Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
The 5 Free Apps Every Windows Pro Installs First for Instant Productivity
A fresh Windows install is a blank slate, but it’s rarely productivity-ready out of the box. The built-in search is sluggish on large drives, the default browser lacks cross-device sync for...
LightBeam Unveils Copilot Governance Tools to Combat AI-Driven Data Exposure and Ransomware
LightBeam has released its Summer 2025 update, introducing real-time governance controls for Microsoft Copilot alongside ransomware containment—responding to the breakneck enterprise adoption of...
Azure Local Emerges as Microsoft’s Answer to VMware Exodus and Edge Computing Needs
Microsoft officially rebranded Azure Stack HCI to Azure Local on November 19, 2024, but this is far more than a name change. Azure Local is a direct response to two converging market realities: a...
Azure Tops Gartner’s 2025 Cloud-Native Platform Rankings With Serverless GPU and AI Push
Microsoft Azure took the top spot in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms, claiming the furthest position on Completeness of Vision. The analyst firm’s recognition...
Microsoft Slashes onmicrosoft.com Outbound Email to 100 Recipients Daily to Fight Spam
Starting October 15, 2025, Microsoft will begin enforcing a hard cap of 100 external email recipients per 24 hours for all tenants sending from the default onmicrosoft.com domain. The move, announced...
Microsoft Intune August 2025 Update Adds Multi-Admin Approval and Patches Devices Before First Login
Microsoft’s August 2025 service release for Intune (2508) is now rolling out, delivering the most significant expansion of endpoint security and administrative controls in years. The update...
Xbox Game Pass Members Get Three Pac-Man Games Free This Weekend in 45th Anniversary Blowout
Starting Thursday, August 21, through Sunday, August 24, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Standard, and Core subscribers can play three distinct Pac-Man titles for free as part of a Free Play Days promotion...
Microsoft and ASUS Set October 16 Launch for ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds, Prove Windows Can Be Console-Ready
Microsoft and ASUS will ship the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X on October 16, 2025—two Windows 11 handhelds that boot into a full-screen Xbox experience designed to make the PC feel like a...
Windows 11 Copilot Reborn: Semantic Search, Real-Time Vision Sessions Arrive for Insiders
Microsoft is shipping a radically reimagined Copilot app to Windows Insiders this week, replacing the old floating chat box with a full productivity dashboard that pulls in your recent work, launches...
Corsair, SanDisk, Kioxia NVMe Drives Vanish Under Load After Windows 11 Update KB5063878
A routine Patch Tuesday deployment spiraled into a storage crisis this week as Windows 11 update KB5063878 was linked to a wave of SSD and HDD failures, drive disappearances, and data...
CISA Alerts Federal Agencies and Enterprises to Apple Image I/O Zero-Day Under Active Exploit
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added CVE-2025-43300 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog on August 21, 2025, triggering a mandatory patch sprint for...
NFL and Microsoft Put AI on Every Sideline: 2,500 Surface Copilot+ PCs, Azure OpenAI, and the Future of Scouting
The NFL is shipping more than 2,500 Microsoft Surface Copilot+ PCs to all 32 clubs, transforming the league’s Sideline Viewing System into an AI-assisted command center. Coaches and analysts will...