Author: Mr. WHT

Verisign may again be able to raise wholesale prices for .com domains in late 2026, despite earlier assumptions that such an increase would not be permitted during that year. A closer reading of the company’s contractual framework suggests that the timing of past price increases has blurred how the pricing rules actually work.

WP Engine has released its 2025 Website Traffic Trends Report, based on first-party data and external sources like Google CrUX and Cloudflare. This is not another vision piece. It is a snapshot of what is already happening on production websites — at scale.

team.blue has publicly announced the acquisition of Macaly, an AI-driven web application builder, sharing the news first through its official LinkedIn channel. The move marks another step in the group’s steady expansion beyond traditional hosting services and into AI-assisted website and application creation.

In the hosting industry, executive changes often signal more than just a new name on the org chart. This week, Bluehost made such a move by appointing Antonis Papatsaras as its new Chief Technology Officer. This is not a symbolic hire. It is a strategic one. Bluehost is openly positioning itself as an AI-first platform.

SiteGround has announced a new product called Coderick AI, and this move is worth the attention of anyone involved in the hosting business. This is not just another website builder or an AI feature added to an existing control panel. SiteGround is clearly positioning itself beyond traditional hosting by offering a full build–launch–host workflow.

GoDaddy has unveiled the ANS Marketplace, positioning itself at the center of a fast-emerging trend: AI agents as first-class citizens of the internet. While the announcement is framed around trust and security for AI, its implications go much deeper — especially for the web hosting industry.

For a company of Newfold Digital’s size, raising another $100 million is not a sign of aggression. It is a sign of pressure. Based on the documents released this week, Newfold Digital has secured $100 million in new financing from its existing owners, Clearlake Capital Group and Siris Capital Group. The money is positioned as a recapitalization.

The acquisition of PrestaShop by the cyber_Folks Group, executed together with Sylius, marks one of the most consequential shifts in the global e-commerce technology stack in…

Brazilian cloud and data center provider EVEO S.A. has secured up to R$ 100 million in strategic investment from the FIP XP Infra V fund, managed by XP Asset Management. The company celebrated the signing of the deal with its internal team, marking a transformative phase in its growth journey.

The European hosting market continues to consolidate, and your.online has just taken another decisive step. The group announced the acquisition of ecomDATA GmbH, a high-performance hosting…