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After Cloudflare Outage, Palo Alto Networks Moves to Acquire Observability Platform for $3.35 Billion
Acquisitions // November 21, 2025

On Tuesday (Nov. 18) morning, a configuration error at Cloudflare knocked major services offline, including ChatGPT, X and Spotify for several hours, the latest reminder of how vulnerable digital infrastructure has become as cloud systems grow more complex. One day later, Palo Alto Networks announced...

Cloudflare Outage Darkens Vast Portions of the Web
Connected Economy // November 18, 2025

Cloudflare has resolved an outage that shut down multiple high-profile websites on Tuesday (Nov. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

The Prompt Economy Has Arrived. Now Comes the Hard Part
artificial intelligence // October 27, 2025

One of the most compelling updates this week came from a Harvard Business Review article “Designing a Successful Agentic AI System.” Its authors argue that agentic AI will only deliver value when companies redesign workflows around outcomes, not tasks, and rethink how humans and intelligent...

Cloudflare Says Support Case Data Compromised by Breach of Salesloft’s Drift
Fraud Attack // September 02, 2025

Cloudflare said Tuesday (Sept. 2) that information shared in its customer support system should be considered compromised. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

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The Prompt Economy Has Arrived. Now Comes the Hard Part

October 27, 2025
One of the most compelling updates this week came from a Harvard Business Review article “Designing a Successful Agentic AI System.” Its authors argue that agentic AI will only deliver value when companies redesign workflows around outcomes, not tasks, and rethink how humans and intelligent systems collaborate. Get the Full Story Complete the form to […]

Quick Reads
Cloudflare Says It Resolved Services Issues Caused by Software Update

December 05, 2025
Cloudflare said Friday (Dec. 5) that it resolved an incident in which its network became unavailable for several minutes earlier in the day. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. […]

Cloudflare Outage Darkens Vast Portions of the Web

November 18, 2025
Cloudflare has resolved an outage that shut down multiple high-profile websites on Tuesday (Nov. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Cloudflare Says Support Case Data Compromised by Breach of Salesloft’s Drift

September 02, 2025
Cloudflare said Tuesday (Sept. 2) that information shared in its customer support system should be considered compromised. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Cloudflare Accuses Perplexity of Skirting No-Crawl Rules

August 05, 2025
Cybersecurity firm Cloudflare is accusing Perplexity AI of employing tactics to skirt websites’ no-crawl rules. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...