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Why PS5 Restock Accounts Are Now Tweeting COVID Tests
Motherboard spoke to multiple administrators of restock Twitter accounts who have started including rapid COVID tests in their feeds.
Fraudsters Hijack Newspaper’s Twitter Account to Push PS5 Scam
The Dallas Observer is not actually selling a PS5 to the first person to DM them.
An Army of 100 Bots Is Reading Climate Change News and Clicking Every Ad Along the Way
Synthetic Messenger, a project from artists Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne, uses bots to make climate change news more visible.
Inside the Business of Sneakerbotting
A 'botter' explains how he snags sneakers before they sell out.
'It's a Crazy Issue' – The Bizarre World of Scam Audiobooks
On sites like Amazon, there are thousands of books seemingly written by bots – and many of those are used to dupe audiobook narrators.
Reselling Is Just One Part of a Broken Sneaker Supply Chain
Bloomberg’s cover story about resellers raises bigger issues in the sneaker community.
This App Lets You Automatically Join the Robinhood Class Action Lawsuit
"I think that both the legal and financial system is stacked against the average person and this case is so important because it combines them both."
Bot Lets Hackers Easily Look Up Facebook Users' Phone Numbers
The person selling access to the service claims it has data on 500 million Facebook users.
This Bot Turns Reddit Beefs Into 'Phoenix Wright' Trials
Objection Bot doesn't work on every subreddit, but it does translate the arguments from 'Breath of the Wild' fans into funny videos.
I Paid an AI to Get Me Instagram Followers. It Didn't Go Well
Influencers and pop stars use AI-powered bots to boost their online presence. But what happens if a non-celeb (like me) uses one?
Meet the Guy Fixing Team Fortress 2's Bot Problem...With More Bots
The popular online game is riddled with cheaters and bots. So this coder decided to make bots that go after cheaters and other malicious bots.
How Sneaker Bots Snatched Up All the PS5s and 3080s
One person's quest to buy an RTX 3080, a piece of tech sold out seemingly everywhere, sent them to some wild places on the Internet.