If you've upgraded to Windows 10 then Microsoft could be using your PC - and your internet connection - to silently send Windows updates to others. The feature used to do this is called Windows Update ...

Until now, updates to Windows and other Microsoft products were downloaded only from Microsoft servers. Windows Update connected to Microsoft servers, checked if any updates were available, and if ...

Microsoft will use its customers’ upload bandwidth to deliver Windows 10’s updates and apps with a peer-to-peer technology resembling BitTorrent, a fact that has caught some by surprise. Baked into ...

Windows 10, which by default will download updates automatically, appears to be hijacking customers' bandwidth to distribute those same updates to others. The technology is known as Windows Update ...

Some new Windows 10 users have been caught off guard by a new peer-to-peer service in the OS that relies on a customer's upload bandwidth to distribute updates and apps. Some new Windows 10 users have ...