Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Microsoft Ships Emergency Windows 11 Update to Fix Reset Failures, Preps for Secure Boot Shift
Microsoft has released an out-of-band update for Windows 11—KB5066189—to remediate a serious regression that broke the Reset This PC recovery tool, the Windows Update-based recovery flow, and the...
Microsoft Rushes KB5066189 to Fix Windows 11 Reset Bug, Flags June 2026 Secure Boot Deadline
Microsoft on August 19, 2025, released an out-of-band update, KB5066189, to fix a critical regression that caused Windows 11 devices to fail during reset, recovery, or remote wipe operations—a bug...
Microsoft Rushes Out KB5066189 to Restore Broken Windows 11 Reset & Cloud Recovery
Microsoft released an out-of-band quality update on August 19, 2025, to restore critical Windows recovery functionality that the August Patch Tuesday cumulative updates had inadvertently broken. The...
Microsoft's Emergency Patch Rescues Windows 11 Reset and Remote Wipe After August Update Breakage
Microsoft rushed out an emergency out-of-band update on August 19, 2025—KB5066189—to restore critical recovery functions that its own August 12 security rollup had broken across Windows 11 22H2...
Microsoft Delivers Emergency KB5066189 to Repair Windows 11 Reset and Cloud Recovery
Microsoft shipped an out-of-band update on August 19, 2025, KB5066189, explicitly built to mend catastrophic failures in Windows 11’s reset, cloud recovery, and remote wipe flows. The patch...
Microsoft Excel's =COPILOT: In-Cell AI That Recalculates on Data Changes
Microsoft has folded generative AI directly into Excel’s calculation engine with a native =COPILOT formula that lets users type natural‑language prompts into cells, reference worksheet ranges for...
Board’s Azure Enterprise Planning Platform Secures Microsoft Solutions Partner Certification
Board International has clinched Microsoft’s Solutions Partner designation with Certified Software for Azure, solidifying its Enterprise Planning Platform as a vetted, Azure-native SaaS option for...
SAP Deploys Generative AI Copilot in AWS and Microsoft Brazil Regions to Power Smarter ERP
SAP is planting its AI flag deep in Brazilian soil. The enterprise software giant has decided to host a key AI-powered business application inside Amazon Web Services and Microsoft datacenters in...
Aaeon's UP Xtreme ARL Packs Intel Arrow Lake, 97 TOPS AI, and Native Windows 11 into a Compact SBC
Aaeon has answered the call for x86 muscle in a small package with the UP Xtreme ARL, a single-board computer that crams Intel Core Ultra 200-series (Arrow Lake) processors, up to 64 GB of LPDDR5...
76% of Australian SMEs Have No AI Strategy Despite Rampant Tool Adoption, Decidr Report Reveals
A staggering 92% of Australian small and medium enterprises are already using generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, but 76% have no formal AI strategy or roadmap. That chasm between...
Microsoft Azure Accused of Mass Palestinian Surveillance as Local Governments Push AI Accountability Rules
A multi-outlet investigation has revealed that Israel’s military intelligence Unit 8200 has been using Microsoft Azure to build a massive surveillance system capturing and analyzing millions of...
Board’s Azure Solutions Partner Badge Signals New Era for Enterprise SaaS Procurement
Board’s Enterprise Planning Platform has officially secured Microsoft’s Solutions Partner designation with Certified Software for Azure—a certification that promises to slash procurement cycles...