Rising Threats from ScraperBots and Solutions in Web Infrastructure

All the details from the big Nintendo Switch 2 reveal this morning. Wikimedia says AI bots are increasing its costs by 50%. North Korean IT workers allegedy continue to go after remote IT jobs worldwide. Meta is reading its more ambitious, more expensive smartglasses for maybe later this year. And maybe the CoreWeave IPO wasn’t a bust?

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Links:

• Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S. (NYTimes)
• Everything announced at Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct (Polygon)
• AI crawlers cause Wikimedia Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50% (TechCrunch)
• North Korean IT worker army expands operations in Europe (BleepingComputer)
• How Meta’s Upcoming $1,000+ Smart Glasses With a Screen Will Work (Bloomberg)
• Stablecoin issuer Circle files for IPO as public markets open to crypto (CNBC)
• CoreWeave shares rip nearly 42% higher, rising above IPO price (CNBC)

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