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How the ‘Grinch Bots’ are stealing Christmas

How the ‘Grinch Bots’ are stealing Christmas

FromThis Matters


How the ‘Grinch Bots’ are stealing Christmas

FromThis Matters

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Dec 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Guest: Jake Roach, senior writer, computing at Digitaltrends.com If you've tried to buy a hot ticket item online like a new video game console, PC graphics cards or high end sneakers, you know that it is a race against the bots to purchase it. Now, as the holiday season approaches, these programs are spreading to other highly sought after items like toys, prompting members of U.S. Congress to table the Stopping Grinch Bots Act. Building on legislation that first targeted concert tickets which have long been scooped up by scalper's bots, there are plenty of questions about enforcement, jurisdictions and whether it will have any effect at all.
Released:
Dec 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The world is changing every day. Now, more than ever, these questions matter. What’s happening? And why should you care? This Matters, a daily news podcast from the Toronto Star, aims to answer those questions, on important stories and ideas, every day, Monday to Friday. Hosts Saba Eitizaz and Raju Mudhar talk to experts and newsmakers about the social, cultural, political and economic stories that shape your life.