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Newfold settles Meta cybersquatting lawsuit  83
Newfold Digital says it has settled a cybersquatting lawsuit with Facebook owner Meta, and will make an undisclosed payment to Meta as ...
DomainIncite.com - 8 hr 5 min ago
DropCatch acquires 300 more registrars  91
Almost half of all ICANN-accredited registrars are now under the control of a single business, after DropCatch.com owner TurnCommerce b...
DomainIncite.com - 8 hr 24 min ago
Helsinki throws in the towel on city gTLD  93
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. ...
DomainIncite.com - 13 hr 54 min ago
“Bulletproof” registrar takes a bullet to the head  83
ICANN has terminated a rogue registrar that claimed it offered “bulletproof” domain registrations services. Fewmoretaps, wh...
DomainIncite.com - Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - 8:48
.net prices going up  141
Verisign is exercising its option to raise the price of a .net domain, capped by contract with ICANN by 10%, starting about six months ...
DomainIncite.com - Friday, August 28, 2026 - 8:45
Robles to join ICANN board  112
ICANN’s Address Supporting Organization has selected Oscar Robles to serve an abridged term on ICANN’s board of directors. ...
DomainIncite.com - Friday, August 28, 2026 - 3:48
Former ICANN director Bertrand de La Chapelle dies  116
Former ICANN director Bertrand de La Chapelle has died unexpectedly, according to friends and colleagues paying tribute to his life thi...
DomainIncite.com - Friday, August 28, 2026 - 3:34
Fifty-six orgs get 85% off their gTLD fees  122
ICANN has revealed the final statistics for its Applicant Support Program, the deal that sees non-profits and others get up to 85% off ...
DomainIncite.com - Friday, August 28, 2026 - 2:54
Texas will object to .texas gTLD  112
The US State of Texas has become the first government to publicly object to any gTLD applications matching its name. Anthony Sauerhoff,...
DomainIncite.com - Monday, August 24, 2026 - 4:50
WordPress hints it applied for more new gTLDs  113
WordPress.com owner Automattic has dropped some pretty major hints that it applied for a modest portfolio of new gTLDs in ICANN’s...
DomainIncite.com - Monday, August 24, 2026 - 4:26
Could you type a .chrysanthemun domain name?  120
Does .chrysanthemam portend the end of type-in domain names, or is it just an incredibly dumb gTLD idea? Chinese portfolio applicant Jo...
DomainIncite.com - Thursday, August 20, 2026 - 8:45
LFG boss on why Telegram gTLD fight might not be all bad news  133
It’s currently the highest-profile fight of the 2026 new gTLD round, but the CEO of one applicant has a positive spin on having t...
DomainIncite.com - Thursday, August 20, 2026 - 8:1
Harper replaces Deutsch on ICANN board  88
ICANN’s Nominating Committee has revealed its picks for ICANN’s board of directors and it looks like they will be considera...
DomainIncite.com - Tuesday, August 18, 2026 - 1:27
Let’s just get this out of the way: yes there will be a .fart fight  135
clownpenis.fart will very probably be a real domain name one day, but there will be a .fart fight over it. Two applicants — Link ...
DomainIncite.com - Monday, August 17, 2026 - 8:0
New gTLDs: what we do and don’t know about the 2026 round  116
We don’t know how many new gTLD applications were submitted during the just-closed 2026 application window, but we do know the fl...
DomainIncite.com - Monday, August 17, 2026 - 6:37

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