Bad News Friday, Part 1: cPanel is Raising Prices, Again!
Guess who's raising prices again? You don't have to guess very hard.
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Here Comes the Raspberry Pi 5
Three years after the Raspberry Pi 4 hit the market, its successor is here. What do you think about it?
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Microsoft Goes Nuclear: Planning to Build its Own Reactors to Power its Datacenters
Microsoft is planning to build its own nuclear reactors and has a job posting to hire a leader for this project. Is nuclear power the future of the datacenter industry?
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Why You'll Hate a Foldable Laptop...and Why You Might Love One
Foldable laptops are coming - er, actually, they're already here. LG just released a new one. Let's look at the state of the art and think about pros/cons of this new wave of devices.
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Your NFTs are Worthless. Everyone's NFTs are Worthless.
The NFT boom and bust happened at light speed. Now a new report highlights what most already knew: nearly all (and we do mean nearly) of those blockchain entries have zero value.
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The Unbelievably Fumbled Rebranding of Twitter
Twitter is now known as X. Actually, it's now known as "X, formerly known as Twitter" because "X" has zero brand and the Twitter brand is still iconic. A cautionary tale.
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Why You Shouldn’t Start a Hosting Provider Anymore
Thinking of starting out as a hosting provider? There's two key words you need to understand: commoditization and differentiation. If you don't understand these words, you don't have a prayer.
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Hosting Providers Are Outraged at IPXO Over 'Two Incident' Abuse Report Policy
IPXO's "two incident" policy is not sitting right with providers. They're in a difficult spot, balancing providers and block owners, legit complaints and trashy noise. SirFoxy explores it for us.
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Plex Blocks Hetzner in Move Against Piracy
Recently, if you host your own Plex server on a Hetzner IP address, there's a very good chance you received the following email: Important notice about the hosting service you may be using. We're cont...
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CyberBunker: The ‘Bulletproof’ Darknet Market Host That Operated out of Bunkers (Founder Sentenced to Prison)
CyberBunker was a "bulletproof" hosting operation run primarily by Xennt or Herman-Johan Xennt, and CB3ROB or Sven Kamphuis (specifically early on). It opened up in the late 1990s operating out of a r...
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Ten Less-Commonly-Known Youtube Channels to Listen to on a Long Road Trip
Heading out for a road trip? Check out my list of 10 awesome YouTube channels to stream (or download) while you're on the road. All are audio-only-approved and will keep you company as the miles fly by.
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The Top 5 Mini PCs Worth Buying in Late 2023 ($159 for an Entire PC?)
What if I told you there's a cheaper Windows or Linux equivalent to a Mac Mini that's just a little bit bigger than a Raspberry Pi? (Raspb...
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The Curious Case of 4.1 Million Misappropriated AFRINIC IPv4 Addresses
AFRINIC is the regional internet registry (RIR) for Africa. The second employee ever hired at AFRINIC way back in 2004 was directly responsible for the biggest IPv4 heist in history: 4.1 million IPv4 addresses. This is the story.
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Rumors Circulate About DediPath’s Database Being Sold
Over here at LowEndBox, we've been covering the entire DediPath bankruptcy situation since it was only skepticism. Most recently, we covered DediPath's official closure at the end of August, and it al...
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Money, Money, Free Advertising, Free Money! Partner with Us and GROW!
Hey provider: free advertising can lead to free money! And that's what we're offering. Whether it's an interview, a free promo piece, publishing your content, or other options, let's use our juice to get you more sales!
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How to Sell Out to Microsoft and Make Easy Money - $450 and Counting for Me
I've sold out to Microsoft...at least for search. For over a decade, Microsoft has dropped a steady drip of Amazon gift cards to me. Here's how you can get on the gravy train.
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MicroSD Cards: Size, Manufacturer, Application Performance Class (A1 vs. A2): How to Choose
Size. Manufacturer. Application Performance Class. Decide those three things and you can get the perfect MicroSD card for whatever you need.
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EFF Releases Statement About HE Blocking Kiwi Farms: 'ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech—No Matter How Awful It Is'
Censorship is bad. Kiwi Farms is also bad. The EFF sorts it out for us.
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Urgent: DediPath Is Closing Today (DediPool Confirmed)
Recently over on LowEndTalk, a user named @haolun posted a thread titled: "DediPath Closure Of Business". In which, he posted the following email he received from DediPath: Dear *name* We will are wri...
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The Top Ten OpenBSD Songs: "Goldflipper", "Pond-erosa Puff", and More!
For over 20 years, new versions of the OpenBSD operating system have been accompanied by new and free music. These songs are surprisingly good and are a fun part of the project. These are our top ten favorites. What about you?
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Order Rejected by Fraud Checks? Five Ways to Avoid This Fate
Providers' automated fraud detection systems inevitably generate false positives. Here's five ways you can avoid being one of them.
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August is International "Providers Drop Unlimited Storage" Month. The Latest? Microsoft's OneDrive
All those unlimited cloud storage plans you've been stuffing full of Linux ISOs are coming to an end. The latest? Microsoft.
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Hostragons Threatens LowEndLawsuit in Response to Allegedly Stealing $13,000 From Client
Customer claims Hostragons stole $13,000 from him. Community says file a chargeback. Company lawyer types threats into Google Translate. Enjoy.
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Put Down Your Chia, The Party's Over: Dropbox Stops Offering Unlimited
The party's over, folks: no more free petabytes of Chia farms on Dropbox. Now you have to pay.
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Danish Cloud Hosting Provider, CloudNordic, Loses All Client Data After Ransomware Attack
On Friday 8/18/23, Danish cloud hosting provider, CloudNordic, was exposed to a ransomware attack. (What their website used to look like....
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Our Coleco ADAM Post Was Broken But Now It's Fixed
Last month we published a fun article titled "The Future of the Coleco ADAM". Unfortunately, it was a bit broken at publication time, but it's fixed now and is ready for you to enjoy.
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Five Reasons Why LowEndTalk is the Best Place to Sell Your Domain
Do you have a .com, .net, .org, .party, .rich, or other domain to sell? If so, you should check out the Domains category on LowEndTalk, where you can list your domain for sale. The experience is much better than you'll find elsewhere and we have five really compelling reasons why LowEndTalk is the best place to sell your domain.
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Electricity Is This Data Centers Biggest Enemy… (Power Problems at Nocix)
Nocix, 1530 Swift, Wholesale Internet, and formerly DataShack are all the same company. A Kansas City, Missouri (yes, strange) budget-dedicated server and colocation provider. If you review their term...
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