Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Patch Domain Controllers Now: Microsoft's August Updates Fix Kerberos Zero-Day, Hybrid Exchange Flaws, and 107 Bugs
Microsoft's August 2025 Patch Tuesday landed with an unusual bang, delivering fixes for 107 vulnerabilities, including a publicly disclosed Kerberos zero-day that can hand attackers the keys to an...
One Command to Rule Chrome Updates on Windows 11: Winget Delivers Speed, But Manifest Glitches Lurk
Microsoft’s built-in Windows Package Manager, known as Winget, is transforming how administrators and power users keep Google Chrome up to date on Windows 11. A single command-line invocation—no...
PowerToys 0.100 Lands with Shortcut Guide and Dock Upgrades, but Settings Search Remains Elusive
Microsoft has released PowerToys 0.100, a milestone update that introduces an entirely new Shortcut Guide utility, a significantly enhanced Command Palette with an Extension Gallery and multi-monitor...
India’s CERT-In Issues High-Risk Alert as Microsoft’s August Patch Fixes Zero-Day and 110+ Other Vulnerabilities
India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a high-risk advisory on August 18, 2025, warning that millions of Windows, Office, and Azure users face looming danger unless they...
Malaysia's Rash 16-Year School Exit Could Deepen Inequality Without Fixing Foundational Skills First
Malaysia’s proposal to let students leave school at 16 has crashed into a wall of hard data: roughly one-third of Year 5 children lack grade-level maths proficiency. That gap, laid bare by regional...
Microsoft Staff Erect Campus Tent Encampment Demanding End to Azure Military Contracts
Microsoft employees pitched tents on the company’s Redmond campus Thursday, launching a 24-hour protest encampment that escalates a year-long internal battle over cloud contracts with Israeli...
The Mi Pad 3 Windows Leak: How a Promising Intel Tablet Turned into an Android Disappointment
{ "title": "The Mi Pad 3 Windows Leak: How a Promising Intel Tablet Turned into an Android Disappointment", "content": "The tech world loves a good leak, especially one that promises a powerful...
Microsoft Unveils COPILOT Function: AI-Powered Natural Language Formulas Come to Excel Cells
Microsoft has embedded a COPILOT function directly into Excel’s formula engine, enabling users to turn plain-English instructions into live, reactive cell outputs. The feature, already rolling out...
Missing Photo Metadata in Local Sports Journalism Could Trigger Lawsuits and Privacy Nightmares
A single image published on a local news site—a wire photo from a Panthers-Texans preseason game, paired with a brief weather-style caption instead of a proper credit line—has exposed the...
Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Missing Audit Logs: The Hidden Risk Behind Zero-Click Data Leaks
When Microsoft patched CVE-2025-32711 in June 2025, it closed a critical zero-click vulnerability that allowed attackers to silently siphon sensitive data through Microsoft 365 Copilot. Dubbed...
Cloud Hosting Offers Mac Users a Full Windows Desktop for POHODA Accounting Without Local VMs
{ "title": "Cloud Hosting Offers Mac Users a Full Windows Desktop for POHODA Accounting Without Local VMs", "content": "Mac users who depend on the Czech accounting package POHODA have long been...
A Weather Caption, a Missing Metadata Chain, and the Windows Tools That Could Have Prevented a Sports Photo Fiasco
A seemingly unremarkable local news page — the Bluefield Daily Telegraph — ran a staff or wire photograph over the weekend that epitomizes a growing metadata crisis in regional journalism. The...