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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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AI Chatbots Will Be Banned for Teenagers With Mandatory Age Verification, Says Proposed US Law
A new bipartisan bill in the US, called the GUARD Act, seeks to ban AI chatbots for users under 18. It mandates strict age verification and introduces penalties for AI firms whose bots generate sexual or violent content. If passed, it could make popular tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude inaccessible to teenagers.
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Bollywood, Ballerina And Bot Break The Internet With Desi Dance: Watch Ishaan Khatter Groove With Merritt Moore
Ishaan Khatter teaches Merritt Moore Bollywood moves at NDTV World Summit 2025
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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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What Is Dead Internet Theory? ChatGPT Boss Sam Altman Hints At Truth Behind Conspiracy
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hinted that the dead internet theory may not be a conspiracy anymore, owing to the rise of bot accounts on X.
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ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude: Best AI Chatbot for Everyday Use Compared
ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude: Ever since these artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have been released, they have been regularly compared against each other. Looking at them at the surface level, you might think that there is not a lot separating these AI bots from one another. However, a closer inspection would tell you that each of them thrives i...
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Perplexity Is Using Stealth Bots and Breaking Website Directives to Fetch Data, Says Cloudflare
Perplexity is said to be illegitimately accessing content from websites despite being prohibited from doing so. Cloudflare, a global web security services company, conducted a test to confirm the stealth behaviour of the answer engine company. The researchers highlighted that not only were crawler bots from Perplexity ignoring the directives from t...
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Baidu Releases Ernie 4.5 Foundation Model and Ernie X1 Reasoning Model With Multimodal Capabilities
Baidu released two new artificial intelligence (AI) models on Sunday. One, Ernie 4.5, is a foundation model that succeeds the company’s previous generation, while the other, Ernie X1, is a reasoning-focused model. The latter is also the Chinese tech giant’s first attempt at a “deep-thinking” AI model, and Baidu claims that the large languag...
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Telegram Update Adds Improved Video Speed Controls, Last Edit Timestamps and Chat-Specific Hashtags
Telegram has been updated with new video and chat editing features. Users will get access to new video speed controls and enhanced video quality. Additionally, Telegram will indicate the most recent edit time of a message within a chat. Developers have access to new monetisation options on the platform.
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"They Have Great Chemistry": AI Robots' Romantic Chats Move Internet
The remarkable expressions displayed by the bots result from 32 actuators, 27 of which are dedicated to facial control, allowing them to convey emotions ranging from excitement to disgust.
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Cloudflare Introduces AI Audit Tool to Block Data Scraping AI Bots from Accessing Websites
Cloudflare announced a new suite of tools dubbed AI Audit which will offer website owners and bloggers more control over their content. The security tool will enable users to block or allow artificial intelligence (AI) bots which often crawl websites to scape data. The company is offering this tool to all of its existing users without any extra cha...
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Telegram to Provide Users' IP Addresses, Phone Numbers to Law Enforcement Authorities, CEO Says
Telegram will provide users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests. The move represents a marked difference from Telegram’s approach to government requests for data and its reputation for lax moderation.
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France Announces Major Operation To Fight Cyber-Spying Ahead Of Paris Olympics
Investigators were targeting a network of bots suspected of infecting computers with PlugX malware and of stealing data from them "notably for purposes of espionage.
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Reddit to Update Web Standard to Block Automated Data Scraping From Its Website
Social media platform Reddit said on Tuesday it will update a Web standard used by the platform to block automated data scraping from its website, following reports that AI startups were bypassing the rule to gather content for their systems.
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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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AI Chatbots Will Be Banned for Teenagers With Mandatory Age Verification, Says Proposed US Law
A new bipartisan bill in the US, called the GUARD Act, seeks to ban AI chatbots for users under 18. It mandates strict age verification and introduces penalties for AI firms whose bots generate sexual or violent content. If passed, it could make popular tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude inaccessible to teenagers.
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Bollywood, Ballerina And Bot Break The Internet With Desi Dance: Watch Ishaan Khatter Groove With Merritt Moore
Ishaan Khatter teaches Merritt Moore Bollywood moves at NDTV World Summit 2025
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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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What Is Dead Internet Theory? ChatGPT Boss Sam Altman Hints At Truth Behind Conspiracy
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hinted that the dead internet theory may not be a conspiracy anymore, owing to the rise of bot accounts on X.
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ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude: Best AI Chatbot for Everyday Use Compared
ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude: Ever since these artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have been released, they have been regularly compared against each other. Looking at them at the surface level, you might think that there is not a lot separating these AI bots from one another. However, a closer inspection would tell you that each of them thrives i...
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Perplexity Is Using Stealth Bots and Breaking Website Directives to Fetch Data, Says Cloudflare
Perplexity is said to be illegitimately accessing content from websites despite being prohibited from doing so. Cloudflare, a global web security services company, conducted a test to confirm the stealth behaviour of the answer engine company. The researchers highlighted that not only were crawler bots from Perplexity ignoring the directives from t...
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Baidu Releases Ernie 4.5 Foundation Model and Ernie X1 Reasoning Model With Multimodal Capabilities
Baidu released two new artificial intelligence (AI) models on Sunday. One, Ernie 4.5, is a foundation model that succeeds the company’s previous generation, while the other, Ernie X1, is a reasoning-focused model. The latter is also the Chinese tech giant’s first attempt at a “deep-thinking” AI model, and Baidu claims that the large languag...
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Telegram Update Adds Improved Video Speed Controls, Last Edit Timestamps and Chat-Specific Hashtags
Telegram has been updated with new video and chat editing features. Users will get access to new video speed controls and enhanced video quality. Additionally, Telegram will indicate the most recent edit time of a message within a chat. Developers have access to new monetisation options on the platform.
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"They Have Great Chemistry": AI Robots' Romantic Chats Move Internet
The remarkable expressions displayed by the bots result from 32 actuators, 27 of which are dedicated to facial control, allowing them to convey emotions ranging from excitement to disgust.
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Cloudflare Introduces AI Audit Tool to Block Data Scraping AI Bots from Accessing Websites
Cloudflare announced a new suite of tools dubbed AI Audit which will offer website owners and bloggers more control over their content. The security tool will enable users to block or allow artificial intelligence (AI) bots which often crawl websites to scape data. The company is offering this tool to all of its existing users without any extra cha...
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Telegram to Provide Users' IP Addresses, Phone Numbers to Law Enforcement Authorities, CEO Says
Telegram will provide users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests. The move represents a marked difference from Telegram’s approach to government requests for data and its reputation for lax moderation.
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France Announces Major Operation To Fight Cyber-Spying Ahead Of Paris Olympics
Investigators were targeting a network of bots suspected of infecting computers with PlugX malware and of stealing data from them "notably for purposes of espionage.
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Reddit to Update Web Standard to Block Automated Data Scraping From Its Website
Social media platform Reddit said on Tuesday it will update a Web standard used by the platform to block automated data scraping from its website, following reports that AI startups were bypassing the rule to gather content for their systems.
