Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
When Windows 11 Security Locked Out Valorant Players: The VAN9003 Error and How to Defeat It
For months, Valorant enthusiasts running Windows 11 have been ambushed by a frustrating error: VAN9003, accompanied by the message “This build of Vanguard is out of compliance with current system...
Microsoft's Free Windows 10 Security Lifeline Requires a Microsoft Account and OneDrive Sync
Microsoft has quietly opened the door for consumers to get a free year of security updates for Windows 10 after its official end-of-support date—but there’s a catch: you’ll need to link your PC...
Alibaba's $53B Cloud Bet Fuels Web3 Infrastructure Rush Among AWS, Google, Microsoft
Alibaba Group’s announcement that it will invest RMB 380 billion (approximately $53 billion) over the next three years into AI and cloud infrastructure is more than a single company’s technology...
LibreOffice 25.8 Cuts Legacy Windows and 32-Bit, Adds PDF 2.0 with AES-256 and 30% Faster File Opens
LibreOffice 25.8, released August 20, 2025, marks a sharp modernisation turn for the open-source office suite, severing support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, deprecating 32‑bit Windows builds, and...
Phone Link Finally Gives Windows Users iMessage Access — With Strict Limits and Security Risks
Microsoft has spent nearly two years bridging the gap between iPhones and Windows PCs, and the latest Insider builds of Windows 11 now offer the most complete integration yet. Through the Phone Link...
Windows 10 Support Ends in 2025, But a Legitimate Path to 2032 Security Exists
On October 14, 2025, Windows 10 Home and Pro will take their final bow, ceasing to receive security updates and leaving hundreds of millions of PCs exposed—unless their owners find an alternative....
Flyoobe 1.4 Expands OOBE Toolkit Despite Microsoft’s Malware Flags
The unofficial Windows 11 installer-bypass landscape just shifted again. Flyoobe 1.4—the latest iteration of the tool formerly known as Flyby11—landed this week with a renamed executable, a...
Twinkle Tray 1.17.0 fixes HDR monitor pain with dedicated SDR brightness slider
Twinkle Tray 1.17.0 lands with a feature that multi-monitor Windows users have been craving: a proper SDR brightness slider for HDR displays. The update also adds a lock screen disable toggle and...
Microsoft Deploys Unavoidable Full-Screen Windows 10 EOL Banners After August Updates
Windows 10 users are facing an inescapable wave of full-screen upgrade banners following the August 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, as Microsoft escalates its end-of-life campaign with just weeks...
Microsoft’s August Update Breaks SSDs and Streaming While Insiders Glimpse Windows’ AI Future
Three critical bugs—disappearing SSDs, broken recovery tools, and crippled streaming—turned this month’s Windows 11 cumulative update into a minefield for enterprises and creators. At the same...
Microsoft’s August Updates Break Recovery, SSDs, and NDI—Emergency OOB Fixes Issued
Microsoft’s August 2025 security rollup has delivered a triple blow to Windows users: broken recovery and reset functions, disappearing SSDs during large file transfers, and severe stuttering in...
Tanzania Airport Biometric Rollout Sparks IT Hiring Surge, but Gaps in Security Controls Loom
Tanzania’s airports are embarking on a major expansion of their biometric and immigration control systems, and the on-the-ground evidence is a hiring blitz for dozens of IT technicians and...