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This Week in NET

This Week in NET is Cloudflare’s weekly roundup exploring the Internet’s past, present, and future. Hosted by João Tomé with expert guests, it shares insights that matter to developers, businesses, and Internet enthusiasts alike. Follow us on X: @CloudflareTV and @Cloudflare Read our blog posts at blog.cloudflare.com Watch our full video library at cloudflare.tv/ThisWeekInNet

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35:25

AI Deepfakes & Laptop Farms: Inside the 2026...

This Week in NET ·

2026/03/06

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Cloudflare threat intelligence experts Brian Carter and Chris Pacey to break down the 2026 Cloudflare Threat Report and what it reveals about today’s cyber threat landscape.We discuss how threat intelligence helps organizations prioritize risks, how attackers are increasingly leveraging automation and AI tools, and why botnets, supply-chain attacks, and credential-theft campaigns continue to evolve.The conversation explores

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27:29

We Rebuilt Next.js with AI in One Week (vinext...

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2026/02/27

In this episode of This Week in NET (the second this week focused on building with AI), host João Tomé is joined by Steve Faulkner, Engineering Director at Cloudflare, to discuss how he rebuilt a Next.js-compatible framework in just one week using AI. The project, called vinext, began as an experiment and evolved into a working proof of concept.We explore what AI-first development looks like in practice, how coding agents were used to rewrite and test large API surfaces, and what happens

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42:27

Code Mode: Giving AI Agents an Entire API in 1,000...

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2026/02/27

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Matt Curry to break down Code Mode: a way to give AI agents access to the entire Cloudflare API (2,500+ endpoints) using two tools and roughly ~1,000 tokens of context. Instead of exposing thousands of individual tools (which quickly becomes expensive and brittle), Code Mode lets the model write JavaScript to search and execute against a compact API context. The result is massive compression, lower cost, and better

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27:31

Moltworker (for OpenClaw) & Markdown for Agents:...

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2026/02/13

In this episode, host João Tomé is joined by Celso Martinho, VP of Engineering at Cloudflare, to discuss two major launches: Markdown for Agents and Moltworker (for OpenClaw) — and what they signal about the future of AI agents on the Internet.Celso explains how Markdown for Agents was conceived, built, and shipped in just one week, why AI systems prefer markdown over HTML, and how converting a typical blog post from 16,000 HTML tokens to roughly 3,000 markdown tokens can reduce cost,

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41:36

Privacy in the AI Age: What's Really Changing in 2026...

This Week in NET ·

2026/02/06

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Emily Hancock, Cloudflare’s Chief Privacy Officer and Data Protection Officer, for a wide-ranging conversation about privacy in 2026 and how the role has evolved in the age of AI.Emily explains how privacy officers shifted from GDPR compliance to broader data governance, responsible AI practices, cybersecurity collaboration, and cross-border data frameworks. We explore privacy by design, data minimization, vendor risk,

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34:44

Internet Disruptions & Iran’s Shutdown: Cloudflare...

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2026/01/30

In this episode, David Belson — Cloudflare’s Head of Data Insights — joins us to walk through the biggest Internet disruptions of late 2025 and early 2026.At the start, we also highlight several new posts on the Cloudflare Blog: Moltworker, a self-hosted personal AI agent built with OpenClaw (former MoltBot and ClawdBot) and Cloudflare’s Developer Platform; Post-Quantum Matrix Homeserver, a proof-of-concept encrypted messaging server running entirely on Cloudflare Workers; Route Leak

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12:35

Cloudflare’s 2025 Impact Report and a More Open Internet

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2026/01/23

In this first 2026 edition of This Week in NET, João Tomé is joined by Patrick Day from Cloudflare’s Impact & Policy team to break down the recently released Cloudflare Impact Report — including how Cloudflare supports elections, protects journalists, advances Internet standards, and expands access to secure AI infrastructure.At the start, we also go over some of our recent blog posts:• Acquisitions: Astro and Human Native join the Cloudflare ecosystem.• Technical Deep Dive: How a small

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33:59

Record-Breaking DDoS Attacks & the Security Landscape...

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2026/01/09

In this end-of-year episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Omer Yoachimik, Senior Product Manager for DDoS Protection at Cloudflare, to break down the realities of the 2025 DDoS threat landscape — and what’s coming next.They discuss how DDoS attacks reached previously “theoretical” scales in 2025, including record-breaking 31 Tbps attacks, the rise of massive botnets like Aisuru, and how geopolitical events increasingly shape cyber activity. Omer explains why traditional

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35:01

AI, DDoS, and the Internet in 2025 | Cloudflare Radar...

This Week in NET ·

2025/12/19

In this special Year in Review episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by David Belson to break down the Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review.Together, they explore what Cloudflare’s global network reveals about how the Internet evolved over the past year — from the rapid rise of AI crawlers and agent traffic, to record-breaking DDoS attacks, the spread of post-quantum encryption, and the growing impact of government-directed shutdowns and outages.The conversation looks at

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10:04

Why Replicate Is Joining Cloudflare — and What It...

