Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
Minecraft Moves to Year Based Versioning: What Builders and Modders Need to Know
Minecraft's version numbers are getting a facelift — and while players won't notice new blocks or mobs in their inventory, this quiet change matters a lot for creators, server operators, and the moddi
Windows 11 24H2 Provisioning Regression Impacts Start Menu and Shell
Microsoft has published an official advisory (KB5072911) admitting a provisioning-time regression in Windows 11, version 24H2 that can leave core shell elements — Start, Taskbar, File Explorer, Settin
Microsoft Copilot Voice and Vision: Windows 11 Goes AI PC
Microsoft’s new holiday ad asks a simple question with a loaded implication: “what if your computer could talk back?” — and then answers it by putting Copilot front and center in a one‑minute family s
HP OmniBook for College: Battery Life, AI, and Campus Reality
HP’s new OmniBook family promises to reframe the “best laptop for college” discussion by folding long battery life, Windows 11 Copilot+ integration, and on‑device AI acceleration into a single product
Center for AI Resources at University of Phoenix: Managed GenAI Hub for Working Adults
University of Phoenix has launched a centralized Center for AI Resources, a student‑facing hub intended to teach working adult learners, faculty and staff how to use generative AI (GenAI) ethically, s
HashJack Prompt Injection: URL Fragments Weaponize AI Browser Assistants
A fresh prompt-injection variant called HashJack has staked out an unexpected and stealthy attack surface: the text that appears after the “#” in a URL — the fragment identifier — can be weaponized to
Mistral Large 3 Lands in Microsoft Foundry: Open Frontiers Meet Enterprise AI
Microsoft and Mistral have quietly lowered the barrier between open-weight frontier models and enterprise production: Mistral Large 3 is now a first‑party model in Microsoft Foundry on Azure, offered
Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Plan Your Windows 11 Upgrade Now
Windows 10's end-of-support is now an operational reality for millions of users worldwide, and the path forward — upgrade to Windows 11, enroll in a short-term Extended Security Updates (ESU) program,
Typosquatting and AiTM: The New Wave in Microsoft Phishing
Imagine a perfectly plausible Microsoft email — logo, tone, and even an apparent microsoft.com link — that quietly hands your credentials to a criminal because your brain read a visual illusion instea
Windows 11 Firewall Best Practices: Eight Steps to Harden Host Security
Windows 11’s built‑in firewall remains the single most effective host‑level control for stopping unsolicited network access, and the eight practical steps in the provided guide distill what every user
UK Cyber Resilience 2025: Boards Must Make Cyber a Priority
The National Cyber Security Centre’s 2025 Annual Review delivered a blunt verdict: the UK’s cyber threat environment has escalated from episodic nuisance to sustained national emergency, and the quest
Microsoft 365 Copilot Business: Enterprise AI for SMBs at $21 per user
Microsoft’s new Microsoft 365 Copilot Business makes enterprise‑grade AI officially affordable for small teams, and the move reshapes the economic