2025-09-24 13:00
Cloudflare has introduced the Content Signals Policy, empowering creators to manage how their content is used online. This new tool enhances the existing robots.txt, allowing users to define preferences for content usage after access. Unlike the current system, which only regulates access, this policy provides a clear way to communicate content usage rules. This initiative aims to strike a balance between open web access and protecting creators' rights. 🌐🔒 #Cloudflare #ContentPolicy...
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Will Allen
2025-09-24 13:00
The recent Salesloft breach highlights a critical issue: companies lack visibility over data in SaaS applications. 🔍 To address this, Cloudflare is developing security tools that consolidate SaaS connections through a single proxy. This aims to enhance monitoring, detection, and response capabilities. 🛡️ SaaS platform providers play a key role in safeguarding customer data, but integrations can create vulnerabilities. With more apps, the risk of data breaches increases. 🔒 Cloudflare's...
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Ed Conolly
2025-09-24 13:00
🌐 Exciting news in cybersecurity! Cloudflare has upgraded its WARP client to support post-quantum cryptography (PQC). This move comes as a proactive step towards securing the Internet against future threats from quantum computing, with NIST urging the transition from classical cryptography by 2035. With over 45% of traffic already post-quantum encrypted, Cloudflare is ensuring a secure online experience for all users at no extra cost. The updated WARP client now offers immediate protection...
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Koko Uko
2025-09-24 13:00
🌐 Cloudflare is proposing responsible AI bot principles to enhance the Internet's future. Key points include: 🔍 Public disclosure of AI bot information. 🤖 Truthful self-identification of bots. 🎯 Bots should have a declared single purpose. 📋 Respect website operators' preferences. 💡 Act with good intent to avoid excessive traffic. These principles aim to foster collaboration among publishers, bot operators, and tech companies. Join the conversation for a better Internet! #AIBots...
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Sebastian Hufnagel
2025-09-23 14:00
🚀 We are excited to share a new method for detecting bots! This approach focuses on behavioral anomaly detection tailored to each customer, providing enhanced security against sophisticated bot attacks. As AI-driven web scraping rises, our platform offers hundreds of thousands of unique detection suites to protect websites from evolving threats. Learn more about how we're addressing these challenges! 🌐🔐 #Cybersecurity #BotManagement #AI #WebSafety #DataProtection
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Prajjwal Gupta
2025-09-23 14:00
🌐 Cloudflare has launched Confidence Scorecards in its Application Library, providing transparent risk ratings for SaaS and Gen-AI apps. As AI tools grow in use, the challenge of managing Shadow AI increases for security teams. Manual vetting is often impractical, leading to potential risks in compliance and data privacy. The new scorecards automate the evaluation process, offering clear safety ratings for AI applications. This helps organizations set policies and embrace innovation securely....
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Sharon Goldberg
2025-09-23 14:00
🚀 Introducing VibeSDK, an open-source AI "vibe coding" platform! With VibeSDK, anyone can build custom applications by simply describing their needs. This platform comes with code generation, sandbox environments, and project deployment features. Organizations can enable users to create applications without relying on engineering teams. It offers integration with LLM models for real-time coding and debugging, ensuring a secure development space. Explore the demo and deploy your own platform...
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Dina Kozlov
2025-09-23 13:00
🌐 Project Galileo is expanding its support for journalists and local news by offering free access to Cloudflare's Bot Management and AI Crawl Control services. This initiative protects around 750 news organizations from AI crawlers, which are impacting website traffic and revenue. With AI changing how information is accessed, it's crucial for news outlets to monitor and control AI interactions to safeguard their content. This program aims to empower news organizations to negotiate fair...
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Jocelyn Woolbright
2025-09-23 13:00
🌐 Cloudflare and Coinbase are launching the x402 Foundation to support the x402 protocol, enabling efficient digital transactions. This collaboration aims to standardize machine-to-machine payments, allowing seamless value exchange online. Developers will gain access to new features in the Agents SDK and MCP, along with a proposed deferred payment scheme. Explore how x402 can transform web payments! 💻💰 #x402 #Cloudflare #Coinbase #DigitalTransactions #Fintech
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Steve James
2025-09-23 13:00
🌐 Cloudflare is collaborating with Webflow and Netlify to support open-source frameworks Astro and TanStack. These partnerships aim to provide essential resources for both projects, emphasizing the importance of community-driven development in the web ecosystem. Astro focuses on high-performance sites, while TanStack offers a robust toolkit for complex applications. Together, they enhance web development accessibility and innovation. #OpenSource #WebDevelopment #Astro #TanStack #Cloudflare
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Rita Kozlov
2025-09-22 13:00
🚀 The Workers Launchpad program supports founders on the Cloudflare network with essential resources and mentorship. Since its inception, 145 startups from 23 countries have joined, tackling issues in AI, cloud infrastructure, and more. Notably, Cohort #5 showcased strong female founder representation. Participants benefit from hands-on support, bootcamps, and VC introductions, leading to funding and successful acquisitions. 🌍💡 Learn more about the program and its impact on innovation!...
