Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Azure Revenue Rockets 39% to $75B Annual Run Rate as Microsoft Cloud Dominates Q4
Microsoft just dropped a bombshell quarterly report that reshapes the cloud landscape. For the fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, 2025, the company posted $76.4 billion in total revenue—an 18%...
Microsoft Activates 60-Day Countdown Warnings in Windows 10 Ahead of Support End
Microsoft has begun displaying a 60-day countdown inside Windows 10, triggered by a previously installed update, as the operating system’s free support clock ticks toward October 14, 2025. The...
Windows 11 Insider Previews Finally Darken Legacy File Dialogs After Years of User Complaints
Windows 11 preview build 26100.5061, released to the Release Preview channel on August 14, 2025, contains a long-awaited improvement: legacy file operation dialogs now respect the system dark theme...
Windows 11 24H2 KB5063878: NVMe SSDs Vanish After Heavy Writes, Data Corruption Feared
A fresh wave of storage trouble is cascading through the Windows 11 24H2 ecosystem, with users reporting that the August 12, 2025 cumulative update KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) causes NVMe drives...
Microsoft Copilot Actions Spark New Era of Hyperautomation with AI Agents
Microsoft has quietly reshaped the automation landscape with the introduction of Copilot Actions, a set of AI-driven capabilities designed to eliminate repetitive drudgery across its Office suite....
Windows 11's New Start Menu on Windows 10: Why Users Demand It and Why It's Not Easy
When Microsoft unveiled Windows 10X in 2019 with its streamlined, Fluent Design Start menu, enthusiasts immediately clamored for the interface to land on standard Windows 10. That demand never fully...
Microsoft to End Office Store Updates: October 2025 Feature Freeze, December 2026 Security Cutoff
Microsoft has delivered a clear but widely misunderstood message: the Microsoft Store installation type for Microsoft 365 Apps is being retired. Feature updates will stop in October 2025, and...
Windows 11 Beta 22635 Tests Category and Grid Start Menu Alongside Drag-to-Share Tray
Microsoft's latest Insider build for Windows 11, 22635.4950 (KB5052078), delivers a two-pronged productivity upgrade: a redesigned Start menu with app grouping and a new drag-to-share tray that...
Microsoft's Quiet Week: PowerToys 0.93 Shrinks by 55%, Store Bans Bundle Spam, and Critical Zero-Day Fix
Microsoft's PowerToys 0.93 slashed its installation footprint by 55% and cut built-in extension load times by 70% in a release that prioritizes engineering discipline over flashy new features. The...
Microsoft's 2017 Mixed Reality Blitz: Fall Creators Update, Surface Book 2, and the $399 VR Gamble
Microsoft set out to reshape the personal computing landscape on October 17, 2017, when it launched the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update alongside a coordinated fleet of Windows Mixed Reality headsets...
Microsoft Sneaks Instant 2D-to-3D Conversion into Copilot Labs, No Software Required
A new, experimental feature tucked inside Microsoft Copilot Labs can transform a single JPG or PNG photo into a textured, downloadable 3D model in seconds. Dubbed Copilot 3D, the tool runs entirely...
Silence Windows 11’s Snipping Tool: How to Stop the Print Screen Pop-Up for Good
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