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ICANN director and African internet pioneer Barrett dies  85
Alan Barrett, a member of ICANN’s board of directors and an internet pioneer in his home of South Africa has died, according to I...
DomainIncite.com - Friday, May 29, 2026 - 5:2
Government to put the squeeze on .me registry partners  93
In what looks like bad news for GoDaddy and Identity Digital, Montenegro appears to be the latest government to demand a bigger share o...
DomainIncite.com - Friday, May 29, 2026 - 4:46
More cheap new gTLD applications approved  69
ICANN has approved 18 more requests for reduced-fee new gTLD applications under its Applicant Support Program. As of last week, the Org...
DomainIncite.com - Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 7:17
Nominet outsources cybersquatting disputes to WIPO  56
The World Intellectual Property Organisation has tightened its stranglehold on domain name disputes worldwide, taking over administrati...
DomainIncite.com - Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 6:19
Whois about to get even more useless  84
Trying to get hold of a domain registrant via their Whois record? It could be about to get even more difficult following an ICANN advis...
DomainIncite.com - Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 4:7
Agentic AI has ICANN in a pickle  84
Imagine you’re in a Zoom meeting, discussing policy that will govern the future of the domain name industry, when you suddenly re...
DomainIncite.com - Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 2:14
.pay sunrise going gangbusters  76
Amazon’s .pay gTLD is seeing defensive sunrise registrations selling far in excess of what you’d normally expect from a new...
DomainIncite.com - Tuesday, May 26, 2026 - 21:31
Nominet dodges millions in member refunds  79
Nominet UK has managed to avoid having to pay out millions in refunds to its registrars and members after a lawsuit filed by one member...
DomainIncite.com - Tuesday, May 26, 2026 - 20:54
Identity Digital takes over 25-year-old TLD  133
Identity Digital’s recent acquisition spree has continued, with the company recently taking over as registry operator for a spons...
DomainIncite.com - Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 19:14
Ask.com hits the market as Jeeves breathes his last  172
Some are saying it could be one of the most expensive domain sales ever. The killer name ask.com is currently for sale, after InterActi...
DomainIncite.com - Thursday, May 14, 2026 - 23:9
ICANN throws a bone to its most stubborn new gTLD applicant  123
ICANN has offered an olive branch to a new gTLD applicant that refuses to accept defeat well over a decade after it was rejected. The O...
DomainIncite.com - Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - 21:23
Cops get special Whois access rights  112
Law enforcement agencies will be able to get access to private Whois records in under 24 hours under ICANN policy introduced yesterday,...
DomainIncite.com - Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - 20:52
Identity Digital acquires another dormant gTLD  112
Identity Digital has taken over another 2012-round new gTLD that never launched. The ICANN contract for .safety recently changed hands,...
DomainIncite.com - Monday, May 11, 2026 - 6:38
Verisign to delete .name 3LDs and email addresses  127
If you needed more evidence of how innovation-resistant the domain name industry can be, Verisign is killing off two non-standard servi...
DomainIncite.com - Monday, May 11, 2026 - 4:27
Four more deadbeat registrars face firing squad  133
ICANN has initiated public compliances proceedings against four unrelated registrars that haven’t paid their fees in a year or mo...
DomainIncite.com - Monday, May 11, 2026 - 2:19

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