Security Updates
The latest Security Updates coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Why Windows Power Users Are Ditching Paid Software for These 10 Open-Source Gems
The best Windows utilities no longer come with a price tag. A recent MakeUseOf spotlight on free, open-source Windows apps confirms what many power users have known for years: community-built tools...
Chrome Canary's New Flag Lets You Instantly Archive Tab Groups as Bookmark Folders
Google has shipped a striking new experiment in Chrome Canary that lets users convert a tab group into a standard bookmark folder with one click—and optionally clear the entire group from the tab...
Microsoft's 'Windows Intelligence' Hub Leaked: Centralized AI Controls Coming to Windows 11
Microsoft’s engineers have been quietly laying the groundwork for a fundamental shift in how Windows handles artificial intelligence. Buried within recent Insider Preview builds of Windows 11...
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...
Claude for Chrome Pilot Exposes Residual Prompt Injection Risks for Enterprise AI Browsing
Anthropic has quietly launched a research preview of a Chrome extension that lets its Claude AI assistant operate web browsers—clicking buttons, filling forms, and navigating multi-step...
Windows 11 Phone Link Sends Texts to Microsoft Cloud for AI Replies by Default
Microsoft has begun rolling out a new AI-powered suggested replies feature in the Phone Link app for Windows 11, and it comes with a significant privacy trade-off: by default, recent text messages...
From cleanmgr to Defender Scans: Automating Windows Maintenance with Task Scheduler
A well-maintained Windows PC doesn't require constant manual intervention. By leveraging the built-in Task Scheduler alongside classic command-line utilities like cleanmgr, MpCmdRun, and Robocopy,...
NFL Sidelines Go AI-First: 2,500+ Surface Copilot+ Devices Deploy with Microsoft’s Copilot for Real-Time Coaching
Microsoft and the NFL have formalized a decade-long sideline technology alliance into an "AI-first" operational phase, rolling out more than 2,500 Surface Copilot+ devices across all 32 clubs and...
On-Device AI Agent Lands in Windows 11 Settings, Powered by Mu Model on Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft has begun rolling out an AI agent directly inside the Windows 11 Settings app, a move that signals a concrete step toward the ambient, agentic operating system the company has been publicly...
Microsoft’s Brad Smith Vows Investigation After Employees Storm Office Over Azure Israel Surveillance Claims
Microsoft President Brad Smith told reporters on August 26, 2025, that the company would “go investigate and get to the truth” after a group of current and former employees occupied his Redmond...
VLC 3.0.23 Adds Dark Mode and AV2 Decoder: Here Are 9 Open-Source Apps Every Windows Setup Needs
VideoLAN’s VLC media player just received its 24th update to the 3.0 branch, bringing a dark mode option for Windows and Linux, native ARM64 support for Windows, and a massive number of stability...
Free Windows 10 Security Patches After 2025 Expiration Will Cost You a Microsoft Account
Microsoft's October 14, 2025 cutoff for Windows 10 support lands with a stark reality: no more free security patches, no more feature updates, no more technical assistance. The company isn't leaving...