Articles from September 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in September 2025
Seneca’s First Master’s Degree in AI Promises 840 Hours of Internship, But Approvals Are Pending
Seneca Polytechnic has launched its inaugural master’s degree program—a Master of Artificial Intelligence Design & Development—with a heavy emphasis on work-integrated learning. The...
Microsoft’s 3-Day Office Mandate: Who Must Return and When
Microsoft’s chief people officer Amy Coleman has set a new hybrid-work baseline: starting in late February 2026, Puget Sound employees living within a 50-mile radius of a company office will be...
Copilot+ PCs Are Loaded with AI, But Buyers Aren't Biting — Here's Why
Microsoft this week launched a fresh marketing offensive to convince businesses and consumers that Copilot+ PCs — Windows laptops with dedicated neural engines and Arm processors — mark a...
Windows Hosting on a Budget: What $6 to $40/month Actually Gets You in 2025
Windows hosting doesn’t have to drain your budget. In 2025, a wave of providers is offering entry-level Windows Server plans that start as low as $0.75 per month on promotional shared hosting—or...
Microsoft's Xbox Full-Screen Mode Boosts Handheld Gaming Performance by up to 20% — Here's How to Try It
Early testers of Microsoft’s upcoming “full-screen experience” for Windows 11 are already seeing double-digit performance gains on handheld gaming PCs. Synthetic benchmarks jump by as much as...
Touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED on track for 2026 production, analyst says
Apple is preparing to launch a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen and OLED display, moving the company’s laptop strategy closer to the Surface-style designs Microsoft has championed for over a decade....
Windows 11’s Security Features Cut Gaming Performance by up to 6%—Here’s the Fix for 2025
Microsoft’s built-in security hardening in Windows 11 can cut gaming performance by up to 6%, particularly affecting the frame-rate lows that competitive players rely on, according to multiple...
Windows 11’s Hidden Privacy Switch: Encrypt All DNS in 5 Minutes
Most Windows 11 users are unknowingly broadcasting their browsing habits to anyone on the network—until they flip a single setting. That setting, DNS over HTTPS (DoH), encrypts every domain lookup...
Microsoft Gave Windows Search an AI Brain, But You'll Need a Copilot+ PC to Use It
Microsoft shipped a Windows 11 Insider preview build this week that finally makes the operating system’s search understand what you mean, not just what you type. The long-awaited semantic search...
Microsoft’s Latest Insider Build Tests a One-Stop Account Hub for Windows 11
Microsoft dropped a fresh batch of Windows 11 Insider builds on September 19, 2025, and one update—identified as KB5065786—signals a deeper, more deliberate integration of Microsoft Account...
Hospitals Turn to Microsoft 365 AI to End Supply Shortages and Canceled Surgeries
Medline, the largest private U.S. distributor of medical supplies, began piloting Mpower—an AI-powered supply chain orchestration platform built entirely on Microsoft 365 and Azure AI—with two...
Hidden Code Points to an AI Assistant Coming to Your Windows 11 Taskbar
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