Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Microsoft’s Windows 10 ESU Program: Free, Rewards, or $30 to Stay Secure Until 2027
Windows 10 users now have a clear, albeit time-limited, path to keep their systems patched after the operating system hits its end-of-support milestone on October 14, 2025. Microsoft has opened...
Windows 11’s Centered Taskbar and Open Store Bet: Why Game Devs Won’t Get the Full Payout
Microsoft’s Windows 11 debut reframed the desktop as a mobile‑first, touch‑aware platform – and it made a bold promise to developers: bring your own payment system and keep every cent you...
How a Single Preseason Photo and Missing Metadata Shaped the Rams-Cowboys Narrative
The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Dallas Cowboys 31-21 in a preseason contest on August 9, 2025, but a single photograph published by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and the metadata gaps that...
Microsoft Orders External Review Led by Covington & Burling After Azure Mass Surveillance Allegations
Microsoft has commissioned an urgent external legal review after a Guardian-led investigation alleged that Israel’s signals intelligence unit, 8200, operated a segregated Azure environment to...
Google Earth’s Hidden Repair Tool Revives the App When It Won’t Launch on Windows
Google Earth has been a staple for armchair explorers, educators, and researchers for two decades. But when the familiar blue globe refuses to appear—leaving you with a frozen icon, a black screen,...
Microsoft’s $30 ESU Now Secures Windows 10 Until October 2027, But Migration Jitters Persist
Microsoft’s official Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 consumers will now provide critical patches until October 12, 2027—a full year longer than many had expected. The news,...
Windows 11 24H2’s KB5063878 Update Under Fire as NVMe SSDs Vanish During Heavy Writes
Microsoft's latest cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, KB5063878, has landed with an unexpected payload: a growing number of reports that it triggers NVMe SSDs to drop out of the system during...
KB5063878 Sparks Double Trouble: WSUS 0x80240069 Error and SSDs Disappearing Under Load
Microsoft's August cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946), landed on August 12, 2025, promising the usual security and quality fixes. Instead, it ignited two separate...
Seelen UI and Cairo Shell Prove Windows 11 Needs Linux-Style Desktop Environments
Microsoft’s Windows 11 offers a polished but rigid user experience—one that a growing army of third-party developers is trying to break open with Linux-inspired desktop environment replacements....
Uber’s Selfie Check Was Just the Start: Microsoft’s Decade-Long AI Journey from Cortana to Copilot
In September 2016, Uber began asking drivers to snap a selfie before they could accept fares. The feature—dubbed Real-Time ID Check—wasn’t just a safety tweak; it was a working proof of...
Six Windows Security Myths Busted: Why Defender Beats Paid Antivirus for Most, but Still Isn’t Enough
Windows security folklore runs deep, and December 2024 is as good a time as any to bury six of the most persistent myths. They resurface in every forum, every Reddit thread, and every holiday tech...
Microsoft Store Disables Permanent App Update Toggle, Forces Automatic Updates After 5-Week Pause
The Microsoft Store has quietly removed the permanent toggle that allowed users to disable automatic app updates, replacing it with a mandatory pause period of one to five weeks. After the set...