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Valentina Tejera Hernandez
2025-09-22 13:00
🚀 Introducing Cap'n Web, a new open-source RPC protocol designed for browsers and web servers! Cap'n Web is built in pure TypeScript and enhances the capabilities of Cap'n Proto with a user-friendly, schema-less approach. It uses human-readable JSON for serialization and is compatible with major browsers, Node.js, and Cloudflare Workers. Key features include bidirectional calling, passing functions by reference, and promise pipelining, all while maintaining capability-based security patterns....
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Steve Faulkner
2025-09-22 13:00
🚀 Cloudflare is set to open its San Francisco, Austin, London, and Lisbon offices to startups in 2026! These spaces will be available for collaboration, networking, and focused work, enhancing innovation within the tech community. The initiative aims to support early-stage startups by fostering connections in-person, building on Cloudflare’s long history of hosting community events. 🌍 Join us in creating a better digital environment! #Cloudflare #Startups #Innovation #TechCommunity...
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Caroline Quick
2025-09-22 13:00
🌐 Exciting news for non-profits! Cloudflare for Startups is now open to non-profit, civil society, and public interest organizations. Eligible groups can receive up to $250,000 in Cloudflare credits for developer services and core products. The application period is open until December 1. This initiative aims to empower small teams to maximize their impact through technology. For more details and to apply, visit the Cloudflare website! #NonProfit #Cloudflare #TechForGood #Innovation...
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Jocelyn Woolbright
2025-09-22 13:00
🌟 Cloudflare is set to hire 1,111 interns in 2026! This ambitious program aims to tap into new ideas and energy as the company focuses on AI and innovation. The initiative reflects Cloudflare's commitment to building a better Internet and investing in future talent. It also aims to challenge traditional methods and explore novel applications of AI. As many firms reduce intern hiring, Cloudflare is taking a different approach, viewing AI as a tool to enhance new hires' contributions....
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Judy Cheong
2025-09-22 13:00
🌟 Exciting news for students! Cloudflare is offering one year of free access to its developer features for U.S. students over 18 with a .edu email. This initiative aims to eliminate costs that often hinder students from turning their ideas into reality. Eligible students will receive enhanced usage limits on tools like Workers, KV, and Hyperdrive, essential for building full-stack applications and APIs. This program marks the beginning of Cloudflare's support for the next generation of...
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Howard Huang
2025-09-22 13:00
🌐 Cloudflare is proud to announce its sponsorship of two innovative open-source projects: Ladybird, an independent browser, and Omarchy, a developer-focused Arch Linux distribution. Ladybird aims to create a completely new browser experience, built from scratch with its own rendering and JavaScript engines. This initiative seeks to enhance privacy, security, and performance on the web. By supporting these projects, Cloudflare reinforces its commitment to a diverse and open Internet....
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Sam Rhea
2025-09-21 18:00
🎉 Cloudflare celebrates 15 years of innovation and reflection on the Internet's evolution. Over the past decade and a half, we've seen significant progress in encryption, with over 95% of the Internet now secure. However, IPv6 adoption remains slow, impacting costs in networking and cloud services. The core business model of the Internet continues to thrive on compelling content and traffic generation, despite the challenges it brings. While ads can be imperfect, they support content creators...
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Michelle Zatlyn
2025-09-19 13:44
🛡️ Protect your organization from future quantum threats with post-quantum cryptography (PQC). PQC can be deployed on existing hardware, ensuring your systems remain secure even after the arrival of powerful quantum computers. Contrary to popular belief, quantum key distribution (QKD) is not necessary for security. Stay informed and prepare for a quantum-ready future! #PostQuantumSecurity #Cybersecurity #QuantumReady #TechNews #DataProtection
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Luke Valenta
2025-09-18 14:00
🚀 Exciting news for Cloudflare One users! You can now connect to private and public apps using hostnames instead of IP addresses. This feature, built into Cloudflare Tunnel, simplifies security management and enhances zero-trust policies. Say goodbye to the hassle of changing IP lists and hello to more precise access control. 🔒 Discover how hostname routing can improve your security framework! #Cloudflare #ZeroTrust #NetworkSecurity #HostnameRouting #SASE
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Sharon Goldberg
2025-09-17 19:21
🚀 Cloudflare is set to launch Web Analytics for all free domains on October 15, 2025. This feature will provide real-time performance insights without collecting personal data. 🔍 The new monitoring tool will combine real user metrics with network-level data, helping developers identify and resolve performance issues while ensuring user privacy. 📈 Stay tuned for updates in "The RUM Diaries" as Cloudflare shares insights on performance monitoring and debugging. #Cloudflare #WebAnalytics...
