The Pirate Bay has completed its shift to using Magnet links rather than .torrent files, a move that will make it more difficult to see who has downloaded files using the site. The site introduced ...

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 ...

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, ...

There are lots of different macOS clients for downloading torrents, and new software comes out every year. But what’s the best Mac torrent software for you? Which has the best features, and which is ...

A lot of people like to download stuff from the Internet using torrents or Internet download managers because even if you turn your computer off, you can just pause your download and resume ...

Be careful with what you torrent. A new tool on the black market is helping hackers distribute malware through torrent files in exchange for a fee. On Tuesday, security researchers at InfoArmor said ...

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 ...

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