Amazon’s gradual trickle of gTLD releases nlooks set to continue this year, with the company publishing plans for .pay this week. But it appears that the space will be strictly controlled at first, with general availability not coming until well
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Nominet reveals first DNS tech funding recipients
Nominet has revealed the five organizations set to receive a share of up to half a million dollars of grants to fund their DNS software projects. The recipients of the “up to £370,000” tranche of funding are all infrastructure plays…
ICANN hit with tinfoil-hat lawsuit
ICANN has been sued by a Louisiana woman who thinks the Org is surveilling her. Wendy Renee’ Carlton (sic) filed a bizarre lawsuit last month claiming she “has experienced persistent and patterned interference affecting her cognitive processes, bodily integrity, and…
.pn relaunches — you’ll never guess what they say it means
Two years after Nominet took over the management of the Pitcairn Islands’ ccTLD, .pn, the domain has modernized and is ready to relaunch, with a predictably inventive take on what the two-letter domain could, if you squint, represent. .pn domains…
Unstoppable focuses on proper domains, admits crypto was “craze”
Unstoppable Domains is steering away from so-called “Web 3” blockchain-based naming to focus on the consensus DNS, according to a social media post from the company’s CEO. Matt Gould tweeted on Twitter last week that the names were “part of…
ICANN boss: no plans to scrap Oman meeting
ICANN currently has no plans to cancel its 2026 Annual General Meeting, which is due to take place in Muscat, Oman, later this year, according to CEO Kurt Lindqvist. Speaking at the public forum at ICANN 85 in Mumbai today,…
China domains dip in 2026
Both of China’s ccTLD saw their domains under management slide in 2026, according to the latest biannual report from the local registry. CNNIC said that .cn names ended the year at 20,768,082, down by almost 50,000 from the 20,768,082 names…
ICANN maps out new gTLD timeline
ICANN’s 85th public meeting kicked off in Mumbai at the weekend, the last community face-to-face before the next round of new gTLDs kicks off, and the Org took the time to spell out exactly what is expected to happen and…
War disrupts ICANN 85
It seems a bit tasteless to whine about disrupted flights when the Middle-East is erupting into war; nevertheless, that’s the immediate issue facing would-be attendees at this week’s public ICANN meeting. ICANN 85 is taking place at the Jio World…
Namecheap abandons fight for .org price caps
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. The registrar terminated its Independent Review Process complaint against ICANN back in November, with the…