Global – October 24, 2026 -- Cloudflare's Learning Center covers 16 topic areas, from DDoS attacks and DNS to AI, SASE and domain registration, according to the resource index.

Security guides cover DDoS, bots, email and web applications

The DDoS guide describes a network of computers working in tandem to overflow an access point and block legitimate users from a service. The bots guide separates helpful automated applications from malicious ones that can harm sites and applications.

Global – October 24, 2026 -- Cloudflare is offering small and midsize business agencies and hosting partners discounted plans with no revenue commitments through its Self-Serve Agency Program.

Program bundles multi-tenant dashboard and centralized billing

The program lets agencies and hosting partners manage their clients' self-serve accounts from a multi-tenant dashboard. Billing is centralized, and participants get discounted plans.

Orlando – October 24, 2026 -- Enterprise AI adoption is continuing in 2026 despite mounting security, accountability and control concerns, CIOs attending Gartner's IT Symposium/Xpo told CIO Dive. In financial services, three-quarters of leaders reported using the technology this year, up from less than one-third in 2024.

Sydney – October 24, 2026 -- Diraq, a University of New South Wales (UNSW) spin-out that builds quantum computers from modified standard transistors, expects chips with thousands of qubits as early as 2028 and universal fault-tolerant machines in the 2030s, according to founder and CEO Andrew Dzurak.

Europe – October 24, 2026 -- Orange Quantum Systems has secured €1.5M in pre-seed funding from QDNL Participations and the Cottonwood Technology Fund to build a full-scale system for automated qubit testing, a step the startup says is needed before quantum computers can scale.

Global – October 24, 2026 -- Cloudflare provides free cyber security protection to more than 2,900 vulnerable Internet properties through Project Galileo, its program for human rights, civil society, journalism and democracy organizations targeted by DDoS and other cyber attacks.

Global – October 24, 2026 -- Agentic intrusions tripled in the second half of 2026 compared with the first half, according to CrowdStrike data, as threat actors hand hacking decisions and command execution to AI agents.

CrowdStrike's report, published on Wednesday, documents four threat actors. Two used sophisticated AI harnesses, the software that connects a large language model to external resources. Two used simpler setups. The firm said the main constraint on scaling such campaigns is "token budgets," not engineering complexity.

Vienna, Va. – October 24, 2026 -- Permuta Technologies has published a white paper arguing that token- and consumption-based AI pricing can turn AI from a predictable line item into a variable operating cost for government agencies.

The paper, titled "You Can't Consume Your Way Out of AI Cost Opacity," is the second in the company's series of white papers on AI and government. It examines how the shift in AI pricing models affects government acquisition, budgeting and long-term contract control.

Global – October 24, 2026 -- A survey cited by Whatfix found that 67% of technical professionals want real-world, practical application when learning new technology. Whatfix is using the figure to argue that enterprises should add sandbox training environments to LMS courses, in-person training and user documentation.

Europe – October 24, 2026 -- LKQ Europe is deploying Whatfix's Digital Adoption Platform and Product Analytics across LKQ Academy, a learning platform serving 70,000 registered users in 13 countries.