Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Windows 10 Gets a One-Year Reprieve: Free Security Updates, but Only if You Hand Microsoft the Keys
Microsoft is handing Windows 10 users a last-minute lifeline—a consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that will keep critical patches flowing for one year past the October 14, 2025...
Windows 11 KB5063878 Triggering NVMe SSD Failures Under Heavy Writes
Microsoft’s August cumulative update for Windows 11, KB5063878, is triggering a severe storage fault that causes NVMe SSDs to disappear mid-operation under sustained write loads. Multiple community...
Ricoh's APAC Workforce Gets Hands-On with Microsoft Copilot Agents in Week-Long AI Sprint
Microsoft’s Copilot agent-building platform now comes with a clear price tag, and Ricoh Asia Pacific is betting $200 per month per credit pack that its employees can turn that platform into...
August 2025 patch KB5063877 ends Windows Server 2019 cluster crashes tied to BitLocker CSVs
Microsoft’s August 2025 cumulative update, KB5063877, resolves a critical bug that caused Cluster Service crashes on Windows Server 2019 nodes using BitLocker-encrypted Cluster Shared Volumes...
Ricoh Stakes Its APAC Future on AI Agents and Microsoft Copilot in 1,000-Staff Skilling Sprint
Ricoh Asia Pacific has embarked on an ambitious, region-wide skilling program to transform its workforce into AI-fluent consultants—and its aging hardware reputation into an AI-driven platform...
Airport Biometric Job Boom: Tanzania Recruits 23 Windows IT Techs for Immigration Systems
A recruitment portal in Tanzania has just posted a single intake for 23 identical junior IT support roles, all stationed at Dar es Salaam’s airports and all tasked with keeping biometric...
KB5063878 Chaos: WSUS Fails with 0x80240069, SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes
Microsoft’s August 2025 security update for Windows 11 24H2, KB5063878, has landed with a double-barreled blast of trouble: a confirmed installation regression in managed environments and alarming...
Microsoft's Modern USB-C Speaker Is a Solid $99 Teams Companion—When It Works
Microsoft’s $99 Modern USB-C Speaker steps into the crowded hybrid‑work arena with one clear advantage: it’s built entirely around Teams. This palm‑sized, fabric‑wrapped puck plugs into any...
Microsoft Quietly Extends Windows 10 Security Patches to 2027, Offers Free Enrollment Paths
Microsoft has stretched the lifespan of Windows 10 security patches until October 12, 2027, and is actively guiding users toward multiple enrollment avenues — two of which cost nothing at all. The...
Microsoft Deploys 60-Day Windows 10 Deadline: ESU Enrollment Opens at $30 for One-Year Patch Extension
Windows 10 users are now confronting a hard deadline as Microsoft begins a phased rollout of a 60-day warning on qualifying devices, pushing them to decide how they will secure their systems before...
Windows To Go Is Gone—Here's How to Keep Your OS on a Portable SSD
Microsoft officially pulled the plug on Windows To Go with version 2004, but a full Windows installation on a pocket-sized SSD is more practical today than ever. Thanks to third-party tools like...
Smartphone's Peak? Record 2026 Decline Shifts Industry Focus to AI Wearables and Spatial Computing
Global smartphone shipments are set to plunge 13.9% in 2026, the steepest annual contraction in the industry’s history, according to new data from IDC. The forecast, a sharp downward revision from...