about installing a new operating system—it’s a fundamental rewiring of how you think about software, privacy, and control. A recent...
The Windows Shortcut Set That Saves 30 Minutes a Day — 8 Keys to Master First
For the average knowledge worker, the seconds lost to mouse navigation accumulate into a staggering 30 minutes each day. That’s over two and a half hours per week spent moving a cursor,...
Windows 11 24H2 Bug Corrupts SSDs During Large Writes: Microsoft and Phison Investigate
A critical storage bug in Microsoft's August 2025 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 version 24H2 is causing NVMe and SATA SSDs to vanish mid-transfer, sometimes taking data with them. Multiple...