Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
You Can Now Silence GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022: Debounced and On-Demand Completions Arrive
Microsoft has shipped a set of focused updates in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14.13 that fundamentally alter how GitHub Copilot interacts with developers in the code editor. For the first time,...
Chemist Warehouse Cuts 1,950 HR Hours with AI Assistant Built on Azure AI Foundry
Chemist Warehouse’s six-person HR advisory team now has a digital colleague that drafts responses to hundreds of routine queries each week, reclaiming an estimated 1,950 hours of staff time...
No Third-Party Tools Needed: Microsoft's Official Guide to Clearing Windows 11 Cache for Maximum Performance
Windows 11 comes with a suite of powerful, officially supported cache-cleaning tools that can reclaim gigabytes of storage and resolve common performance problems—all without a single third-party...
Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs Test AI-Powered Semantic Search: Find Files Without Knowing the Name
A sizable update to the Copilot app on Windows 11, currently shipping to Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs, lets you retrieve local files and images by describing what you’re looking for in plain...
Right-Click Copilot Summarization Arrives in Edge 139, On-Device AI Not Far Behind
{ "title": "Right-Click Copilot Summarization Arrives in Edge 139, On-Device AI Not Far Behind", "content": "Microsoft has added Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat summarization to the right-click...
Microsoft's Enterprise AI Blueprint: Copilot Everywhere, Custom Silicon, and the Battle for Trust
Microsoft’s AI platform has evolved from a research-driven experiment into a full-fledged enterprise strategy that embeds generative intelligence across every layer of its stack. The Redmond giant...
OneNote for Windows 10 Read-Only in October, Sync Slows in June: Act Now
Microsoft will lock millions of OneNote for Windows 10 notebooks into a view-only state on October 14, 2025. In an unusual move, the company will start degrading sync performance for the legacy app...
ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X Bring Consolized Windows 11 to Handhelds on October 16
The ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X will arrive in stores on October 16, 2025, marking the first large-scale partnership between ASUS and Microsoft to deliver a consolized Windows 11 experience on...
Microsoft Tests Natural Language File Search in Copilot for Windows 11, First on Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft has begun testing a new breed of file search inside its Copilot app on Windows 11—one that lets you describe what you want to find in plain English rather than typing exact filenames. The...
Microsoft Silently Patches Copilot Audit Blind Spot That Allowed Silent Data Exfiltration
Microsoft quietly fixed a critical gap in Microsoft 365 Copilot’s audit logging in mid‑August 2025 after researchers proved that a simple prompt tweak could make the AI assistant summarize...
Microsoft to Slash onmicrosoft.com Outbound Email to 100 External Recipients per Day — Staged Rollout Begins October 2025
Microsoft will soon enforce a hard limit on external email sent from the shared onmicrosoft.com namespace, capping it at just 100 external recipients per tenant per day. The policy, dubbed MOERA...
Arkane Lyon Union Demands Microsoft Halt Cloud Ties to Israeli Military as Azure Ethics Storm Grows
A small group of Arkane Lyon developers has broken Microsoft's public silence with an uncompromising demand: cut all contracts and technical cooperation with Israeli security forces, or accept...