Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Microsoft Flags NDI Streaming Regression After KB5063878, Urges Manual Transport Fallback
Microsoft’s August 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878, build 26100.4946) has introduced a critical regression that is disrupting live video production workflows around the globe....
NetApp Connector for Microsoft 365 Copilot Delivers On-Prem Data Access with Item-Level Security
Microsoft 365 Copilot can now ground its responses in on-premises NetApp file shares without requiring a full cloud migration, thanks to a new connector that preserves granular access controls....
KB5063878 Breaks NDI Streaming: Microsoft Confirms Stutter, Advises Receive Mode Change
Microsoft’s latest cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946), is causing severe disruptions in NDI-based live production workflows. The August 12, 2025 Patch Tuesday...
Spotify Becomes First Test of Android-to-Windows Handoff in Windows 11 Build 26200.5761
Microsoft shipped a new Insider Preview build this week that transforms how Windows users – and Spotify listeners – move between their phone and PC. Build 26200.5761, delivered as KB5064093 to...
Microsoft's Suleyman: 'Seemingly Conscious AI' Could Trigger Psychosis, Urges Industry Guardrails
Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind and now head of Microsoft's consumer AI division, has issued a dire warning: the most pressing danger from advanced AI is not that machines will become...
Microsoft Fixes NDI Stuttering Caused by August 2025 Windows Updates
Microsoft has delivered a fix for the NDI streaming performance regression that plagued video production workflows following the August 2025 Patch Tuesday security updates. The resolution arrives via...
Microsoft Reverses Exchange Online Boost That Quarantined Outlook Mobile Sync for 12 Hours
Microsoft is rolling back a recent Exchange Online update after a performance optimization inadvertently caused 12‑hour mail sync delays for Outlook mobile users in hybrid environments. The...
Chrome Preps One-Click Default and Taskbar Pin on Windows 11 in Direct Challenge to Edge
Google is quietly building a single-click feature into Chrome that will set the browser as the default on Windows 11 and simultaneously pin its icon to the taskbar, according to strings discovered in...
Windows 10 Support Ends October 14: How to Secure Your Upgrade and See Through the AI Marketing Blitz
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will extinguish security support for Windows 10, an operating system still powering an estimated hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide. After that date, no more...
Microsoft’s Latest Account Bypass Supercharges the AtlasOS Debloat Workflow, but Proceed with Caution
A fresh Windows 11 install just got easier for AtlasOS users—and harder for Microsoft to police. The debloating toolkit now leans on a newly discovered OOBE bypass that sidesteps Microsoft’s...
Microsoft’s ESU Enrollment Wizard: Fixed but Still Hidden in Phased Rollout
Microsoft’s slow, staged rollout of the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) enrollment wizard means the one-year security lifeline for legacy PCs is available—but not instantly visible to...
Windows 11 Gaming Benchmarks Confirm Near-Identical Average FPS, But Deep Minimum-Frame Drops Raise Concerns
The numbers don't lie: upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 yields virtually identical average frame rates in the latest games. But a deeper look at the data reveals a disturbing trend—minimum...