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Cloudflare Outage Takes Down Parts of the Internet | Tech Field Day News Rundown: November 19, 2025
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Web infrastructure provider Cloudflare experienced a global disruption that caused widespread “Error 500” messages and took down major platforms including X and ChatGPT. The outage, triggered by a sudden spike in unusual network traffic, impacted thousands of websites early Tuesday and highlighted the fragility of internet architecture—over 20 percent of global web traffic flows through Cloudflare. The firm is actively investigating the root cause and working to restore full service while underscoring the need for greater resilience in digital infrastructure. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown featuring Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke.
Time Stamps:
- 0:00 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown
- 0:26 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown
- 1:28 - AWS Unveils AI Agents to Speed Up Cloud Migrations
- 4:23 - Commvault Launches AI-Powered Cloud Unity Platform
- 8:16 - AWS Expands Kiro AI to Deliver Higher-Quality, Verifiable Code
- 11:43 - Arista and Palo Alto Strengthen AI-Era Data Center Security
- 14:58 - Microsoft Teams with Anthropic and NVIDIA in Major New AI Cloud Deal
- 18:37 - First Large-Scale AI-Driven Cyber Espionage Campaign Uncovered
- 21:40 - Cloudflare Outage Takes Down Parts of the Internet
- 28:48 - The Weeks Ahead
- 30:12 - Thanks for Watching
Follow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett.
Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
358 episodes
Manage episode 520244804 series 2134755
Web infrastructure provider Cloudflare experienced a global disruption that caused widespread “Error 500” messages and took down major platforms including X and ChatGPT. The outage, triggered by a sudden spike in unusual network traffic, impacted thousands of websites early Tuesday and highlighted the fragility of internet architecture—over 20 percent of global web traffic flows through Cloudflare. The firm is actively investigating the root cause and working to restore full service while underscoring the need for greater resilience in digital infrastructure. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown featuring Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke.
Time Stamps:
- 0:00 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown
- 0:26 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown
- 1:28 - AWS Unveils AI Agents to Speed Up Cloud Migrations
- 4:23 - Commvault Launches AI-Powered Cloud Unity Platform
- 8:16 - AWS Expands Kiro AI to Deliver Higher-Quality, Verifiable Code
- 11:43 - Arista and Palo Alto Strengthen AI-Era Data Center Security
- 14:58 - Microsoft Teams with Anthropic and NVIDIA in Major New AI Cloud Deal
- 18:37 - First Large-Scale AI-Driven Cyber Espionage Campaign Uncovered
- 21:40 - Cloudflare Outage Takes Down Parts of the Internet
- 28:48 - The Weeks Ahead
- 30:12 - Thanks for Watching
Follow our hosts Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett.
Follow Tech Field Day on LinkedIn, on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
358 episodes
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