Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
Vikunja vs Todoist: Open Source Task Management for Windows Users
In the crowded landscape of productivity tools, a quiet revolution is brewing as open-source alternatives challenge established subscription-based services. Vikunja, a fully open-source,...
Windows 11 Point-in-Time Restore: The Fast Local Rollback Feature Explained
Microsoft has introduced a significant new recovery feature in Windows 11 called Point-in-Time Restore, which functions as a built-in rewind button for modern Windows problems. This capability allows...
Windows 11 Build 26220: AI Copilot Taskbar & Accessibility Features Tested
Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7523 (KB5072043) to both Dev and Beta channels, marking a significant step in the company's AI-first approach to operating system...
Windows Explorer boosts speed with preloading, cleaner menus, and index dedup
Microsoft is fundamentally rethinking how Windows File Explorer handles performance, shifting focus from raw technical metrics to the user's perceived experience. The latest experiments in the...
China's Superconducting Maglev Hits 700 km/h in 2 Seconds on Short Track
China's maglev program has shattered laboratory speed barriers, accelerating a ton-class superconducting test vehicle to 700 km/h (435 mph) in just two seconds on a 400-meter track. This remarkable...
Microsoft's Eggnog Mico: AI Holiday Marketing or Copilot Identity Crisis?
Microsoft's Copilot quietly swapped its productivity blazer for a holiday sweater this season — the "12 Days of Eggnog Mico" series turned the expressive Copilot avatar Mico into a festive persona...
Windows Terminal Revolution: How Winget, WSL & Modern CLI Tools Transform Productivity
Microsoft's modern terminal didn't just replace an ugly old console window — for many power users it has rewritten the way they work on Windows, turning a handful of command-line utilities into...
BitLocker Hardware Acceleration: Windows 11's Silent Revolution in NVMe Speed & Battery Life
Microsoft has quietly engineered a significant shift in how Windows 11 handles BitLocker encryption, moving the computationally intensive workload from the CPU to dedicated silicon. This...
AI Chatbot Showdown 2024: ChatGPT vs. Claude vs. Gemini vs. Copilot - Which Is Best for Windows Users?
The AI chatbot landscape has exploded with options, leaving Windows users at a crossroads: ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, and numerous others all promise to...
Microsoft Copilot's Enterprise Journey: From AI Promise to Adoption Challenges
Microsoft's ambitious AI assistant, Copilot, has embarked on a complex journey from experimental innovation to enterprise reality, encountering both enthusiastic adoption and significant...
Windows Server 2025's Native NVMe I/O Path: A Game-Changer for SSD Performance
Microsoft has quietly engineered one of the most significant storage performance breakthroughs in Windows history with the introduction of a native NVMe I/O path in Windows Server 2025. This...
Windows 11 Insider Build 26220: File Explorer Search Gets Faster with Indexing Deduplication
Microsoft's latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220 introduces a seemingly minor but potentially significant optimization to File Explorer search functionality through indexing deduplication....