Cloudflare announced on Friday that it is acquiring Deno, the startup behind the Deno JavaScript runtime co-founded by Bert Belder and Node.js creator Ryan Dahl. Cloudflare principal engineer Kenton Varda said the deal will help improve the programming model behind Cloudflare Workers, its platform for building and running software on its network. Financial terms were not disclosed; Deno had previously raised $26 million, including a Series A led by Sequoia.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-10
A new study found that gas stoves in commercial kitchens generate significantly more heat and release higher levels of toxic air pollutants than electric equivalents. Researchers compared all-electric kitchens and found them to be measurably cooler and cleaner, with lower concentrations of hazardous airborne substances.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-09
Cloudflare announced that the full Deno team is joining the company, bringing its work on the Deno runtime and Deno Deploy into Cloudflare's infrastructure. The team says its focus will shift to a new project called celld, built on Cloudflare's Workers programming model, aimed at simplifying how developers build and scale distributed server applications.
deno.com
· 2026-10-09
Cloudflare has launched Clef and Clef-flash, two decision models hosted on Workers AI and compatible with the Jev API. The company says Clef currently leads the Jev Decision Index benchmark, and both models are open-sourced on Hugging Face under an Apache 2.0 license. Cloudflare also introduced a reinforcement learning product that lets customers fine-tune Clef for their own use cases.
blog.cloudflare.com
· 2026-10-01
The FBI has repeatedly flagged that North Korean IT workers are using fraudulent or stolen identity documents, proxy infrastructure and US-based facilitators to pass remote hiring processes and gain access to corporate networks. Rather than stealing existing credentials, these attackers get organizations to create new credentials for them during onboarding, exploiting the fact that Zero Trust and MFA controls assume an identity already exists. The FBI now recommends verifying identity both during hiring and continuously throughout remote employment.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-01
A commentary addresses recent reporting on younger workers stepping back from traditional career ambition, citing frustrations with a tight job market, impersonal hiring practices, and pressure from hustle culture. It argues that while workers can't control the economy or their employers, they can define what they want from work and build a personal strategy to pursue it.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-29
A Deloitte survey of 25,000 UK workers found 63 percent use generative AI at work, with one in six paying for AI tools themselves. Collectively, these self-funded subscriptions total more than $1.3 billion annually, even though many employees don't expense the cost. Nearly half rely on free tools while 34 percent use employer-provided AI.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-27
Construction of data centers and related infrastructure is fueling demand for electricians, HVAC technicians, welders, pipefitters and line workers, according to labor market researchers. ZipRecruiter's Nicole Bachaud found the mean minimum salary for data center jobs jumped 125.1% year-over-year to nearly $208,000, while welder and pipefitter postings rose 164%. Jobs for the Future's Maria Flynn said apprentice technicians can earn $40,000-$60,000, with experienced electricians topping $100,000.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-26
A newly introduced bill would allow workers in physically demanding 'blue collar' occupations to claim full Social Security retirement benefits earlier than the current age of 67. Roughly 40% of U.S. civilian workers hold jobs involving heavy lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling, a group the bill's supporters say faces greater physical strain by retirement age. The current 67-year threshold applies to anyone born in 1960 or later.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-24
DoorDash spent roughly $1.4 million during the 2025 New York mayoral race opposing Zohran Mamdani and backing Andrew Cuomo, including a $1 million donation to the anti-Mamdani super PAC Fix the City. Mamdani won and his administration this week announced a $131.5 million settlement with DoorDash over underpayment of 264,000 delivery workers, the largest worker settlement in city history.
theintercept.com
· 2026-09-23
Owl Labs' tenth annual State of Hybrid Work report found that 74% of workers say they work on Sundays, with 21% putting in a full or near-full day. The habit skews younger, with 76% of Gen Z workers and 62% of millennials reporting they often work on Sundays.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-23
A new workplace advice piece examines how some professionals appear competent or engaged in meetings without substantively contributing, and offers cues for spotting this behavior. It cites an estimate that the average American professional spends more than 14 years of their working career in meetings, underscoring how central meetings are to office life.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-23
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