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TikTok Won't Stop Sending US Data to China, So Gov't to Force App Ban

Goodbye, TikTok. According to news reports, both Apple and Google have received letters from the FCC requesting they remove the TikTok app from their app stores.  Neither Apple nor Google has commented. This follows on news that all user data on TikTok is viewed and processed in China by government officials.  In the exposed recordings, TikTok officials are heard routinely discussing private user data and it is evident th...

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TikTok Won't Stop Sending US Data to China, So Gov't to Force App Ban

HostMantis Throws in the Towel

Hosting provider HostMantis has announced that it is moving all hosts to DynamicHosting.ca. "As of July 1st, 2022, to continue our evolution we are partnering with Dynamic Hosting. Going forward, Dyna...

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HostMantis Throws in the Towel

The LowEndBox Review Project: We've Been Called Out

I'd like to quote a post from @Mumbly, a LowEndTalk reader: "Every time I opened LEB decade ago I found introductions of some new low end VPS providers....When LEA started this community he didn't rel...

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The LowEndBox Review Project: We've Been Called Out

Looking for IPv4 IPs? We've Got IPv4 IPs.

If you haven't heard, there's a problem with IPv4 exhaustion. If you're looking to rent or lease IPs, we have the thread for you. There are many choices in the marketplace, and LowEndTalk does not hav...

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Looking for IPv4 IPs?  We've Got IPv4 IPs.

Is the Golden Age of LowEnd VPSes Coming to a Screeching Halt?

OVH announced on June 14 that it will begin charging for IPv4 addresses. That loud screaming sound you heard was thousands of low-end hosts watching their profit margins vaporize. "Given the scarcity...

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Is the Golden Age of LowEnd VPSes Coming to a Screeching Halt?

What's the Fastest Wordpress Stack? Find Out on LowEndTalk!

Stop me if you've heard this on before. You started a web site and were thrilled when you started to get substantial traffic.  At first, your cPanel hosting could keep up but eventually either you or...

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What's the Fastest Wordpress Stack?  Find Out on LowEndTalk!

OVH Fire Class Action Lawsuit at 140 Clients, €10m Claim

Thanks to a LowEndBox tipster for submitting this news! You may recall the horrific datacenter fire that OVH suffered about 15 months ago.  A Paris law firm has filed a lawsuit seeking damages from OV...

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OVH Fire Class Action Lawsuit at 140 Clients, €10m Claim

Buyer's Remorse? Sell Your Unwanted VPS or Dedicated Server!

We've all been there. You see a deal, it's too good to pass up, and then two weeks later you realize it's idling and will go on idling until you cancel. If it's an hourly VM, bang, it's gone.  But wha...

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Buyer's Remorse?  Sell Your Unwanted VPS or Dedicated Server!

Get Notified About Cheap VPS Deals: Sign Up for Our Mailing List

Get LowEndBox delivered directly to your inbox every time we share an offer or post! Our list will send you an alert for every post.  Sometimes offers have limited stock, particularly when they're exc...

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A Beginner's Quick Glance At Two Of Udemy's Free Courses!

Udemy recently has been featured both here on Low End Box and on Low End Talk. Also, on September 20, 2021, Low End Box previously featured Low End Talk's Udemy thread. Low End Talk's Udemy thread has...

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A Beginner's Quick Glance At Two Of Udemy's Free Courses!

Virtual Gear Dump: raindog308's Empire of Cheap VPS and Cheap Shared Hosting

On some gear-oriented YouTube channels, people will do pocket dumps or bag dumps where they'll show you everything that they carry on a daily basis.  These are things like phones, chargers, multitools...

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Virtual Gear Dump: raindog308's Empire of Cheap VPS and Cheap Shared Hosting

Fix Gmail Deliverability Problems Inexpensively With Migadu!

Remember when you could just fire off an email and be sure it'd arrive?  Me, neither, it's been so long.  Email deliverability is a real hassle here in the 21st century...thanks for this look at one s...

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Fix Gmail Deliverability Problems Inexpensively With Migadu!

Free Udemy Courses! Our Community Resource Just Keeps Going

A while back, we alerted you to a thread on LowEndTalk where community member - and now moderator! - @Arkas shared free courses from Udemy. That thread was started in September and the community is st...

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Free Udemy Courses!  Our Community Resource Just Keeps Going

Paying by the Hour: Do You Use Hourly Instances?

Low-end providers have steadily adapted features that were once the exclusive province of big companies.  For example: Reverse DNS configuration by the user Anycast configuration Block storage But one...

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Paying by the Hour: Do You Use Hourly Instances?

Why Don't You Like Us? Or Follow Us, For That Matter...

