As web scraping by artificial intelligence (AI) companies intensifies, businesses are grappling with the unauthorized harvesting of their online content, prompting new defensive measures that could reshape the digital landscape. Web infrastructure company Cloudflare has unveiled a new tool against content scraping that could throw...
Plaid has named its first president, the latest hire on the FinTech’s road to going public. Jen Taylor is joining the company after seven years as chief product officer at Cloudflare, Plaid CEO Zach Perret wrote in a blog entry Thursday (Feb. 8). “Jen’s experience scaling products to meet increasing customer demand...
Internet companies Google, Amazon and Cloudflare have successfully defended against the largest-known denial-of-service attack on the internet, raising concerns about a new technique that could potentially cause widespread disruption. Denial-of-service attacks involve overwhelming targeted servers with a flood of bogus requests for data, rendering it impossible for legitimate web...
The fastest human can’t even sniff the 50 mile-per-hour (mph) top speed of a gazelle. But on a level field, even the fastest gazelle will never outrun a middling cheetah — whose own impressive 75 mph upper limit is impressively dwarfed by the peregrine falcon,...
February 08, 2024
Plaid has named its first president, the latest hire on the FinTech’s road to going public. Jen Taylor is joining the company after seven years as chief product officer at Cloudflare, Plaid CEO Zach Perret wrote in a blog entry Thursday (Feb. 8). “Jen’s experience scaling products to meet increasing customer demand will be invaluable as we continue to expand our platform […]
October 11, 2023
Internet companies Google, Amazon and Cloudflare have successfully defended against the largest-known denial-of-service attack on the internet, raising concerns about a new technique that could potentially cause widespread disruption. Denial-of-service attacks involve overwhelming targeted...
September 27, 2023
Cloudflare, a connectivity cloud company, and Microsoft are now collaborating to enable businesses to run artificial intelligence (AI) models in the most suitable locations for their needs. This partnership aims to seamlessly...
December 22, 2021
Short-form video-sharing service TikTok was the most popular internet site in 2021, passing even Google, online infrastructure-provider Cloudflare Inc. reported in a blog post Monday (Dec. 20). TikTok visitors use...
