Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
Don't Trust 'Up To' Battery Claims: Real-World Tests of MacBook Air M3, LG Gram 17, Dell XPS 15, and ThinkPad X1 Carbon
A laptop that dies before the end of a workday isn't just an inconvenience—it's a productivity killer. Yet the “up to” battery figures splashed across product pages rarely reflect the reality...
Leaked Intel Points to an AI-Obsessed Windows 12 with Modular Core PC and Mandatory NPUs
Microsoft engineers have locked onto a radical blueprint for the next version of Windows—one that could finally break free from the traditional desktop paradigm by weaving artificial intelligence...
Leaked Windows 12 Plans Expose Radical AI Shift and Hardware Demands
Microsoft is quietly laying the groundwork for a Windows overhaul that could redefine the PC’s role in a cloud- and AI-driven world. Leaked documents and concept renders point to Windows 12 as an...
Windows 11 Returns Seconds to the Clock and Supercharges File Explorer with AI
Microsoft has shipped a new Windows 11 Canary build that finally restores the ability to see seconds in the expanded clock view, a long‑requested feature missing since the launch of Windows 11. But...
Community-Built Files 4.0 Delivers Omnibar, Split Panes, and Git Integration to Windows
Files 4.0, the open-source Windows file manager, just hit a major milestone with a release that packs an Omnibar with command palette, dual-pane navigation, tags, and developer tools into a free...
Square Enix’s 24-Player Murder Mystery KILLER INN Returns for Second Closed Beta with Key Balance Overhauls
Square Enix will run a second closed beta test (CBT 2) for KILLER INN on Steam from October 3 to 13, 2025, giving players another window to test the 24-player murder-mystery action title. The test...
Red Sea Cable Failures Trigger Internet Slowdowns Across South Asia; Azure Warns of Higher Latency
Internet connectivity across South Asia and the Gulf region has been severely degraded following a cluster of undersea cable failures in the Red Sea, with cloud providers including Microsoft Azure...
Microsoft's Build 27938 Brings AI Image Editing to File Explorer and a Seconds Clock
Microsoft gave Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel a new reason to right-click: on September 8, 2025, Build 27938 delivered AI-powered image editing directly within File Explorer. The experimental...
Microsoft Sneaks AI Image Editing into File Explorer as Canary Build 27938 Lands with Privacy Logs and a Seconds Clock
Microsoft's latest experimental Windows 11 build, 27938, quietly slipped into the Canary channel this week, but don't let the familiar feature list fool you. Beneath a right-click AI image editing...
Copilot Home Tab Replaces Chat Interface With AI Dashboard on Windows 11 Build 1.25082.132.0
Microsoft is replacing Copilot's traditional chat-first interface on Windows 11 with a new "Home" tab that behaves more like an AI-powered Start menu. Rolling out through staged Microsoft Store...
Microsoft's Canary Channel Debuts AI Editing and Visual Search in File Explorer Context Menus
Microsoft has started rolling out AI-powered contextual actions directly within File Explorer's right-click menu, offering image editing and web search capabilities without leaving the file browser....