Mullenweg, Former Part Owner of WP-Engine, and His Wordpress Checkbox of Doom
Matt Mullenweg used to own part of WPEngine, and made million when he sold his stake to Silver Lake. Now, of course, he's mad that he didn't get enough money.
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Need a Laugh? Read the Linux Kernel List's Foam-Mouthed Responses to Russian Programmers Banned from Contributing to the Linux Kernel
Apparently, President Kennedy taking the U.S. off the silver standard in 1963 was the beginning of this plot.
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OpenAI Disbands Yet Another Safety Team
No more Superalignment team, and now no AGI Readiness team either. Who needs governance when there are shiny things to find!
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Drama Star: Why You Should Never Buy a Udemy Course From Anton Voroniuk (And How to Block Obnoxious People on WHMCS)
You'd think asking someone over and over and over and over again to stop submitting tickets would convince them that they are annoying their marketing outlet. Anton Voroniuk turned a deaf ear and so we had to move to technical solutions.
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CloudLinux Enhances WordPress Support and Commits to Five for the Future Initiative
CloudLinux, a leader in enhancing the security, stability, and availability of Linux servers and devices, has declared increased support for the WordPress community by committing significant resources to the Five for the Future program.
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Hybrid Hosting: The Preferred New Solution for IT Leaders
67% of IT decision makers now favor a hybrid hosting infrastructure. The shift back to traditional datacenter infrastructure continues to gain momentum as the allure of an all-public-cloud approach fades.
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WHMCS and cPanel Prices Going Up By... 5%? 10%? Keep Guessing...
WebPros, funded by Oakley Capital, continues to rapidly increase the prices for their two leading products. Like clockwork, WHMCS and cPanel prices are going up because... well, all the new features they've added, right?
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Has the Biggest Performance Bottleneck in Python Finally Been Slain?
The Global Interpreter Lock has been a boat anchor on Python performance. Is it dead with Python 3.13?
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Vultr Welcomes AMD Instinct MI300X Accelerators to Enhance Its Cloud Platform
Vultr builds out flexible cloud infrastructure in partnership with AMD's cutting-edge silicon technology paves the way for groundbreaking GPU-accelerated workloads, extending from data centers to edge computing.
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How I Became Jimi Hendrix in Two Months: The Simply Guitar App
Thinking of learning guitar? Maybe you should try the Simply Guitar app, which takes you step by step through the process and checks your progress as you go.
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DigitalOcean Unveils NVIDIA H100-Powered Flexible GPU Droplets for Enhanced Performance
Digital Ocean has announced the launch of its advanced AI infrastructure, now generally available in a pay-as-you-go format via the new DigitalOcean GPU Droplets, and powered by Nvidia's latest H100.
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How Do You Think LowEndTalk Moderators Are Doing?
Being a LowEndTalk moderator is not an easy job. How do you think they're doing?
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Cloudflare Rolls Out New Features to Shield Content Creators from AI Bots
Cloudflare introduces new tools to empower content creators to control AI bots' access to their content, marking a significant step in supporting creators.
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Wordpress v. WP-Engine Thermonuclear War, and Every Linux Box is About to be Hacked
Matt Mullenweg goes off the deep end, and Linux is wide open...maybe.
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I Won a Guitar in an Online Giveaway. Am I Going to Jail?
So about all those online giveaways...
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Two Emerging eBay Scams I Nearly Fell For: One as a Buyer, One as a Seller
I bought and sold on eBay over the last month, and encountered scams both times. Be careful out there!
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Orbital Data Centers: Solving One Key Problem. Alas, Not All of Them.
Orbital datacenters? A French company is pitching them with an environmental slant.
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MariaDB Swallowed by Private Equity
MariaDB is free as in love, but MariaDB Plc is no longer free as in independent. It's been swallowed up by private equity.
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Google is Building a Datacenter in...um, Where...?!?
Google is building a new datacenter in...well, I wouldn't have guessed this city.
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Nontechnical Nonsense: Rust Stirs Up a Storm of Drama in the Linux Kernel: Ted T'so Shouting, Maintainer Quits
On one side, you have devs trying to bring a memory-safe language into the kernel. On the other, you have C grognards with their pitchforks and torches.
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Vultr Partners with SQream to Enhance Data Analytics through GPU Acceleration and Improved Scalability
Modern hyperscaler Vultr, who is often mentioned on LowEndBox, is excited to announce its new partnership with SQream as part of the Vultr Cloud Alliance, aimed to provide greater efficiency in data processing and a reduction in cloud and AI costs.
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DigitalOcean Enhances Security with New Role-Based Access Control Features
DigitalOcean, known for its developer cloud services tailored for startups and growing digital businesses, recently announced enhancements to its role-based access control (RBAC). This system allows f...
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Providers: Five Reasons Your Competition is Thriving on LowEndBox
Your competition is making hay with all the services we offer on LowEndBox - why aren't you?
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Do You Get Downtime Notifications? Reason for Outage Explanations? If Not, You May Need a New Provider
Is getting an email about a provider's upcoming outage or reason for an unexpected outage a good sign or a bad sign? It's a very good sign. Not getting emails like that is a bad sign.
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SuperMicro Takes Another Torpedo Below the Waterline: The Hindenburg Research Short Seller Report Hits Hard
First SprucePoint shorted SuperMicro back in may. Turns out Hindenburg Research started an investigation at the same time, and now they've released their conclusions. It isn't a pretty picture.
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HelpScout for Under $2/Month? You Can With FreeScout and PikaPods!
Can't afford HelpScout? Consider a free feature-loaded alternative with unlimited users and tickets, running on community provider PikaPods' reliable and affordable infrastructure!
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AMD Boosts AI Prowess Through Strategic Acquisition of ZT Systems
AMD has declared its intention to purchase ZT Systems, a key player in AI infrastructure solutions catering to major hyperscale computing entities. This strategic move aligns with AMD's aim to enhance AI training and inferencing solutions by making advancements in silicon, software, and system levels. Can Intel ever catch up?
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Guess Who Just Got a $5 Billion Check From the Government?
Unfortunately, the answer is not "raindog308". But the feds are handing out BIG checks these days...
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