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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.
Uptime Kuma — How It Became the Most Popular Self-Hosted Monitor
Uptime Kuma reaches 40000 GitHub stars — how the one-developer project became the most popular self-hosted monitoring tool replacing UptimeRobot.
DigitalOcean Launches Managed MongoDB — No-Ops Database Hosting
DigitalOcean adds MongoDB to its managed databases portfolio — automated backups, failover and scaling without DBA expertise required.
MOVEit Transfer Zero-Day CVE-2023-34362 — Lessons for Server Admins
The MOVEit Transfer zero-day SQL injection vulnerability affected thousands of organisations — critical lessons for server security and patch management.
PHP 8.3 Alpha — Typed Class Constants Preview
PHP 8.3 alpha introduces typed class constants, json_validate() function and improved readonly property handling.
Veeam v12 Released — Major Backup and Recovery Update
Veeam v12 brings direct-to-object storage backups, improved Linux agent and enhanced malware detection — a major enterprise backup release.
ChatGPT Infrastructure — How OpenAI Scales to 100 Million Users
ChatGPT reached 100 million users in 60 days — here's how OpenAI's server infrastructure handles the load and what server admins can learn from their architecture.
AlmaLinux 9.1 Released — Full RHEL 9 Compatibility
AlmaLinux 9.1 achieves full RHEL 9.1 compatibility with updated kernel, improved security and container tooling updates.
Log4Shell One Year Later — What Linux Admins Learned
One year after Log4Shell — how the vulnerability changed patching practices, WAF deployment and security monitoring for Linux admins worldwide.
CentOS Stream 9 Released — RHEL 9 Development Platform
CentOS Stream 9 launches as the upstream development platform for RHEL 9 — the community continues debating its suitability for production use.
WordPress 6.2 Released — Site Editor Improvements
WordPress 6.2 brings a distraction-free writing mode, improved site editor navigation and new style revision history.
PostgreSQL 15 Released — New MERGE Command and Performance
PostgreSQL 15 arrives with the long-awaited SQL MERGE command, improved sort performance, logical replication enhancements and better developer experience.
cPanel DKIM Changes — Email Authentication Updates
cPanel updates DKIM key length requirements and introduces new email authentication defaults — administrators should review all domain configurations.
Microsoft Exchange ProxyNotShell Zero-Day — Critical Alert for Admins
Two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server allow unauthenticated remote code execution — all Exchange administrators must apply mitigations immediately.
Cloudflare R2 Reaches General Availability — Zero Egress Storage
Cloudflare R2 exits beta — S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees challenges AWS S3 dominance in the cloud storage market.
CloudPanel 2.0 Released — Major UI and Security Overhaul
CloudPanel 2.0 launches with a completely redesigned interface, improved security hardening, Docker support and PHP 8.1 optimisation.
Windows Server 2022 Released — What's New for Server Administrators
Windows Server 2022 reaches GA with Secured-core server, TLS 1.3 by default, HTTP/2 for WinHTTP and significant Hyper-V improvements — a major release for Windows admins.
MariaDB 10.9 Released — UUIDs as Primary Keys
MariaDB 10.9 introduces UUID_SHORT() improvements, natural sort and better JSON path support for modern application development.
OpenLiteSpeed 1.7 Released — HTTP/3 and QUIC Support
OpenLiteSpeed 1.7 brings native HTTP/3 and QUIC support to the free web server — making it the first free web server with production-ready HTTP/3 out of the box.
Hetzner Launches Dedicated Servers in USA
Hetzner opens its first US data centre in Ashburn, Virginia — bringing European-style pricing to the American dedicated server market.
PHP 8.2 Released — Readonly Classes and DNF Types
PHP 8.2 officially releases with readonly classes, disjunctive normal form types, deprecated dynamic properties and improved Fibers.