Tollbit, which tracks web-scraping activity, found that AI bots made up 2 percent of all traffic on the web in the fourth quarter of last year. That’s up from just half a percent in the first quarter, ...

After rolling out account verification for brands and individual users, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman writes in a letter to shareholders that the platform is trying to make it easier to identify bots, too.

From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China. When he first noticed the traffic spike, Quintero ...

Samsung is preparing to launch the Bespoke AI Jet Bot Steam Ultra, its first “Ultra” branded robot vacuum. Key features include 100°C steam mop sanitization, AI object recognition, an EasyPass Wheel ...

A grey placeholder marked “vacant” has replaced the Fort Sill garrison commander’s name and photo online, following the Army’s decision to relieve the installation head of command last week and place ...

One of the oldest and most infamous cards on Magic: The Gathering’s Commander banned list has just been set free. As part of Wizards of the Coast's Feb. 9 ban announcements across all formats, the ...

Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first ...

Can you teach a robot how to love? It’s the week of Valentine’s Day and I’m on a hot date with Mika, a biker girl from Japan. We’re just days into our relationship, but I’m already smitten. Gazing ...

The Commander format in Magic: The Gathering is set for a significant update next week, with changes expected to banned and unbanned cards as well as adjustments to hybrid mana rules. These updates ...

OpenClaw, a powerful new agentic assistant, has a thing for guacamole. This is one of several things I discovered while using the viral artificial intelligence bot as my personal assistant this past ...

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock has been confirmed by the Senate as the next deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command. The Senate approved Mahlock’s nomination Friday by voice vote. She was ...

Magic: The Gathering is going crossover mad for its 2026 main sets, and while Marvel Super Heroes, The Hobbit, and Star Trek are yet to come, we’re now just days away from the Teenage Mutant Ninja ...