We live in a push world, and if you prefer to get deals, posts, and news delivered to you in an app, we can help with that. We're on major social media platforms and we're growing our content there. ...

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Why Don't You Like Us?  Or Follow Us, For That Matter...

500 Million New IPv4 Addresses Coming! Well, Maybe. Or Maybe Not.

The idea of changing up the IPv4 protocols to free up reserved ranges is not new.  Heck, I posted about it on LowEndTalk at least ten years ago and it wasn't new then. The idea is simple: when IPv4 wa...

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500 Million New IPv4 Addresses Coming!  Well, Maybe.  Or Maybe Not.

Got a Tip? Share it With Us!

Have you read something interesting? Have you heard something suspicious? Did you come across a cool deal for hosting, computers, online services, educational materials, stickers, shirts, sheets, or s...

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Got a Tip?  Share it With Us!

Lotus 1-2-3 Resurrected! -- Runs Natively On Linux After Hack By Tavis Ormandy!

  Lotus 1-2-3 And The 1990s Tavis Ormandy is a world class white hat hacker who works at Google Project Zero. Hacker News ("HN") is a news aggregator and comment board run by the well known start...

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Lotus 1-2-3 Resurrected! -- Runs Natively On Linux After Hack By Tavis Ormandy!

Community News: RackNerd is Officially a Certified cPanel Partner

To continue LowEndBox’s new “interesting news” series, we recently received a new submission from Dustin B. Cisneros over at RackNerd to let us know that they’ve officially become a Certified cPanel P...

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Community News: RackNerd is Officially a Certified cPanel Partner

When Bitcoin Collapses, It Doesn't Get Cheap. Or, is it a New Store of Value? Place Your Bets!

There was a provocative headline on SeekingAlpha (a popular investing website) today: When Bitcoin Collapses, it Doesn't Get Cheap.  The author is referring to Bitcoin but his arguments apply to all c...

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When Bitcoin Collapses, It Doesn't Get Cheap.  Or, is it a New Store of Value?  Place Your Bets!

Google Relents: Gmail Legacy Will Remain Free for Personal Accounts

By now, you've probably owned up to the fact that G Suite Legacy accounts are going away and you're going to have to pay $5/head/month because you want a custom domain.  Maybe you've even converted ov...

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Google Relents: Gmail Legacy Will Remain Free for Personal Accounts

DigitalOcean Breaks the $5 Price Point

DigitalOcean has announced new pricing starting July 1, 2022.  Notably, 1GB RAM VPSes will now be $6/mo. $5/mo for 1GB has been a price point for a long, long time.  Linode, Vultr, and others have all...

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DigitalOcean Breaks the $5 Price Point

FREE DOMAIN: Get a .app or .dev from Porkbun, FREE for a Year with Reasonable Renewals!

Looking for a free domain?  How about a .app or a .dev, free for 1 year? That's what Porkbun is offering!  Just head over to the page and claim yours, while supplies last.  However, supplies are unlim...

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FREE DOMAIN: Get a .app or .dev from Porkbun, FREE for a Year with Reasonable Renewals!

Get Ready to Upgrade to RedHat Enterprise Linux 9

RedHat Linux 9 will soon be here.  It was announced this week at Red Hat Summit and will be the first major release post-IBM acquisition. Presumably Alma and Rocky releases will soon follow.  As a rem...

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Get Ready to Upgrade to RedHat Enterprise Linux 9

EU Will Be Reading Your Private Messages for the Sake of the Children

Thanks to LowEndTalk member @symonp for sharing news of an EU plan to require messaging services to scan private message to find child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The proposed rules state that hosti...

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EU Will Be Reading Your Private Messages for the Sake of the Children

Chinese Government Orders State Firms to Dump Foreign PCs in 24 Months

Bloomberg reported today that the Chinese state government will require all state firms to eliminate foreign PCs within two years.  An estimated 50 million PCs will be affected. Note that this affects...

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Chinese Government Orders State Firms to Dump Foreign PCs in 24 Months

C# Gaining in Popularity According to TIOBE; Python, C, and Java Still Lead

The most recent TIOBE index shows C# gaining significantly in popularity over the last 5 years. "If we compare the current TIOBE index rankings to 1 year ago (May 2021), C# is gaining most popular of...

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C# Gaining in Popularity According to TIOBE; Python, C, and Java Still Lead

Low End Editorial: Are Linux Distributions And Operating Systems Obsolete? Have One-Click VPS App Installs Completed Our Move To The Web?

I have a friend who is a hardware engineer. Every time I see this friend I wonder about how much is going on inside the hardware of whatever laptop or server I might be using. Other times I kind of "d...

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Low End Editorial: Are Linux Distributions And Operating Systems Obsolete?  Have One-Click VPS App Installs Completed Our Move To The Web?
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