Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Microsoft's PowerToys 0.100.0 Ships With All-New Shortcut Guide, Command Palette Gallery, and .NET 10 Backbone
Microsoft’s PowerToys team has shipped version 0.100.0, a milestone release that packs an entirely redesigned Shortcut Guide, a built-in Extension Gallery for Command Palette, multi-monitor Dock...
Best Windows 8 Data Recovery Software: 5 Tools That Actually Deliver
Accidentally deleting a critical work folder, losing a family photo collection to a corrupt drive, or facing a partition that suddenly shows up as RAW—these are the moments that send a Windows 8...
Microsoft's New =COPILOT() Function Turns Excel Into an AI Playground, But Don't Trust It With Your Budget
Microsoft has subtly but fundamentally redefined what an Excel formula can be. The company’s latest Insider Beta release introduces the =COPILOT() worksheet function—an AI-powered primitive that...
How Metadata-Driven Zero Trust on Azure Reinforces AI Pipelines Against Modern Attacks
Microsoft’s Azure platform now offers a battle-tested blueprint for locking down machine learning operations using a metadata-driven zero-trust architecture—one that InfoWorld contributor Vikram...
Gears of War Reloaded, Helldivers 2, and Metal Gear Solid Δ Land on Xbox This Week—But Can Servers Hold?
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Copilot Veja Concept Reimagines Wearable AI as Audio-First, Camera-Equipped Ear Stems
A stark, screenless vision of wearable AI—ear-worn stems that use stereoscopic cameras and audio feedback to put Copilot in your ear—has emerged from an unexpected source: a Microsoft...
Early ROG Ally X Demo Delivers 70 FPS Ray-Traced Doom Gameplay at 18 Watts
ASUS and Microsoft’s premium gaming handheld, the ROG Xbox Ally X, has turned heads at Gamescom 2025 with a stunning early benchmark: 70 frames per second in Doom: The Dark Ages, ray tracing...
SharePoint, Cisco, Apple Zero-Days Headline 908-CVE Weekly Vulnerability Barrage
Security researchers tracked 908 new vulnerabilities in the last seven days, more than 188 of which already have publicly available proof-of-concept exploits, according to Cyble’s latest weekly...
PowerToys 0.93 Brings Faster Command Palette, but the Missing Settings Search Is Coming in v0.94
Microsoft has rolled out PowerToys version 0.93, a significant update that overhauls the Settings dashboard with a Windows 11-style card layout and supercharges the Command Palette with ahead-of-time...
How to Recover Lost USB Drive Files: Expert Workflow and Tested Tools
Losing photos, documents, or project files from a USB flash drive triggers a familiar wave of panic. The device shows up as RAW, Windows demands you format it, or you simply deleted something by...
After Ditching Agilisys, Guernsey to Replace 3,000 Laptops for Windows 11 Compatibility
The States of Guernsey has launched a government-wide laptop replacement program, informing staff that any device incapable of running Windows 11 will be swapped for new hardware. The move is a...
OneNote Tables Get a Copilot AI Upgrade: Merged Cells, Nested Layouts, and Automated Task Creation
Microsoft has quietly elevated OneNote’s humble tables into a powerhouse for structured note-taking, combining new formatting capabilities with Copilot AI to automatically transform scattered notes...