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.

‘This is coming for everyone’: A new kind of AI bot takes over the web As consumers switch from Google search to ChatGPT, a new kind of bot is scraping data for AI.

Global banking giant UBS has suffered a data breach following a cyber-attack on a third-party supplier. In a statement emailed to Infosecurity, a UBS spokesperson confirmed a breach had occurred, but ...

TIME 100 honoree and Vermillio CEO Dan Neely breaks down how A.I. is already targeting your company’s IP, data, and executive identity.

Slack, a Salesforce-owned workplace messaging app, recently blocked other software firms from searching or storing Slack messages, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a public disclosure.

Originally released on the dark web in 2024, the repackaged data includes names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, street addresses, and social security numbers.

A colossal data breach has reportedly exposed approximately four billion records containing personal information of hundreds of millions of users, primarily from China. The 631-gigabyte database ...

If state regulators allow utilities to follow the standard approach of splitting the costs of new infrastructure among all consumers, the public will end up paying for data centers’ power.

Reddit RDDT -1.45% is suing AI startup Anthropic for using the online discussion site’s data without a licensing agreement, a new front in the battle over how artificial-intelligence companies ...

Reddit Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Anthropic PBC that accuses the artificial intelligence startup of unauthorized scraping and commercial use of Reddit user data to train its Claude family of ...

Reddit sued the artificial intelligence company on Wednesday, claiming that it is stealing millions of user comments from platform to train its chatbot, Claude.

Reddit is suing Anthropic for training on its site's data without a proper licensing, joining a litany of publishers with similar claims.