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10 years of server and web hosting news — Linux releases, security vulnerabilities, control panel updates, PHP releases and web server news from 2016 to 2025.
Cloudflare Workers AI Expands — New Models for Edge Inference
Cloudflare Workers AI adds Llama 3.1, Mistral 7B and image generation models — running AI inference at the edge is now mainstream for server administrators.
GitHub Copilot for DevOps — AI Writing Nginx and Server Configs
GitHub Copilot expands into DevOps with AI-generated Nginx configs, Dockerfile optimisation and server hardening recommendations — tested in production.
AWS Announces AI-Powered Server Monitoring — Amazon Q for DevOps
Amazon Web Services launches Amazon Q for DevOps — an AI assistant that monitors CloudWatch metrics, suggests fixes and can automatically remediate common issues.
Server Technology Recap 2025 — What Changed in a Decade
A decade of server technology reviewed — from PHP 7 to 8.4, Ubuntu 16.04 to 24.04, cPanel to CloudPanel, and HTTP/1.1 to HTTP/3.
Ubuntu 25.10 Released — Questing Quokka
Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka ships with kernel 6.14, Rust-written system components and improved immutable system options.
Cloudflare Workers AI Platform — Major Updates 2025
Cloudflare expands Workers AI with new models, longer context windows and reduced pricing — AI at the edge becomes mainstream.
WordPress 6.8 Released — Major Performance Release
WordPress 6.8 delivers the biggest performance improvements in years — object cache improvements, reduced autoloaded options and PHP 8.4 optimisations.
IIS 10.0 Critical Security Update — Patch Immediately
Microsoft releases a critical out-of-band patch for IIS 10.0 addressing a remote code execution vulnerability — all Windows Server administrators must apply immediately.
MariaDB 11.6 Released — Vector Search GA
MariaDB 11.6 graduates vector search to GA — enabling production AI similarity search workloads directly in the database.
PHP 8.5 Development Begins — What's Coming
PHP 8.5 development kicks off with proposed features including pipe operator, improved pattern matching and further JIT optimisations.
AlmaLinux 10 Released — RHEL 10 Compatible
AlmaLinux 10 launches as a 1:1 RHEL 10 compatible distribution with kernel 6.11, Python 3.12 default and OpenSSL 3.2.
Cloudflare Announces 10 New Edge Data Centres in India
Cloudflare expands its Indian edge network with 10 new PoPs across Tier 2 cities — reducing latency for 600 million Indian internet users significantly.
OpenLiteSpeed 1.8 Released — New Features for 2025
OpenLiteSpeed 1.8 brings improved HTTP/3 performance, better PHP 8.4 integration, enhanced WebAdmin dashboard and new cache controls for 2025.
Nginx 1.28 Stable Released — Full HTTP/3 Support
Nginx 1.28 stable makes HTTP/3 a first-class feature — full QUIC support with improved performance and easier configuration.
AI-Powered Server Monitoring — The New Standard in 2025
AI-powered server monitoring tools in 2025 detect anomalies before they become outages — Netdata ML, Datadog AI and open source alternatives compared for server administrators.
SPF Flattening — Managing Complex Email Infrastructure in 2025
SPF records have a 10 DNS lookup limit that many organisations now exceed — SPF flattening tools and dynamic SPF are the solutions keeping email deliverability intact in 2025.
CloudPanel 2.4 Released — PHP 8.4 Support
CloudPanel 2.4 adds PHP 8.4 support, improved backup scheduling, new firewall rules interface and DMARC monitoring.
OpenSSL 3.4 Released — Post-Quantum Cryptography
OpenSSL 3.4 introduces NIST-approved post-quantum cryptographic algorithms — preparing servers for the quantum computing era.
GitHub Copilot for CLI — AI Assistant in Your Server Terminal
GitHub Copilot CLI brings AI assistance directly to the Linux terminal — explain commands, suggest fixes for errors and generate shell scripts without leaving the command line.
Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS — Kernel 6.8 Hardware Enablement
Ubuntu 24.04.2 point release ships the 6.8 HWE kernel — better NVMe support, improved GPU drivers and AMD Zen 5 optimisations.