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Tim Kadlec
2025-09-15 16:17
Cloudflare and CrowdStrike have teamed up to enhance security operations for SOC teams. Their integration combines Cloudflare's SASE platform with CrowdStrike's Falcon® Fusion SOAR. This partnership aims to reduce manual processes that can slow down threat response. By automating responses, security teams can address common threats more efficiently, allowing them to focus on high-priority tasks. The integration includes out-of-the-box features for Zero Trust Access and Email Security,...
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Gavin Chen
2025-09-13 07:19
🚨 On September 12, 2025, Cloudflare experienced a significant outage affecting its Dashboard and several APIs. The disruption lasted for about an hour, triggered by a bug that caused excessive calls to the Tenant Service API. This led to instability and authorization failures across the platform. Cloudflare has since detailed the timeline of events and corrective measures taken to prevent future occurrences. For more insights, check out their full post. #Cloudflare #APIOutage #TechUpdate...
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Joaquin Madruga
2025-09-08 13:00
Cloudflare Workers now support Node.js HTTP client and server APIs, making it easier to run existing Node.js applications. Developers can deploy apps like Express.js and Koa with minimal code changes. 🌍✨ This enhancement allows for zero cold starts, automatic scaling, and lower latency, all while maintaining familiar development patterns. Key features include support for standard HTTP methods and streaming responses. #Cloudflare #NodeJS #Serverless #WebDevelopment #APIs
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James M Snell
2025-09-04 17:30
Cloudflare has reported unauthorized TLS certificates issued for 1.1.1.1 by Fina CA without permission. These 12 certificates were issued between February 2024 and August 2025 and have since been revoked. While no evidence suggests malicious use, this incident highlights the importance of proper certificate issuance protocols. Fina CA stated the certificates were intended for internal testing. Cloudflare emphasizes the need for awareness around internet trust dynamics. 🔒🌐 #CyberSecurity #DNS...
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Bas Westerbaan
2025-09-03 14:00
🌐 AI Week 2025 has concluded, focusing on how to harness AI's power while maintaining control. Key announcements included new products and partnerships aimed at enhancing AI security and usability. 🔒 The event emphasized four main areas: securing AI environments, protecting original content, supporting developers, and improving Cloudflare with AI features. Stay tuned for updates on our Blog, AI Avenue, and CloudflareTV! 📅 #AIWeek2025 #Cloudflare #AISecurity #TechInnovation #AI
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James Allworth
2025-09-02 17:10
🚨 Last week, Cloudflare confirmed that it was affected by the Salesloft Drift breach, where an advanced threat actor accessed Salesforce data, impacting Cloudflare and many companies. The breach compromised customer contact information and support case data, including sensitive details. Cloudflare has urged customers to rotate any credentials shared through this channel. Immediate actions were taken, including securing the environment and investigating the incident. All affected customers...
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Grant Bourzikas
2025-08-29 14:05
🚀 Cloudflare has enhanced threat analysis with Cloudy, its AI agent, integrating advanced security analytics and a new conversational interface. This development aims to simplify investigations during traffic spikes, helping security teams quickly identify and address issues. Over 54,000 users have engaged with Cloudy since its launch, highlighting its effectiveness in rule creation and insightful log summaries. Now, users can ask questions and refine their inquiries, streamlining root cause...
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Levi Kipke
2025-08-29 14:00
🌐 Exciting news from Cloudflare! They have launched new tools to simplify the development of real-time, voice-enabled AI applications. With Cloudflare Realtime Agents, developers can now orchestrate voice AI pipelines efficiently on a global network. These advancements support features like direct WebRTC audio connections and real-time AI inference. Cloudflare aims to make voice AI deployment as easy as creating a static website, enhancing user experience with low latency. #VoiceAI...
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Renan Dincer
2025-08-29 14:00
🚀 Exciting news from Cloudflare! We are enhancing our Email Security product with Cloudy, our internal AI, to provide automated summaries of detected threats. This aims to assist SOC teams in understanding flagged messages better. Given the rapid evolution of email attacks, it's crucial for security teams to know what threats are being blocked and why. However, current detection methods can leave analysts with unclear information. Cloudy Summaries will translate complex detection logic into...
