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Google and ChatGPT Remain the Most Popular Services as Internet Traffic Grows by 19 Percent: Cloudflare
Cloudflare’s 2025 Internet report shows global web traffic grew 19 percent, with growth accelerating in the second half of the year. Google remained the most visited destination online, while ChatGPT led the generative AI space. The report also highlights a sharp rise in AI bot activity, with non-human traffic now accounting for over four percent...
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Cloudflare Explains How Configuration Change Took Down 20 Percent of the Internet
Cloudflare suffered a major outage after an internal permissions change caused its Bot Management system to generate an oversized feature file that repeatedly broke proxy services. The faulty file was circulated across the network, triggering hours of failures that initially resembled a DDoS attack. Cloudflare halted the bad file, restored a stable...
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Reddit Co-Founder Says "Much Of The Internet Is Dead", Blames Bots And 'Quasi-AI'
Ohanian argues that current social media platforms are flooded with artificial engagement.
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''Concerning Trend'': Almost Half Of All 2022 Web Traffic Came From Bots, Says Study
A bot is a software application that runs automated tasks and is usually used to increase followers and engagement.
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Telegram Bots Can Undermine Overall Encryption of the Chat App, Claim Researchers
A security firm claims that the lower security standard used for Telegram Bots impairs the overall security of Telegram chats.
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'Internet Doomsday' virus fizzles, web traffic flows
As of Sunday the number of machines using the clean servers was down to 211,000, with about 42,000 in the United States, according to the FBI.
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Google and ChatGPT Remain the Most Popular Services as Internet Traffic Grows by 19 Percent: Cloudflare
Cloudflare’s 2025 Internet report shows global web traffic grew 19 percent, with growth accelerating in the second half of the year. Google remained the most visited destination online, while ChatGPT led the generative AI space. The report also highlights a sharp rise in AI bot activity, with non-human traffic now accounting for over four percent...
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Cloudflare Explains How Configuration Change Took Down 20 Percent of the Internet
Cloudflare suffered a major outage after an internal permissions change caused its Bot Management system to generate an oversized feature file that repeatedly broke proxy services. The faulty file was circulated across the network, triggering hours of failures that initially resembled a DDoS attack. Cloudflare halted the bad file, restored a stable...
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Reddit Co-Founder Says "Much Of The Internet Is Dead", Blames Bots And 'Quasi-AI'
Ohanian argues that current social media platforms are flooded with artificial engagement.
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''Concerning Trend'': Almost Half Of All 2022 Web Traffic Came From Bots, Says Study
A bot is a software application that runs automated tasks and is usually used to increase followers and engagement.
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Telegram Bots Can Undermine Overall Encryption of the Chat App, Claim Researchers
A security firm claims that the lower security standard used for Telegram Bots impairs the overall security of Telegram chats.
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'Internet Doomsday' virus fizzles, web traffic flows
As of Sunday the number of machines using the clean servers was down to 211,000, with about 42,000 in the United States, according to the FBI.
