The .AI domain extension has exploded in popularity, reflecting the growing importance of artificial intelligence across industries. As of October 1, 2024, the total number of .AI domains surpassed 533,000, marking a significant milestone for the domain space, which has experienced rapid growth over the past several years. Back in July 2018, there were just …
Alibaba Cloud raises prices for domain name auctions amid AI compute price war Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit – the service handling the online broadcasting of the 2024 Summer Olympics – has announced that it raised prices on its domain name auction platform, as the company tries to deal with rising costs while grappling with price …
RCEP stands for “Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership,” which was signed on November 15 to cover the 10 Southeast Asian countries and South Korea, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Once ratified by member countries, the pact will formally enter into force in 2021. This pact signals Asia’s rise as an economic powerhouse, as evidenced by …
Indonesia will pursue the addition of six other traditional scripts with the international domain management of Internet Corporation Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) after successfully registering the Hanacaraka Javanese script as an internet domain name (IDN). The Internet Domain Name Management in Indonesia, or PANDI, is currently making preparations for the registration of Sundanese, Balinese, …
In a follow-up letter to the January 16, 2020 missive signed by Ron Wyden, Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Warren, and Anna Eshoo, the five US senators have given reasons why they urge ICANN to block the proposed change of control of the .ORG registry to the private equity firm Ethos Capital (Ethos). In our January letter, …
Pan-African connectivity provider, BringCom, in partnership with science and technology investor, Imprimatur Capital, and European edge cloud software company, GIG Technology, have together birthed what is to provide the African technology industry with cloud sovereignty – afriQloud. Today launched in Uganda, afriQloud will provide, at internationally competitive rates, local and foreign customers with an innovative …
Two new gTLD applicants have notified ICANN that they no longer wish to run the .Brand domains, they join an ever growing list of applicants who are ditching their names. The Top-Level Concerned are: The .ISELECT new gTLD is run by a compnay which describes itself as Australia’s go-to destination for comparing and saving across …
Alan Barrett will be leaving his role as AFRINIC chief executive officer on 26 July 2019, the organisation has announced. “I have taken the difficult decision to leave AFRINIC, after four years as CEO. I have been both proud to serve the African community, and humble to realise how small my own contributions have been,” …
The CEO of the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), Vika Mpisane, has been suspended. ZADNA is a not-for-profit organisation that manages and regulates the .ZA namespace, including domains like co.za, net.za, org.za, and web.za. Motlatjo Ralefatane, the chairperson of ZADNA’s board, confirmed the suspension of the CEO. Reports MyBroadband ZA Sources have stated there are …
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – the keepers of the web’s address book – has warned that they believe there is “an ongoing and significant risk to key parts of the DNS infrastructure.” according to an announcement on Friday from ICANN, the DNS infrastructure is being targeted by ‘malicious activity.’ DNSSEC …