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🔎🧟 7 Days to Die V3.4.0 is out: search and filters for backpack and containersLess digging, more surviving: find items in seconds.On 26 October 2026, The Fun Pimps released version 3.4.0 of 7 Days to Die as a stable update. The experimental phase ran from 23 October. It builds on the backpack system from V3.3.0: if you are digging through a full inventory in the middle of a horde, you now get some help.🔎 What is newSearch bar and filters: in your backpack and containers you can type an item name or filter by category. Recover lost drones: if your drone gets stuck or goes missing, you can ask a trader to recover it. Adjusted for the new inventory: Night Stalker Vol. 4, Steroids, Chicken Nuggets and the completed Fireman’s Almanac set were updated to match the changed backpack capacity.🔧 Fixes (according to the patch notes)In multiplayer, the �...

🎃🕯️ Don't Starve Together: Hallowed Nights is back and "Cursed Confrontation Part 2" is hereTrick or treat in the Constant: two updates within a few days.Klei has updated Don't Starve Together twice this week: on 22 October 2026, "Cursed Confrontation Part 2" concluded the "From Beyond" story arc, and on 26 October the seasonal Hallowed Nights event arrived along with a hotfix.👻 Cursed Confrontation Part 2The Shadow quest line continues: new tasks after taking the Keystone to the Ancient Gateway. New creatures: early rare spawns such as Hound Batilisk and Rock Master with unique loot. New lore interactions: for example when reanimating the Odd Skeleton in the caves with the Possessed Atrium. Faster loading: travelling between the Forest and the Caves should be quicker. Available on Steam, Xbox and PlayStation; according to Klei, the Switch version fo...

🏭🚀 Factorio 2.1 is stable: what changes for you and your serverMixed rockets, a landing pad unloading bay, split circuit inputs/outputs and ARM64 Linux: here is what the last major update brings – and what to check before you switch.On October 23, 2026, Wube Software marked Factorio 2.1 as stable after a long summer on the experimental branch. According to the official release API, the current stable version is 2.1.23, including the headless server. Wube announced 2.1 back in May as its “last major update”; afterwards the focus shifts to long-term support. 2.1 adds no new planets, enemies or research trees – it is about quality of life, small features and polish (Friday Facts #449).🚀 Space logisticsMixed rockets: A rocket can carry different items in one launch – including automated launches when it is filled manually or with inserters. Landing pad un...

🛡️ Critical PHP vulnerabilities: patched less than 30 minutes after the releaseWebsite and customer panel after 14 minutes, webspace servers after 27 minutes: how we responded to the PHP updates of 21 October.When vulnerabilities surface, response time matters! ⚡️ On 21 October 2026, the PHP project released security updates for two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619). Under certain conditions, they could let an attacker remotely run their own code on a web server that uses PHP. This is not a ZAP-Hosting issue: PHP powers a large part of the web, so the vulnerabilities affect websites and web servers across the entire hosting industry.🔎 What we knowType: remote code execution, meaning foreign code can be run on the server through a crafted request. Fixed in: PHP 8.2.35, 8.3.36, 8.4.27 and 8.5.12. No fix: PHP 8.1 and older no lon...

🔓 Lifetime Behind a Paywall? Our Honest AnswerWhy does a Lifetime server need a ZapX Pass? What the Pass pays for, what it really costs, and why we still recommend the move.Ever since we started offering Lifetime customers the move to ZapX, one question keeps coming up, in tickets, on Reddit and on Discord: “I paid for my server once. Why should I now pay for a Pass every month?”It's a fair question, and it deserves a clear answer instead of marketing speak. Here it is.Prefer watching? This video explains everything in under 4 minutes:📌 In shortYou're not renting your Lifetime server all over again. It stays paid for. The ZapX Pass starts at €4.99 per 30 days and covers your entire account, not a single server. The Pass pays for what's new and costs money every single day: AI, app, Backups, integrations. The old Customer Panel is no longer being...