Smart TV apps are quietly scraping web data for AI training

Bright Data operates a global proxy network designed to collect publicly available web content, and customers are voluntarily joining the network so that they can spare ...

Three Easy Ways to Scrape YouTube Comments Efficiently

You can learn to scrape YouTube comments by following these three proven methods. This article provides clear instructions ...

Evomi Releases Technical Insights on Scalable Web Scraping Browser Architecture for Data-Driven Operations

Evomi noted that adaptive concurrency settings and queue-based workflows are commonly used to manage traffic surges and maintain stable performance during peak activity periods. Additional practices ...

Apify Store pays out $760,000 to developers in January as G2 ranks it a top 10 software product

Apify, a web data and automation platform for AI builders, today announced it has earned 8th position on the Best IT ...

SerpApi says Google is the pot calling the kettle black when it comes to scraping

SerpApi, a Texas-based web scraping company, has asked a California court to dismiss Google's claim that that it bypassed digital locks to gather copyrighted content in Google Search results.

Google Ships WebMCP, The Browser-Based Backbone For The Agentic Web

Google ships WebMCP protocol, letting websites expose structured functions to AI agents and reducing computational overhead ...
The Manila Times on MSN

Fastly expands APJ footprint as bot traffic rises across global web

SINGAPORE — An edge cloud platform is expanding its presence in Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) as enterprises confront rising automated traffic, increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks and shifting ...

Google Chrome ships WebMCP in early preview, turning every website into a structured tool for AI agents

Google and Microsoft's new WebMCP standard lets websites expose callable tools to AI agents through the browser — replacing ...
Geeky Gadgets

Gemini’s Web Tool Makes Scrapers Look Outdated

What if extracting data from PDFs, images, or websites could be as fast as snapping your fingers? Prompt Engineering explores how the Gemini web scraper is transforming data extraction with ...
Wired

AI Bots Are Now a Significant Source of Web Traffic

The viral virtual assistant OpenClaw—formerly known as Moltbot, and before that Clawdbot—is a symbol of a broader revolution underway that could fundamentally alter how the internet functions. Instead ...
The Verge

Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’

SerpApi says it can deliver Google search results for use by AI tools, but Google claims it’s illegally evading bot-blockers to steal copyrighted content. SerpApi says it can deliver Google search ...
Search Engine Land

Google sues SerpApi over scraping and reselling Search data

Google said today that it is suing SerpApi, accusing the company of bypassing security protections to scrape, harvest, and resell copyrighted content from Google Search results. The allegations: ...