As thoughtful posts from companies claiming to value women on International Women’s Day continue to roll out, one Twitter account has been fact-checking their progress when it comes to closing the ...

Everyone loves a good "Scorigami" -- in which a score of an NFL game that's never been put together before happens -- ...

The link the bots are pushing directs to a channel on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, which hosts a bustling underground market for drugs and firearms. This particular channel has an ...

Twitter’s planned API changes hit one of its best features hard. Twitter’s planned API changes hit one of its best features hard. Adi Robertson is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online ...

A former Twitter engineer has a novel idea for Elon Musk to test how many fake users are on the site: secretly create his own army of bots. Musk, who’s currently locked into a $44 billion agreement to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When you think about Twitter bots, the first thing that might come ...

Elon Musk’s Twitter has debts to pay. And in the billionaire’s quest to monetize everything about his recently acquired social media site, Twitter is set to start charging for access to its ...

When Elon Musk took over Twitter, he said getting rid of spam bots was a priority. But data seen by the WSJ suggests he hasn't made much progress so far. As part of this war on bots, Musk says you'll ...

They’ve been alleged to have helped shift the course of the 2016 presidential election, and are a key component of Elon Musk’s ongoing attempts to wriggle out of his $44 billion purchase of Twitter.

Spam and fake accounts are more prevalent on Twitter than on comparable social platforms, according to a data analysis firm hired by Elon Musk as part of his legal battle with Twitter. The claim by ...

Elon Musk is likely correct in his claims that Twitter provided inaccurate and insufficient information about the platform's spam and robot accounts, according to former CIA cyber officer Dan Woods.

Automated Twitter accounts are responsible for a lot of spam, but there are exceptions. Twitter actually has some great bots that add helpful features, like adding color to photos, solving puzzles, ...