When Ukraine struck three data centres owned by the Russian technology and AI company Yandex over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy initially said the attacks had resulted in a ...

Claims that Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres reduced Kremlin-linked bot networks have spread widely online, but experts have told BBC Verify there is no evidence the attacks have ...

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New details of a Discord-related security breach have been published by Have I Been Pwned. According to the data breach database, Double Counter, a server protection service (and popular Discord bot), ...

Discord today is rolling out an age-verification system that estimates each user’s age and requires some users to prove they are old enough to access age-restricted content. Discord said it will take ...

Fake YouTube tutorials tricked 224 users into deploying and funding malicious smart contracts disguised as AI-powered crypto trading bots. The campaign stole 274.6 ETH, worth about $517,000, by ...

Adding bots to your Discord server lets you automate tasks and add new features. While there are many popular Discord bots that are ready to use, you may need to create one for your specific needs. In ...

The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has uncovered a massive suspected Chinese bot farm conducting "influence operations" online in the United States, including pushing an ...

Building a Discord bot is one of the best ways to automate a community, handle customer support, or just add some fun features to your server. In 2026, you don't need to be a senior developer to get ...

Website traffic from AI agents and bots has eclipsed its human-generated counterpart for the first time, according to Cloudflare, an earlier-than-expected milestone that speaks to AI’s rapid advance ...

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