halfCreative

Amazon Web Services, a major provider of cloud hosting that undergirds much of the web and everyday online tools, went offline because of a problem with one its core database products.

Web services begin to recover after outage knocks leading websites offline Amazon Web Services, a major provider of cloud hosting that underpins much of the web and everyday online tools, went offline because of a problem with one its core database products.

Oops, Waste.gov, a new government website registered by the Trump administration, has been hidden and locked down after 404 Media reported that it mostly displayed an unedited WordPress template.

Waste.gov locks down after people discover it’s just a WordPress template It was supposed to be for “Tracking government waste.”

Our friends over at Elegant Themes have published a great post to help guide the public on what you should expect to pay for a website in 2025.

How Much Does Web Design Cost (2025 Guide) Quote a website project today, and you’ll hear numbers ranging from $500 to $50,000 — often for nearly identical deliverables. That’s a vast range. And with plenty of freelancers and agencies padding their prices while others promise the moon for pocket change, making sense of the costs seems ...

Swiss tax authority forced to buy Bahamas domain name after URL typo

What do you do if a web address you printed on a physical flyer contains a typo, and you send that flyer to more than 100,000 households?

Swiss tax authority forced to buy Bahamas domain name after URL typo | TechCrunch What do you do if a web address you printed on a physical flyer contains a typo, and you send that flyer to more than 100,000 households? Well, if you're

Starting July 5, Google will only index sites that are accessible on mobile devices. If your website is not accessible using a mobile device, Google will no longer index or rank it. If you are unsure whether your site is accessible, or if you need help, please send us a message via Messenger.

Google won’t index sites that do not work on mobile devices July 5 Starting July 5, Google won’t index sites that do not work on mobile devices. Google will not index or rank sites not optimized for mobile.

Need help keeping your WordPress website running smoothly? Look no further! Our support and maintenance plans are here to take the stress out of managing your website. Let us handle the updates, backups, and security so you can focus on what you do best. When you need professional support simply fill out a ticket via the support form on our site, or by us an email. Trust us to keep your site in top shape -- contact us today!

Sam Altman, the former CEO of OpenAI, has left the company due to a loss of confidence from its board of directors. Altman, who played a crucial role in introducing ChatGPT and establishing OpenAI as a prominent figure in the technology industry, has departed the organization. This decision marks a significant change for the company, and its future trajectory remains to be seen

OpenAI Ousts CEO Sam Altman — WIRED The board of ChatGPT's creator OpenAI says the company's board lost confidence in CEO Sam Altman. Mira Murati, previously CTO, will serve as the company's leader until it finds a permanent replacement.

https://tinyurl.com/2p82szxy

The WordPress Web Fonts API Has Arrived The journey toward a web fonts API in WordPress has been a rollercoaster of emotions for developers. After being punted from the WordPress 5.9 release, it was moved to the Gutenberg project, where …

Sansec, the security firm that discovered the latest batch of infections, said the compromised sites were all loading malicious scripts hosted at the domain naturalfreshmall[.]com.

“The Natural Fresh skimmer shows a fake payment popup, defeating the security of a (PCI compliant) hosted payment form,” firm researchers wrote on Twitter. “Payments are sent to https://naturalfreshmall[.]com/payment/Payment.php.”

The hackers then modified existing files or planted new files that provided no fewer than 19 backdoors that the hackers could use to retain control over the sites in the event the malicious script was detected and removed and the vulnerable software was updated. The only way to fully disinfect the site is to identify and remove the backdoors before updating the vulnerable CMS that allowed the site to be hacked in the first place.

https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-stole-payment-info-from-websites/

https://bit.ly/3ggBc4p

Google releases URL Inspection Tool API You can now programmatically access the data you'd request from the URL Inspection Tool within Google Search Console.