Web scraping is an automated method of collecting data from websites and storing it in a structured format. We explain popular tools for getting that data and what you can do with it. I write to ...

Q: What’s the dark web, and should I be worried about it? A: The term “dark web” can pop up in news stories, especially when there’s a big data breach. As ominous as it sounds, it’s helpful to have an ...

Web scraping is a controversial topic these days—for some, it invokes dystopian images of big corporations invading their private data and using it to make robots smart enough to take human jobs. Thus ...