Spend enough time on the Internet or around tech-savvy types, and you’re bound to hear about BitTorrent. Likely, if you’re new to the concept, you have a few questions, and probably some ...

Illicit material is often available on torrent sites like the Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents (pictured here). KickAssTor screenshot 6/24/14 Social media and the community news site Reddit were ...

The PIrate Bay has made magnet links the default method of grabbing torrents, with plans to remove the links to torrent files this time next month. The PIrate Bay has made magnet links the default ...

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.

The Pirate Bay will remove .torrent files with more than ten peers from its site on February 29th. Magnet links will replace the old format, and the site will continue to operate as normal. The Pirate ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Following a decision to shut down its tracker in November 2009, file-sharing titan The Pirate Bay now ...

The world’s most popular file-sharing website, The Pirate Bay, is set to drop the files that have helped it become the most infamous Bittorrent hosting portal, removing support for the ageing trackers ...

It’s not exactly a secret that torrent apps don’t have the best reputation. Why? Well, they’re often used to share illegal content, mainly movies, TV shows, and music. Well, there’s a reason why ...

Downloading videos from torrent websites is a fun pastime, however, not everyone has the space on their computer to keep these files. Furthermore, downloading large media files can take hours, ...