Google declined Ars' request to confirm whether talks were underway or if the company was open to separating its crawlers.

Cloudflare, which powers many of the world’s most prominent websites, made waves last week by introducing a default setting ...

In a series of pointed X posts, Cloudflare’s CEO Matthew Prince lays out a bold new policy that treats AI companies like unwelcome guests and hints that even Google might be forced to play by his ...

Cloudflare recently announced a new "pay-per-crawl" system aimed at pushing back against AI companies that continue to scrape the open web without paying a cent. According ...

Cloudflare reshapes the AI landscape by blocking Big Tech AI bot crawlers by default, allowing websites to demand payment for content access.

Cloudflare is launching a new marketplace that reimagines the relationship between publishers and AI companies.

Cloudflare has launched a tool that blocks bot crawlers from accessing content without permission or compensation to help websites make money from AI firms trying to access and train on their content, ...

Disruptions to platforms like Cloudflare, Google Cloud, Shopify, and AWS could cause ripple effects across the internet. And because the disruption occurred during work hours, frustrated workers ...

Cloudflare co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince said the move was motivated by Google's future plans to charge for the use of the reCAPTCHA service, which would have "added millions of dollars in ...

Cloudflare has taken its fight against Google online after announcing that Cloudflare Fonts can enhance website fonts privacy and speed. The new tool is set to allow sites that use Google Fonts to ...

With AMP ads, Google and its partners aim to make ads load fast again. The new partners Google is announcing today are native ad network TripleLift and performance and security company Cloudflare .