When visiting multiple web pages simultaneously, you might have seen prompts that check if you're human. While some websites use these to manage visitor load, others use them to protect web server ...

Data scraping refers to the act of extracting large amounts of information from a website using automated software programs called bots. Although that may sound nefarious, often it is beneficial.

Overview: Web crawling focuses on discovering and listing pages across the internet at scaleWeb scraping pulls specific data like prices or headlines from known ...

Scraping public personal data can get tricky because some jurisdictions consider it illegal despite the data being public. For example, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined Clearview, an ...

Spotify confirms it was not hacked after reports of a large data scrape. Here's what was accessed, what wasn't, and what it means for users.

Web scraping is a controversial topic these days—for some, it invokes dystopian images of big corporations invading their private data and using it to make robots smart enough to take human jobs. Thus ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Gemini are at the forefront of the AI ...

In today’s world, data has become the most valuable asset. Using the right data enables businesses and scientists to make better decisions. The question then becomes where to find useful data. This is ...