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Hosting Is the Next Layer AI Will Transform – Vito Peleg, CEO of Atarim
Vito Peleg of Atarim on why he reads AI as the biggest opportunity hosting has had in fifteen years, how today's vibe coders mirror the server-in-the-bedroom generation that built today's hosting market, and why reactive agencies feel like a tax while proactive ones win.
Hetzner Has Now Raised Prices Three Times in 2026. This One Is Different.
Hetzner announced its third price move of 2026 on May 27, effective June 15. New orders only, portfolio standardised into -1/-2/-3 tiers, and a new Limited tier introduces hardware segmentation as a structural market shift. Other European hosts will face pressure to follow.
Cloudflare Called It AI Restructuring. Every Hosting Company Faces the Same Decision.
Cloudflare cut 1,100 employees (20% of headcount) on a $639.8M record revenue day and used a "builders, sellers, measurers" framework that maps directly onto hosting operations. Billing, support triage, and compliance are where AI closed the gap. The advantage goes to who acts first.
WordCamp Europe 2026: A Hosting Industry Guide to the Schedule
WordCamp Europe 2026 opens June 4 in Kraków with Contributor Day plus two conference days. The Inside WordPress 7.0 panel anchors Friday. Hosting-specific sessions cover stress testing, secure hosting, DDoS, and CERN's 800-site migration. Over a dozen hosting companies sponsor.
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The WTO’s 28-Year Ban on Digital Customs Duties Has Lapsed
No duty applies automatically, but the multilateral legal constraint that prevented WTO members from taxing SaaS subscriptions, cloud services, and cross-border data transfers no longer exists.
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Virginia Democrats Cannot Agree on a $1.6 Billion Data Center Tax Exemption. A Special Session on April 23 Will Decide It.
The Senate wants to end the exemption by January 1, 2027; the House wants to keep it through 2035 with clean energy conditions; and neither side moved before the legislature left Richmond without a budget for the first time in recent memory. Elimination would cost a major hyperscaler $265 million to $700 million in new annual tax obligations in the market that holds approximately 4 gigawatts of operational data center capacity, the largest concentration in the world.
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WordPress 7.0 Is Delayed. Here Is What Hosting Companies Need to Do Before the Release Date Is Confirmed.
WordPress 7.0 missed its April 9 release date and a new schedule will be announced by April 22. Hosting companies have a narrow window to prepare before the release date is confirmed.
The Hidden Layer of Hosting: The Operational Work Nobody Talks About
This post covers what a lean team actually does to keep diverse workloads running reliably: from automated offsite backups with Acronis and Docker Swarm scaling for QA environments to AI-driven anomaly detection and incident response. The argument is that operational excellence does not require a large engineering department, but it does require building systems that scale without adding headcount.
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ICANN Is Opening the Door to New Domain Extensions for the First Time in 14 Years. Here Is What Hosting Providers Need to Know.
The application window for new generic top-level domains opens April 30, 2026 — the first opportunity since 2012. With a $227,000 application fee, new rules banning closed generics and private contention deals, and .com prices rising again, the domain landscape is about to shift. Hosting businesses should be paying attention.
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Is PrestaShop’s February 2026 security alert linked to over 21 million records allegedly leaked from the Addons Marketplace?
