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PHP 7: The Easiest Performance Optimization I Ever Made
As a sign of our love for the PHP Renaissance, we rolled out public support for running your Drupal or WordPress site with PHP 7 on Pantheon. For those who have been following along at home, PHP 7 is a game-changing update to the programming language that runs a...
The Definitive PHP 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 & HHVM Benchmarks (2018)
Each year we try and take a deep dive into performance benchmarks across various platforms and see how different versions of PHP and HHVM stack up against each other. This year we went all out and benchmarked four different PHP engines and HHVM across 20 different...
WP ENGINE: MAKE YOUR SITE 2X FASTER WITH PHP 7 WORDPRESS HOSTING
PHP 7 IS BETTER IN EVERY WAY On average, upgrading to PHP 7 hosting helps your site load twice as fast. A faster loading website results in lower bounce rates, higher conversion rates, and better SEO (especially on mobile). WHY DOES PHP 7 MATTER? WordPress uses the...
Best Cheap Android Phones in 2018
4 Jun 2018 The Motorola Moto G6 currently offers the best combination of performance, features and value. It overshadows the competition with its wide availability, fast performance, and support for nearly every network in the world, beating out a number of rivals...
Attackers Can Use Sonic and Ultrasonic Signals to Crash Hard Drives
Researchers have demonstrated how sonic and ultrasonic signals (inaudible to human) can be used to cause physical damage to hard drives just by playing ultrasonic sounds through a target computer's own built-in speaker or by exploiting a speaker near the targeted...
Microsoft confirms it will acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion
GitHub mug. The rumors were true: Microsoft has confirmed it’s buying GitHub for a whopping $7.5 billion in an all-stock transaction. Reports first emerged last week that Microsoft was in advanced discussions to acquire the code-hosting repository, and these...