Topic: data scraping
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A Website Saved San Francisco From Parking Tickets For a Day
A website called "Find My Parking Cops" briefly provided San Francisco drivers with a real-time map of parking enforcement officers' locations to help avoid tickets, but the city quickly shut down its data feed. The tool was created by software engineer Riley Walz, who discovered that SFMTA citat...
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The Investors Backing AI Gambling's Future
The U.S. sports betting industry has expanded rapidly since the federal ban was lifted, with over $150 billion wagered last year, driving innovation in AI-powered betting tools. Startups like MonsterBet and Rithmm use AI algorithms and real-time data to provide betting insights, with some claimin...
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API Incidents Surge: 40,000+ Reported in First Half of 2025
The first half of 2025 saw over 40,000 API incidents, with APIs becoming a prime target for sophisticated automated attacks despite representing a small part of the attack surface. A record-breaking 15 million requests-per-second DDoS attack targeted a financial services API, using botnets that m...
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Anthropic's $1.5B Copyright Deal Shortchanges Writers
A $1.5 billion settlement will pay at least $3,000 each to half a million writers, resolving a class action lawsuit against Anthropic for using copyrighted books without permission. The settlement penalizes Anthropic for sourcing books through piracy rather than purchase, but does not address the...
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ChatGPT's New Project Feature: Organize Your Chats for Free
OpenAI has made its Projects feature available to free users, allowing them to organize chats into structured, customizable workspaces instead of a linear sidebar. Projects enable users to group related conversations, upload supporting files, and set custom instructions, improving clarity and eff...
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