With governments around the world increasingly looking at reducing the harmful effects on the internet on children, it seems child-friendly domain name projects may see a resurgence. The US government’s new hunt for a registry operator for .us, launched this
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Shrinking .us TLD is up for grabs
By Kevin Murphy
The .us ccTLD may change registry operators in the not too distant future, but the domain is currently on a fairly steep downward trajectory in terms of registrations. There’s also no guarantee that a new operator, should one be selected,…
Namecheap saw 116,000 phishing attacks last year
By Kevin Murphy
Bad guys used Namecheap to register domains associated with over 116,000 confirmed phishing attacks in 2025, according to data released by the company this week. Across Namecheap and sister registrar Spaceship there were 432,796 reports of phishing and 116,871 of…
.io safe for now as Trump puts Chagos deal on ice
By Kevin Murphy
The uncertainty surrounding the future of .io domains is set to continue after the UK government froze its plans to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands due to lack of US support. The UK has run out of time to…
Amazon sells three gTLDs to Identity Digital
By Kevin Murphy
Amazon appears to have offloaded three of its dormant gTLDs to Identity Digital, judging by ICANN records. While no formal notices of registry contract reassignment have yet been posted, elsewhere ICANN shows the official registry for .circle, .got, and .jot…
.radio’s new owners might have a fight on their hands
By Kevin Murphy
Should gTLD registries that avoid costly auctions by promising to serve special limited communities be allowed to later change their business models to improve sales? That’s the question being asked of .radio, which recently was taken over by a new…
WIPO doubles the speed of UDRP cases
By Kevin Murphy
The World Intellectual Property Organization has introduced a new, more expensive tier of its UDRP service that can effectively halve the time each case takes to about 30 days. WIPO said last month that it now offers an “expedited case…
Amazon joining GlobalBlock
By Kevin Murphy
Amazon Registry is planning to join the GlobalBlock trademark-blocking system, judging by ICANN records. The company has filed a Registry Services Evaluation Process request asking for 33 of its gTLDs to be able to offer a “Label Blocking Service”. That’s…
Unstoppable buys 10 new registrars
By Kevin Murphy
Unstoppable Domains has got 10 new registrar shell companies accredited by ICANN. According to ICANN records, the companies UnstoppableUS1 LLC through UnstoppableUS10 LLC now have their official accreditations. Starting off as a seller of strictly blockchain-based names, the company became…
ICANN cleaning house, cans four more registrars
By Kevin Murphy
ICANN has withdrawn the accreditations of four more long-defunct registrars, bringing this month’s terminations so far to 11. They’re all Chinese, though they do not appear to be under common ownership. They are: Qinghai Yunnet Electronics Technology Co, Shandong Huaimi…