Beneath the shine of promotions, risks intensify. Each year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday trigger a sharp rise in scams, counterfeit goods, and brand impersonation.… Read More »Black Friday and Cyber Monday: When the Light Also Draws the Shadows
In 2012, the launch of the New gTLD Program quietly introduced a distinct category of extensions: the .BRANDs, top-level domains reserved for a single company.… Read More ».BRAND: When a TLD Becomes Your Own Digital Architecture
In a world where mobility defines how we live, work, and communicate, the new .MOBILE domain brings your brand closer to the connected generation. Whether… Read More »Launch of .MOBILE — The Domain for a Connected World
As the launch of the new gTLDs (“New gTLD Program: Next Round”) approaches, expected in April 2026, ICANN has introduced a platform called the Applicant… Read More »Applicant Support Program: Facilitating Access to New gTLDs
From hosts.txt to the upcoming 2026 round, the Domain Name System (DNS) has undergone successive waves of expansion, transforming a technical addressing tool into a… Read More »Forty Years of DNS: From symbolics.com to the Dawn of the 2026 Round
Unstoppable Domains[1] has confirmed its intention to apply for .robot in the upcoming ICANN round, expected in April 2026, in collaboration with 0G Foundation[2]. The… Read More ».ROBOT: A CryptoTLD Aiming for Its DNS Twin
Between October 19 and 20, an outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) caused service interruptions affecting approximately 2,000 AWS client companies, according to the website[1],… Read More »A DNS error caused the AWS outage on October 19, 2025
ACPA (the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act) has been in the news lately, on the heels of an amicus brief[1] filed by INTA last month, aiming… Read More »ACPA: Addressing Domain Infringement in the US Courts
Even if you’ve never bothered to download ChatGPT, you’re probably familiar with AI-powered search results. For example, the summaries that appear in Google searches that… Read More »Combatting Fake Information in AI-Search Results: How new search technologies are exploited
Internet naming is no longer just a matter of DNS. As 2026 approaches, Web3 players are multiplying cryptoTLDs to the point where the same extension… Read More »2026 in Sight: CryptoTLDs, twinTLDs, and Domain Name Portfolio Strategy
