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Bots have overtaken humans on the internet · “The open web is now being swamped by AI agents.” https://ilo.im/16dlpj

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Steam & Epic Games | Daily 4d ago

💧 poncle announced a free patch The Lycaeum for Vampire Survivors, version 1.15, jokingly dubbed the «WET» patch.\n\nThe update adds a flooded school The Lycaeum (unlock by collecting 50 Vacuum items), a fish weapon, new characters including Para Kooleo, bosses, relics, Darkana mode, a character-custom menu, multiple save-slot selection and fixes for over 80 bugs. No release date yet. Reminder: in April poncle released Vampire C...

#SteamAndEpic #Lycaeum #Vampire #Survivors #Reminder #Crawlers

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Aerofreak | USA WTF?5d ago

@dansup

Jeff Starr's web server firewalls prove to be very useful in this regard.

#crawlers #scrapers

Wordmark 6d ago

#umustbekidding #AI "#training #crawlers made up ~67.5% of observed AI bot volume in 2025" the #internet in 2026: more #bot ( #AI searching the #web) #traffic than #human traffic #wtf https://dwaves.de/2026/06/04/the-internet-in-2026-more-bot-ai-searching-the-web-traffic-than-human-traffic-wtf/ #wtf #howcanitbe #omg #answers ?

Truth Collector May 25

#Anti #AI #Software / #Website Protection / AI #poison

https://iocaine.madhouse-project.org/

iocaine features:

> No sympathy towards #crawlers

Stand in the way of AI but not your visitors

> Lightweight = Very little #CPU and #RAM

Tries its best to require little resources from your visitors too.

If you can serve #static content, you'll be able to run #iocaine too.

iocaine - the deadliest poison known to AI

Ecologia Digital May 21

"Our new analysis shows that more than 340 local news sites across the United States are now limiting the #InternetArchive’s ability to access and preserve their stories.

Researchers, historians, and citizens around the world rely on the web archives of #localnews sites to do their work.

“Blocking the Internet Archive’s web #crawlers threatens one of the most effective ways that we capture and store news content for the long term.”"

https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/more-than-340-local-news-outlets-are-limiting-the-internet-archives-access-to-their-journalism/

More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism

McClatchy, Advance Local, Tribune Publishing and other major newspaper chains are restricting the nonprofit's archiving bots.

Nieman Lab

FLOSSbOxIN May 12

Fucking #crawlers of #meta #facebook #apple #google are easting bandwidth and creating nonsense. In the last 3 days meta developer crawlers alone ate up 850GB+ #bandwidth. Assholes.

Phil Edwards May 4

Crawlers – Roadside Attractions and Saban Films pick up the new spider-infested horror film. Details here https://www.liveforfilm.com/2026/05/04/crawlers-roadside-attractions-and-saban-films-pick-up-the-new-spider-infested-horror-film/

#Crawlers #MatildaLutz #film #spiders #horror

Steam & Epic Games | Daily May 1

WILD: spin‑off Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from poncle hit 1,000,000 players in 7 days 🏆

The studio thanks the fans and explicitly refuses to nerf characters, they want to keep the game's momentum. Immediate focus: crash fixes, save protection and added auto-FPS binding. Planned: an endless mode and UI polish; a full update roadmap will be shared soon.

#SteamAndEpic #Immediate #Crawlers #Wildcard #Vampire #Planned