The new gTLD next, next and next round127 “The goal is for the next application round to begin within one year of the close of the application submission period for the in...
ICANN hit by DDoS attack101 If you noticed ICANN’s web site acting sluggishly or failing to respond at all last week, now you know why. The site at icann.org...
Russia calls for ICANN to split from US132 The Russian government has called on ICANN to further distance itself from US legal jurisdiction, complaining that the current war-rela...
China loses over half a million domains232 The Chinese ccTLD .cn shrunk by over half a million domains in the first half of the year, according to the latest semiannual report fr...
ICANN to be director light for months152 ICANN’s board of directors will be down one person for six months or more after last month’s unexpected resignation of Katr...
FBI seizes Russian fake news domains177 The FBI has seized 32 domain names it says were being used by Russian-government-backed interests to peddle fake news to influence the ...
Sataki quits ICANN board226 Katrina Sataki has abruptly resigned from the ICANN board of directors. In a letter last week to the ICANN brass and to the Country Cod...
ICANN homes in on new gTLD application fee160 ICANN has narrowed down the expected application fee for the next round of new gTLDs, and while it’s towards the lower end of pre...
Four more dot-brands switch back-ends195 Four dot-brand gTLDs have recently changed their back-end providers, according to the latest records, three moving away from Verisign. ...
Uzbekistan gets its first ICANN registrar243 A registrar in Uzbekistan has become the first in the country to receive its official ICANN accreditation, according to the latest reco...
