Web scraping is an automated method of collecting data from websites and storing it in a structured format. We explain popular tools for getting that data and what you can do with it. I write to ...

Web sites such as job boards face a persistent problem: their data is constantly pilfered by automated bots. The data ends up on other competing job boards, which have stolen the content. It’s a ...

The web is tired of getting harvested for chatbots.

Cloudflare, the publicly traded cloud service provider, has launched a new, free tool to prevent bots from scraping websites hosted on its platform for data to train AI models. Some AI vendors, ...

Meta said it’s suing “scraping-for-hire” service Voyager Labs for allegedly using fake accounts, proprietary software, and a sprawling network of IP addresses to surreptitiously collect massive ...

Banks can face security risks when customers share their financial data using third parties. Citizens Bank built a tool designed to let clients securely and efficiently share data. This article is ...