Paranoia has spiked over the notion that Microsoft plans to keep people from running software they never bought.
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Windows 10 spreads the love with updates on the side
“Windows Update Delivery Optimization” works P2P-style to speed up updates. But it could cost you money – and it’s opt-out, so be aware!
Hollywood gets Piracy app Popcorn Time blocked in the UK
The UK High Court has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block Popcorn Time, a piracy app that’s as easy to use as Netflix. 
Season 5 Game of Thrones episodes leaked online
HBO says that preview copies of Game of Thrones have somehow been breached. They’d already been copied at least 1 million times before Sunday’s airing of the new season’s first episode. 
Fancy a cryptocoin miner with your Torrent client? “Foistware” back in the spotlight…
If product X suddenly wants you to install product Y as a “recommended extra”, is that a good thing or a bad one? In the latest brouhaha, X = torrent client and Y = cryptocoin miner…
Tumblr blocks torrent-related posts from search results, along with adult content
Logged-in users will have to click the lock icon to switch out of “safe mode” and get to any posts tagged with, or mentioning, torrents. 