Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
Windows 11 PC Migration Gets Local Option—If You’re Willing to Decrypt Drives and Purge Cloud Backups
Microsoft has quietly introduced a local PC-to-PC transfer feature inside the Windows Backup app, aiming to close the gap between cloud convenience and the heavy lifting of moving large files,...
Copilot Search Pits AI Convenience Against the Web’s Economic Backbone
{ "title": "Copilot Search Pits AI Convenience Against the Web’s Economic Backbone", "content": "A silent revolution is underway in Microsoft’s Bing search engine, and it could upend the way...
Your Windows 10 PC's Final Months: How to Move Files, Settings, and Apps to Windows 11 Without Losing Anything
With Windows 10's support clock ticking down to October 14, 2025, millions of PC users face a pivotal migration to Windows 11—and the clock is loud. After that date, Microsoft stops shipping...
AirPods on Windows: Solving the Silent Earbud Mystery with Firmware and LE Audio
{ "title": "AirPods on Windows: Solving the Silent Earbud Mystery with Firmware and LE Audio", "content": "When one AirPod drops silent mid-song, the fix often lies in a hidden war between...
Windows 10 Support Ends October 14, 2025: Five Methods to Migrate Your PC to Windows 11 Safely
On October 14, 2025, Windows 10 will receive its final security update – making now the critical moment to plan your migration to Windows 11. Microsoft has been rolling out both cloud and local...
Why Windows' Hidden Win+H Dictation Tool Is the Productivity Hack You're Overlooking
Ada, a fast typist clocking 55 words per minute, still reaches for a keyboard shortcut almost every day—Win+H. That tiny microphone icon that pops up on her Windows PC lets her dictate emails while...
Zero-Click AgentFlayer Exploits Redefine Enterprise AI Security as Zenity Earns Gartner Nod
Zenity’s designation as a 2025 Gartner Cool Vendor for Agentic AI Trust, Risk and Security Management (TRiSM) coincides with the public disclosure of “AgentFlayer”—a class of zero-click...
Louisville’s One-Week CAIO Hunt Sparks Fast-Track AI Pilot Program with Hard ROI Metrics
Louisville Metro Government has opened a sprint to hire its first-ever Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer—and the application window slammed shut in just one week. The lightning-fast timeline,...
Microsoft AI Chief Warns: Stop Building AI That Fakes Consciousness – Copilot Guardrails Emerge
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s head of consumer AI and former cofounder of DeepMind, has issued a blunt warning: building AI systems that convincingly mimic consciousness is dangerous, even if the...
Critical Hyper-V Escapes and SMB Audit Headline Microsoft's September Patch Blitz
Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday delivers more than 80 security fixes — eight of them rated critical — and introduces new SMB audit tooling designed to let administrators discover and harden...
New Windows 11 Shortcuts: Win + Minus Now Inserts En and Em Dashes
Windows 11 Insiders in the Dev and Beta channels are getting a small but significant productivity upgrade: two new keyboard shortcuts that insert the en dash (–) and em dash (—) directly into any...
Windows 11 25H2 Offers Zero Performance Boost Over 24H2 in Creator Workloads, Linux 15% Ahead
When Microsoft releases Windows 11 25H2 later this year, users shouldn't hold their breath for a speed increase. Independent benchmarks comparing the preview build against its predecessor and Ubuntu...