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Microsoft has released the January 2026 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 25H2, 24H2, and 23H2. The 25H2 and 24H2 update is provided via KB5074109, build 26100.7623 on 24H2, and build 26200.7623 on 25H2, after applying the updates. Meanwhile the Windows 11 23H2 update is under KB5073455 and build 22631.6491.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Zootopia 2' tops the chart, followed by 'Predator: Badlands'. 'Wicked: For Good' 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 officially confirmed that an old Windows activation method is now gone. Back in the day, it was possible to activate a Windows copy via phone, all without having an active internet connection. In December 2025, users noticed that the service went down, and now, one month later, Microsoft finally acknowledged that it is no longer possible to activate a Windows copy through a phone.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Zootopia 2' tops the chart, followed by 'The Running Man'. 'Predator: Badlands' 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 news recap is here with the latest stories, including Windows 11 crushing Windows 10 on Steam, Microsoft killing an old Windows activation method, leaked builds of Andromeda, and more.

In November last year, we reported on the removal of an unofficial KMS-related Windows activation, something which the company was planning to do for a while. The method worked by helping to activate Windows without an internet connection.
 
If you are wondering about official ways, offline Windows activation has been possible to do using the phone. However, it looks like Microsoft has quietly killed off that method as users online have found that they are no longer able to activate the OS using it.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Zootopia 2' tops the chart, followed by 'Predator: Badlands'. 'The Running 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.

Too many bugs. Too many changes. Too little control. Windows 11's reputation might be at its lowest it's ever been as 2025 comes to a close.

Remembering Windows 10’s rollout can help diagnose what ails Windows 11.

The final Microsoft Weekly of 2025 is here, with a recap of all the stories published this week. We have a big performance boost for one of Windows 11's hardware requirements, a closer look at certain PowerToys modules, gaming news, and more.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Predator: Badlands' tops the chart, followed by 'The Running Man'. 'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' 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 news recap is here, bringing you an overview of the latest stories from the world of Microsoft. Copilot invades TVs, Windows gets a big performance boost thanks to native NVMe support,

Last week was a rather boring one in the Windows Insider Program, as Microsoft skipped its main channels for new features in Windows 11. Now, however, Microsoft is finally releasing a new Dev and Beta build for Windows Insiders. Build 26220.7523 is a massive update with quite a lot of new features, including the "Ask Copilot" taskbar feature, improved voice input for the on-screen keyboard, File Explorer fixes (no more flashbangs), and a lot more.

Mozilla's new CEO has confirmed that Firefox will evolve into an AI browser over the next three years, and the internet is not happy about it.

Microsoft earlier today announced that it is bringing a major performance boost to Server 2025 systems with a new native feature that will immensely boost storage and related speeds by up to 80%.
 
Microsoft today also confirmed that it is now going to be enabling a Windows system service by default, and quite ironically, the service is known to cause performance-related issues on user PCs from time to time as it can eat up CPU cycles and memory blocks.

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Predator: Badlands' tops the chart, followed by 'The Running Man'. 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' 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.

A deep look at the most significant Windows 11 features Microsoft delivered throughout 2025.

Big icons hogging your taskbar? Shrink them down with this Windows 11 tweak.

WhatsApp will soon log you out on Windows 11 to force you into an arguably worse experience
WhatsApp just took another step toward pushing PC users to its new web app. If you open WhatsApp for Windows, you'll see a vague warning message that mentions "changes are coming to WhatsApp for Windows."

What happens when there is an inflation in one of the components of a smartphone? The manufacturers raise the device's overall price. But if that's not possible in the competitive market, device makers can even shift to reverse gear.

A few days ago Microsoft released the December 2025 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 (KB5072033, KB5071417) and Windows 10 (KB5071546, KB5071544, KB5071543). Following that, the company also announced that it was beginning to roll out Windows 11 25H2 to all supported user PCs and such they can in-place upgrade to the latest Windows version from previous ones including from Windows 10. Microsoft explained how this could be done by switching a toggle.

Microsoft had one major announcement to make at The Game Awards 2025 presentation, and that was aimed at Diablo fans. Blizzard unveiled the latest expansion, named Lord of Hatred, that will be arriving to its action RPG Diablo IV next year, and accompanying it was a cinematic trailer with the usual high quality expected of the studio. As a surprise, a certain sword-and-shield-wielding class has already entered the battlefield.

Windows 11 25H2, the latest Windows feature update, in its current state, is far from flawless, as it is affected by some majorly annoying bugs, though there are some positives too. For example, Microsoft recently removed a mandatory requirement for a Windows 11-only security feature as it no longer requires a clean installation.

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 December 2025 on Windows 10 under the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program.

Microsoft has released Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 25H2, 24H2, 23H2, and 22H2. The 25H2 and 24H2 update is provided via KB5072033, build 26100.7462 on 24H2, and build 26200.7462 on 25H2, after applying the updates.