Articles from September 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in September 2025
Windows 11 Build 26100.5061 Sneaks AI Photo Edits and Copilot Summaries into File Explorer’s Right-Click Menu
Microsoft rolled out a new Release Preview update today that embeds AI-powered image editing and document summarization directly into File Explorer’s right-click menu. The update, delivered as...
Microsoft Store Plants Copilot Agents in AI Hub, Lets Insiders Launch Publisher Apps Directly
Microsoft began rolling out a Microsoft Store update to Windows Insiders this week that plants Microsoft 365 Copilot agents directly into the Store’s AI Hub and enables launching of...
Microsoft Store Insider Build Overhauls Downloads, Adds External App Update Detection
Microsoft has begun testing a significant overhaul of the Windows app store that, for the first time, allows the Microsoft Store to detect and surface updates for programs installed from outside its...
Windows 11 Finally Lets You Move Volume and Brightness Flyouts Away from Center Screen
After years of frustration, Windows 11 users are finally getting the ability to move on-screen hardware indicators—like volume, brightness, and airplane mode flyouts—away from their default...
Windows 11 Dev Build 26220.6682 Packs Emoji 16.0 and Copilot Click to Do Refinements
Microsoft pushed an Insider Preview build to the Dev Channel on September 12, 2025, that quietly introduces Emoji 16.0 glyphs, a Copilot prompt box in Click to Do, and a sweep of Narrator...
Windows 11 Build 26220.6682 Delivers Major Narrator Overhaul, Cautious AI Refinements
Microsoft dropped a new Windows 11 Insider preview build on the Dev Channel, and while it doesn't introduce flashy new apps, it packs meaningful upgrades for anyone who relies on screen readers to...
£3.4M Fuels UK’s First Doctoral AI Network to Set Research Standards
A £3.4 million Research England Development Fund award will power a four-year project to map how publicly available AI tools are infiltrating doctoral research in the UK, with the twin goals of...
Dev Build 26220.6682 Delivers On-Device Copilot Prompts, Selective Emoji 16, and Game-Changing Narrator Upgrades
Microsoft dropped Dev Channel build 26220.6682 (KB5065782) on September 12, 2025, and it’s packed with three distinct threads: a locally inferred Copilot prompt box inside Click to Do, a...
Microsoft Opens 25H2 Validation with Insider Builds Packed with Copilot AI and eKB Activation
Microsoft has pushed a coordinated batch of Windows 11 Insider Preview builds into the Dev, Beta, and Release Preview channels, marking the first public availability of the near-final 25H2 feature...
Dynamics 365 Embeds AI at Its Core: Why Governance, Not Tech, Will Determine Success
Microsoft has quietly recast Dynamics 365 as an agent-native platform, embedding AI so deeply that it’s no longer a bolt-on feature but the operational layer that executes business processes. This...
Microsoft's September Patch Tuesday: 86 Fixes, Yet Zero-Day Questions Remain
Microsoft shipped 86 security patches on September 9, 2025, addressing a sprawling set of vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, SQL Server, and other platforms. Yet only hours after the release, a...
Stop Dragging Windows: 7 Hidden Windows 11 Tools That Will Change How You Work
Microsoft packed Windows 11 with a suite of productivity features that many users never discover, buried in submenus or activated by obscure keyboard shortcuts. From instant window organization to a...