We love to highlight projects created by our members, and today we're taking a look at @noob404's link shortener, gloo.top.
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Last July we wrote about sh97's network benchmarking script, network-speed. He's been hard at work improving it. Let's check in!
Read More about Let’s Check In: sh97’s Network Benchmark Script has Plenty of New Developments!
Recently I was looking for a cheap domain and didn't care about the TLD. Here's a quick overview of the cheapest of the cheap.
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Today we're going to take a look at a really cool project: bashvm.com. This project allows you to create, modify, and manage virtual machines using - you guessed it - bash. The entire environment is coded as a bash shell script. That's really neat!
Read More about The Coolest Project Ever: bashvm
QuadraNet has been acquired by Edge Centres, expanding the latter's US footprint. This was reported in Datacenter Dynamics...oh wait, they pulled the article.
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OpenAI went from 150,000 ChatGPT Enterprise users to 600,000 in the space of four months. The AI sector is red hot and so is corporate America's love affair with generative AI.
Read More about Spectacular Growth in Corporate Version of OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Is the grid about to collapse as Skynet comes online?!?!? That's the fear...well, to put it a bit more tamely, the fear is that the electric grid is unprepared for the surge in demanding AI projects. But it may not be so bad, according to a Princeton prof.
Read More about Will the Grid Collapse as Skynet Comes Online? Not According to Princeton
Confession time: we want to grow our social media presence. Besides the economic reasons, it's also part of our core mission to educate people who are paying way too much for hosting services.
Read More about We are Social Butterflies! Check Us Out Wherever You Browse, View, or Tap!
M&A in the hosting space continues, with Colohouse announcing today that it is acquiring Hivelocity, a well-known provider in our community.
Read More about Colohouse Acquires Hivelocity: News and Analysis
Amazon is planning to spend $150 billion on datacenters over the next 15 years. Finding electricity to power them is getting increasingly difficult, so the online giant is getting increasingly creative in finding juice to power all those VMs.
Read More about Amazon to Spend $150 Billion on Datacenters in the Next 15 Years, Getting Creative on Powering Them
A backdoor was slipped into xz, a widely used compression library. Is a 1Password employee somewhere in the mix?
Read More about The Mother of All Supply Chain Attacks! Is 1Password Safe?!? (UPDATED)
Vultr's terms of service sure caused a firestorm yesterday. Is it the beginning of a new era of Orwellian surveillance or was it poorly crafted legalese that is soon to be rectified?
Read More about SHOTS FIRED! Is Vultr Claiming Full Perpetual Commercial Rights Over All Hosted Content?
I wanted a big storage box in the USA, so I gave Crunchbits a try. So far, so good!
Read More about My Latest Pet Monster: I Try Out a 4TB Storage VPS for Only $12/Month from Crunchbits!
So many operating system options! Which one is best for you and your VPS or dedicated server? Let's sort it out.
Read More about Examining the Top 12 Server Operating Systems of 2024: Choose the Best One for Your Needs
I realized today that I've been a PulsedMedia customer for 7 years. Wow. And it's been a good ride.
Read More about PulsedMedia: A 7-Year Review
After testimony at the United Nation from learning artificial intelligences...just kidding. But the UN did pass a resolution on AI this week.
Read More about UN Embraces U.S.-Led Resolution for Safe AI Development
I'm not an anti-trust lawyer, so naturally I'm going to give you my opinion on the US Department of Justice lawsuit filed against Apple today.
Read More about HOT TAKE: DOJ’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple is Dead on Arrival
Uncle Sam is heading out cash to Intel to build chip factories. Remember when companies built these on their own?
Read More about Uncle Sam Slips Intel $20B for New Chip Factories
That's the headline for a very in-depth report on Equinix's finances, from short seller Hindenburg Research.
Read More about Equinix Exposed: Major Accounting Manipulation, Core Business Decay And Selling An AI Pipe Dream As Insiders Cashed Out Hundreds of Millions
Last year, famed short seller SprucePoint Capital Management told us that Supermicro stock would soon plunge by 40-50%. That's not what happened.
Read More about SuperMicro: Is This a Bad Sign for the Server King or Was SprucePoint Just Completely Ridiculous?
Dedicated server? Bare metal server? What's the difference? Maybe nothing, maybe something...let's sort it out.
Read More about Unraveling the Mystery: Bare Metal and Dedicated Servers…Are They the Same Thing?
Hey there, Binary Racks! Some hosts constantly want to be featured, and some only dip in for special offers they know will delight our audience. Binary Racks is one of the latter providers, and we ha...
Read More about Binary Racks: Cheap VPS and an Awesome Dedicated Server Deal in London, UK!
I needed to learn Bootstrap for a project, and I found a couple resources that let me get up and running with the framework in only 2.5 hours.
Read More about How I Learned Bootstrap in Exactly 2.5 Hours
Data Centre World UK just wrapped up, and there was a lot of talk about all the challenges facing the datacenter industry in the EU. And the problems are many.
Read More about Polycrisis! Addressing the Industry’s Biggest Challenges: Highlights from the UK Data Center Event
Are our idling VMs to blame? Well, probably not the idling ones but maybe all those systems you're using to mine crypto, power game servers, and serve web apps.
Read More about Is America’s Power Shortage the Fault of Data Centers?
"Picture a watering hole where tech enthusiasts gather, drawn by the irresistible allure of cheap virtual private servers and dedicated server providers. Here, providers and users coexist, but beneath this peaceful facade, the air is thick with tension and intrigue. This is no ordinary tech forum. This is a pulsating powerhouse of passionate debates and fiery exchanges where every exchange can turn into a battlefield..."
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New requirements are coming for providers to Know Your Customer (KYC). Is just verifying the email address and taking a credit card enough or do they need to get into those "what was your street address four years ago" kinds of questions? Will we have to scan passports and send copies of utility bills?
Read More about Get Ready to Scan Your Passport If You Want to Buy a VM This Summer
Deft, a comprehensive supplier of data center and managed cloud services, was bought by Summit, a major provider of virtual servers and cloud-based application hosting in the United States and Canada....
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