Post2Host: When You Paid for Web Hosting in Forum Posts
For a decade a corner of the web ran on a strange currency. You did not pay for hosting with money, you paid with forum posts. The story of the Post2Host era, from StoneRocket to its quiet end.
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Microsoft released fixes for a record 206 vulnerabilities in June 2026, including six zero-days. One Exchange Server flaw is under active attack. AI tools are driving a surge in discovery.
For a decade a corner of the web ran on a strange currency. You did not pay for hosting with money, you paid with forum posts. The story of the Post2Host era, from StoneRocket to its quiet end.
In March 2021 an OVH data centre in Strasbourg burned to the ground overnight, taking fourteen thousand servers and millions of websites with it. The night the cloud caught fire, and the lessons written in the ashes.
Zoom's CISO says AI augments security teams. Microsoft threatens legal action over zero-day disclosures. A China-aligned group targets Czech Republic and Taiwan with malware via email.
Bangladesh's .BD ccTLD deployed DNSSEC across all critical second-level domains, securing 50,000 domains. Meanwhile, ICANN86 debates email verification rules, and a WIPO panel finds reverse domain name hijacking in a .app dispute.
The EU's new digital sovereignty package includes data center efficiency rules that industry groups warn could undermine AI ambitions. Google tests a power-first model in Texas, while memory supply tightens.
HMRC has awarded Capgemini a £600 million contact center contract lasting up to 10 years, while delaying the award of its £2.4 billion CRM deal by three months. The contract includes subcontractors Route 101 and Nice Systems.
Top AI executives and scientists warn that rapidly improving frontier models could lower barriers to bioweapons development, urging lawmakers to mandate DNA synthesis screening and recordkeeping.
More than 900 automatic tank gauge systems in the US are exposed to the internet and under active attack, according to a joint advisory from CISA, FBI, NSA, and other agencies. Threat actors can alter readings, disable alarms, and disrupt operations.
DigitalOcean introduced a Data & Learning Layer as part of its AI-Native Cloud, merging vector and relational databases to simplify data operations for inference workloads.
Equinix publishes three reports in May 2026 arguing that traditional resilience models are obsolete. The company says enterprises must now combine redundancy with digital sovereignty to navigate regulatory pressures and global AI deployment.
Amazon Connect Customer now optimizes ad-hoc activity placement, supports up to 5,000 agents per schedule, sends schedule update notifications, and allows task scheduling 90 days in advance.
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