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Firefox has supported profiles for a very long time. This may come as a surprise to many users, as the visibility of the feature is lacking. Veteran users know that they can run Firefox with the parameter -p to start the profile manager. There is also about:profiles, which can be loaded in Firefox's address bar.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Kraven The Hunter' tops the chart, followed by 'Gladiator II'. 'Venom: The Last Dance' completes the top three.
 
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
 
Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources.

Microsoft is a very interesting company. Windows 10 is nine months away from the end of support, but the company is still adding new features to it while also trying to move as many users to Windows 11 as possible.

Microsoft released January 2025 Patch Tuesday updates on Windows 10 under KB5049981 / KB5050008 / KB5049993 / KB5050013, and Windows 11 under KB5050009, KB5050021 this past week. Alongside them, the company also released new Recovery updates for Windows 11 as well as for Windows 10 (find details about the Windows 11 updates in this article).

Microsoft released January 2025 Patch Tuesday updates on Windows 10 under KB5049981 / KB5050008 / KB5049993 / KB5050013, and Windows 11 under KB5050009, KB5050021 this past week. Alongside them, the company also released Recovery updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 (fixes the ever-installing KB5048239 bug with a new KB5050411 update).

In this episode of Microsoft Weekly, we look at the first Microsoft 365 price increase for consumers, Patch Tuesday updates, a broader Windows 11 version 24H2 rollout, a big drop of new Windows 11 preview builds, and more.

Reported issues could stem from VPN use or creating an account in the US — but sometimes they’re a mystery.

TikTok’s US shutdown last night appears to be affecting users outside the country as well.

Windows 11 version 24H2 is now available to all users with supported hardware. Despite the now-broad rollout, the operating system has a big list of known issues and upgrade blocks that keep certain users from updating due to compatibility issues. Luckily, Microsoft is busy fixing those issues, and one of the recent upgrade blocks has finally been lifted.

Microsoft has released the latest update on the Domain Controller (DC) hardening roadmap. In case you are not familiar with it, hardening essentially refers to the process of securing the operating system by reducing its attack surface and mitigating potential vulnerabilities.

Every now and then, we publish a list of the top ten useful apps for Windows 10 and 11 users. In no particular order, these applications improve the default user experience, replace the stock (and often quite lame) programs, or offer a better way to do daily tasks on your Windows PC. Now, with 2025 here, it is time for the top 10 useful Windows 11 and 10 apps for every user in 2025.

TikTok and CapCut’s apps have started to shut down in the US, telling users, ‘you can’t use TikTok for now’ due to the ban.

EC has also requested access to information on how X moderates and amplifies content.

Brussels has ordered Elon Musk to fully disclose recent changes made to recommendations on X, stepping up an investigation into the role of the social media platform in European politics.

If your browser is suggesting inaccurate personal info, or you don't want to use this feature, here's how to control it.

On Microsoft Edge, you can control the personal information that the browser uses to help you fill out forms online, and in this guide, I will explain how.

Windows 11 version 24H2 is already a few months old (it was initially released on October 1, 2024), and Microsoft is now confident enough to ramp up the scale of the rollout. According to a newly published message in the official documentation, Microsoft is now force-upgrading eligible devices from Windows 11 version 22H2 and 23H2 to version 24H2.

Microsoft Office is one of the world's most recognizable brands, literally used by billions. The initial rebrand to "Microsoft 365" was dumb by itself, but yesterday, the firm notorious for terrible branding decisions predictably decided to double down.

Microsoft is probably eager to get more users onto Windows 11 from Windows 10. The company is paying attention to even the most subtle things out there that could persuade users to make the jump.

NVIDIA revealed new info surrounding its upcoming RTX 5000 GPUs, including non-DLSS performance.

Bitwarden is an open source password management solution that we have mentioned and recommended several times here on this site in the past.
 
The developers have released the first major update of 2025. It is available already for all supported platforms and includes a number of important changes and improvements.

New photos taken during the joint European and Japanese BepiColombo mission reveal fascinating details of the small rocky planet.

Android co-founder blames Bill Gates for Microsoft's $400 billion loss and missed opportunity in the mobile landscape.

Check out and learn the most essential 'cmdlets' you should know when using PowerShell on Windows 11.

Users are being forced to move to the new Outlook app on Windows PCs, with no option to keep using the older Mail app.

On January 14, 2025, Microsoft released the first Patch Tuesday updates for supported Windows 10 and Windows 11 versions. Your computer should apply the latest patches without any issues; however, if you have certain software installed, you will encounter problems at the offline stage. In the official support document, Microsoft warned users that Citrix software is not going along well with the January updates.

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 and Windows 10 PCs that sport TPM (Trusted Platform Module) or PTT (Platform Trust Technology) in the case of Intel systems are facing an administrator-related bug in the BitLocker control panel.

Microsoft says it will drop support for Office apps in Windows 10 after the operating system reaches its end of support on October 14.