WordPress parent's problematic plans for .php (pending primary-string payoff)
Potential protest opportunity for PHP non-profit perhaps?
Resistance to termination of .name 3LDs continues
Several more names submit requests for ICANN to reconsider.
Looking back at the cancelled .fur bid
Group separate to FurNIC and dotFurry planned their own ICANN application.
Bluesky reveals .bsky application
The social network hopes to eventually offer *.bsky usernames.
2026 new gTLDs Reveal Day date finally revealed
ICANN will publish all applications' primary and replacement strings on 07 October.
ICANN finally reveals when date for Reveal Day might be revealed
Still no confirmation of exactly when it will be revealed before 14 October.
HCCF plans antidote to scourge of .ai domains with application for .self
Campaign announced to "secure a new TLD dedicated entirely to ethical, human-centered technology".
What will happen to the domain name domain.name?
Verisign's plan to terminate .name 3LDs would free up highly desirable domain name.
Microsoft to finally put its head in the clouds with move to .microsoft domain
World's biggest malware vendor aims to inflict maximum confusion on its victims with new cloud.microsoft domains.
With .eth ruled out, how would ENS use the .ens gTLD?
Ethereum Name Service uses the .eth for its onchain service but the string is reserved in the ICANN root.
dotFurry campaign confirms .furry application submitted to ICANN
The furry community is one step closer to a dedicated TLD that is fully accessible.
VeriSign says, "not in your.name"
ICANN approves proposal to blow away 25 years' worth of *.*.name domains.
Brave not brave enough for .brave as Unstoppable ICANN bid proves stoppable
Unstoppable said Brave decided to not move forward with an ICANN application despite having already sold web3 domains advertised with a web2 future.
US gov suspends .org domain of Italian anti-fascist hacktivists Autistici/Inventati
Abuse of anti-terror powers highlights international risk of .org TLD being subject to the whims of the Oval Office.
How would a Telegram TLD work?
Telegram have applied for .gram to wrest control from Montenegro but we don't know exactly how it would look.
Crowdfunded new gTLD applications
Campaigns for .furry and .meow successfully each raised over the $90k needed to submit their ASP-supported applications.
Link Freedom Group (LFG) applies for over 300 new gTLDs
Applications have now closed for the opportunity to introduce the first new gTLDs since 2014 and I take a look at LFG's applications.