Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Windows 11 Setup’s Blind Spot: 7 Crucial Settings Buried Behind Ads
Windows 11’s out-of-box experience has morphed into a marketing funnel—but it doesn’t have to be. The first hour with a new PC should be a promising start, not a gauntlet of promotional tiles...
Microsoft Kills Volume Discounts for M365 and Dynamics, Enterprise Renewals to Surge
Microsoft has confirmed it will eliminate volume-based price tiers for all Online Services under Enterprise Agreements, a seismic licensing shift that will send cloud bills higher for most large...
Adesso Launches Budget Mechanical Keyboards with Copilot AI Key, Starting at $44.99
Adesso has launched two new mechanical keyboards—the EasyTouch 130 and EasyTouch 150—that promise a quiet, tactile typing experience and a hardware shortcut to Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant,...
HGF Stakes Its Data Future on Microsoft Fabric, But Pricing Complexity Looms
European IP firm HGF has kicked off a sweeping data platform modernization, selecting Microsoft Fabric as its technical foundation and Microsoft Power BI for enterprise reporting. The move, announced...
E-Waste Tsunami or Security Imperative? Windows 11’s TPM 2.0 Mandate Sparks Debate as 400M PCs Hang in Balance
On October 14, 2025, millions of perfectly functional PCs will officially become security risks. That’s the day Microsoft ends free support for Windows 10, and with it, an era of broad hardware...
Windows 11 AI Update Unlocks Settings Agent and Recall, But Copilot+ Gatekeeping Stirs Debate
Microsoft’s Release Preview channel just received Build 26100.5061, a feature-packed update that brings a conversational AI agent to Settings, a redesigned Recall homepage, and AI-powered actions...
SteamOS Turns the Lenovo Legion Go S Into the Windows-Free Handheld Gamers Crave
Lenovo’s Legion Go S arrives with a split personality: it’s a competent but flawed Windows 11 mini-PC in one configuration, and a lean, game-first portable console in another. Reviews of the...
Copilot Bypasses Bing Places, Sends Users to Google Maps for Local Reviews
Microsoft has started routing review-star clicks in its Copilot AI assistant directly to Google Maps business profiles, a move that surprised the search industry when it was first flagged by SEO...
Windows 11's Hidden Upgrade Path: Why You Might Only Need a BIOS Toggle, Not a New PC
The red “This PC can’t run Windows 11” message has sent millions scrambling, but the fix is often a five-minute firmware adjustment rather than a thousand-dollar shopping spree. Microsoft’s...
AI-Generated SPAs Meet Enterprise Control: Deploying React Apps to Power Pages with GitHub Spark and Codespaces
Microsoft has opened a novel pathway for enterprise developers: generating a single-page application with AI and deploying it directly into a governed Power Platform environment, all without leaving...
Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC Offensive Proves Windows 12 Rumors Are Premature—Here’s What’s Actually Coming
Microsoft’s aggressive push into AI-optimized hardware and cloud-assisted features has ignited a firestorm of speculation about a standalone “Windows 12” release. But the company’s own...
East US Azure Capacity Exhausted on July 29: Your Playbook for When the Cloud Isn't Infinite
On July 29, 2025, hundreds of Azure customers in the East US region tried to launch virtual machines and got an error they didn't expect: not a configuration glitch or a network timeout, but a flat...