Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Automated Snapshot Gives Microsoft a $52B Gross Profit – But the Real Number Is $194B
An automated industry comparison from Benzinga claimed Microsoft’s gross profit was $52.43 billion – a figure that would alarm investors given the company’s actual FY2025 gross margin of $193.9...
Microsoft Research India's Dual Mission: Advancing Foundational AI While Deploying Copilots at Scale
Microsoft Research India is quietly orchestrating a dual-pronged strategy that few labs can match: it is pushing the boundaries of generative AI fundamentals while simultaneously deploying copilots...
Westcoast Sees 400,000-Device Upgrade Wave as Windows 10 Support Ends October 14
Westcoast, the UK’s largest IT distributor, is bracing for a hardware refresh blitz. As the October 14, 2025 end-of-support date for Windows 10 approaches, the company projects up to 400,000...
From Pilot to Production: How Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 Are Redefining Cloud-Delivered Windows 10
The shift to delivering Windows 10 through the cloud has moved from experimental to essential for enterprises wrestling with remote work, security, and cost pressures. Microsoft’s Azure Virtual...
Acer Tempts South African Buyers with Free Android Tablet on AI-Powered Windows 11 Laptops as Windows 10 Clock Ticks
Acer Africa is sweetening the pot for PC shoppers: anyone buying select AI-ready Windows 11 laptops between August 11 and September 26 walks away with a free Acer Iconia A10-11 Android tablet. The...
Firmware Tweaks Could Save Millions of PCs from Windows 11 Upgrade Dead End
Microsoft’s Windows 10 end-of-life date of October 14, 2025, is fast approaching, and the company’s one-year Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for consumers only postpones the inevitable....
Microsoft Rolls Back WUSA Bug That Broke .msu Installs from Network Shares and Disrupted WSUS Updates
Microsoft has deployed a targeted Known Issue Rollback (KIR) to fix a Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA) regression that caused .msu update packages to fail with ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME when...
TrustedTech Abandons Licensing Roots to Chase Microsoft Copilot and Cloud Gold Rush
TrustedTech, the IT services firm formerly known as Trusted Tech Team, has officially shed its transactional licensing past and reinvented itself as a full-stack Microsoft cloud and AI integrator....
Tanzania Hunts Junior Developers to Keep Biometric Border Systems Running at Major Airports
A new job posting by recruitment firm CVPeople Tanzania reveals an urgent need for junior software developers to join a Network Operations Center (NOC) in Dar es Salaam. The role supports the...
Borderlands 3 and Sea of Stars Lead Xbox Game Pass Exodus on August 31 — Here’s How to Beat the Clock
Microsoft confirmed today that five games are leaving Xbox Game Pass on August 31, 2025. The headliners are Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition and Sea of Stars, just weeks before the launch of...
EA Drops Surprise Battlefield 2042 Patch with Iwo Jima, Free 60-Tier Pass, and BF6 Rewards
EA and DICE stunned the Battlefield community on August 18 by deploying Update 9.2.0 for Battlefield 2042 — a massive, surprise content drop that resurrects the iconic Iwo Jima map, bundles a free...
Microsoft Teams to Block Executables, Scan URLs in Real Time with New Defender Integration
Microsoft Teams will soon automatically block executable and other high-risk file types in chats and channels, while also scanning shared URLs at the moment of click to warn or prevent access to...