Articles from September 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in September 2025
Firefox’s Enterprise-Only AI Kill Switch Betrays Consumer Trust, Sparks Privacy Backlash
Mozilla has quietly armed IT administrators with a supported, one-click method to disable every generative AI feature in Firefox—but regular users who crave the same simplicity are being told to...
Windows 11 Insider Update Delivers Smoother Auto-Hide Taskbar, Tests Copilot Suggestions in Start
Microsoft is using its latest Windows 11 Insider preview builds to simultaneously fix a years-old taskbar annoyance and experiment with turning the Start menu into a promotional surface for its...
Windows 11 25H2: Sudo, Wi-Fi 7, and Native Archives Arrive, but Copilot+ AI Still Gated
Microsoft began rolling out Windows 11 version 25H2 this week, delivering a lightweight enablement package that activates several practical features seeded into the 24H2 codebase—including a native...
Breaking AI Paralysis: A Practical Blueprint for Enterprise Adoption in Azure Environments
Seventy-nine percent of corporate strategists say AI and analytics are critical to their success over the next two years, yet only a fraction report operational use of AI tools in their daily work....
Master WSL File Access: How \wsl$ and explorer.exe Bridge Windows and Linux Safely
Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux has evolved from a curiosity into a developer powerhouse, and the ability to seamlessly browse Linux files from File Explorer is one of its most practical...
Microsoft Repurposes Xbox Button for Multitasking: Long Press Opens Task View in Windows 11 Insider
Microsoft has quietly changed how the Xbox button works on Windows 11 Insider Preview builds, giving gamepad users a faster way to manage open windows. A long press of the Xbox button now opens Task...
Microsoft Tackles Windows 11 Taskbar Auto-Hide Flaws, Introduces Copilot to Start Menu Recommended Section
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider preview builds are rolling out with two significant changes: long-overdue reliability improvements for the taskbar’s auto-hide feature and the appearance of...
Windows 11's AI Future Takes Shape at IFA 2025 as Acer and Lenovo Battle with Copilot+ PCs
BERLIN — The AI PC revolution roared into IFA 2025, where Acer and Lenovo planted their flags with a new wave of Copilot+ systems that promise to make on-device artificial intelligence a daily...
Nadella Pledges to ‘Do Better’ After Layoffs and RTO Mandate Fuel Microsoft Employee Revolt
Satya Nadella stared into a webcam and told thousands of Microsoft employees, “I think we can do better, and we will do better” — a rare public mea culpa from a CEO who has presided over...
Windows 11 25H2 Delivers Sudo, Native 7-Zip, and Wi-Fi 7 in a Low-Key Update That Misses the Hype
Microsoft has rolled out Windows 11 version 25H2 to the Windows Insider Release Preview Channel, and the response so far is a collective shrug. Delivered as a lightweight enablement package layered...
Bypassing Microsoft’s Browser Lock-In: MSEdgeRedirect Steers Windows 11 Links to Your Preferred Browser
Microsoft has spent years nudging Windows users toward Edge, but the OS is still peppered with hard-coded pathways that bypass your default browser choice entirely. Taskbar searches, Widgets, weather...
Microsoft's First Rust Kernel Module Ships in Windows Insider Builds: The win32kbase_rs.sys Milestone
Windows Insiders recently spotted an unfamiliar file in their system directories: win32kbase_rs.sys. The "_rs" suffix isn't a coincidence—it marks the first Rust-written kernel module Microsoft has...