The Latest Breaking News from Cloudflare

Russia's Yandex Bot Traffic Plunges to 0.4% of Recent Peak After Ukraine Drone Strikes

Russian bot traffic from Yandex's network plunged to 0.4% of its recent peak after Ukrainian drone strikes hit three data centres, raising questions about Russia's digital defences.

International Business Times UK · 6h ago

People are rejoicing about the removal of Russian bots from social media – but the truth is far more complicated

Bot traffic has really reduced in the wake of an attack on a Russian internet company – but it doesn’t tell the full story

The Independent UK · 7h ago

Cloudflare just announced a tool that lets businesses charge AI agents in stablecoins

Using USDC, the feature works as a pay-as-you-go system for AI agents browsing the web.

Fortune · Sep 30

Securing AI: 5 Most-Upgraded Stocks From the Q2 Reporting Season

Okta, CrowdStrike, Datadog, Cloudflare and Palo Alto Networks led Q2's most-upgraded stocks as AI-driven agentic traffic boosts cybersecurity demand, with analysts raising price targets and ratings.

MarketBeat · Aug 31

AI is eating website traffic, websites are blocking AI – and reliable information is getting harder to find

For 30 years, the world wide web has run on a surprisingly profound social contract: most sites are free for search engines to access, but if you use their content you give credit by linking to the source.

The Conversation · Aug 30

Cloudflare frees up 100TB of RAM by shrinking 1.1.1.1's DNS cache entries — 250 billion cached DNS entries at any given time means one wasted byte costs 250GB

Cloudflare says that it has freed up roughly 100TB of RAM across its global fleet without reconfiguring any physical RAM modules in its servers.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 28

Quantum Computing Is Raising the Stakes for Cybersecurity: 5 Stocks to Watch

As quantum computing threatens current encryption, IBM, Cloudflare, Arqit, IonQ, Rigetti and D-Wave stand to benefit from mandated post-quantum cybersecurity spending through 2030.

MarketBeat · Aug 26

Tech layoffs 2026: More than 175,000 workers laid off as Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Meta, TikTok, Uber, LinkedIn as dozens of companies cut jobs amid AI boom

Tech layoffs are accelerating in 2026 as big companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Meta, Linkedin, TikTok, Visa and dozens of other mega companies have announced slashing of jobs. Here's why AI, restructuring, cost-cutting and changing business priorities are reshaping the technology workforce. More than 175,000 technology workers had…

The Economic Times · Aug 25

Anthropic's Revenue Is Running at $47 Billion. Wall Street Is Already Pricing a Fivefold Increase By 2028.

Bankers and investors are using revenue estimates two years into the future to determine how much the AI company could be worth.

International Business Times · Aug 17

Anthropic IPO valuation hinges on $190-200 billion 2028 revenue forecast: Report

Wall Street is currently assessing Anthropic's valuation in light of its anticipated revenue growth for the upcoming IPO. The AI company forecasts remarkable revenue increases by 2028, which is pivotal for investor confidence. Revenue multiples derived from these forward-looking projections are being employed, with comparable companies such as Palantir and…

The Economic Times · Aug 17