Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Microsoft Delivers Fall Creators Update Without Timeline as Mixed Reality Headsets Face Steam Delays
When Microsoft began rolling out the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update in mid-October 2017, it delivered a suite of creative tools and mixed reality magic—but the Timeline feature that had been hyped...
How mmsys.cpl and Other Control Panel Gems Keep Windows 11 Power Users Productive
Microsoft’s decade-long migration of settings from the classic Control Panel to the modern Settings app hit a familiar friction point for Windows power users last week: the simple act of swapping...
GPT-5 Unifies AI Reasoning, but User Outcry Forces OpenAI to Restore GPT-4o and Promise Clearer Deprecation Rules
OpenAI’s launch of GPT-5 was meant to simplify AI model selection, but instead it triggered a fierce user revolt when the beloved GPT-4o disappeared from ChatGPT’s default options—forcing the...
$329.5B OT Cyber Losses Possible as Ransomware Hits Critical Infrastructure: Dragos-Marsh Report
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack in 2021 marked a seismic shift in how we view operational technology (OT) security. Once thought safely air-gapped from the internet, OT networks controlling...
Flyoobe Takes Over from Flyby11: Windows 11 Bypass Tool Gets ISO Smarts and OOBE Previews
A major update to the open-source Flyby11 utility, now rebranded as Flyoobe, brings ISO-aware patching, preview Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) windows, and refined mounting behaviour to Windows 11...
How AMD’s 64-Core EPYC Rome and Azure HB VMs Sparked a Cloud HPC Revolution
AMD’s second-generation EPYC processors, code-named Rome, didn’t just challenge Intel’s server dominance in 2019—they rewired the economics of cloud computing and high-performance computing,...
Draw Before You Snip: Microsoft Tests Live Annotation for Snipping Tool
The Snipping Tool’s latest evolution breaks the traditional screenshot workflow. Microsoft is internally testing a feature called Live Annotation that lets users draw, highlight, and add shapes...
Windows 11 Insider Builds Finally Bring Dark Mode to Legacy File Dialogs
Microsoft has begun lighting up dark theme support for Windows 11’s long-ignored legacy file-operation dialogs, a move that closes one of the most jarring inconsistencies in the operating...
Flyoobe 1.2 Brings OOBE Control to Windows 11 Installs on Unsupported PCs
Flyoobe 1.2 has arrived, and it does more than just sneak Windows 11 past Microsoft’s compatibility checks. The new release adds preview Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) windows that let you shape the...
Cisco Rushes Patch for Critical 10.0 Bug Exposing Firewall Managers to Pre-Auth Shell Attacks
Cisco released an emergency software update Thursday for a maximum-severity vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to seize full control of Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC)...
Linux Mint 22.2 'Zara' Beta Debuts Fingerprint Login as Microsoft Lays Out an AI-Powered Windows Future
One day, two dramatically different visions for the desktop. On August 16, while Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" entered public beta with a polished new fingerprint manager and incremental visual tweaks,...
Microsoft Draws a Hard Line: Windows 10's Final Security Patch Drops October 14, Consumer ESU Offers One-Year Reprieve
Microsoft has confirmed that the October 2025 Patch Tuesday will deliver the last regular security update for Windows 10, forcing hundreds of millions of users into a decisive moment. After October...