Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Emergency Windows Updates Fix 0x8007007F Upgrade Failures and Broken Recovery Tools
Microsoft shipped three out-of-band cumulative updates on August 19, 2025, targeting a pair of serious regressions that had broken in-place Windows upgrades and made built-in recovery tools unusable....
Windows 11’s Handheld Mode Brings Console-Style Xbox Launcher to ASUS ROG Ally on October 16
Microsoft’s long-awaited handheld gaming mode for Windows 11 is no longer a prototype. On October 16, 2025, the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X will become the first devices to ship with a...
KB5066189 and KB5066188: Microsoft’s Emergency Out-of-Band Patches Fix Broken Windows Recovery After August 2025 Rollouts
Microsoft shipped out-of-band (OOB) cumulative updates on August 19, 2025, to repair a critical regression in Windows’ built-in reset, cloud reimage, and RemoteWipe capabilities that had been...
Google's Free Gemini Coding Tools Give Solo Developers a Generous Alternative to Paid Copilot — But a 2026 Deadline Lies Ahead
Google’s free, open-source developer tooling now unlocks the same Gemini 2.5 Pro model that Microsoft just added to paid GitHub Copilot tiers – and often with more generous interactive quotas and...
Microsoft Races Out Emergency Fix for Broken Windows Reset, SSD Failures Still Under Probe
Microsoft shipped out-of-band cumulative updates on August 19, 2025, to fix a critical bug that broke Windows’ built-in Reset, cloud re-image, and remote wipe features after the August Patch...
10 Surprising Backports Keep Windows 10 Fresh Ahead of 2025 Support Deadline
Microsoft is quietly backporting a surprising number of features to Windows 10, even as the operating system hurtles toward its October 14, 2025 end-of-support date. A redesigned About page finally...
Manchester University: Upgrade to Windows 11 Now or Face Security Risks After October 14
The University of Manchester has issued a stark warning to its entire campus community: arrange your Windows 11 upgrade immediately or risk leaving devices vulnerable to cyberattacks when Microsoft...
Microsoft's Copilot App Now Understands 'Chicken Tostada Recipe' — Semantic Search Hits Windows Insiders
Microsoft began rolling out a significant update to the Copilot app in Windows 11 on August 20, 2025, introducing semantic file search and a redesigned home surface to Windows Insiders with Copilot+...
Why Local AI Stacks Still Can't Beat Copilot for Web Summarization – A Hands-On Test
In a practical head-to-head test, a Windows enthusiast attempted to swap Microsoft Copilot’s polished web summarization for a fully local AI stack using Ollama and the Page Assist browser...
NFL Rolls Out 2,500 Copilot-Enabled Surface Tablets for AI-Powered Play Analysis and Scouting
The whistle hasn’t blown yet on the 2025 season, but Microsoft’s Copilot is already suiting up for every club in the National Football League. On August 20, 2025, Microsoft and the NFL announced...
Automated Snapshot Understates Microsoft's Profit Power by 3x, Exposing Flaws in Quick Data
When Benzinga's automated content engine analyzed Microsoft's performance against software peers, it delivered a verdict: the tech giant is undervalued on earnings but expensive on sales. Yet the...
18 Arrested as Microsoft Staff Protest Azure’s Role in Israeli Surveillance, Triggering External Audit
Eighteen people were arrested at Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington headquarters on August 20, 2025, after demonstrators—including current and former employees—splashed red paint across campus...