ICANN boss: no plans to scrap Oman meeting62 ICANN currently has no plans to cancel its 2026 Annual General Meeting, which is due to take place in Muscat, Oman, later this year, ac...
China domains dip in 202699 Both of China’s ccTLD saw their domains under management slide in 2026, according to the latest biannual report from the local re...
ICANN maps out new gTLD timeline85 ICANN’s 85th public meeting kicked off in Mumbai at the weekend, the last community face-to-face before the next round of new gTL...
War disrupts ICANN 8595 It seems a bit tasteless to whine about disrupted flights when the Middle-East is erupting into war; nevertheless, that’s the imm...
Namecheap abandons fight for .org price caps159 Namecheap seems to have thrown in the towel in its long-running fight to get ICANN to cap the prices of .org and .info domain names. Th...
Identity Digital acquires another gTLD149 Identity Digital has bulked out its already substantial portfolio of gTLDs, taking over the ICANN registry contract for another 2012-ro...
Seven dead registrars on the out113 When a registrar stops paying its registry partners, they tend to be cut off relatively quickly. ICANN takes a bit longer. That seems t...
Sav.com owner takes over .radio gTLD106 The .radio gTLD appears to have changed hands, with a young registry affiliated with Sav.com taking over the reins. ICANN documentation...
.com zone tops 160 million domains129 The .com zone file contained more than 160 million domains for the first time today. Registry operator Verisign is currently reporting ...
ai.com, the most-expensive domain sale ever116 The domain name story that has it all? A record-setting sales price. A launch commercial during the US Super Bowl broadcast. A category...
.ai hits seven figures, raises prices138 The .ai ccTLD recently crossed over the one million domain milestone and has raised its already substantial registration fee. According...
Typosquatter gets two years in jail140 A man who used a typosquatted domain to defraud a man out of $146,000 has been given a two-year jail sentence in Australia. According t...
Two former ICANN directors want back in127 Gluttons for punishment? ICANN’s At-Large Community has named the first four candidates standing to join the Org’s board of...
