Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
Microsoft's Copilot Labs Gets Verbatim 'Scripted Mode' Powered by In-House MAI-Voice-1 AI
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman announced on September 10, 2025, that Copilot Labs now features a new "Scripted Mode" for audio generation, letting users have text read verbatim by the...
Beelink SER5 PRO Deal Drops to $265 – A Windows Mini PC With Ryzen 7 and Triple 4K Display for Half the Mac Mini Price
A compact desktop that can drive three 4K displays, packs an 8-core Ryzen 7 processor, and now costs just $265—less than many Prime Day promos—makes the Beelink SER5 PRO a compelling Windows...
Sick of 'Ask Copilot' in Your Right-Click Menu? This Registry Tweak Makes It Disappear
Microsoft's latest push to embed Copilot into every corner of Windows 11 has landed a new "Ask Copilot" option in File Explorer's context menu — but you don't have to live with it. Thousands of...
Microsoft Draws a Line in the Agentic AI Sand: Copilot Studio Gets a Lite and Full Experience
Microsoft has officially split its Copilot Studio into two distinct tiers, a move that signals a deliberate shift from a one-size-fits-all agent builder toward a persona-driven platform designed to...
Zenity Embeds Real-Time Attack Prevention Inside Microsoft Copilot Studio Agents
Microsoft Copilot Studio now supports a runtime monitoring API that enables third-party security platforms to inspect and block agent actions in real time, and Zenity has moved quickly to deliver...
Office 2024 'Activated for Life' Downloads Are Dangerous Scams: The Real Difference Between Perpetual and 365 AI
Microsoft’s Office 2024 is a genuine product, but a wave of fraudulent “free download, activated for life” offers is flooding the web, luring users with promises of built-in ChatGPT—promises...
Outlook Outage Timeline: How Microsoft Restored Service After 14-Hour Exchange Online Failure
Microsoft engineers have restored the majority of degraded infrastructure after a 14-hour Outlook and Exchange Online outage that left North American users locked out of email, calendars, and...
CloudX Award Puts ProsperOps in FinOps Spotlight, But Independent Verification Lags Behind Vendor Claims
ProsperOps walked away from CloudX 2025 with a Cloud Management award, a trophy that the autonomous FinOps vendor immediately leveraged to underscore its multi-cloud discount engine and a brand-new...
Anthropic Adds Project-Scoped Memory to Claude, Gives IT Teams Admin Controls and Incognito Mode
Anthropic today rolled out a long-awaited Memory capability for its Claude assistant, giving Team and Enterprise plan customers the ability to retain and recall project-specific context across chat...
From Policy to Practice: How Gray, Maine Uses Microsoft Copilot for Government Meeting Recaps
Gray, Maine, a small town with a population of roughly 8,000, has begun using Microsoft Copilot to produce faster, more accessible meeting recaps for its Town Council meetings. Director of...
Microsoft-OpenAI MOU Signals End of Exclusivity, Ushers in Multi-Cloud AI Era
Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding that rewrites the rules of their long-standing partnership, formalizing a shift toward a multi-cloud, multi-model future as...
Despite Microsoft's Blocks, You Can Still Upgrade Old PCs to Windows 11 for Free — Here's How
October 14, 2025 — the day Microsoft officially ends free security updates for Windows 10 — is fast approaching. After that date, millions of PCs still running the decade-old OS will be sitting...