This Week in NET ·

2025/12/16

In this short episode of This Week in NET, Craig Dennis, Senior Developer Educator for AI at Cloudflare, explains why Replicate is joining Cloudflare, and what that means for developers building with AI.Replicate is widely known for making it easy to run thousands of high-quality AI models, from image generation and video to audio and language models, all through a simple, developer-friendly API. Craig breaks down why Replicate became such an important part of the AI ecosystem, and how

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25:43

Proactive WAF Vulnerability Protection & Firewall for...

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2025/12/16

In this episode of This Week in NET, we talk with Daniele Molteni, Director of Product Management for Cloudflare’s WAF, about how Cloudflare responded within hours to a newly disclosed React Server Components vulnerability — deploying global protection before the public advisory was even released.That speed matters. In just the first 11 days after disclosure, Cloudflare observed more than 1 billion exploitation attempts related to React2Shell, with sustained pressure averaging over 4

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36:51

AI, Creators & Agentic Commerce — A Conversation with...

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2025/12/10

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé sits down with Stephanie Cohen, Cloudflare’s Chief Strategy Officer, for a candid conversation about AI, content creators, financial services, partnerships, and the future of the Internet.Stephanie shares how Cloudflare is helping keep the Internet open and resilient — from giving creators transparency and control over AI scraping, to enabling new models of agentic commerce through partnerships with Visa and Mastercard, to empowering

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26:05

Proactive WAF Vulnerability Protection & Firewall for...

This Week in NET ·

2025/12/05

In this episode of This Week in NET, we talk with Daniele Molteni, Director of Product Management for Cloudflare’s WAF, about how Cloudflare responded within hours to a newly disclosed React Server Components vulnerability, deploying global protection before the public advisory was even released — and how updates are necessary and urgent.Daniele explains how WAF rules are created, what “payload logging” improvements mean for customers, and what’s coming next in 2026, including Firewall for

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71:57

Why the Internet Works (Most of the Time): A...

This Week in NET ·

2025/11/07

Cloudflare Principal Network Engineer Tom Strickx joins This Week in NET to explain what really keeps the Internet running. From anchors cutting submarine cables to automation detecting bad Internet weather, Tom shares an inside look at how one of the world’s largest networks operates — and why human trust still matters in keeping the Internet alive.We talk about:How Cloudflare’s global network evolved since 2017The hidden fragility of the Internet (and why it still works)Routing leaks,

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17:26

Internet Insights with Cloudflare Radar: New TLD...

This Week in NET ·

2025/11/03

In this second part of our previous episode, host João Tomé talks with André Jesus, Systems Engineer at Cloudflare and front-end engineer on the Radar team. They discuss the latest updates to Cloudflare Radar, the platform that turns Internet data into accessible insights.André, who joined Cloudflare as an intern in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2024, explains how radar.cloudflare.com showcases trends in Internet traffic, protocol adoption, and security. He walks us through Radar’s new Top-Level

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40:52

All about Internet Measurement, Resilience, and...

This Week in NET ·

2025/10/31

In this episode, host João Tomé talks with Marwan Fayed, Principal Scientist and Research Lead at Cloudflare, about the science behind understanding and improving the Internet.They explore the Research Week blog takeover on Measurement, Resilience, and Transparency, discussing the tricky science of Internet measurement — including a traffic spike in Ukraine that revealed how complex it is to explain data at scale. Marwan shares how Cloudflare is building a framework for Internet resilience,

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28:23

Cloudflare Connect 2025 Highlights: Common & Company

This Week in NET ·

2025/10/24

In this special episode, host João Tomé reports from Cloudflare Connect Las Vegas (October 13-16) — the company’s first-ever global event, bringing together customers, partners, and developers from over 60 countries.In the intro, we also share what’s coming next week on the Cloudflare blog — a special five-day series focused on Internet Measurement, Resilience, and Transparency: the foundations of a faster, safer, and more reliable web for everyone.The episode covers major announcements,

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38:00

Cloudflare Connect Las Vegas & The Launch of AI Avenue

This Week in NET ·

2025/10/10

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Leslie Hasvold, Senior Director of Corporate Events, Programs & Customer Advocacy, and Craig Dennis, Senior Developer Educator for AI, to talk about Cloudflare’s first global Connect conference in Las Vegas and the launch of AI Avenue, a new documentary series exploring how people around the world are learning, experimenting, and building with AI.We cover what to expect from Connect Las Vegas, from 100+ breakout sessions

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48:31

Cloudflare Birthday Week 2025 Recap: AI, Security &...

This Week in NET ·

2025/09/29

In this episode of This Week in NET, host João Tomé is joined by Cloudflare Senior Product Managers Korinne Alpers and Nikita Cano to recap all the announcements from Cloudflare’s 15th Birthday Week.We cover AI, developer tools, security, performance, and how Cloudflare continues to give back to the Internet.Highlights include: • AI & Security: Firewall for AI, Shadow AI protection, and Content Signals Policy. • For Creators & Nonprofits: Project Galileo expansion and new tools to

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49:34

Cloudflare turns 15: The origin story with Michelle...

This Week in NET ·

2025/09/23

In this special 15th-anniversary episode of This Week in NET, we sit down with Cloudflare co-founders Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince to revisit the early days — from a Harvard Business School project to launching at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010.We talk about how culture takes shape, the technical vision of Lee Holloway, and pivotal moments that defined Cloudflare’s journey, as well as where the Internet is headed next. At the end, don’t miss a special easter egg from the journalist who

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