Author: Natalia Nowak

WordCamp Europe 2026 opens June 4 in Kraków. The full schedule is live. Here is what the hosting industry should track across the three days.

Berend, CEO of Realtime Register, on why traditional hosting is disappearing, how AI flipped the order, and why commercial skills now beat the build.

Dutch FIOD seized 800 Stark Industries servers on May 22, dismantling the bulletproof host that rebranded to THE.Hosting to evade EU sanctions.

CyberFolks will absorb Shoper through a share exchange, forming a single Warsaw-listed entity valued at approximately €1 billion.

AWS Interconnect multicloud is generally available, connecting AWS and Google Cloud VPCs at flat bandwidth rates with no per-GB transfer fees.

OpusDNS acquired fruits.co, bundling wholesale domain registration with EU VAT-compliant aftermarket sales. A clean-build challenger to Tucows OpenSRS

The November 2026 .com price hike is the first of four annual increases Verisign can take through 2029. Wholesale could reach $13.45.

WordPress 7.0 ships today. PHP 7.4 is now the minimum. AI integration lands in core. Real-time collaboration was pulled from the build on May 8.

Google Cloud incorrectly suspended Railway's account on May 19, 2026. Eight hours offline, despite AWS and Railway Metal workloads running throughout.

Plesk 18.0.77 brings accessibility compliance, new SSL tooling, and APS Catalog removal. Pricing is up 26 percent since January. AI Copilot has no ship date.