Articles from November 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in November 2025
Microsoft’s AI-First Hiring: Growth Through Leverage, Not Headcount
Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella told investor Brad Gerstner on the BG2 podcast that the company will “grow our headcount,” but with a crucial caveat: future hires will be expected to deliver far more le
Gemini Enterprise: Google's AI Platform and the 2025 Jobs Shakeup
Google’s enterprise AI push and a worrying jobs narrative collided this week: Storyboard18’s roundup flagged that over a lakh (100,000+) jobs have been lost amid AI-driven restructuring, while Google
Understanding the DynamoDB DNS Outage: Lessons on Cloud Resilience and Hyperscaler Risk
On October 19–20, a latent race condition inside Amazon Web Services’ DynamoDB DNS automation produced an empty DNS record for the
Microsoft AI Stack Delivers Real Enterprise Outcomes with Copilot and Foundry
Microsoft’s recent showcase of AI-driven customer stories captures a clear message: the company’s strategy of embedding generative AI across cloud, productivity, developer and industry stacks is movin
Windows 11 Update and Shut Down Now Actually Powers Off (Insider Fix)
Microsoft has quietly corrected one of Windows 11’s most persistent small annoyances: the “Update and shut down” option that in some configurations applied updates only to return the PC to a powered‑o
Windows 11 Start Menu: Why disabling Recommendations also hides Recent Items
Microsoft's quiet tweak to the Windows 11 Start menu has given users a long-requested way to remove the "Recommended" feed — but it's come with an unexpected and, for many, unacceptable trade-off: dis
Windows 11 Shared Audio Preview Streams Audio to Two Bluetooth LE Devices
Microsoft is quietly rolling out a long‑requested convenience: a built‑in Shared audio (preview) for Windows 11 that can stream the same audio feed to two Bluetooth devices at once, leveraging the new
Windows 11 Update and Shut Down Now Truly Powers Off (KB5067036)
Microsoft has quietly corrected a long-standing Windows annoyance: the “Update and shut down” option that for many PCs applied updates and then returned the machine to a powered‑on state instead of ho
ADNOC Expands AI Partnership with Microsoft with Masdar and XRG
ADNOC’s announcement that it has expanded its AI partnership with Microsoft — bringing Masdar and ADNOC’s investment arm XRG into the fold — marks a deliberate shift in how energy majors are positioni
Ads in Google's AI Mode: Navigating GenAI Discovery, Privacy and Monetization
Google has quietly begun testing advertisements inside its AI-powered Search interface and related Gemini-driven experiences — and the move is already prompting a broad re-think of how discovery, comm
HR Leaders: Turn AI Adoption Into Durable Value with Upskilling and Governance
HR leaders are central to whether organizations merely adopt AI tools or actually gain durable value from them — and the difference depends on thoughtful reskilling, governance, job redesign, and meas
Digital sovereignty after October cloud outages: building a public led infrastructure
Twice in ten days this October the internet reminded Europe — and the organisations that run its hospitals, courts and tax systems — that the word “cloud” masks a very simple and old-fashioned risk: m