Filesharing titan the Pirate Bay has promised to remove all .torrent files from its site. But it’s not to placate rights-holders—it’s going to replace them with “magnet links” instead. Back in 2009, ...

The Pirate Bay was made famous by its stand for unfettered file sharing, through torrents, and its fight to save the open internet. In a month, thepiratebay.org will remove all torrent files from its ...

Every year there is a torrent made to let listeners download most of the music for SXSW. This year's torrent has recently been posted (previous years' are also available at the same site). I don't ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More About 10 percent of all internet traffic is due to BitTorrent, which ...

Have you heard of torrents but don’t know what they are or how they work? Don’t worry because you’re not alone. Torrenting is a widely used method of sharing large files online, but it may seem ...

One of the biggest potential drawbacks to file sharing is the potential for downloading a hidden virus or malware. Of the top two torrent sites, The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents, is one safer than ...

The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents are the two top file-sharing services in the world. Which one is safer to download from, and how can file sharers protect themselves from potentially downloading ...

Although a torrent file does not contain any actual media, it is illegal to upload such a file to a BitTorrent tracker if it points to so-called pirate content. That is the view of Nicholas Hall, a ...