Bittorrent News and Articles

Transmission keeps torrent downloads simple and lightweight

Transmission is a free BitTorrent client known for its low resource usage and simple interface. Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, it supports the core features expected from a modern torrent client while keeping the application lightweight and straightforward.

By Ivan Franco, August 27, 2026, 6:21 PM

Software The Web

A years-long investigation just unmasked a major torrent pirate, the how remains unclear

The 56-year-old is accused of seeding nearly 1,000 NHK recordings

By Skye Jacobs, August 12, 2026, 7:02 AM 8 comments

Software Download of the Week

Transmission torrent client just got a major performance upgrade

After an extensive beta period, Transmission 4.10 improves torrent download performance, expands IPv6 support, and reduces CPU usage. It also includes dozens of refinements across all platforms, keeping the client lightweight, and reliable as longtime users often put it.

By Erik Orejuela, January 28, 2026, 12:22 PM

The Web

A 300TB pirate archive claims to contain nearly every song ever streamed on Spotify

86 million songs and metadata for almost all of Spotify's 256 million tracks

By Daniel Sims, December 23, 2025, 8:24 AM 11 comments

Security The Web

Fake torrent for "One Battle After Another" delivers trojan through subtitles

Another sophisticated malware delivery method

By Daniel Sims, December 16, 2025, 7:38 AM

AI The Web

Meta denies torrenting 2,400 porn movies for AI training – says they were for "personal use"

The company behind Vixen, Tushy, Blacked, and Deeper wants $359 million in damages

By Rob Thubron, October 30, 2025, 5:18 AM 16 comments

The Web Software

Greek man sentenced to prison for running a private torrent site 10 years ago

File sharing crime doesn't pay, and could eventually land you behind bars

By Alfonso Maruccia, June 23, 2025, 12:17 PM 42 comments

Security Tech Culture

US universities miss the mark with outdated P2P file sharing warnings about Napster and Limewire

For today's students, those turn-of-the-century systems are ancient history

By Skye Jacobs, July 8, 2024, 8:14 AM 10 comments

Security The Web

ISP accused of installing malware on 600,000 customer PCs to interfere with torrent traffic

When throttling just isn't enough

By Rob Thubron, June 26, 2024, 5:18 AM 28 comments

The Web Tech Culture

BitTorrent dethroned as the main source of internet's upstream traffic

File sharing protocol is now being superseded by streaming and cloud storage

By Alfonso Maruccia, March 18, 2024, 12:42 PM 11 comments

Download of the Week Software

Open source qBittorrent client adds I2P support

qBittorrent 4.6 has launched with experimental BitTorrent over I2P (Invisible Internet Protocol) support, enabling encrypted and anonymized torrenting. For those unfamiliar with I2P, it utilizes destinations instead of IP addresses and ports.

By Erik Orejuela, October 25, 2023, 6:06 AM