<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Fastly Blog</title><description>Fastly&apos;s edge cloud platform helps the world&apos;s most popular digital businesses keep pace with their customer expectations by delivering fast, secure, and scalable online experiences.</description><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Delivering A Resilient World Cup Final</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/delivering-a-resilient-world-cup-final/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/delivering-a-resilient-world-cup-final/</guid><description>How do you stream the World Cup to estimated 1.8B fans? 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In this guest post, MoQ co-creator Luke Curley explores how Media over QUIC is reshaping low-latency media delivery.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>No More Draws: What the World Cup&apos;s Knockout Rounds Reveal About Viewership</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/what-the-world-cups-knockout-rounds-reveal-about-viewership/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/what-the-world-cups-knockout-rounds-reveal-about-viewership/</guid><description>What happens when every World Cup match is win-or-go-home? Fastly&apos;s global traffic data reveals how extra time, penalty shootouts, and late drama reshape live viewing behavior.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Optimizing Compute for Agentic Systems With New Request Handoff Functionality</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/optimizing-compute-agentic-systems-new-request-handoff-functionality/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/optimizing-compute-agentic-systems-new-request-handoff-functionality/</guid><description>Optimize long-running backend requests with Fastly&apos;s new request handoff feature in our Rust SDK, boosting throughput for AI agents and complex workloads.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to protect your MCP Server with Fastly</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/how-to-protect-your-mcp-server-with-fastly/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/how-to-protect-your-mcp-server-with-fastly/</guid><description>Protect your AI infrastructure with Fastly. Learn how our MCP server security architecture mitigates OWASP and AI-specific threats while maintaining edge performance.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fastly Joins DIMPACT to Collaborate on Digital Sustainability</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/fastly-joins-dimpact-digital-sustainability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/fastly-joins-dimpact-digital-sustainability/</guid><description>Fastly joins DIMPACT to help streaming and publishing companies accurately measure and reduce their digital carbon footprints through sustainable edge innovation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fastly recognized as a Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers&apos; Choice for Edge Distribution Platforms</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/fastly-recognized-gartner-peer-insights-customers-choice-edge-distribution-platforms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/fastly-recognized-gartner-peer-insights-customers-choice-edge-distribution-platforms/</guid><description>Fastly is named a 2026 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers&apos; Choice for Edge Distribution Platforms, earning a 4.8/5 rating based on user reviews.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>State of Pay: Agentic Commerce, Payments, and the Edge</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/state-of-pay-agentic-commerce-payments-and-the-edge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/state-of-pay-agentic-commerce-payments-and-the-edge/</guid><description>Explore the rise of agentic commerce, emerging AI payment protocols, and why the edge is becoming the control point for secure AI-driven transactions.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>No Code Request Routing</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/no-code-request-routing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/no-code-request-routing/</guid><description>Simplify traffic routing with no code request routing. Host multiple services on one domain with declarative, path-based rules – no custom code required.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>World Cup Viewership: What Keeps Fans Watching (and Tuning Out)</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/world-cup-viewership-trends/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/world-cup-viewership-trends/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI is Taking From Publishers! Here’s How They Can Fix It</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/ai-taking-from-publishers-heres-how-they-can-fix-it/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/ai-taking-from-publishers-heres-how-they-can-fix-it/</guid><description>The old deal between publishers and search is broken. AI extracts content value without clicks or compensation. Here&apos;s the new architecture publishers need.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Prove the Business Value of Your Edge Infrastructure</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/how-to-prove-business-value-of-your-edge-infrastructure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/how-to-prove-business-value-of-your-edge-infrastructure/</guid><description>Stop the &quot;silent performance&quot; problem. Discover how to prove the business value of your edge infrastructure with Fastly&apos;s new ROI-focused reporting.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Using the Gini Coefficient to Plan Edge Capacity</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/using-gini-coefficient-plan-edge-capacity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/using-gini-coefficient-plan-edge-capacity/</guid><description>Discover how Fastly uses the Gini coefficient, a metric usually reserved for economics, to model edge traffic inequality, improve cache efficiency, and plan capacity.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Fastly C++ SDK is Now Generally Available</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/fastly-c-sdk-is-now-generally-available/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/fastly-c-sdk-is-now-generally-available/</guid><description>Fastly&apos;s C++ SDK for Compute is now generally available, bringing native edge performance, WebAssembly security, and access to the vast C++ ecosystem.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deploying Fastly&apos;s Next-Gen WAF with Google Cloud Service Extensions to Help Secure Traffic at Scale</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/deploying-fastly-next-gen-waf-google-cloud-service-extensions-secure-traffic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/deploying-fastly-next-gen-waf-google-cloud-service-extensions-secure-traffic/</guid><description>Discover how Fastly&apos;s Next-Gen WAF and Google Cloud Service Extensions deliver real-time threat protection, scalable security, and low-latency performance.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UA Spoofing 101: Detection and Defense with Fastly’s Next-Gen WAF</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/ua-spoofing-101-detection-defense-with-fastlys-next-gen-waf/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/ua-spoofing-101-detection-defense-with-fastlys-next-gen-waf/</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Credential Stuffing is the Real Boss Fight for Gaming Platforms</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/credential-stuffing-real-boss-fight-for-gaming-platforms/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/credential-stuffing-real-boss-fight-for-gaming-platforms/</guid><description>Credential stuffing threatens player trust and revenue in gaming. Learn how to stop account takeover attacks at the edge without disrupting the player experience.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>We Built the Proxy Behind Firefox&apos;s New Built-In VPN — Here&apos;s How It Works</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/we-built-proxy-behind-firefoxs-new-built-in-vpn-heres-how-it-works/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/we-built-proxy-behind-firefoxs-new-built-in-vpn-heres-how-it-works/</guid><description>Discover how Fastly built the proxy powering Firefox&apos;s new built-in VPN, using HTTP CONNECT, QUIC, and MASQUE for scalable web privacy.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Six Common Live Streaming Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)</title><link>https://www.fastly.com/blog/six-common-live-streaming-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.fastly.com/blog/six-common-live-streaming-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/</guid><description>After years of supporting some of the world&apos;s biggest live streaming events, we&apos;ve seen the same mistakes surface time and again. 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