Google and Microsoft's new WebMCP standard lets websites expose callable tools to AI agents through the browser — replacing costly scraping with structured function calls.

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Web scraping tools gather a website's pertinent information for you to peruse or download. Learn how to create your own web ...

In an era where data is the backbone of insight and strategy, businesses are constantly looking for innovative ways to ...

Abstract: The cryptocurrency market is well known for its huge volatility and constant changes, making accurate predictions dependent on consistently updated data. Web scraping offers an effective way ...

ProAPIs, a startup accused by LinkedIn of illegally scraping data from its website in an October lawsuit, has reached an ...

Abstract: Programming-by-demonstration (PBD) makes it possible to create web scraping macros without writing code. However, it can still be challenging for users to understand the exact scraping ...

The jury’s out on screen scraping versus official APIs. And the truth is, any AI agent worth its salt will likely need a mixture of both.