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We grassed up .TOP, says free abuse outfit - Domain Incite buff.ly/3zRk0Q0
We grassed up .TOP, says free abuse outfit - Domain Incite
A community-run URL "blacklist" project has claimed credit for the complaints that led to .TOP Registry getting hit by an ICANN Compliance action earlier this week. .TOP was told on Tuesday that it ha...
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July 21, 2024 at 9:08 AM
ICANN to earmark $10 million for new gTLD subsidies - Domain Incite buff.ly/4bS3KeP
ICANN to earmark $10 million for new gTLD subsidies - Domain Incite
ICANN is planning to give $5 million of its auctions war-chest to new gTLD applicants from less well-off nations and wants community feedback on the idea. The Org is sitting on over $200 million raise...
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July 21, 2024 at 9:06 AM
ICANN to earmark $10 million for new gTLD subsidies - Domain Incite buff.ly/4bS3KeP
ICANN to earmark $10 million for new gTLD subsidies - Domain Incite
ICANN is planning to give $5 million of its auctions war-chest to new gTLD applicants from less well-off nations and wants community feedback on the idea. The Org is sitting on over $200 million raise...
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July 21, 2024 at 9:04 AM
TV network rebrands on single-letter domain - Domain Incite buff.ly/3Sgvxig
TV network rebrands on single-letter domain - Domain Incite
UKTV, the company that runs a number of basic cable TV stations in the UK, has rebranded itself as U, and is now using u.co.uk as its primary destination domain. Its channels have been rebranded to th...
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July 21, 2024 at 9:02 AM
First registry gets breach notice over new abuse rules - Domain Incite buff.ly/3LACV4h
First registry gets breach notice over new abuse rules - Domain Incite
.TOP Registry allegedly ignored reports about phishing attacks and has become the first ICANN contracted party to get put on the naughty step over DNS abuse rules that came into effect a few months ag...
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July 21, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Americans and ICANNers avoid Kigali in droves - Domain Incite buff.ly/46iusMv
Americans and ICANNers avoid Kigali in droves - Domain Incite
The number of North Americans and ICANN staffers turning up to the latest community meeting hit their lowest numbers since records began, according to newly published ICANN statistics. In-person atten...
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July 21, 2024 at 8:58 AM
RDRS stats improve a little in June - Domain Incite buff.ly/4cLSLow
RDRS stats improve a little in June - Domain Incite
ICANN's Registration Data Request Service saw a small improvement in usage and response times in June, but it did lose a registrar, according to statistics published today. There were 170 requests for...
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July 21, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Thunderbird 128: Annual ESR Brings New Features and 'a Rust Revolution' - Slashdot buff.ly/3WmWSSq
Thunderbird 128: Annual ESR Brings New Features and 'a Rust Revolution' - Slashdot
Thunderbird's annual Extended Support Release was revealed Friday, promising "significant" improvements to the overall user experience and "the speed at which we can deliver new features to you," acco...
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July 14, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Apple Approves PC/Linux/Mac-Emulating App 'UTM SE' for App Store, Reversing Earlier Rejection - Slashdot buff.ly/3S6y4LY
Apple Approves PC/Linux/Mac-Emulating App 'UTM SE' for App Store, Reversing Earlier Rejection - Slashdot
At the end of June, Apple's App Store rejected the Windows/retro PC emulator "UTM SE". But in a reversal Apple approved the app Saturday, reports the Verge. "We are happy to announce that UTM SE...
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July 14, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Python GitHub Token Leak Shows Binary Files Can Burn Developers Too - Slashdot buff.ly/3Wn8x3i
Python GitHub Token Leak Shows Binary Files Can Burn Developers Too - Slashdot
snydeq shares a report from CSO Online, written by Lucian Constantin: A personal GitHub access token with administrative privileges to the official repositories for the Python programming language an...
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July 14, 2024 at 4:40 PM
NATO Backs Effort To Save Internet by Rerouting To Space in Event of Subsea Attacks - Slashdot buff.ly/3xSKWyj
NATO Backs Effort To Save Internet by Rerouting To Space in Event of Subsea Attacks - Slashdot
NATO is helping finance a project aimed at finding ways to keep the internet running should subsea cables shuttling civilian and military communications across European waters come under attack. From ...
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July 14, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Eclipse Foundation Releases Open-Source Theia IDE - Compatible with VS Code Extensions - Slashdot buff.ly/4bH5O9x
Eclipse Foundation Releases Open-Source Theia IDE - Compatible with VS Code Extensions - Slashdot
"After approximately seven years in development, the Eclipse Foundation's Theia IDE project is now generally available," writes ADT magazine, "emerging from beta to challenge Microsoft's similar Visua...
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July 14, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Microsoft Tells Yet More Customers Their Emails Have Been Stolen - Slashdot buff.ly/3Y3xrGC
Microsoft Tells Yet More Customers Their Emails Have Been Stolen - Slashdot
Microsoft revealed that the Russian hackers who breached its systems earlier this year stole more emails than initially reported. "We are continuing notifications to customers who corresponded with Mi...
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July 14, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Caching Is Key, and SIEVE Is Better Than LRU - Slashdot buff.ly/4d32WVF
Caching Is Key, and SIEVE Is Better Than LRU - Slashdot
USENIX, the long-running OS/networking research group, also publishes a magazine called ;login:. Today the magazine's editor — security consultant Rik Farrow — stopped by Slashdot to shar...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Unstoppable Domains goes down after domain hijack - Domain Incite buff.ly/3XXx54k
Unstoppable Domains goes down after domain hijack - Domain Incite
Unstoppable Domains, operator of the blockchain-based alternative naming system, has had its domain hijacked and is warning customers to be wary of further scams and attacks. "Unstoppabledomains.com h...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Four more gTLDs in emergency measures - Domain Incite buff.ly/3Wl3mRu
Four more gTLDs in emergency measures - Domain Incite
ICANN has thrown four more gTLDs into the Emergency Back-End Registry Operator program, presumably as a prelude to terminating their registry's contracts in a few weeks. Asia Green IT System's .pars, ...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:41 PM
New gTLDs and ccTLDs drive domain universe growth - Domain Incite buff.ly/3W5Qf5y
New gTLDs and ccTLDs drive domain universe growth - Domain Incite
The seasonally strong first quarter saw growth return to the domain industry, despite .com's continuing woes, according to the latest edition of Verisign's Domain Name Industry Brief. There were 362.4...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Eight interesting recent dot-brand registrations - Domain Incite buff.ly/46buTs8
Eight interesting recent dot-brand registrations - Domain Incite
If somebody told me that this blog spends altogether too much time shitting on dot-brand gTLDs, I probably wouldn't argue with them very long or hard before conceding they probably have a point. So I ...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM
.me premium sales down - Domain Incite buff.ly/3zHYMnL
.me premium sales down - Domain Incite
Registry-reserved premium domain sales were down a fair bit last year, according to a summary released by the registry today. DoMEn said it sold €317,500 of premiums last year. That compares to a tota...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Pride fails to reverse gay domains decline - Domain Incite buff.ly/4bK6xXF
Pride fails to reverse gay domains decline - Domain Incite
There are any number of ways gay people can express themselves during Pride, but buying gay-themed domain names doesn't appear to be one of them. Zone files show that the .gay gTLD lost over 700 domai...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Unstoppable announces another new gTLD bid - Domain Incite buff.ly/4bQjcbC
Unstoppable announces another new gTLD bid - Domain Incite
In the run-up to the 2012 new gTLD application round, we were hard-pressed to find a company willing to announce an application. This time around, announcements are coming out of the blockchain world ...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Blockchain naming firm gets ICANN accreditation - Domain Incite buff.ly/466Vir6
Blockchain naming firm gets ICANN accreditation - Domain Incite
A company heavily involved in promoting blockchain-based domain name alternatives has received its ICANN registrar accreditation, allowing it to sell real domains as well. Switzerland-based Freename's...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:17 PM
ICANN takes over gTLD after Whois failures - Domain Incite buff.ly/3WlLje2
ICANN takes over gTLD after Whois failures - Domain Incite
ICANN has swooped to take over operation of a new gTLD after it missed its strict thresholds for Whois availability. .nowruz, originally operated by Istanbul-based Asia Green IT System, is now in the ...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Verisign: would-be .com contract killers are “wrong” - Domain Incite buff.ly/462n7jY
Verisign: would-be .com contract killers are “wrong” - Domain Incite
Verisign has responded to the campaign to have the US government cancel its contract to run .com and open the agreement to competitive bidding, saying it is "wrong" and "based on a fundamental misunde...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Five gTLDs at risk as registry goes AWOL - Domain Incite buff.ly/3WjooA7
Five gTLDs at risk as registry goes AWOL - Domain Incite
The chance of five new gTLDs themed around the Middle East ever going live has substantially decreased after the registry seemed to disappear and got hit by a third ICANN breach notice. The registry i...
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July 14, 2024 at 3:04 PM