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Rufus is having trouble completing the installations of Windows 11 when using its new silent install method. The app's dev has explained why.

Rufus update brings "silent" Windows 11 installs, fixes a 25H2 USB and local account bugs, allows disabling Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and more.

Following its beta that came out last month, Rufus 4.14 has been released as a final version today with several big Windows-focused improvements, including silent installation, removal of bundled Microsoft apps like Teams, Outlook, Copilot, fixes for Windows To Go, a local account issue, and more.

CopyFail threatens multi-tenant servers, CI/CD work flows, Kubernetes containers, and more.

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe compromises inside data centers and on personal devices.

Ace is an AI-powered articulated robot that uses 12 cameras to compete against top table tennis players.

Rufus 4.14 Beta delivers some useful features, like the ability to turn off Copilot, remove stock apps, install Windows 11 silently, and more.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Project Hail Mary' tops the chart, followed by 'The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender.' 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' 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.

This week's Microsoft Weekly news recap is about new builds, Patch Tuesday, Recall controversies, Start menu reworks, and more.

The latest Windows 11 Patch Tuesday updates for April 2026 are now available.

This month's security update for Windows 10 is here with patches and bug fixes for sign-in issues and Remote Desktop bugs.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Project Hail Mary' tops the chart, followed by 'Hoppers.' 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' 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.

NTLite is a powerful unofficial Windows configuration app and the latest updates bring performance boost and the ability to save huge disk space

Microsoft thinks activating via the internet is just the better way to do it. It has explained why and how to do it.

OmniSearch blends instant results, previews, and cleanup tools into one powerful search experience.

Windows 11's context menus are a cluttered mess, and if you want to clean things up without digging into the registry, this small app is for you.

Catch up with this week's Microsoft Stories about a reworked Windows Insider program, new builds, free batteries, and more.

Update April 11: Adobe has now confirmed that CVE-2026-34621, a critical vulnerability affecting users of Adobe Acrobat and Reader on both Windows and macOS platforms, is already being exploited by attackers. The exploit can lead to arbitrary code execution and requires no user interaction beyond opening a malicious PDF document. Adobe has advised that the security update should be installed within 72 hours.

Chrome just shipped a better browser layout, and almost everyone will benefit from using it.
Google’s Chrome browser is getting a couple of new features, both of them extremely welcome and wildly overdue. The first is a reading mode, which does what it already does in most other browsers: strip out a lot of website cruft to make pages easier to read. Reading mode is good, you should use it, a lot of websites are bad. The second feature is the big one: vertical tabs. Instead of having all your tabs in a row across the top of your browser, you can now right-click on the tab bar and select “Show Tabs Vertically” to have them appear in a sidebar instead.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Hoppers' tops the chart, followed by 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.' 'Crime 101' 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 refines Windows 11 with subtle upgrades in security, accessibility, and usability.

Microsoft is expected to begin rolling out the April 2026 Security Update for Windows 11 on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, and in the fourth month of the year, the company is making new features, improvements, and security fixes available.

Windows 11 is getting a dedicated Settings section where you can manually enable or disable hidden and experimental features.

All your data remains intact, and you can go back to your original address at any time.

A new breed of hypervisor-based bypasses can 'crack' Denuvo-protected games on the day of release, marking a fundamental shift in the piracy landscape. Denuvo parent company Irdeto informs TorrentFreak that it is working on a countermeasure while warning that the new cracks are a security concern. Popular repacker FitGirl initially flagged security concerns as well, but embraced the new cracks as they improved.

In hardware news this week, we talk about the AMD 9950X3D2 announcement, Intel's new Arc GPUs, NVIDIA's obsession with war, and fun, lighthearted topics, like YouTube losing a lawsuit.
 
00:00 - Recap for the Week
02:28 - AMD 9950X3D2 Announced
06:17 - Intel on a Tear with Arc GPUs
07:58 - NVIDIA's Always-On Facial Recognition Tech
16:10 - NVIDIA wants YOU
24:57 - Chuwi Laptop Scam
28:54 - Meta and YouTube Lose Lawsuit

Over 11,000 pull requests have been spotted with the same "tips" injected into descriptions.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Hoppers' tops the chart, followed by 'Crime 101.' 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man' 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.