Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
Boost Windows Search with Fluent Search, PowerToys Run, and Command Palette
When a MakeUseOf writer described Windows Search as “painfully slow and cluttered” and swore by a trio of third‑party launchers—Fluent Search, PowerToys Run, and Command Palette—their setup crystalliz
Windows 11 Arm on Raspberry Pi 5 with Botspot BVM: A Practical VM Guide
I booted a Windows 11 virtual machine on a Raspberry Pi 5, followed the Botspot VM flow in Pi‑Apps, and for the first time the experience felt like something you could actually use for light Windows w
eBot: AI IT Support in Teams via Copilot Studio with Tenant Isolation
eMazzanti Technologies this week unveiled eBot, an AI‑powered IT support assistant built on Microsoft Copilot Studio and embedded directly into Microsoft Teams — a freemium, tenant‑scoped agent that p
Windows 11 Adoption Stalls as Windows 10 EoS Looms: What IT Needs to Know
Microsoft's migration story is getting more complicated: OEM telemetry from Dell and multiple industry trackers show Windows 11 adoption lagging historical OS transitions, while Microsoft’s platform c
Windows 11 25H2: Copilot First, On-Device AI, and Smarter Security
Windows 11’s 25H2 update is less a flashy reboot and more a decisive turn toward intelligent computing — a carefully staged evolution that stitches generative AI, on‑device inference, stronger default
Elden Ring Cyber Monday Deals: Best Time to Buy or Risky Third Party Keys
Thanks to Cyber Monday price swings, one of the most celebrated RPGs of the modern era — FromSoftware’s Elden Ring — is suddenly one of the best value purchases you can make this holiday season, but t
Windows 11 Defender Definitions Update Issue (Nov 2025) — How to Check and Fix
A growing number of Windows 11 users have reported that Microsoft Defender’s virus definitions stopped advancing after November 19, 2025 — a problem that can leave endpoints exposed if left unchecked.
Windows 11 Insider adds cloud save status to Xbox Full Screen Experience
Microsoft’s quietly rolling update to Windows 11 Insider build 26220.7271 quietly fixes one of handheld gaming’s most nagging UX proble
Windows 11 File Explorer Preload: Faster Launch but Higher RAM Use
Microsoft’s experiment to “preload” File Explorer in Windows 11 is an unassuming tweak with outsized consequences: it can shave fractions of a second off the app’s cold start while nearly doubling Exp
Windows 11 25H2: Copilot Integrated AI and Smart OS Evolution
Windows 11’s 25H2 update is less a headline-grabbing reboot and more a deliberate refocusing of the operating system into an intelligent, continuously evolving
Amazon $50B Gov AI Push and OpenAI AWS Deal Reshape Cloud AI
Amazon’s twin AI moves this week — a headline-grabbing pledge to build supercomputing and classified cloud capacity for U.S. government customers alongside the longer-running multiyear compute relatio
Google Withdraws EU Antitrust Complaint as DMA Probes Azure and AWS Gatekeepers
Alphabet’s Google has withdrawn its formal EU antitrust complaint alleging that Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices locked customers into Microsoft Azure, a move timed i