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We don’t get surprised very often, but this P2 alert definitely came as a shock when we found out exactly who the culprit was! 🦎

Zombie APIs. Shadow APIs. Rogue APIs. Now meet LLM-linked APIs and GenAI-linked APIs — less scary-sounding, but even more devastating. Download our Strategic Guide to learn more: https://ow.ly/6sRF50ZfkZN

I fell in love with international football ⚽back in 1994 when the World Cup last came to the US. I missed my chance to see it live back then, but it kicked off a lifelong obsession—from following the USMNT to becoming a die-hard Real Madrid fan after a match at the Bernabéu in 2015. This time around, I’m not missing out. I already have my tickets secured for the Round of 32 right here in New Jersey, and I'll be flying down to catch the Quarterfinal in Miami! But when I’m not in the stadium, I’ll be glued to the screen like hundreds of millions of others. As fans, we just hit "play" and expect flawless, 4K streaming. But having spent over two decades working on large-scale live events—from March Madness and the Olympics to past World Cups—I can tell you that the magic behind the curtain is pure engineering. The biggest challenge of streaming an event of this magnitude isn’t just surviving the massive waves of traffic. It’s predicting where the next wave will break. The tournament isn't just one massive event; it’s a living, breathing collection of over 100 individual events. Every single match presents a unique traffic profile dictated by: *The teams on the pitch (and the size/location of their digital fanbases). *Local kickoff times vs. the time zones of the countries playing. *Fragmented streaming rights, meaning traffic routes differently depending on which broadcaster owns the feed in each specific region. As teams advance or fall behind, the internet's center of gravity literally shifts. A sudden, unexpected penalty shootout can cause traffic to instantly spike in a specific city, blinding a network if they aren't prepared. That is why teams across Akamai Technologies have been working shoulder-to-shoulder with our customers for months. We don't wait for the traffic to hit; we map out the contingencies well in advance. Big thanks to everyone involved! Our global infrastructure and proactive mitigation strategies are built precisely for these cultural phenomena. By dynamically routing traffic, optimizing capacity at the edge, and mitigating localized bottlenecks before they impact the user, we ensure that millions can watch history happen simultaneously without a single stutter. I share more thoughts about large events at scale and how our global infrastructure and proactive mitigation strategies empower businesses to deliver seamless digital experiences during the world's largest events in the article linked to this post. Enjoy the matches, everyone! May your streams be fast, your buffers be non-existent, and your team make it all the way. #WorldCup2026 #StreamingAtScale #LiveSports #EdgeComputing #GlobalInfrastructure #Akamai

Akamai Singapore Lunch & Learn session recap! 🍽️ Great turnout as Jane Tan, Kim Wee, and Lester Yeong shared practical tips on using AI. More sessions coming soon! 👀

We are so proud of our Akamai Switzerland team who kicked off our first Danny Lewin Community Care Day at the Special Olympics Switzerland National Summer Games Zug 2026! 🎉 Our team volunteered by supporting lunch service and preparing 2,000 food bags for athletes and volunteers, helping make Switzerland’s largest multi-sport event for athletes with intellectual disabilities a success. A huge thank you to everyone who joined and made a difference! 💙

The era of massive, centralized AI factories has hit a fundamental physics problem: the 100 ms+ round-trip delay of traditional clouds. For real-time applications, distance is the ultimate bottleneck. Akamai is working to solve this challenge by moving intelligence to the data. Akamai provides a distributed AI infrastructure that delivers low-latency AI inference without hyperscaler egress penalties. Read the full IDC Link to see how the edge has evolved into an active, intelligent fabric: https://ow.ly/EK1g50ZgnC9

A single third-party exploit can cascade across more than 100 financial services institutions simultaneously. The industry ranks first in DDoS attacks — and is the only one in the top five still growing year over year. Read our exclusive global report to see the pressures financial services is under as AI-empowered botnets and hacktivists intensify their focus: https://ow.ly/alA550Z7gnQ

You can’t outrun a threat that never sleeps. Ryan Barnett, Lead Security Researcher at Akamai, joins Aparna Mandal to discuss the unavoidable speed gap between human researchers and automated attacks. While we have physical constraints, machines operate at a continuous “machine speed” regardless of the time of day. To bridge this gap, we are utilizing defensive AI-powered WAF detections that learn directly from live network traffic. This approach accelerates how quickly we identify threats and helps researchers get the information they need to release updates faster. By using AI to handle the continuous monitoring and initial detection, we can finally match the speed of modern, automated adversaries. Watch to see how defensive AI is being used to stop threats faster than manual processes ever could. https://ow.ly/HKU150Zgj6y

The edge used to cache, filter, and route. But modern apps need more. Akamai Functions lets teams run app logic at ingress, closer to users, while staying connected to cloud, security, and AI. Learn more in this blog: https://ow.ly/Ofbr50ZfpTt

Where do these trends sit on your list? We asked these Akamites to blind rank some of the latest technology trends and practices, and they had some strong personal opinions. Do you agree with their rankings? Unnati Aggarwal Sahana J Prakash