A software agent on the Internet that is configured to purchase products as soon as they come online. The scalper bot enables its owner to quickly obtain hot items that can be sold later when they ...

The PlayStation 5 was launched in early November 2020, but many still cannot get their hands on one. This scarcity is in large part due to “scalper bots” (also known as “grinch bots” or “retail bots”) ...

Scalpers appear to use bots to buy up thousands of iPhone 15 models, according to new research. And iPhone 15 Pro Max appears to sit at the top of the list. The findings point to bots preordering ...

So-called “scalper bot” software has hoovered up many of the new gaming consoles released this fall, creating shortages that shut out eager consumers looking to score a new Sony PlayStation 5 or the ...

When you think of automatic bots, it may be that the first thing that springs to mind is the annoyance of getting up early and waiting in anticipation for concert tickets to go on sale for your ...

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Seven times last month, Benjamin Karmis, a 26-year-old priest from Wheaton, Illinois, failed to get his hands on the latest Sony PlayStation 5 video game console from ...

These bots grab some of the limited stock of the PS5 and Xbox on eBay and Amazon and then resell them at huge markups, says PerimeterX. Scalper bots, or sneaker bots, have been chewing up supplies of ...

Scalper bots are causing chaos for the Israeli government by trying to turn access to public services into a cash cow. Bots, otherwise known as web robots, are automatic systems programmed to perform ...