As federal agencies adapt to the coronavirus pandemic, opportunities to use robotic process automation (RPA) are popping up wherever humans have been collecting ad hoc data about the health crisis. At ...

The CDC's Coronavirus Self-Checker bot is now live. The bot, which was built with the help of Microsoft, analyzes your symptoms and recommends further measures. If your symptoms are severe or if you ...

Microsoft today announced a new 'Plasma Bot' tool to help find recovered coronavirus patients eligible to donate their plasma. The antibodies found in a recovered COVID-19 patient is being used to ...

The FBI sent out a warning today about an uptick in the use of malware known as Beta Bot that can steal sensitive data such as log-in credentials and financial information. The FBI says Beta Bot ...

A new breed of malicious instant-message bots is on the loose, according to IMlogic Inc., the developer of enterprise instant messaging security applications. IMlogic issued the warning late on ...

Some of the misinformation propagated on social media is promoted by people who genuinely believe it to be true. But much of it isn’t promoted by people at all, but by automated accounts, or bots.