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Cloudfare stops AI scrapers

Cloudflare, the tech company that secures sites and manages their traffic, has rolled out a new permission-based setting that allows owners to automatically block AI companies from collecting their digital data. With the new setting, websites can block — by default — online bots that scrape their data, requiring the website owner to grant access […]

July 1, 2025

La Liga blocks illegal streaming platforms

As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting intellectual property rights, Spain’s top-flight football league La Liga has successfully blocked illegal broadcasts from the DazcFutbolios and RBTV77 platforms. These illegal platforms, which allowed the unauthorised broadcasting of football matches, operated via both website and app, utilising Cloudflare’s infrastructure to conceal their criminal activities alongside legitimate […]

February 18, 2025By Colin Mann

Italian Court orders Cloudfare to assist in combatting piracy

The Milan Court has issued a landmark ruling in the fight against digital piracy, siding with the Serie A League in its lawsuit against content delivery network provider Cloudflare. The court has ordered Cloudflare to prevent users from accessing websites illegally streaming Serie A football matches by blocking their domain names and network traffic. Cloudflare […]

December 23, 2024From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Report: Google, Facebook most popular 2024 internet services

Cloudflare, the connectivity cloud company, has published its fifth annual Year in Review, exploring global Internet insights and security trends during 2024, accompanied by a deeper dive on the most popular Internet services. Cloudflare’s 2024 Year in Review underscores how every year, as more people and devices connect to the Internet, global traffic surges (up […]

December 9, 2024

Kyndryl, Cloudflare alliance

Kyndryl, IT infrastructure services provider, and Cloudflare, a connectivity cloud company, have announced a strategic alliance, an expansion of their partnership, to enable enterprises to migrate and manage networks for multi-cloud connectivity and comprehensive network security. The partnership combines Kyndryl’s end-to-end consulting services and expertise across enterprise networking, security and resiliency with Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud […]

March 20, 2024

SpaceX sells shares at $97

SpaceX, as expected, has sold ‘insider’ shares at $97 (€88.80) to existing and new shareholders. It means that SpaceX is now valued at around $180 billion. The $97 achieved is a couple of dollars better than the rumoured $95 talked about over the past few weeks and indicates a strong demand for participation. Investors would […]

December 14, 2023By Chris Forrester

Study: Stream-ripping piracy on the rise

A study carried out by rights licensing body PRS for Music has found that overall usage of stream-ripping services dramatically increased by 1390 per cent between 2016 and 2019, overshadowing all other illegal online music activity in the UK. Online rights monitoring company INCOPRO was commissioned by PRS for Music to produce Stream-ripping: its role […]

September 17, 2020By Colin Mann