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Phil Syme
2025-08-29 14:00
The landscape of internet traffic is changing dramatically due to AI. By mid-2025, AI training is driving nearly 80% of crawling activity, significantly impacting referral traffic to publishers. 📉 As search engines and AI crawlers consume vast amounts of data, real user engagement is declining. For example, Google's referrals to news sites fell nearly 9% in March 2025 compared to January. Cloudflare data highlights this shift, showing a surge in crawling activity, yet a notable imbalance in...
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João Tomé
2025-08-29 14:00
🌐 Troubleshooting network issues just got easier with Cloudflare AI! The complexity of corporate networks has increased, making it hard to pinpoint performance problems. Cloudflare introduces two new AI tools in their Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform, Cloudflare One, designed to simplify this process. The new WARP diagnostic analyzer helps users understand connectivity issues by analyzing extensive diagnostic logs. This tool is available for free, empowering users to resolve issues...
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Koko Uko
2025-08-28 14:05
🌐 Cloudflare Radar is enhancing AI insights with new industry-focused data on bot traffic. The article discusses how traditional search platforms are affected by the rise of AI. Users often find answers without clicking through to original sources, impacting ad revenue for publishers. New features include a breakdown of AI bot traffic by purpose, such as training and user action, allowing for better understanding of these trends. 📊🤖 #AIBotTraffic #CloudflareRadar #DigitalMarketing...
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David Belson
2025-08-28 14:00
🚀 This week, the Images team introduced background removal using dichotomous image segmentation models on Workers AI. We evaluated several models to efficiently isolate subjects from their backgrounds. Image segmentation involves dividing an image into meaningful parts, with salient object detection highlighting the most prominent areas. The focus was on creating a soft saliency mask, assigning pixel values to indicate foreground and background. This allows for accurate predictions across...
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Diretnan Domnan
2025-08-28 14:00
Transform your website with NLWeb and Cloudflare's AutoRAG! 🌐✨ This new approach shifts from traditional keyword searches to a conversational model, helping users and AI agents find answers more effectively. NLWeb, developed by Microsoft, standardizes natural-language queries, while AutoRAG manages content retrieval seamlessly. Together, they make websites AI-ready, improving user experience and opening new monetization opportunities for publishers. #WebInnovation #ConversationalAI #NLWeb...
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Anni Wang
2025-08-28 14:00
🌐 Cloudflare has introduced Web Bot Auth, allowing websites to differentiate between verified bots and agents. This new system supports the growing demand for granular control over bot traffic, helping to block malicious bots while enabling helpful ones. The classification includes agents that act on behalf of users, enhancing interactions like booking flights or ordering food. Stay updated on the evolving bot landscape! 🤖✨ #WebSecurity #BotTraffic #Cloudflare #VerifiedBots #AIagents
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Jin-Hee Lee
2025-08-28 14:00
🚀 Cloudflare has launched AI Crawl Control, previously known as AI Audit, to empower content creators with smarter crawling controls. This tool allows creators to communicate their terms directly to AI crawlers, addressing the challenges of licensing and referral traffic. With customizable 402 HTTP responses, content owners can specify how crawlers can access their material while promoting potential revenue opportunities. This innovative approach aims to enhance content independence for...
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Cam Whiteside
2025-08-27 14:05
🚀 Exciting news from Cloudflare! The new AI Gateway allows users to access multiple AI models through a single endpoint. This update simplifies the management of AI applications with features like unified billing, secure key storage, and dynamic routing. Users can connect to providers like OpenAI and Google, managing everything from one dashboard. Experience improved performance and observability while controlling costs effortlessly. Learn more about these features on the AI Gateway landing...
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Mia Malden
2025-08-27 14:00
🚀 Cloudflare has developed a new platform called Omni to optimize GPU usage for AI models. Omni employs lightweight isolation and memory over-commitment, allowing multiple models to run on a single GPU. This innovation enhances model availability and reduces latency, making AI services more efficient. The platform also simplifies management by using a single control plane to handle model provisioning and scaling automatically. #AI #Cloudflare #TechInnovation #GPU #Omni
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Mari Galicer
2025-08-27 14:00
🚀 Cloudflare has developed Infire, a new LLM inference engine designed to enhance resource efficiency for AI tasks. Infire uses advanced techniques to optimize memory, network I/O, and GPU utilization, allowing it to serve more requests with fewer resources. Initial tests show it completes tasks up to 7% faster than the previous vLLM engine. Currently, Infire supports the Llama 3.1 model for Workers AI, demonstrating significant performance improvements for Cloudflare’s unique distributed...
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