BitTorrent

Tacoma is Free to Keep from Humble Bundle for the Next 48 Hours

Humble Freebie After Signing Up for Newsletter Fullbright's narrative adventure game 'Tacoma' is currently free to keep via Humble Bundle's…

6 years ago

BitTorrent Sold To Blockchain Start-Up For $140m

BitTorrent Sold To Blockchain Start-Up For $140m When it comes to peer-to-peer applications, BitTorrent is probably one of the most…

6 years ago

BitTorrent Inventor to Create New Cryptocurrency

  Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent, has vowed to launch his own cryptocurrency in an effort to combat what…

8 years ago

Torrentz – The World’s Largest Torrent Meta-Search Engine is Dead!

Torrentz.eu, the world’s largest torrent meta-search engine, has suddenly closed down. The site was founded in 2003, and offered links…

8 years ago

Filmmakers Pressure Alleged Pirate to Take Lie Detector in Court

Movie studio Voltage, the makers of the Oscar-winning Dallas Buyers Club – starring Matthew McConaughey as an AIDS sufferer who…

9 years ago

PIA Running Traffic Through Second VPN to Avoid BitTorrent Ban

After a number of large datacentres are now banning heavy BitTorrent traffic on their networks, popular VPN provider Private Internet…

9 years ago

Sony Pictures Considered Purchasing BitTorrent Inc

Sony Pictures seriously considered the acquisition of BitTorrent Inc. according to leaked presentation slides procured from TorrentFreak. The documentation shows Sony…

9 years ago

uTorrent Considers Charging Users

uTorrent, the most popular BitTorrent client in the world with 150 million monthly users, is looking into monetising its services.…

9 years ago

Ashley Madison Hackers Leaving Behind Footprints

Hacking has been big news in recent years, with everyone from Sony to Apple having breaches and personal information released.…

9 years ago

BitTorrent Wants to Offer More P2P Freedom on Mobile Devices With New App

BitTorrent just announced a new mobile app named Shoot that is based around P2P connectivity between individuals. While this sounds…

9 years ago

Netflix is Killing BitTorrent Traffic

Forget DMCAs, DRM, fines, and lawsuits: the best way to tackle piracy, as those in the know have been screaming…

10 years ago

Is Netflix Planning to Implement P2P Streaming?

Inspired perhaps by pirate home cinema app Popcorn Time, it seems Netflix is considering peer-to-peer (P2P) support for its video…

10 years ago

Thom Yorke May Have Earned up to $20m From BitTorrent Downloads in 2014

Last year, Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, released his second solo album as a digital download through BitTorrent, and…

10 years ago

Project Maelstrom, BitTorrent’s Invite-Only Torrent-Based Browser

Project Maelstrom, BitTorrent’s torrent-based browser, was announced on Wednesday as an invite-only alpha version. BitTorrent believes that Maelstrom “is the…

10 years ago

‘Children of the Machine’, BitTorrent’s Original Web Series, to be Released Next Year

BitTorrent - infamous as the platform of choice for downloading copyrighted content from torrent sites - is making moves to…

10 years ago