Articles from December 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in December 2025
Microsoft AI Boom Needs Broad Wins and Social Consent for Energy
Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella issued a blunt reminder this week: the AI boom cannot be a winner-takes-all sprint limited to a handful of companies or regions, and it must earn the public’s permission
Windows 11 Tops Steam with 65% Share; Windows 10 Remains a Large Holdout
Windows 11 has just recorded another milestone among PC gamers, but the headline hides a stubborn and consequential reality: while Valve’s November Steam Hardware & Software Survey shows Windows 11 no
How to Close a Frozen App on Windows 11: Safe Fast Methods
Closing a frozen app on Windows 11 can be a two‑second fix or a data‑loss disaster — knowing the right tool for the job, when to use it, and the risks involved is the difference between a smooth recov
Spectrum Networks Named Global Finalist in Microsoft Training Services 2025
Spectrum Networks’ announcement that it has been named a global finalist for the 2025 Microsoft Training Services Partner of the Year award marks a notable moment for a regional training specialist st
Cash Rewards Boost Employee AI Use: A Practical Reward Playbook
Firms turn to cash bonuses and unusual rewards to boost employee AI use Executive summary Across industries — from
Linux 6.18 Review: Stability and Rust in Kernel Rollout
Linux kernel 6.18 arrived as the last major stable release of the year, bringing a steady, pragmatic blend of performance-focused infrastructure changes, broader hardware enablement, and a handful of
Nuvei Migrates Core Payments to Azure for 10k TPS and Five Nines
Nuvei’s decision to move its core payment-processing APIs onto Microsoft Azure and to pair that migration with Azure AI marks a decisive pivot toward cloud-native, AI-driven payments infrastructure de
Best new software for 2026: privacy first browsers and AI editors on Windows
Computer Active’s end-of-year roundup, “Best new software for 2026,” is a timely, tightly focused primer on the freshest Windows-focused apps worth installing as the platform shifts into a post–Window
Torvalds: Most BSoDs Are Hardware Faults, Not Windows Bugs
Linus Torvalds’s punchy defense of Windows stability — arguing that a “big percentage” of modern BSoDs are hardware failures rather than software bugs — arrived at a moment when Windows 10’s retiremen
Windows 11 Live Captions: On‑Device Subtitles and Real‑Time Translation
Windows 11’s Live Captions put readable, real‑time subtitles on any audio or video playing on the PC, and the feature now goes beyond accessibility: it
UT Dallas MTJ Neuromorphic Synapses for Low Power On Device AI
The new prototype from the University of Texas at Dallas shows a promising — and tangible — route toward dramatically reducing the energy cost of on-device AI by embedding synapse-like memory directly
Gemini 3 Launch Triggers OpenAI Code Red: Enterprise AI for Windows IT
Google’s Gemini 3 arrival has forced an unmistakable shift in the AI battleground: industry analysts and major outlets report that OpenAI has declared an internal “code red,” redirecting resources to