Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Microsoft Retires Mail, Maps & Movies: 10 Windows 11 Apps You Should Uninstall Right Now
Microsoft has quietly pulled the plug on three long-standing Windows 11 apps—Mail, Maps, and Movies & TV—marking the most aggressive cleanup of built‑in bloatware in years. As of December...
Claude’s Notion connector surfaces hidden project dependencies and bottlenecks — here’s what Windows users need to know
Claude can now read your Notion task database, trace dependencies you forgot you mapped, and spit out a schedule that respects your chronic underestimation of testing work. The AI turned a chaotic...
RM1.7M Saved: How Malaysian Real Estate’s Go-Local AI Strategy Cuts Cloud Costs and Locks Down Data
Malaysian property giant Juwai IQI calculates that a typical large company can save up to RM1.7 million annually by ditching AI cloud APIs and hosting open-source models on its own servers. That...
Pittsburgh’s Playbook for Constant Change: AI Pilots, Governance, and Resilience
Pittsburgh’s business leaders are abandoning the old model of periodic transformation jolts in favor of a new operational reality: constant, managed change. A recent viewpoint in the Pittsburgh...
Microsoft Tests New Podcast, Document, and Quiz Categories for Copilot Library
Microsoft is quietly testing a series of new content categories inside the Copilot library, with placeholder tabs for podcasts, documents, and quizzes spotted in recent test builds. The discovery,...
Microsoft's LE Audio Integration in Windows 11 Brings Stereo Calls to Galaxy Buds
Microsoft has quietly delivered one of the most significant Bluetooth audio upgrades in decades for Windows users, and owners of compatible Samsung Galaxy Buds are among the first to reap the...
Rural College’s AI Leap Puts Microsoft Copilot and Governance to the Test
Barton Community College’s invitation to a national artificial intelligence consortium this month has peeled back the curtain on a sweeping, largely uncoordinated push by America’s two-year...
AI-Powered Job Hunting: How to Stand Out Without Sounding Like a Robot
Job seekers who rely on unedited AI-generated applications are getting caught by recruiters faster than ever, but that doesn't mean you should ditch the bots. Instead, the smart approach treats...
Microsoft Turns Photos Into 3D Models and Adds AI Avatars: Inside Copilot Labs’ Experimental Sandbox
Microsoft just handed Windows users a sandbox where one click on a photo spits out a textured 3D model, a talking AI avatar reads your screen, and a gaming assistant overlays tips without booting you...
Flyoobe 1.6 Sharpens Its Windows 11 Toolkit with a Refined OOBE and Smarter Debloating
Flyoobe version 1.6 has arrived, completing the project's transformation from a simple Windows 11 requirements bypass into a polished out-of-box experience (OOBE) installer and debloat toolkit. The...
Microsoft Sued Over Windows 10 End-of-Life: AI Monopoly and E-Waste Concerns Mount
A Southern California man has filed a state lawsuit accusing Microsoft of deliberately orchestrating the end of Windows 10 support to force hardware upgrades, boost adoption of artificial...
Windows 11 Insider Builds Add Native Keyboard Shortcuts for En and Em Dashes
Typing an em dash in Windows has always required a few extra steps—either a trip to the emoji panel or the memorization of arcane Alt codes. That changed today for Windows Insiders, as Microsoft...