How a Blue Wave midterm might reshape the AI industry

Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry. The public voted on 41 data center-related ballot measures on Tuesday — in all but one, the majority voted to impose more restrictions on data center development. And even when data centers weren’t on the ballot directly, they were a [...]

By |November 6th, 2026|Uncategorized|

Tucows lowers domains guidance, blames expired domains

Company says expired domain revenue has moderated in the second half of the year. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported Q3 earnings after the market closed Thursday. Revenue in the domain name segment fell 6% year over year. Much of that was due to a larger customer bringing its domains in-house; that customer still contributed some revenue [...]

By |November 6th, 2026|Uncategorized|

October’s top news: new TLDs, .si and more

Here’s what caught attention in October. October was a busy month for domain news thanks to the reveal of new top level domain applications. These were the top five stories overall for the month: 1. Most contested top level domains: .agent, .lab(s), .bit – Number one isn’t surprising; number two kind of is. 2. 46k [...]

By |November 6th, 2026|Uncategorized|

But…but…I couldn’t buy the domain I want!

A nonprofit tries a unique argument in cybersquatting claim. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found Neta Foundation, Inc., guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The nonprofit, which is a charitable asset manager, filed a cybersquatting dispute against neta.org. That’s a shorter version of its domain, netafoundation.org. The case was dead on arrival: neta.org [...]

By |November 5th, 2026|Uncategorized|