Another Asian registry has added a .ai option at the third level of its ccTLD, seeking to capitalize on the growth of the artificial intelligence industry. PANDI, the registry for Indonesia’s .id domains, said that it is launching .ai.id domain
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ICANN lays out new rules for navel-gazing
By Kevin Murphy
ICANN is set to cut back on the amount of navel-gazing it carries out, dramatically scaling back how often it reviews its own structure and performance. The community’s unashamedly meta “Review of Reviews” has produced fruit on schedule, with a…
Surprising nobody, ICANN calls off Oman meeting
By Kevin Murphy
The bad news: ICANN has cancelled its meeting in Oman this October. The good news: you’re all going to Bali instead! The ICANN 87 Annual General Meeting will now take place at the conference center attached to The Westin Resort…
Four registrars get terminated
By Kevin Murphy
Four companies have had their gTLD accreditations terminated, as ICANN continues to clear up its backlog of long-dormant deadbeat registrars. The unrelated entities are US-based Domus, Finland-based Globis, Hong Kong-based Overcasts, and Wanyuhulian Technology from China. They’ve all lost their…
ICANN director and African internet pioneer Barrett dies
By Kevin Murphy
Alan Barrett, a member of ICANN’s board of directors and an internet pioneer in his home of South Africa has died, according to ICANN. The Org said that Barrett died of recently-diagnosed cancer yesterday, May 28. An online memorial is…
Government to put the squeeze on .me registry partners
By Kevin Murphy
In what looks like bad news for GoDaddy and Identity Digital, Montenegro appears to be the latest government to demand a bigger share of revenues from its national ccTLD. While already formally delegated to the government, .me is currently managed…
More cheap new gTLD applications approved
By Kevin Murphy
ICANN has approved 18 more requests for reduced-fee new gTLD applications under its Applicant Support Program. As of last week, the Org said it has conditionally approved a total of 16 requests, up by 13 on a month earlier, and…
Nominet outsources cybersquatting disputes to WIPO
By Kevin Murphy
The World Intellectual Property Organisation has tightened its stranglehold on domain name disputes worldwide, taking over administration of .uk’s Dispute Resolution Service. Nominet said today that WIPO will start to manage DRS, which is similar to UDRP and has been…
Whois about to get even more useless
By Kevin Murphy
Trying to get hold of a domain registrant via their Whois record? It could be about to get even more difficult following an ICANN advisory that gives GoDaddy a pass for its current practices. The advisory could make it harder…
Agentic AI has ICANN in a pickle
By Kevin Murphy
Imagine you’re in a Zoom meeting, discussing policy that will govern the future of the domain name industry, when you suddenly realize not everyone in the room is human. Some are AI agents. That’s the certainly intriguing, and possibly worrying,…