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🏭🚀 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...

🚚🎮 BeamNG.drive 0.40: split-screen, Bob and a new truck – here's what's newLocal split-screen for up to 64 players, real occupants, the Cherrier Percheron and DLSS/FSR: every highlight at a glance – and what it means for your BeamMP server.On October 19, 2026, BeamNG released version 0.40 of BeamNG.drive. The update brings one of the community's most-requested features: local split-screen multiplayer. On top of that, occupants now actually sit in your vehicles, there's a new European truck, a full suite of upscaling options and a solid round of optimizations.🖥️ Split-screen: play together on one screenYou can start split-screen right from the main menu by adding participants and picking Freeroam or a game mode. Or select Split-Screen from the pause menu while you're already on a map. On PC it supports up to 64 players (if you have the hardware and enough input ...

🔥 Enshrouded 1.0 is out: changelog, new biome and what changes for your serverKeen Games has published the full 1.0 changelog. Here is what is new and what it means for you and your server.Since 15 October 2026, Enshrouded is no longer in Steam Early Access. What Keen Games announced beforehand, such as reworked mages, new spells and the Sparkworks logic system, is summarized in “Enshrouded 1.0: What arrives on 15 October”. This post covers what the release changelog adds.🌋 New biome: Cinder's CradleWith 1.0, the whole map of Embervale is open. In the far north, beyond the Veilwater Basin, lies the new biome Cinder's Cradle: a lava wasteland full of ruins below, floating islands above. It brings a new enemy faction with 14 new enemy types. Together with new variants for the other factions, that makes 37 new enemies.More world: Two new Hollow Halls in the Alban...