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• .policy

  How ICANN and its community set the rules for domain names: policy work, public comments and decisions.

  latest in .policy

  • French internet governance forum to meet in Villejuif on November 3

    sun 11 oct

  • ICANN and UNESCO open call for proposals for UA Day 2027

    sat 10 oct

  • Internet's root zone DNSSEC key rotates October 11

    fri 9 oct

  all pieces in .policy

• .gtld

  News about generic top-level domains (gTLDs) such as .com or .shop, and the launch of new extensions.

  latest in .gtld

  • AI-themed names dominate ICANN's new top-level domain applications

    sun 11 oct

  • ICANN’s 2026 gTLD applications show shift from apps to AI agents

    fri 9 oct

  • Dot Kiwi registry rebuilds brand to reverse years of decline

    fri 9 oct

  all pieces in .gtld

• .cctld

  News about country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) such as .de or .mx, and the registries that run them.

  latest in .cctld

  • CENTR publishes simplification checklist for EU ccTLD rules

    fri 9 oct

  • Slovenia's .si domain surge eases after Trump's AI remark

    fri 9 oct

  • auDA panel recommends tightening .com.au and .net.au eligibility rules

    wed 7 oct

  all pieces in .cctld

• .market

  Domain name sales, auctions, investing and the resale market.

  latest in .market

  • Investors from India and US drive surge in .si domain registrations

    fri 9 oct

  • NameJet and SnapNames report September domain aftermarket sales

    fri 9 oct

  • Survey finds payment plans could push founders toward premium domains

    thu 8 oct

  all pieces in .market

• .legal

  Laws, regulation, domain disputes under the UDRP, and trademarks.

  latest in .legal

  • Quad9 resists French pirate-site blocking order, faces huge daily fines from beIN

    sat 10 oct

  • New US site-blocking bill targets ISPs and DNS resolvers, exempts VPNs

    sat 10 oct

  • Paris court rejects Canal+ bid for daily fines against Cloudflare

    sat 10 oct

  all pieces in .legal

• .security

  Security threats to domain names and the DNS: vulnerabilities, DNSSEC, DNS abuse, phishing, domain hijacking and breaches at registries and registrars.

  latest in .security

  • Rare Cyrillic and Latin letters let attackers spoof URLs in Chromium browsers

    sun 11 oct

  • ICANN reminds resolver operators to check new DNSSEC root key ahead of rollover

    sun 11 oct

  • GoBalance bug lets attackers hijack Tor .onion addresses, researchers say

    sat 10 oct

  all pieces in .security

• .business

  Registrars, registries and the companies that provide services to them.

  latest in .business

  • Verisign traces digital signature history as it promotes real-time certificate checks

    fri 9 oct

  • Industry groups propose rival DNS schemes to identify AI agents

    tue 6 oct

  • Verisign launches certificate status service and applies for .pki domain

    tue 6 oct

  all pieces in .business

• .pricing

  Changes to the prices of registrations, renewals and transfers.

  latest in .pricing

  • .Com wholesale prices rise 7% on November 1

    fri 9 oct

  all pieces in .pricing