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- Show HN: A shopping bot for when you're drunk http://www.drrrunkshopping.com 3 comments
- German sneaker shop tricks bots by selling images of sneakers https://www.golem.de/news/ddos-onlineshop-trickst-kaufbots-mit-teuren-produktbildern-aus-1908-142999.html 7 comments
- What happens when a software bot goes on a darknet shopping spree? http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/05/software-bot-darknet-shopping-spree-random-shopper 29 comments
- FBI seizes bot shop ‘Genesis Market’ amid arrests targeting operators, suppliers https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/04/fbi-seizes-bot-shop-genesis-market-amid-arrests-targeting-operators-suppliers/ 121 comments
- Dems unveil bill to crack down on bots during holiday shopping https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/418215-dems-unveil-bill-to-crack-down-on-bots-during-holiday-shopping 4 comments politics
- People Are Turning to Bots for Holiday Shopping Amid the Supply Chain Crisis https://www.businessinsider.com/holiday-shopping-compete-with-bots-supply-chain-issues-2021-11 10 comments technology
- Bots and fake users abandon shopping carts, costing online retailers $5.7 billion a year, new study finds https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bots-and-fake-users-abandon-shopping-carts-costing-online-retailers-5-7-billion-a-year-new-study-finds-301553099.html 550 comments technology
- Grinch bots, automated programs which snap up the best online deals, are here to ruin your holiday shopping https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/grinch-bots-are-here-ruin-your-holiday-shopping-n1093536 5 comments technology
- Desperate Parents Turn to Shopping Bots to Hunt for Hottest Christmas Gifts - Use of programs that scour retail sites for hard-to-find items has soared since the start of the pandemic https://www.wsj.com/articles/desperate-parents-turn-to-shopping-bots-to-hunt-for-hottest-christmas-gifts-11637417633 5 comments technology
- I created a bot which tweets about RTX 3000 stock availability changes. It doesn't buy anything and just wants to help you getting notified whenever stock availability changes on certain shops. It's also open source. https://github.com/nehalist/ilovertx3000 48 comments nvidia
- I created a bot which tweets about RTX 3000 stock availability changes. It doesn't buy anything and just wants to help you getting notified whenever stock availability changes on certain shops. It's also open source. https://github.com/nehalist/ilovertx3000 143 comments nvidia
- Lawmakers introduce bill to stop bots from ruining holiday shopping Scalpers use bots to buy out all the best gifts and resell them at much https://www.cnet.com/news/lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-stop-bots-from-ruining-holiday-shopping/ 4 comments technology
- My side project - a completely bot-driven subreddit where users can play gambling games, with a flair shop and leaderboards https://github.com/eganwall/solutiongambling 5 comments programming
- Skype is getting Cortana and crazy bot messaging. You'll soon be able to use Skype to books trips, shop, and plan your schedule, just by chatting with Cortana. http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11332424/skype-cortana-bot-interactions-messaging 2 comments technology