We have a suggestion for McDonald’s: use the Veggie Bot, a set of kitchen tools that transform boring vegetables into building blocks for toys.

Tesla’s humanoid robot is finally here—if you downsize expectations just a bit. It’s a 7-inch-tall toy, not the life-size bot that CEO Elon Musk started talking about years ago.

Even so, bot-fueled bulk buying resides in a legal gray area. Most e-commerce companies have policies in place designed to block bots electronically and limit how much inventory any customer can buy.

The second market for popular holiday toys can help scalpers make big profits after buying up must-have toys and there's little toy companies can do to fight back.

Cyberscalpers resell hot holiday toys at major markups Some of the season's most wanted toys are being sold for hundreds or thousands of dollars above list price because of so-called Grinch bots.

Grinch bots can fill out online forms and move through ecommerce sites faster than consumers, and quickly purchase limited-supply items, Ron Winward, a spokesman for Radware, told NBC. “People are ...

There's a warning for holiday shoppers as online bots are snatching up this season's hottest toys.