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Artificial Intelligence

Bots May Dominate Web Traffic by 2027, Warns Cloudflare CEO

AI agents are projected to become the primary source of web traffic by 2027, fundamentally shifting the internet from human-centric…

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Artificial Intelligence

Bots to Outnumber Humans Online by 2027, Report Says

AI bot traffic is projected to surpass human internet activity by 2027, driven by the data-gathering needs of generative AI…

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BigTech Companies

Cloudflare Fights Italian Piracy Shield Fine and Law

Cloudflare is appealing a 14.2 million euro fine from Italy, arguing it was improperly calculated based on global revenue instead…

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BigTech Companies

Cloudflare Refuses Italy’s Piracy Shield, Keeps DNS Unblocked

Italy has fined Cloudflare €14.2 million for refusing to block alleged pirate websites via its DNS service, a penalty the…

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Artificial Intelligence

AI’s 2025 Internet: Bigger, More Fragile, and Rewired

The internet in 2025 is increasingly driven by automated systems, with bots and AI crawlers responsible for a significant portion…

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BigTech Companies

Cloudflare’s 2025 Internet Review: Attacks, Outages & Traffic Trends

Global internet traffic grew unevenly in 2025, with major spikes tied to news events and outages, while mobile devices and…

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Cybersecurity

Kohler’s Toilet Cameras Lack True End-to-End Encryption

Kohler's Dekota smart toilet falsely advertised end-to-end encryption, as user health data is decrypted and accessible on company servers, leading…

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AI & Tech

Cloudflare Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests Since July

Cloudflare has blocked over 416 billion AI bot requests since July, revealing the massive scale of web data harvesting for…

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Artificial Intelligence

Cloudflare Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests in 6 Months

Cloudflare blocked 416 billion AI bot requests in six months, highlighting a fundamental shift in data collection driven by large…

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BigTech Companies

Cloudflare Outage: Database Glitch Caused Widespread Disruption

Cloudflare experienced its most severe outage in six years, disrupting countless websites and online services for nearly six hours due…

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BigTech Companies

Cloudflare Outage Disrupts Internet Due to Bot Management Error

A widespread internet disruption was caused by an internal configuration error at Cloudflare, not an external cyberattack, after a critical…

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Artificial Intelligence

Cloudflare Buys Replicate to Power Global Serverless AI

Cloudflare's acquisition of Replicate integrates a vast AI model library into its Workers platform, enabling developers to deploy sophisticated AI…

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AI & Tech

Web Developers Revolt Against Google’s AI Overviews

Web developers and publishers are challenging Google's AI Overviews, which they argue reduce traffic and revenue by providing direct answers…

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BigTech Companies

Cloudflare & Giga Team Up to Connect Schools Globally

Cloudflare and UNICEF's Giga initiative are collaborating to provide real-time data on school internet connectivity, using Cloudflare's Speed Test and…

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Artificial Intelligence

Cloudflare’s ‘NET Dollar’ Fuels New AI Internet Business Models

Cloudflare is launching a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin called NET Dollar to enable fast, secure transactions for the agentic web and…

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BigTech Companies

Cloudflare Plans to Hire Over 1,100 Interns to Train Future Tech Leaders

Cloudflare plans to hire over 1,100 interns in 2026 to invest in future tech talent by providing hands-on experience and…

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AI & Tech

Cloudflare Lets Sites Block Google AI Overviews

Cloudflare's new Content Signals Policy allows website owners to specify preferences for how AI systems use their content, going beyond…

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Artificial Intelligence

Cloudflare Balances Data Security with AI Access

Cloudflare One has been enhanced to help businesses securely integrate and manage generative AI tools while maintaining data protection and…

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Artificial Intelligence

Perplexity Defended After Cloudflare Calls It Out

Cloudflare accused Perplexity of bypassing website restrictions to scrape content, sparking a debate over whether AI-powered queries constitute legitimate access…

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Artificial Intelligence

Cloudflare Urges Google to Alter AI Search Crawling – Unlikely to Happen

Cloudflare is urging Google to modify its AI crawlers' access to websites, offering tools for site owners to block or…

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