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Databases — Cyberworld and CYBERTEC

Cyberworld and CYBERTEC

This blog talks about the experience at BSides Tallinn emphasizing on Database security. Read to know more.

BVBeekay Verma·October 6, 2026Databases
Networking — NTS: Authenticated Time at Meta

NTS: Authenticated Time at Meta

Meta’s public time service now speaks NTS (Network Time Security, RFC 8915) at nts.meta.com. Packets are authenticated, so a device can verify the time came from us and was not modified on the way. Our NTS servers hold no per-client state. Cookie keys are derived, not stored and not replicated. We’ve open sourced everything, including [...] Read More... The post NTS: Authenticated Time at Meta app

MEMeta Engineering·October 6, 2026Networking
Security — Everything we launched during Birthday Week 2026

Everything we launched during Birthday Week 2026

We celebrated our 16th birthday with 46 announcements across open source, post-quantum security, AI agents, and developer platform upgrades. Here’s a day-by-day roundup of everything we shipped.

CACarlos Armada·October 5, 2026Security
Security — One year later: the power of 1.1.1.1 interns

One year later: the power of 1.1.1.1 interns

A year after announcing our goal to hire 1,111 interns, more than 750 early-career builders have shipped real products across 48 teams at Cloudflare. From Birthday Week launches to post-quantum security, our interns prove that AI amplifies human potential instead of replacing it.

KRKelly RussellKelly Russell·October 5, 2026Security
AI & ML — ReviewBench: An open benchmark for AI code review

ReviewBench: An open benchmark for AI code review

We’re launching ReviewBench, a benchmark for code review agents built on representative GitHub pull requests, multi-source ground truth, calibrated evaluation, and production-aligned metrics.

MZMichelle Zhou·October 5, 2026AI & ML
AI & ML — Introducing Web Search API via AI Gateway

Introducing Web Search API via AI Gateway

Cloudflare AI Gateway now supports native web search API integration in partnership with Ceramic.ai, Exa, and Linkup. Developers can now inject real-time web context into model inference calls via AI Gateway, REST APIs, or Workers bindings.

MCMichelle Chen·October 2, 2026AI & ML
SRE & Ops — 8 major updates to Cloudflare Observability

8 major updates to Cloudflare Observability

Cloudflare is launching eight major updates that bring logs, traces, analytics, alerts, dashboards, querying, and telemetry export into one observability platform, with simpler and more predictable pricing.

NSNevi Shah·October 2, 2026SRE & Ops
Performance — 2026 Birthday week: network performance update

2026 Birthday week: network performance update

Cloudflare now ranks as the fastest provider across 74% of the top 1,000 global networks. By incorporating background telemetry from Cloudflare Challenge Pages, we have expanded our real-user measurement scale while maintaining user privacy.

LYLai Yi OhlsenLai Yi Ohlsen·October 2, 2026Performance
AI & ML — One year later: Sovereign AI and the fight for choice

One year later: Sovereign AI and the fight for choice

AI sovereignty is not a zero-sum game, but many governments now believe it is. Cloudflare's answer: more local open-source models, model-agnostic security tools, and a commitment to giving nations genuine choice.

CRCarly Ramsey·October 1, 2026AI & ML