Unliked — Chinese gTLD calls it quits116 Chinese technology giant Qihoo 360 is abandoning one of its portfolio of gTLDs, a Latinized version of the Chinese word for “to l...
.phone domain gets launch dates110 The rush to get long-dormant gTLDs on to the market before the 2026 cohort starts to come online continues apace, with Dish Registry an...
Domainer AI slop crackdown on the cards in Oz141 Startling rule changes have been proposed for Australia’s .au domain, potentially making it much tougher and more expensive to re...
Newfold settles Meta cybersquatting lawsuit157 Newfold Digital says it has settled a cybersquatting lawsuit with Facebook owner Meta, and will make an undisclosed payment to Meta as ...
DropCatch acquires 300 more registrars179 Almost half of all ICANN-accredited registrars are now under the control of a single business, after DropCatch.com owner TurnCommerce b...
Helsinki throws in the towel on city gTLD112 Helsinki has become the third of the world’s capital cities to decide that it doesn’t want to run its city gTLD after all. ...
.net prices going up188 Verisign is exercising its option to raise the price of a .net domain, capped by contract with ICANN by 10%, starting about six months ...
Robles to join ICANN board128 ICANN’s Address Supporting Organization has selected Oscar Robles to serve an abridged term on ICANN’s board of directors. ...
Fifty-six orgs get 85% off their gTLD fees153 ICANN has revealed the final statistics for its Applicant Support Program, the deal that sees non-profits and others get up to 85% off ...
Texas will object to .texas gTLD123 The US State of Texas has become the first government to publicly object to any gTLD applications matching its name. Anthony Sauerhoff,...
WordPress hints it applied for more new gTLDs129 WordPress.com owner Automattic has dropped some pretty major hints that it applied for a modest portfolio of new gTLDs in ICANN’s...
