Articles from September 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in September 2025
Linux Maintainer Exodus Fuels Rise of Rust Microkernels and Open Hardware
The recent spate of high-profile resignations from Linux kernel development has sent shockwaves through the open-source community, but it has also ignited a quiet revolution: the maturation of...
Kaspersky Data Reveals 53% of Devices on Windows 10 as End-of-Support Nears
With mere weeks before Microsoft ends support for Windows 10, a new Kaspersky telemetry study reveals that 53% of PCs it monitors are still running the aging operating system, and nearly 60% of...
Twistly Challenges Copilot: The AI Presentation Tool War for Windows Users Heats Up
Microsoft PowerPoint has been the default presentation tool for Windows users for decades, but AI is tearing up the rulebook. In the last two years, a wave of tools has promised to automate the...
Microsoft's Copilot Labs Gets Verbatim 'Scripted Mode' Powered by In-House MAI-Voice-1 AI
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman announced on September 10, 2025, that Copilot Labs now features a new "Scripted Mode" for audio generation, letting users have text read verbatim by the...
Beelink SER5 PRO Deal Drops to $265 – A Windows Mini PC With Ryzen 7 and Triple 4K Display for Half the Mac Mini Price
A compact desktop that can drive three 4K displays, packs an 8-core Ryzen 7 processor, and now costs just $265—less than many Prime Day promos—makes the Beelink SER5 PRO a compelling Windows...
Sick of 'Ask Copilot' in Your Right-Click Menu? This Registry Tweak Makes It Disappear
Microsoft's latest push to embed Copilot into every corner of Windows 11 has landed a new "Ask Copilot" option in File Explorer's context menu — but you don't have to live with it. Thousands of...
Microsoft Draws a Line in the Agentic AI Sand: Copilot Studio Gets a Lite and Full Experience
Microsoft has officially split its Copilot Studio into two distinct tiers, a move that signals a deliberate shift from a one-size-fits-all agent builder toward a persona-driven platform designed to...
Zenity Embeds Real-Time Attack Prevention Inside Microsoft Copilot Studio Agents
Microsoft Copilot Studio now supports a runtime monitoring API that enables third-party security platforms to inspect and block agent actions in real time, and Zenity has moved quickly to deliver...
Office 2024 'Activated for Life' Downloads Are Dangerous Scams: The Real Difference Between Perpetual and 365 AI
Microsoft’s Office 2024 is a genuine product, but a wave of fraudulent “free download, activated for life” offers is flooding the web, luring users with promises of built-in ChatGPT—promises...
Outlook Outage Timeline: How Microsoft Restored Service After 14-Hour Exchange Online Failure
Microsoft engineers have restored the majority of degraded infrastructure after a 14-hour Outlook and Exchange Online outage that left North American users locked out of email, calendars, and...
CloudX Award Puts ProsperOps in FinOps Spotlight, But Independent Verification Lags Behind Vendor Claims
ProsperOps walked away from CloudX 2025 with a Cloud Management award, a trophy that the autonomous FinOps vendor immediately leveraged to underscore its multi-cloud discount engine and a brand-new...
Anthropic Adds Project-Scoped Memory to Claude, Gives IT Teams Admin Controls and Incognito Mode
Anthropic today rolled out a long-awaited Memory capability for its Claude assistant, giving Team and Enterprise plan customers the ability to retain and recall project-specific context across chat...