Latest Tech News

Stay updated with the latest in technology, AI, cybersecurity, and more

Filtered by: torrent Clear Filter

Apple pulls iPhone torrent app from AltStore PAL in Europe

news.ycombinator.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-10-15 15:12:12

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple has removed the iPhone torrenting client, iTorrent, from AltStore PAL’s alternative iOS marketplace in the EU, showing that it can still exert control over apps that aren’t listed on the official App Store. iTorrent developer Daniil Vinogradov told

Topics: alternative apple apps developer itorrent
Read More
Shop Amazon

Apple pulls torrenting app from a third-party store in the EU

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-21 13:30:40

As first reported by TorrentFreak , Apple is preventing downloads of the iTorrent app on iPhones in the EU. Developer Daniil "XITRIX" Vinogradov's app was a popular BitTorrent client available from AltStore PAL , which is among the most popular third-party iOS app stores overseas. The company revoked the app developer's ability to distribute apps on such third-party marketplaces. While Apple has historically banned torrent clients from iOS devices in the United States, the EU's Digital Markets A

Topics: app apple party told torrentfreak
Read More
Shop Amazon

Apple pulls iPhone torrent app from AltStore PAL in Europe

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-10-22 06:12:49

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple has removed the iPhone torrenting client, iTorrent, from AltStore PAL’s alternative iOS marketplace in the EU, showing that it can still exert control over apps that aren’t listed on the official App Store. iTorrent developer Daniil Vinogradov told

Topics: altstore apple apps itorrent pal
Read More
Shop Amazon

Apple Revokes EU Distribution Rights for an App on the Alt Store

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-23 16:15:54

Under EU law, Apple is required to give its users more freedom to install apps that are not listed in the official App Store. This allows for easier access to software that's typically prohibited by Apple, including the popular iTorrent BitTorrent client. The iTorrent client built a steady user base over the past year, but that came to an abrupt end when Apple decided to revoke the developer's alternative distribution rights. Historically, Apple has banned torrent clients from its iOS devices.

Topics: altstore app apple eu itorrent
Read More
Shop Amazon

Show HN: I wrote a BitTorrent Client from scratch

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-14 04:08:05

A BitTorrent client implementation in Go that supports downloading files using the BitTorrent protocol. This project implements the core functionality of a BitTorrent client, including torrent file parsing, peer discovery, and file downloading. Features Bencode Encoding/Decoding Support for all Bencode types (strings, integers, lists, dictionaries) Robust error handling and validation Torrent File Processing Parse .torrent files (both single-file and multi-file torrents) Info hash calculation

Topics: file peer protocol support torrent
Read More
Shop Amazon
Trending Topics
Hot Now
ai 3583 apple 2975 new 2359 google 1991 content 1710
Popular
like 1476 company 1408 pro 1305 iphone 1128 app 1113 zdnet 1094 said 1043 data 1036 does 896 reviews 882
Emerging
editorial 861 amazon 854 game 800 samsung 764 phone 756 pixel 754 android 730 just 712 available 680 users 676
About GoKawiil

GoKawiil is a project by nerdhub.co that curates technology news from trusted sources. We built this site to provide a cleaner, more mobile-friendly experience without intrusive ads or heavy JavaScript.

Privacy

Your privacy matters. GoKawiil doesn't use Google Analytics or Facebook Pixel. The only tracking occurs through affiliate links to Amazon.

Advertising

Interested in advertising? Contact us at [email protected]