AI agents tripled web traffic in a month. Now sites are banning them
Amazon, Yelp, and Pizza Hut are blocking OpenAI's and Meta's new shopping agents, and a web optimized for bots could squeeze out the humans who built it.

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Amazon, Yelp, and Pizza Hut are blocking OpenAI's and Meta's new shopping agents, and a web optimized for bots could squeeze out the humans who built it.
Carolyn Marvin's disorderly conduct arrest turns a sidewalk standoff into a test case for how cities police the automation-versus-workforce debate.
Android's new AI-powered defenses target scam texts, fake bank calls, and screen-sharing phishing - here's what changes.
Activision's top marketer says Rockstar's blockbuster will drive players back to consoles and into Modern Warfare 4, even as the company admits its recent strategy failed.
A procedural move sets up a high-stakes congressional showdown over civilian nuclear cooperation with Riyadh, but GOP control makes the block a long shot.
The French duo's soundtrack deal for Rockstar's next blockbuster comes with a star-studded single that signals gaming's pull on music's A-list.
A new Rutgers analysis finds a small but real link between GLP-1 blockbusters and a rare condition that can cause sudden, potentially permanent vision loss - here's what the low absolute risk means for millions of patients.
CNBC says SpaceX’s shares surge following its IPO Friday, forcing investors to reprice what “space” and “AI” are worth.
Enterprises lose top-tier Claude access overnight, with fallback models auto-routing and an uncertain path to restoration.
The largest IPO in history gives Elon Musk's rocket company a win, and signals how massive the next OpenAI and Anthropic deals could be.
Elon Musk's rocket company prices its world-scale IPO at $135 per share, moving into public markets immediately.