Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Microsoft Now Requires DISM for Manual Defender Updates on Windows 11 24H2 — Here’s the Full Playbook
Windows 11 24H2's rollout brought a quiet but critical shift: Microsoft now explicitly warns against double-clicking MSU update packages for manual installations, instead requiring admins to adopt...
Windows 11 KB5063878 Triggers SSD Disappearances, Data Loss Risk
Microsoft's August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878, build 26100.4946) has triggered a wave of community reports and independent test results pointing to a serious storage...
TrustedTech Rebrands to Chase Enterprise Microsoft Copilot and Azure Migration Boom
TrustedTech, the technology services firm formerly known as Trusted Tech Team, has dropped the word “Team” and adopted a new brand identity that underscores its aggressive pivot from licensing...
Microsoft Taps Marvell's LiquidSecurity FIPS 140-3 Level 3 PCIe HSMs to Power Azure Cloud HSM
Microsoft has selected Marvell's LiquidSecurity family of hardware security modules to anchor its Azure Cloud HSM service, extending a years-long collaboration that already underpins Azure Key Vault...
Microsoft Patents Foldable Phone with Surface-Style Kickstand That Pops Open with One Hand
A newly published Microsoft patent sketches a foldable mobile device where a tiny kickstand does double duty: slide a thumb plate across the back, and the gadget not only props itself up like a...
Windows 11 KB5063878: SSDs Vanish on Heavy Writes, WSUS Deployments Hit by 0x80240069
A routine August security patch for Windows 11 24H2 has kicked off a wave of storage instability and enterprise deployment failures, triggering drive disappearances during large file transfers and...
Microsoft Experiments with Hover Quick-Actions and AI Tools in File Explorer, but Stability Bugs Persist
Microsoft is testing a suite of productivity-focused upgrades for File Explorer that promise to cut clicks and surface AI tools directly where users browse files. Lean on a file in the Home view and...
Azure Sphere 18.11 Update Bolsters Microsoft’s Secure Edge AI and Digital Twins Vision
Microsoft has shipped a critical update to its Azure Sphere microcontroller security platform, reinforcing the company’s end-to-end IoT architecture that spans from silicon to cloud. The 18.11...
Stop Believing These 3 Windows Security Myths Before It Costs You
Microsoft has quietly built one of the most formidable free security suites on the planet, yet millions of Windows users still cling to outdated advice that risks their data and their wallets. The...
Windows 10 BSODs on Chrome OS tablet point to Google’s dual-boot ambitions
A developer commit buried in the Chromium source code has revealed that Google engineers are actively testing Windows 10 on a Chrome OS tablet codenamed Nocturne—and the experiment is hitting a...
AutoDark 1.0 Arrives as a Free, Streamlined Windows 11 Theme Scheduler with Wallpaper Sync
TweakNow dropped a new free utility on August 16, 2025, called AutoDark 1.0, and it does exactly what the name implies: automatically flips your Windows 11 desktop between light and dark modes on a...
Microsoft Tests Hover Quick-Action Buttons and AI Context Menu in Windows 11 File Explorer
Microsoft is quietly testing a suite of new interaction layers in Windows 11’s File Explorer, adding hover-activated quick-action buttons and AI-powered context menu options designed to speed up...