Articles from 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2025
Concentric AI Deploys Private Scan Manager on Azure for On-Tenant Data Classification
The landscape of enterprise data security is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the dual pressures of stringent data residency regulations and the explosive growth of generative AI...
Windows 10 December 2025 Update Breaks MSMQ: Permissions Fix & Rollback Guide
Microsoft's December 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10 (KB5071546) has introduced a critical permissions change that breaks Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) functionality across multiple Windows...
Windows 11 Entra ID Gets WebView2 Upgrade: What IT Admins Must Know
Microsoft is quietly rolling out a foundational change to how Windows 11 handles enterprise authentication, replacing the legacy Internet Explorer-based Web Account Manager (WAM) with the modern...
Auditable package managers slash malware risks: Winget, Chocolatey verify Windows installs
The era of downloading random executables from unverified websites and hoping the installer isn't malware in disguise is rapidly ending for Windows users. Modern Windows package managers have emerged...
December 2025 Patch Tuesday Breaks MSMQ: Enterprise Impact & Fixes
Microsoft has confirmed that its December 9, 2025 Patch Tuesday cumulative updates introduced a significant regression that breaks Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) functionality in many enterprise...
Project Zero Finds Windows 11 November 2024 Patch Still Allows Elevated Attacks
Microsoft's November 2024 security update for Windows 11, intended to fix a critical privilege-escalation vulnerability in the new Administrator Protection feature, has been criticized by Google's...
Xbox Wireless Headset 2024 Gets Bluetooth LE Audio: Lower Latency, Better Windows 11 Integration
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a significant firmware update to the refreshed 2024 Xbox Wireless Headset, adding Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio support that promises lower latency, improved power...
How to Clear Delivery Optimization Cache and Reclaim 20GB+ in Windows 10/11
Windows users are discovering a hidden storage hog that can consume 20GB or more of valuable disk space: the Delivery Optimization cache. This feature, designed to speed up Windows updates and app...
Conversational AI Replaces Keywords with Multi-Turn Intent Signals in Paid Search
The digital advertising landscape is undergoing a seismic shift as conversational AI technologies fundamentally reshape how paid search operates. What was once primarily a keyword-volume game—where...
AWS EC2 architects cut Windows Server 2022 costs via instance right-sizing and licensing optimization.
Windows Server 2022 on AWS EC2 represents a powerful convergence of Microsoft's enterprise server platform with Amazon's elastic cloud infrastructure, offering organizations familiar Windows...
Xbox December 2025 Update Adds Store Tab to Mobile App, Bluetooth LE Audio to Controllers
Microsoft's December 2025 Xbox update represents a significant step toward unifying the gaming ecosystem across Windows PCs, Xbox consoles, and mobile devices. This quiet but impactful release...
Windows 11 mandates explicit user consent before AI agents can access personal data
Microsoft is implementing a significant privacy-focused change to Windows 11's AI capabilities with new system-level consent prompts that will require explicit user permission before AI-powered...