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In a brief statement citing a court order in Belgium but providing no other details, Cisco says that its OpenDNS service is no longer available to users in Belgium. Cisco's withdrawal is almost certainly linked to an IPTV piracy blocking order obtained by DAZN; itt requires OpenDNS, Cloudflare and Google to block over 100 pirate sites or face fines of €100,000 euros per day. Just recently, Cisco withdrew from France over a similar order.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Mickey 17' tops the chart, followed by 'Novocaine'. 'A Minecraft Movie' 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.

Modern Windows versions receive plenty of updates to keep your PC safe and stable, and with such a complex product, occasional errors and missteps are hardly surprising. Microsoft has plenty of tools to deal with such issues—from Known Issues Rollback to the recently launched Quick Machine Recovery for unbootable devices. Still, sometimes, dealing with Windows Update issues is much simpler.

In our new 3-part series, we remember the people and ideas that made the Internet.

In a very real sense, the Internet, this marvellous worldwide digital communications network that you’re using right now, was created because one man was annoyed at having too many computer terminals in his office.

This week's news recap is here with fresh updates for Windows 10 and 11, mysterious folders on drive C, Copilot Vision on Windows 11, big Surface dying, various browser updates, long-requested features for Windows 11, and more.

Microsoft, last month, removed an upgrade block for Windows 11 version 24H2 that had been placed at the launch of the feature update back in September 2024. The tech giant is repeating that action again this month too, as earlier today, Microsoft removed yet another upgrade block related to compatibility problems with wallpaper customization apps like Wallpaper Engine.

Microsoft has published new out-of-band (OOB) updates for both Windows 11 and Windows 10 today. This is sort of a hotfix update following the April 2025 Patch Tuesday which was released earlier this week (KB5055523, KB5055528 on Windows 11 and KB5055518, KB5055519, KB5055521, KB5055547 on Windows 10).

In a rather odd move, Microsoft recently started removing the calendar flyout clock from Windows 10. At the same time, many Windows 11 users have been complaining for years about its absence. It now seems that Microsoft is taking the calendar flyout clock from Windows 10 (via NeedlessRandom on Reddit) users only to give it to those with Windows 11.

Snapshotting and AI processing a screen every 3 seconds. What could possibly go wrong?

Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store everything a user does every three seconds.

Microsoft has now confirmed that an April 2025 Windows security update is creating a new empty "inetpub" folder and warned users not to delete it.

The Calendar flyout in Windows 10 no longer shows a clock with seconds.

Developer Raymond Chen says Windows XP shipped with an encrypted version of Microsoft Bob to pad out 30MB of free space.

Microsoft should consider shipping Windows 11 with these features turned on out of the box.
When you install a fresh copy of Windows 11, the system comes preconfigured with a range of default settings that Microsoft believes are suitable for most users.

A new Windows 11 Start menu is in the works, and our early hands-on experience proves it's addressing some of the current one's biggest criticisms.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Mickey 17' tops the chart, followed by 'Black Bag'. 'The Monkey' 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 has released Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 24H2, 23H2, and 22H2. The 24H2 update is provided via KB5055523, while the 23H2 and 22H2 updates are delivered via KB5055528. You will be on build versions 26100.3775, 22631.5189, and 22621.5189, respectively, after applying the update.

It's the second Tuesday of the month, which means it's Patch Tuesday time again. As such, today, Microsoft is rolling out the monthly security update (also called "B release") for April 2025 on Windows Server 20H2 and Windows 10 for the latest supported versions, 20H2, 21H2, and 22H2.

It's not just you. NVIDIA's Game Ready drivers are causing problems for countless users. Here's what you can do about it until NVIDIA offers an official fix.

This week's news recap is here with big Start menu updates (really big), Microsoft's 50th birthday, Copilot news, app updates, new consoles, gaming news and reviews, and a lot more.

Microsoft recently published a blog post about devices running Windows 10 that won't be offered Windows 11 as they don't meet the latter's system requirements. The company has urged that such users let go of their old Windows 10 PC and get a new one with Windows 11.

A vulnerability in the WinRAR file archiver solution could be exploited to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) security warning and execute arbitrary code on a Windows machine.

Copilot is gaining memory capabilities, which will allow it to learn about you as a person, remembering your likes, dislikes, preferences, and more.

Microsoft will end support for its Windows 10 operating system this October officially. While users may extend support for a year by paying Microsoft, or longer, if they resort to hacks, many need to make a critical decision this year regarding the future of their PC.
 
Microsoft published a checklist for those users. The Windows 10 end of support checklist helps customers be prepared when end of support comes, according to Microsoft.

Rufus, the highly popular utility used for creating bootable media, has received its latest update today. The application received its last update back in October. That was a stable update, and it was a major one too, as it added a bypass for unsupported systems on Windows 11 24H2.
 
Rufus has, for the longest time, helped users workaround these problems. For example, the app, alongside others like Ventoy, allows skipping the requirements like internet connectivity and Microsoft Account (MSA) during Windows 11 installs.

In case you missed it, Mozilla recently announced that it is expanding Thunderbird's capabilities with new services under the "Thunderbird Pro" umbrella. This includes "Thundermail" and other services aimed at enhancing the user experience.