State of Pay: Agentic Commerce, Payments, and the Edge
Explore the rise of agentic commerce, emerging AI payment protocols, and why the edge is becoming the control point for secure AI-driven transactions.
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State of Pay: Agentic Commerce, Payments, and the Edge
Explore the rise of agentic commerce, emerging AI payment protocols, and why the edge is becoming the control point for secure AI-driven transactions.
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No Code Request Routing
Simplify traffic routing with no code request routing. Host multiple services on one domain with declarative, path-based rules – no custom code required.
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World Cup Viewership: What Keeps Fans Watching (and Tuning Out)
What drives World Cup viewership? We analyzed global streaming traffic trends, from halftime dips to star players and nail-biting finishes, on our edge network.
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AI is Taking From Publishers! Here’s How They Can Fix It
The old deal between publishers and search is broken. AI extracts content value without clicks or compensation. Here's the new architecture publishers need.
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How to Prove the Business Value of Your Edge Infrastructure
Stop the "silent performance" problem. Discover how to prove the business value of your edge infrastructure with Fastly's new ROI-focused reporting.
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Using the Gini Coefficient to Plan Edge Capacity
Discover how Fastly uses the Gini coefficient, a metric usually reserved for economics, to model edge traffic inequality, improve cache efficiency, and plan capacity.
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The Fastly C++ SDK is Now Generally Available
Fastly's C++ SDK for Compute is now generally available, bringing native edge performance, WebAssembly security, and access to the vast C++ ecosystem.
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Deploying Fastly's Next-Gen WAF with Google Cloud Service Extensions to Help Secure Traffic at Scale
Discover how Fastly's Next-Gen WAF and Google Cloud Service Extensions deliver real-time threat protection, scalable security, and low-latency performance.
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UA Spoofing 101: Detection and Defense with Fastly’s Next-Gen WAF
Learn how to detect and defend against User-Agent spoofing. Discover how Fastly’s Next-Gen WAF uses behavioral signals to unmask automated threats and bots.
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Credential Stuffing is the Real Boss Fight for Gaming Platforms
Credential stuffing threatens player trust and revenue in gaming. Learn how to stop account takeover attacks at the edge without disrupting the player experience.
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We Built the Proxy Behind Firefox's New Built-In VPN — Here's How It Works
Discover how Fastly built the proxy powering Firefox's new built-in VPN, using HTTP CONNECT, QUIC, and MASQUE for scalable web privacy.
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Six Common Live Streaming Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
After years of supporting some of the world's biggest live streaming events, we've seen the same mistakes surface time and again. Here's how to avoid them.
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How Fastly and Skyfire Enable Trusted Agentic Commerce at the Edge
Discover how Fastly and Skyfire help businesses verify AI agents, enable payments, and enforce trusted access at the edge.
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AI Traffic Grew 6.5x Faster Than Human Traffic This Year
Fastly data shows AI traffic grew 30% from January to May 2026, with autonomous systems nearing half of internet requests and reshaping web infrastructure.
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Bot Defense is Table Stakes. Machine Traffic Requires a Business Strategy
Businesses need more than bot blocking as AI traffic surges. Learn how to distinguish valuable AI interactions from risk and build a machine traffic strategy.
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Python SDK Beta: How the Language of AI Runs Faster and Safer with Fastly
Bring your Python code and AI agents to the edge with Fastly's Python SDK Beta. Get maximum speed, security, and standard CPython compatibility.
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Give AI Agents the Markdown They Actually Want
AI crawlers prefer Markdown over HTML. Learn how to use Fastly Compute to serve clean, cached Markdown to AI agents without changing your origin.
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How to Configure Local Logging for an On-Prem Next-Gen WAF Agent
Learn how to configure local logging for Fastly NGWAF on-prem agents using Docker, environment variables, and real-time log tailing.
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Accountability Without Control Is Breaking Security Leadership
CISOs are being held accountable for breaches without gaining more control over the systems and decisions that shape risk. Fastly CISO Marshall Erwin explains why AI is widening the gap between accountability, visibility, and enforcement.
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Fastly Joins the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) to Guide Edge AI Interoperability
Fastly joins AAIF to shape open standards for Edge AI interoperability. Get secure, sub-millisecond execution for agentic sub-tasks with our MCP Server.
