Seven dead registrars on the out
When a registrar stops paying its registry partners, they tend to be cut off relatively quickly. ICANN takes a bit longer. That seems to be what’s happening to a collection…
Refunds galore as gTLD losers finally bow out
There’s been a wave of withdrawals of new gTLD applications over the last couple of months after ICANN gave 15 companies their final notice that it was time to ask…
Identity Digital acquires another gTLD
Identity Digital has bulked out its already substantial portfolio of gTLDs, taking over the ICANN registry contract for another 2012-round string earlier this month. The company is now running .onl…
Burr joins PIR after leaving ICANN board
Community lifer Becky Burr has joined Public Interest Registry as senior policy advisor, the company announced today. Burr, who at the US government was instrumental in the formation of ICANN…
Team Internet still in talks to sell off domains unit
Team Internet says negotiations to spin off its domains business are “progressing well” after a difficult 2025. The company yesterday issued a trading update, saying that its 2025 revenue and…
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…
Half of registrar’s domains are abusive, ICANN says
A fast-growing registrar seems to be experiencing its growth spurt due to extremely high levels of DNS abuse, including phishing, according to the latest public breach notice from ICANN Compliance.…
UK launches “police.ai”, but does it own the domain?
The UK’s increasingly authoritarian government this afternoon announced extensive policing reforms, including what it called “Police.ai”. Home secretary Shabana Mahmood, speaking in Parliament in the last couple of hours, announced…
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