2025-03-11

Security researchers aren't buying Musk's spin on the cyberattack that took down X

One day after X went down for hours, security researchers are throwing cold water on Elon Musk’s public comments about who might be behind the DDoS attack. On Monday, as X was still struggling to re [...]

2025-07-01

Cloudflare experiment will block AI bot scrapers unless they pay a fee

Cloudflare has rolled out a couple of new measures meant to keep AI bot crawlers at bay. To start with, every new domain customer that signs up with the company to manage their website traffic will no [...]

2025-08-04

Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again

Web crawlers deployed by Perplexity to scrape websites are allegedly skirting restrictions, according to a new report from Cloudflare. Specifically, the report claims that the company's bots appe [...]

2025-04-27

Largest DDoS attack of 2025 hit an online betting organization with 1Tbps brute force: here's what we know

The largest DDoS attack of 2025 so far hit an online betting organization with almost 1Tbps of brute force. [...]

2025-01-21

Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags

Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday. Users who searched for these hashtags [...]

2025-06-23

This mega DDoS attack broke all records - huge 37.4TB bombardment in 45 seconds against a single victim is the largest ever recorded

A huge DDoS attack which sent 38TB of data could have wreaked havoc - but it was stopped in its tracks. [...]

2025-04-23

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 review: An original hit RPG

It’s rare for a turn-based RPG to excite the editorial team beyond Engadget’s usual core RPG fans. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has many excited, however. Maybe it’s the dreamy Belle Époque aest [...]

2025-06-27

Cloudflare blocks largest DDoS attack - here's how to protect yourself

But, even bigger attacks are on their way. Here's what you can do to slow them down and hopefully stop them in their tracks. [...]

2025-06-09

How to buy the Nintendo Switch 2: Current stock availability for consoles and accessories

You can finally buy the Nintendo Switch 2 in the US — or rather, try to buy. The $450 console officially went up for sale at midnight ET on June 5, and several retailers have offered the device both [...]