Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
GPT-5 Lands in Microsoft Copilot with Smart Mode Routing and Enterprise Governance
Microsoft flipped the switch on GPT-5 across its Copilot ecosystem on August 7, 2025, embedding OpenAI's newest reasoning engine into Microsoft 365, GitHub Copilot, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry,...
Copilot AI Comes to NFL Sidelines: Microsoft’s 2,500 Surface PCs Promise Faster Play Filtering, But Risks Remain
Microsoft is deploying 2,500 Surface Copilot+ PCs to NFL sidelines this season, embedding the company’s AI assistant directly into the league’s Sideline Viewing System (SVS) for real‑time play...
Azure Space Evolves: Microsoft’s AI-First Strategy Fuels a Quiet Satellite Partner Push
Microsoft’s Azure Space is not dead. It’s not even on life support. But a recent wave of headlines—most notably a Digitimes story with the blunt summary “As Microsoft doubles down on AI,...
Microsoft's Windows 10 ESU Deal: A 2-Year Countdown to Migrate or Risk It All
Microsoft has quietly handed Windows 10 users a final, time‑stamped reprieve: up to two more years of critical security patches through the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, but the catch is...
Microsoft’s 2,500 Surface Copilot+ PCs Are Now Running AI on NFL Sidelines
Microsoft and the National Football League have expanded their long-running technology partnership to blanket all 32 clubs with more than 2,500 Surface Copilot+ PCs and a suite of AI tools built on...
Windows 11 SSD Turmoil: Back Up Now as Vendors Probe Update Bug and Phison Battles Fake Leaks
Users who installed Microsoft’s August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 are facing a demonstrable threat to their data, as multiple independent tests have confirmed that sustained...
IGEL's Read-Only OS Gains Traction Amid Windows 10 Sunset and VMware Cost Shock
Microsoft’s October 14, 2025, deadline for Windows 10 support is no longer a distant marker—it’s a rapidly closing window. Meanwhile, Broadcom’s revamp of VMware licensing has blindsided...
Microsoft Pledges Post-Quantum Crypto Rollout by 2033: Windows, Azure, M365 Get Early Start
Microsoft has drawn a hard deadline for the post-quantum era, announcing a three-phase plan that will embed quantum-resistant cryptography into every corner of its ecosystem by 2033. The timeline,...
Zscaler CEO's 'Wonderful AI' Remarks Ignite Customer Log Training Controversy—Company Denies Using Private Data
Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry set off a firestorm when he boasted that the company harnesses over half a trillion daily transactions—including full URLs and proprietary logs—to train its AI models,...
Microsoft's SQL Server 2025 RC0 Arrives: Ubuntu 24.04, TLS 1.3, and Docker Caveats
Microsoft has shipped the first public release candidate of SQL Server 2025, delivering two long-awaited changes for teams that mix Windows infrastructure with Linux development: official support for...
Microsoft Demands OEMs Adopt New Secure Boot KEK CA to Avert Update Blockage
Microsoft has released a critical set of guidelines for OEMs and ODMs managing Secure Boot keys, warning that an impending certificate authority expiry could block security updates to millions of...
Secure Boot Overhaul: Microsoft’s 2026 Certificate Expiry Forces Urgent UEFI Trust Anchor Refresh
Windows administrators face a complex, multi-month race to overhaul UEFI Secure Boot trust anchors before 2011-era certificates expire in 2026, risking devices that can no longer accept critical...