Fractile has now become one of the top-funded players in the race for purpose-built AI chips.

With major registrars selling domains at or below cost, it’s getting harder for smaller competitors to win domain investors on price. It’s getting harder and harder for domain registrars to pick up domain investor market share by competing on price. For years, low prices have been an effective way for registrars to attract domain investors. [...]

Verisign has withdrawn plans to terminate existing third-level .name domains and email-forwarding services following registrant objections. Existing registrations will remain supported while at least one accredited registrar continues offering the services.

Sunrise set for December 10; general availability on April 6, 2027. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has filed its official documents with ICANN for the launch of .web. The company settled disputes over the domain earlier this year after nearly a decade of fighting, clearing the way for December’s launch. Sunrise will run from December 10, 2026 [...]

vans.si Estimated end time: 2026-11-17 12:18 ESTCurrent Bid: 30 EUR Reserve not met Bids: 1 Domain Language: English

firm.org Estimated end time: 2026-11-13 09:35 ESTCurrent Bid: 30 USD Reserve not met Bids: 1 Domain Language: --

hire.dev Estimated end time: 2026-11-13 11:05 ESTCurrent Bid: 30 EUR Reserve not met Bids: 1 Domain Language: --

weqt.com Estimated end time: 2026-11-16 12:20 ESTCurrent Bid: 15,000 USD Reserve met Bids: 1 Domain Language: English

Competing DNS-based proposals seek to establish verifiable identities for AI agents, raising questions about accountability, interoperability, and the commercial interests of domain industry players positioning themselves to shape the emerging infrastructure for agent identity.

Monthly ICANN activity reports from top-level domain registries provide a rare, consistent, long-term view of DNS query traffic across registries, offering publicly available, operator-reported data on query volumes over UDP and TCP.