Firmware
The latest Firmware coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
No Firmware Fix for MELSEC iQ-F Modbus Flaw CVE-2025-7405 – Windows & OT Teams Must Isolate Now
Mitsubishi Electric has notified customers that it will not release firmware updates to address a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in its MELSEC iQ-F series programmable logic controllers...
Schneider Electric Patches Saitel DR RTU Flaw CVE-2025-8453 — DP RTU Fix Still Pending
Schneider Electric has shipped a firmware remedy for its Saitel DR Remote Terminal Units to plug a privilege management hole tracked as CVE-2025-8453, while a corresponding fix for the Saitel DP line...
Phison Finds No Bug, Yet Testers Reproduce Windows 11 NVMe Failures
Phison says it can't reproduce the reported NVMe failures tied to the August 2025 Windows 11 update, but independent test benches continue to document repeatable drive disappearances under heavy...
Windows 10 End-of-Support Sparks a Gen5 SSD Gold Rush for Enterprise PCs
The upcoming end of support for Windows 10 is doing more than spurring a PC refresh cycle—it is reshaping the storage supply chain. Silicon Motion, a leading provider of SSD controllers, is...
Microsoft Copilot Lands on Samsung 2025 TVs with Animated Avatar, Voice AI, and Visual Cards
Microsoft and Samsung have officially launched Copilot on select 2025 Samsung TVs and Smart Monitors, bringing a voice-powered AI companion with an animated, lip-synced avatar directly to the biggest...
Windows 11 LE Audio Update Delivers Super-Wideband Stereo for Clearer Calls and Game Chat
Microsoft has finally addressed the muffled voice quality that has plagued Windows Bluetooth headsets for decades, with a new update introducing support for Bluetooth LE Audio and its super-wideband...
Microsoft Automates Patching During Windows 11 OOBE for Entra-Joined Devices
Beginning with the September 2025 Windows security update, eligible Windows 11 devices will automatically check for and install quality updates during the Out of Box Experience (OOBE). This...
Microsoft’s LE Audio Push on Windows 11 Solves the Old Stereo-or-Mic Trade-off, but Your Hardware Holds the Key
The grainy, compressed voice quality that plagues Zoom calls through Bluetooth headsets has a single technical root: you can have high-fidelity stereo music, or you can use your headset’s...
Microsoft Bakes Hardware Security and Quantum-Resistant Crypto Directly into Azure Servers
Microsoft’s cloud security architects have fundamentally reimagined how to protect data and workloads in Azure, moving from software firewalls and centralized appliances to hardware-anchored...
Windows 10's 2025 Sunset: TPM 2.0 and the Windows 11 Upgrade Path
The hardware security bar has been raised, and millions of PCs are now caught in a deadline-driven upgrade crunch. Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and the company’s...
Schneider Electric Issues Emergency Firmware Fix for M340 PLC DoS Flaw (CVE-2025-6625)
Schneider Electric has released firmware updates to address a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in its Modicon M340 programmable logic controllers and associated communication modules....
Zyxel WBE510D Delivers Wi-Fi 7 and BandFlex to Windows 11 Without Triple-Band Cost
The Zyxel WBE510D is a BE6500-rated Wi-Fi 7 access point that sidesteps the cost of a full tri-radio AP by offering a dual-radio design with BandFlex—allowing IT admins to toggle the second radio...