Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance
AI web crawling bots are the cockroaches of the internet, many developers believe. FOSS devs are fighting back in ingenuous, humorous ways.
AI web crawling bots are the cockroaches of the internet, many developers believe. FOSS devs are fighting back in ingenuous, humorous ways.
Hello World is a weekly newsletter—delivered every Saturday morning—that goes deep into our original reporting and the questions we put to big thinkers in the field. Browse the archive here. Hello again, readers. It’s Ryan Tate, an editor here at The Markup. I’d like to say a few words about privacy policies. Wait, don’t close this … Read more
The US Justice Department (DOJ) seized more than $200,000 in cryptocurrency intended to benefit the militant group Hamas it said in a statement on March 27. The cryptocurrency with a total value of $201,400 was traced to fundraising addresses allegedly controlled by Hamas and used to launder more than $1.5 million in digital assets since … Read more
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Switch 2 Nintendo has revealed something new about Switch 2 games on a day it wasn’t planning to talk about the new system. After today’s Nintendo Direct stream, the company revealed the existence of “Switch 2 Edition” games on its webpage about the new Virtual Game Card lending system, VGC reports. The Virtual Game Card … Read more
Against incredible odds, a solo Bitcoin miner turned a modest home setup into a BTC haul worth $266,000. Here’s how they did it.
The current state of crypto is akin to the internet’s “America Online” (AOL) era during the late 1990s, when the user experience was clunky, technical, featured limited use cases, and moved at dial-up speeds, according to Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Nailwal identified several key areas of development to improve user … Read more
In an era where financial technology faces unprecedented challenges in scalability, security, and regulatory compliance, the remarkable achievements of Nikhil Kassetty in transforming global tax solutions and billing operations stand as a testament to innovative leadership in fintech. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Nikhil has spearheaded a comprehensive initiative that revolutionized financial operations across multiple international … Read more
Without state management, Terraform is as good as normal CLI commands… so think about it now ! Normally, while developing Terraform scripts, state management is the last topic on most developers’ minds. Only after development is complete does the thinking process related to state management start. This is not an optimal practice. State management is … Read more
The foundation behind the layer-1 blockchain, Sei, announced it was exploring the acquisition of the genetic testing company 23andMe after the firm filed for bankruptcy. In a March 27 X post, the Sei network said its foundation was considering purchasing 23andMe “to defend the genetic privacy of 15 million Americans” by putting the company’s data … Read more
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters during a press briefing at the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, D.C. | Photo by Andrew Thomas via Getty Images On Thursday, several conservative podcasters were invited to the White House to participate in Podcast Row, an event meant to engage alternative media … Read more
The latest Kindle Scribe is a far better value now that you can save on all three configurations. Unsurprisingly, Amazon is discounting a variety of e-readers during its Big Spring Sale, including its first color e-reader. But if you like to take notes while reading, there’s only one Kindle that allows you to do so: … Read more
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In an era where enterprise software solutions face increasing pressure to deliver both sophistication and simplicity, the groundbreaking Supplier Onboarding Transformation Project stands as a testament to exceptional technical innovation and architectural excellence. Under the leadership of Senior Software Engineer Venkata Vijay Krishna Paruchuru, this ambitious initiative has set new benchmarks for enterprise application development, … Read more
Solana’s native token, SOL (SOL), faced a sharp 8% rejection after briefly touching $147 on March 25. For the past three weeks, SOL has struggled to reclaim the $150 level, which is leading traders to question whether the bullish momentum that was originally driven by memecoin speculation and the rise of artificial intelligence sectors has … Read more
A groundbreaking innovation in distributed systems architecture at Amazon Web Services (AWS) has established new benchmarks for processing efficiency and system scalability. Under Vignesh Natarajan’s leadership, a revolutionary distributed job scheduler transformed the way massive-scale data processing is handled, earning recognition through a USPTO-approved patent and setting new standards for cloud computing architecture. At the … Read more
Embrace, Not EXTERMINATE In the last 12 months, it seems like every other buzzword in the tech industry has been talking about “embracing AI” to write code, solve problems, answer questions, and do everything outside of playing with your cat. Noticeably, this has developed two different camps of early career software engineers: AI Maximalists and … Read more
The video game industry, once a beacon of innovation and opportunity, is now facing an unprecedented crisis. Mass layoffs have become the norm, with thousands of developers losing their jobs due to corporate restructuring, overambitious projects, and poor financial planning. This turmoil has exposed deep flaws in the industry’s hiring and business models, particularly its … Read more
Hamas supporters have used several seized wallet addresses to raise roughly $1.5 million in digital currencies for the militant group since October 2024.