Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Microsoft Copilot's 'Study and Learn' Mode Emerges in Code, Hinting at a Built-In AI Tutor
Microsoft is testing a new “Study and Learn” mode inside Copilot, early code traces reveal, adding a dedicated learning companion to the assistant’s mode picker alongside Quick, Think Deeper...
ChatGPT Enterprise Dominates 2025 Enterprise AI Chatbot Market as Google Makes Gemini Free for Workspace
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise has captured 82% of the global chatbot market share in 2025, maintaining its grip on the enterprise AI sector even after Google shook up the landscape by including its...
SSD Vanishing Act: Windows 11 KB5063878 Sparks Data Corruption Fears
The August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878) is triggering a dangerous storage regression: under sustained heavy write workloads, some solid-state drives abruptly stop responding,...
Microsoft Transforms NFL Sidelines with 2,500 Copilot+ PCs and Real-Time AI Analysis
More than 2,500 Surface Copilot+ PCs are heading to NFL sidelines this season, marking a decisive shift in the league's decade-long relationship with Microsoft. The partnership, once defined by...
GNOME 48.3 Drops Nautilus Crash Fixes and Pango Font Wins for Windows
The GNOME project shipped version 48.3 on July 8, 2025, a point release that its own developers call “boring.” And thank goodness for that. In an operating system landscape where feature bloat...
VirtualBox 7.1.12 Unlocks AVX/AVX2 for Windows Guests Under Hyper-V, Cures Kernel Panic on Linux Bridges
Oracle slipped a maintenance update into VirtualBox on July 15, 2025, and while the version bump to 7.1.12 looks modest, it packs a punch for Windows administrators who juggle Hyper‑V and Linux...
GIMP 3.1.2 Lands With Overwrite Paint Mode, Full Photoshop Pattern Import, and PSB Export
GIMP 3.1.2 is the first development build on the road to GIMP 3.2, and it doesn’t waste time proving the project’s new ambitions. Released on June 23, 2025, this snapshot stacks a purpose-built...
KDE Plasma 6.4.3 Adopts Windows-Like Smart Scaling, Nixes Blurry Fractional Defaults
KDE Plasma 6.4.3 lands with a subtle but significant tweak to its automatic screen scale calculator on Wayland: it now rounds down borderline default scale factors to 100%, eschewing the fractional...
Audacity 3.7.4 Crushes Real-Time Effect Crashes, Unlocks Effect Previews on Muted Tracks
Audacity 3.7.4 lands with a stability-first punch, fixing crashes that have plagued real-time effect chains and large project saves, while adding small but impactful workflow improvements. The free,...
Canonical Ships Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS with Linux 6.14, Unlocking 2025 Hardware Support
Canonical released Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS in early August 2025, bringing a backported Linux 6.14 kernel and Mesa 25.0 graphics stack to the Noble Numbat long-term support series. The point release...
Linux-libre 6.16 Drops August 24: A Blob‑Free Kernel That Windows Enthusiasts Should Know About
On August 24, 2025, GNU Linux‑libre 6.16 arrives—a meticulously scrubbed edition of the upstream Linux kernel that removes every shred of proprietary firmware, binary microcode, and closed blobs....
Amarok 3.3.1 Patches Crashes, Restores Scripting Essentials After Major Qt6 Overhaul
Amarok 3.3.1 landed this week as the first maintenance update on top of the music player’s hard‑won Qt 6 port, and it wastes no time restoring the scripting capabilities that define its...