When we were asked to give our domain market predictions for the new year, we said we expected the strength we saw in 2025 to continue as long as the general economy wasn't derailed by an unexpected blow. Just two months into 2026, the war with Iran broke out. Despite the graying skies there were [...]
Organization will apply for .ens; rules block .eth. Ethereum Name Service (ENS), creator of a naming system on the Ethereum blockchain, has announced that it will apply for .ENS in ICANN’s top level domain expansion this year. The organization is well known in blockchain circles for its .eth “domains”. Registrants of these names primarily use [...]
Internet number resources, once clerical entries, now underpin real economic value, exposing a mismatch between registry power and accountability, while misplaced political narratives obscure the case for decentralised, operator-led control.
Rebel Audio is a new all-in-one podcasting tool that allows creators to record podcasts, edit, clip content for social, and publish episodes, all without ever leaving the platform.
With its Series A, Sequen is bringing its proprietary AI ranking and personalization technology to large consumer business.
The company has raised $12 million in seed funding to build an AI operating system for enterprise.
Artificial intelligence models are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. With so many players crowding the space, which one will be the best — and who decides that? Arena, formerly LM Arena, has emerged as the de facto public leaderboard for frontier LLMs, influencing funding, launches, and PR cycles. In just seven months, the startup went from a UC Berkeley PhD research [...]
The domain names were likely registered for employment scams. Cosmetics company L’Oréal has won (pdf) a massive cybersquatting case involving 705 domain names. The company filed the dispute with World Intellectual Property Organization under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The domain names all attach job-related terms to L’Oréal’s trademarks. Examples are applicationloreal [...]
Artificial intelligence models are multiplying fast, and competition is stiff. With so many players crowding the space, which one will be the best — and who decides that? Arena, formerly LM Arena, has emerged as the de facto public leaderboard for frontier LLMs, influencing funding, launches, and PR cycles. In just seven months, the startup went from a UC Berkeley PhD research [...]
AI collaboration startup Cove is shutting down after its team joined Microsoft, with service ending April 1 and customer data set for deletion.