Unliked — Chinese gTLD calls it quits133 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 dates132 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 Oz169 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 lawsuit171 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 registrars202 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 gTLD125 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 up214 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 board150 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 fees175 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 gTLD141 The US State of Texas has become the first government to publicly object to any gTLD applications matching its name. Anthony Sauerhoff,...
