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Cloudflare Changelog

WAF - WAF Release - 2026-08-17

This release updates WordPress remote code execution rule metadata in the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset and Cloudflare Free Ruleset to identify CVE-2026-65640. Key Findings CVE-2026-65640: A remote code execution vulnerability affecting WordPress core and plugin components. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary system commands to gain unauthorized access or establish backdoors on host servers. Impact The WordPress changes update rule metadata only; detection behavior and actions r

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Cloudflare Changelog

Workers AI - Qwen 3.8 27B now available on Workers AI

@cf/qwen/qwen3.8-27b is now available on Workers AI. Qwen 3.8 27B is a 27-billion-parameter instruction-tuned vision language model from Alibaba's Qwen family. It processes images and text together, with reasoning and function calling for agentic workflows. Key capabilities: Vision: Accept image and text inputs and generate text responses. Reasoning: Support thinking mode for complex, step-by-step problem-solving. Function calling: Build agents that invoke tools and APIs across multiple conversa

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Redis Blog

Metadata filtering: boost search precision as data grows

Vector search is great at finding things that are semantically similar, but similarity isn't the same as correctness. A pure vector query doesn't know that a product is out of stock, that a document belongs to a different customer, or that a policy wa...

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Redis Blog

Choosing & integrating LLM APIs: a practical guide

Making your first LLM API call is easy: with most provider SDKs, it's about five lines of code. Keeping that call fast, affordable, and reliable once real users show up is where the actual engineering happens: costs can compound as conversations grow,...

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DEV Community

😸Catbot Integration, AI Office, Cat Mode (AI Avatar v17: VS Code and Chrome Extension)

Intro AI Avatar is a free app where your VRoid (VRM) avatar cheers you with all its might.🤗 It lives in your VS Code sidebar (reacts to Claude Code / GitHub Copilot) or browser side panel (reacts to ChatGPT / Claude). Animations and speech bubbles all run without AI too. 🤝Catbot Integration 🏢AI Office 😺Cat Mode Let's see how they are! @annavi11arrea1 Catbot. Catbot is A galactic robot cat you can talk to from any device — and a harness that lets you switch between (or combine) all of your

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BleepingComputer

SafePal data breach impacts 39,798 customers, stolen info for sale

Cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider SafePal is warning of a data breach affecting about 39,798 customers after a flaw was exploited to steal customer order information, and a threat actor is now claiming to be selling the stolen data. [...]

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