Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 Windows 10 PCs: The Q4 2017 Launch That Redefined Always-Connected Computing
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf delivered a clear message to investors in April 2017: the first ARM-based Windows 10 PCs would launch in the fourth quarter. The statement, made during the company's Q2...
Microsoft Silently Removes Permanent App Update Toggle from Windows Store, Forces Timed Pauses
Microsoft has quietly removed the ability to permanently disable automatic app updates in the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 and 11 for many consumer users. Instead, the Store now only offers...
Microsoft Acknowledges Three Flaws in August Windows 11 24H2 Patch, Issues Quick Fixes
Microsoft has confirmed that its August 12, 2025 cumulative security update for Windows 11 version 24H2, KB5063878, is causing installation failures and log noise in enterprise environments,...
Microsoft and NKUST Bring Azure AI to the Road with Asia's First Cloud-Powered Autonomous Campus Shuttle
In July 2022, Microsoft, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST), Turing Drive, and ADLINK pulled back the curtain on a project they’re billing as Asia’s first Azure...
NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud Lands on Microsoft Azure as a Managed Service, Streamlining Enterprise Digital Twins
NVIDIA will host its Omniverse Cloud platform on Microsoft Azure, making Azure the first managed cloud platform for the company’s industrial digital twin and simulation tools, the two firms...
UAE Trains One Million Prompters and AI Talents With Microsoft as Post-Oil Pivot Accelerates
The United Arab Emirates is staking its post-oil future on a workforce that can talk to machines. By 2027, the nation aims to have trained one million people in AI prompt engineering and equipped a...
Build 27744 Endows Windows on Arm with AVX/AVX2 Emulation, Expanding x64 App and Game Support
Microsoft's latest Canary-channel Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27744 delivers a long-awaited upgrade to Prism, the x86/x64 emulator that powers Windows on Arm. The update exposes previously...
Microsoft Relocates Copilot to Taskbar’s Bottom-Center with Alt+Space Trigger, Stirs Shortcut Conflicts
Microsoft has yanked Copilot out of the Windows sidebar and dropped it into a floating, bottom‑center quick view that hovers right above the taskbar — and it comes with a new Alt + Space shortcut...
Microsoft Opens Xbox App to Arm PCs for Local Game Installs; StreamMind AI Hits 100 FPS in the Lab
Windows 11 on Arm devices can now download and install Xbox games locally, a shift from the cloud-only past that promises lower latency and offline play for compatible titles. The change arrives via...
Microsoft Tests Copilot Promotions in Windows 11 Start Menu Amid Paid AI Push
Microsoft is testing a plan to surface Copilot recommendations directly inside the Windows 11 Start menu, according to code found in recent Insider preview builds. The changes, first spotted by...
Microsoft Copilot Just Got a Massive Free Upgrade—Vision, Deep Reasoning, and Pro Tips Inside
Microsoft Copilot has shed its experimental skin. The AI assistant that once kept its most advanced features behind a paywall is now offering them to everyone for free—including the ability to see...
Microsoft Rolls Out GPT-5 With Smart Mode and Automated Model Router Across Copilot, GitHub, and Foundry
Microsoft has embedded OpenAI's most advanced reasoning engine into nearly every major product line, flipping on GPT-5 across consumer Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio...