Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
One Checkbox to Kill Windows 11's Pesky Snap Flyout — Without Losing Snap Layouts
A single toggle in Windows 11 Settings can banish the intrusive Snap Layouts flyout that plagues multi-monitor users, without disabling the full snapping feature. For many, that small pop-up —...
Teams Channels Disappeared? Microsoft’s New Combined View Is Likely the Culprit—Here’s the Fix
Microsoft rolled out a sweeping UI update this month that merges chats and channels into a single, unified view—and it’s causing mass confusion. Across forums and IT help desks, the complaint is...
Ears Over Eyes: Microsoft’s Copilot Veja Concept Reimagines Wearable AI Post-HoloLens
Microsoft’s official exit from HoloLens hardware took shape in late 2024, when the company stopped producing HoloLens 2 and announced a last-time-to-buy window. Security updates will dry up on...
Shiva 2 Prebuilt PC Review: RTX 5060 Ti & Ryzen 8600G/9600X Specs Under the Microscope
A gaming desktop listing on teamduval.org promises the moon: an AMD Ryzen processor, 16GB of DDR5, a 1TB Gen4 NVMe drive, and—most enticingly—an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti with 16GB of GDDR7. The...
Microsoft Releases Agentless VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration Tool in Windows Admin Center Preview
Microsoft has shipped a public preview of a native VM Conversion extension for Windows Admin Center, taking aim at one of the most stubborn challenges in datacenter operations: moving virtual...
SEFE's Oracle Migration to Azure Yields 10% Faster Apps and Early ROI
Energy company SEFE (Securing Energy for Europe) has completed roughly half of a planned migration of 17 applications and 37 environments from on-premises Oracle databases to Oracle Database@Azure,...
Hot Chips 2025: Microsoft Unveils Azure Integrated HSM and Open-Source Caliptra 2.0 Root of Trust
At Hot Chips 2025, Microsoft pulled back the curtain on a fundamental redesign of Azure’s hardware security, revealing a custom security ASIC called Azure Integrated HSM and an open-source silicon...
Windows 11 Now Installs Critical Zero-Day Patches During Setup—What IT Must Know
Windows 11 will now—in certain scenarios—automatically download and install critical zero-day patches (ZDPs) while a device is still in the Out-of-Box Experience. A revised Microsoft Learn...
Windows 11 24H2 Gains Cloud Boot Repairs, But August Update Regressions Prompt Enterprise Caution
Millions of Windows devices became unbootable after a botched software update in July 2024, forcing IT teams to manually recover each machine. Now, Microsoft is banking on a cloud-connected recovery...
Macrohard's Reality Check: Why Elon Musk's AI Startup Won't Unseat Azure Anytime Soon
Elon Musk’s “Macrohard” announcement lit up social media with its audacious claim to be an AI-first software company that could outpace Microsoft, but the gap between a meme-worthy brand and an...
Lost Soul Aside’s PC Port Demands an RTX 4080-Series for Ray Tracing, but Delivers Native DualSense and DLSS 4
Lost Soul Aside’s PC version lands on August 29 with a feature set that’s as generous as it is punishing. Ultizero Games and Sony have confirmed native DualSense controller support, ray-traced...
Edge Copilot's Agentic Future: Microsoft Surveys Multi-Tab Automation, Paid Pro Tier
Microsoft is testing the waters for a radical overhaul of Edge's Copilot, one that could transform the browser from a simple summarizer into an autonomous agent capable of completing tasks across...