Cloud storage provider and community backup favorite BackBlaze may have finally found a way to turn a profit.
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HTTP Referer is a technology that has long outlasted its marginal value. Let's get rid of it.
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Contabo announced on June 16, 2026, that it has reached a significant milestone by hosting 500,000 virtual private servers (VPS). So what do we, the LowEnd community think about Contabo?
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My sweet Crunchbits merch has arrived! The Crunchbits charity drive was a huge success and Fumo dolls and hoodies are spreading across the globe.
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MannDude wanted to know why everything is being rewritten in Rust. Here's the answer.
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The founder of Private Internet Access might just be the next Emperor of Korea.
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Last week I had a routine doctor's visit. Routine...but there was something new in the stack of paperwork I was handed.
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This year, Wikipedia is celebrating its 25th anniversary. I wondered the other day what the first pages on Wikipedia were.
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The YouTube app is actually an authenticator. And that's an inconvenience.
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These days, Google is shoving AI into every search result, and a German court is holding them liable for what AI says. In a decision this week, the Regional Court of Munich ruled that Google had beend spreading false claims about two Munich-based publishers.
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Back in the 90s, there was a company named Tadpole that sold laptops with pretty exotic processors. You could get a Tadpole laptop running SPARC, Alpha, or PowerPC. We might be going back to that kind of world.
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I continue to be interested in learning Rust, the programming language that's gaining ascendancy in the systems programming world. I reviewed The Rust Programming Language which is not a bad book but I didn't care for it, for reasons I outlined in a previous post. Since then, I've moved on to Rust Exercises, which a very cool course you can take for free.
Read More about Rust By Example: The FREE Interactive Way to Learn RustLinux From Scratch is a project that teaches you how to build a complete Linux system from source code. You begin with an existing Linux system, create a clean build environment, compile a temporary toolchain, enter a chroot, and then build the real system piece by piece.
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The best hosting deals do not always last long. A great VPS offer, discounted dedicated server, limited-stock special, or exclusive LowEndBox promotion can sell out quickly. If you want a better chance of catching those deals before they disappear, join the LowEndBox mailing list. Our mailing list is built for readers who want useful hosting updates without inbox clutter.
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Last week, we covered how Multacom was sued by the owners of the Aon Center building in Los Angeles over alleged unpaid rent of $400,000+. Now there appears to be another interesting development: the Multacom network itself.
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Since our previous tier list, 17 new courses have come out for Walkabout Mini Golf! Here's our freshly upgraded tier list.
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One thing I've always found entertaining in technical works is how authors bring in their weird non-technical hobbies and interests as examples. I've learned a lot of random facts just because the author teaching some programming language happened to also be into exotic cooking or had traveled in South America.
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I have a soft spot for post-apocalyptic games, and so do my friends. We're scattered across the country now and playing games online is how we hang out. Recently one of them suggested we try Misery.
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Dutch financial crime investigators have seized more than 800 servers in a major enforcement action tied to Stark Industries Solutions, a hosting network accused by European authorities of supporting...
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If you've licensed cPanel or WHMCS, be aware that their publisher is now planning to directly compete with you by offering shared, WordPress, and email hosting offerings.
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It's 2026, and if you need a relational database and you have a choice, you're choosing PostGreSQL. If you don't, you might be stuck with MySQL.
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CVE-2026-48172: Root Privilege Escalation in LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin A critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-48172, affects the LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin versions 2.3 through 2.4.4. This security flaw carries a CVSS v4.0 score of 10.0, marking it as highly severe.
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LowEndBox readers may be familiar with the name Multacom. And now they're being sued by their landlord for $400K in alleged unpaid rent.
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The Rust Programming Language book is quite popular in the Rust community. But I wish it was written differently.
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Over the last week, I've interacted with a couple traditional forums, and they were case lessons in how not to run a forum in 2026.
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Not infrequently, we get legal gibberish on our ticketing platform from providers who are upset that someone said something negative about them, either here or on LowEndTalk. It's always entertaining. I've written a form letter that all of your LowEndLawyers can use if you ever need to contact us.
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