Bots, Bursts, And Bare Metal: Because The Internet Wanted Drama

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We break down Cloudflare’s outage, why a small config change caused big waves, and what better guardrails could look like. We then unpack AWS and Google’s cross‑cloud link, Megaport’s move into bare metal and GPUs, Webex adding deepfake defenses, and a new startup aiming to tune AI networks at microsecond speed.

• Cloudflare outage root cause and fallout
• Automation guardrails, validation and rollbacks
• AWS–Google cross‑cloud connectivity preview
• Pricing, routing and policy gaps to watch
• Megaport acquires Latitude SH for compute
• Bare metal and GPU as a service near clouds
• Webex integrates deepfake and fraud detection
• Accuracy risks, UX and escalation paths
• Apstra founders launch Aria for AI networks
• Microburst telemetry, closed‑loop control and SLAs

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