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 ...

BitTorrent, the content sharing and distribution network with 170 million monthly active users and 85 petabytes of content, continues to roll out more tools for artists and consumers to turn to the ...

No court has found the BitTorrent protocol inherently unlawful. But using BitTorrent to trade copyright-protected files will likely put you on the wrong side of the law. A Princeton study published ...

If you've been plagued with BitTorrent downloads that won't finish, unplaying videos, or—worse yet—videos that claim to require special players, weblog ...

The BitTorrent protocol has downloaders help send the file to other downloaders, reducing the burden on the original owner. This usually results in all participants downloading the file faster. The ...

Torque is a new BitTorrent interface that can be used to create simple plugins for in-browser downloading, streaming, or other tools that expand it beyond desktop clients. Torque is a new BitTorrent ...

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 ...

Click to viewEarlier this week, a Lifehacker reader caught downloading copyrighted material using BitTorrent told us about the scary warning letter she received from her ISP after a big media company ...

The tech company says that "Game of Thrones" isn't the most popular show on its network and encourages people to watch the HBO show legally. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large BitTorrent is ...

It turns out that winning an Academy Award is as good for movie piracy as it is for sales. Illegal downloads of “Gravity,” the most decorated film of the year with seven Oscars, have doubled on ...