Microsoft has moved swiftly to remove the bullet it fired into its own foot with the August 2025 Security Update reset and recovery bug. The company has released out-of-band patches for Windows 10 and Windows 11 to deal with the problem in which attempts to reset and recover a device fail following the installation of the August update. The patch …
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Microsoft and Asus are putting a date on their new Xbox Ally handhelds: October 16th. Both the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X will be available on the same day in a variety of markets worldwide, but Microsoft and Asus aren’t opening preorders yet or revealing pricing. Microsoft also announced its handheld compatibility program to identify games optimized for the …
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Recently released Windows 11 24H2 updates are reportedly causing data corruption and failure issues for some SSD and HDD models on up-to-date systems. This issue was first reported on Friday by a Japanese PC building enthusiast who saw drives with Phison NAND controllers disappearing from the OS during heavy write operations (like writing large files or many files at once) …
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You need an emergency update asap. getty Republished on August 20 with release of emergency update. “Reset and recovery operations on some Windows versions might fail,” Microsoft has suddenly admitted, promising “an out-of-band update for the affected platforms to resolve this issue in the coming days.” That could be as soon as today. Windows Latest reports the company “has warned …
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Microsoft has broken the Windows reset and recovery functionality so badly, it must push an out-of-band update. While Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server are not affected, the issue, which turned up in the August 2025 security update, has hit many other versions, including the outgoing Windows 10. Thanks to Microsoft’s legendary approach to quality control, installing Windows patches these …
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Two years ago we learned, thanks to the FTC, that Microsoft was working on a separate “dedicated” version of Xbox Cloud Gaming. Microsoft Gaming CFO Tim Stuart then hinted, a few months later, that there could be a free version Xbox Cloud Gaming in exchange for ads. Now, Microsoft is hinting at making Xbox Cloud Gaming “more affordable” again. Jason …
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Microsoft confirms bad news for Windows users. Gado via Getty Images Republished on August 17 with a new privacy warning for Windows 10 users. Microsoft has just warned more than 700 million Windows 10 users that they must act now to stay “protected from the latest security threats.” Coming just days after the company fixed more than 100 security vulnerabilities, …
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