A community-led forensic investigation links the attacks to a reported breach of 21 million records from PrestaShop's own Addons Marketplace. PrestaShop has not confirmed or denied the connection, only issued a security alert on February 12, 2026, notifying merchants that a digital skimmer is actively replacing payment buttons on checkout pages with fraudulent duplicates. When
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GoDaddy declares 21 million customers “business users” overnight – strips consumer protections, overhauls arbitration, and locks down dispute rights
On February 2, 2026, GoDaddy published a revised Universal Terms of Service Agreement (UTOS) that fundamentally changed the legal relationship between the company and its more than 21 million customers. The update - which took effect immediately, with no email notification - reclassifies every user as a "business customer," rewrites dispute resolution from the ground
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Hostinger reports 51% revenue growth in 2025, reaches €275.4 million
TL;DR - Hostinger reported €275.4 million in revenue for 2025, up 51% year over year. This is the fourth consecutive year in which the company recorded more than 50% annual revenue growth. The customer base increased 35% YoY, to 4.6 million businesses and solopreneurs across more than 150 countries. Multi-year growth Since 2022, Hostinger’s revenue
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) updated its contract terms, allowing server price changes until shipment
In early February 2026 HPE sent letters to partners, changing contract terms for server and GreenLake orders.HPE cited rising memory prices and supply constraints as reasons for the update. What changed For most server and GreenLake orders: quote validity has been reduced from 30 days to 14 days (excluding public sector, B2B and OEM), contract
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WP Engine claims Automattic planned royalty fees for at least 10 other hosting companies
TL;DR: the 8% royalty proposal from 2024 is old news - but WP Engine now claims that Automattic planned similar demands for at least 10 other hosting competitors. The latest update also includes new internal communications and an alleged attempt to interfere with WP Engine’s Stripe relationship. We covered this case when it started in
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Wix trades 68.7% below 2025 levels despite $2B buyback plan
Wix closed at $70.95 on February 12, 2026. In January 2025, the stock was trading around $240–$247 per share and the 52-week high stands at $239,73. From that peak to $70.95, the decline is approximately -68%. This is not a minor correction. It is a full valuation reset. The buyback decision On January 28, 2026,
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Is Webuzo any alternative to cPanel? See what hosting pros think about it in February 2026
A recent discussion on WebHostingTalk - “I need feedback on Webuzo” - triggered an interesting exchange among hosting operators testing Webuzo as a potential alternative to cPanel. Reading through the thread and comparing it with direct conversations we’ve had with shared hosting providers in recent weeks, one pattern emerges. Interest is real, but confidence is
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What hosting providers are saying about cPanel in early 2026
A recent thread on WebHostingTalk - “A personal and honest perspective on cPanel - beyond pricing complaints” - triggered a long discussion among hosting operators about cPanel’s direction in 2026. Reading through the discussion, and comparing it with direct conversations we’ve had with shared hosting operators in recent weeks, one pattern is clear. No one
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Why Hosting Companies Are Expanding into SaaS, E-commerce, and Ecosystems
For years, the value proposition was simple: rent space on the internet, keep it online, keep it fast, keep it safe. And that still matters - immensely. But it’s no longer where most of the value is captured. In 2026, the most ambitious hosting companies are no longer competing primarily on CPUs, storage, or even performance benchmarks. They’re competing on something much messier and far more powerful: the customer’s workflow.
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Have you paid for your open source last year? team.blue did
TL;DR - PHP runs most of the web, and WordPress alone powers over 40% of it. The PHP Foundation’s annual budget is under $1 million and team.blue just became their Gold Sponsor, together with Automattic and GoDaddy.Why only those 3 seem to care? This made us think more broadly about how hosting supports open source
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Lost case – Monaco.com will not belong to Monako
TL;DR - The Government of Monaco lost an attempt to seize Monaco.com from a private owner using UDRP. This was proof that governments do not automatically control matching names in .com, even when the name is a country. Unlike ccTLDs, gTLDs still operate under trademark and bad-faith rules, not state sovereignty. What happened The Government
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S&P Global believes that Newfold lost over 1 million subscribers (roughly 17%) since 2023
TL;DR - On January 26, 2026 S&P Global, one of the three largest rating agencies in the world, published its latest report on Newfold Digital: “Upgraded To 'CCC+' Following Debt Restructuring” One sentence inside the analysis changes the positive impression an ‘upgrade’ usually creates: Newfold has lost more than 1 million subscribers since 2023 according
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Hosting.com deploys Monarx security across its entire server fleet
TL;DR - Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) has rolled out Monarx security across its full global server fleet. Hosting.com runs infrastructure serving more than 3 million websites across 40+ locations and this deployment covers all of them, not a subset or premium tier. What Monarx does Monarx is a cybersecurity company focused entirely on securing one
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Google introduces a new e-commerce protocol for AI agents and WordPress is not part of it yet
TL;DR - Google published a new commerce protocol designed for AI agents, not humans. Major SaaS platforms are already aligned. WordPress and WooCommerce are not part of the process yet. The issue isn’t technology, only how fast different models (SaaS vs standalone) absorb change. What happened Google published the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). It’s an
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Kinsta moves sites to Oracle Cloud after 10 years with Google Cloud
TL;DR - Kinsta announced migration of WordPress sites from Google Cloud to Oracle Cloud. They stayed on Google Cloud for nearly a decade because it made sense at the time. They’re leaving now because the cost of GC is no longer acceptable, and Oracle Cloud became a low-risk, structurally cheaper alternative at their scale. Kinsta
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