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.

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.

OpenAI has not yet said what its plans are for the future of travel. But Sonder founder Francis Davidson is a well-known figure in the travel industry.

Hilco Global's IPv4.Global practice has released ProVision 9.0, introducing enhanced IP address management, DNS and DHCP administration, peering automation and security controls to help organizations manage increasingly complex network infrastructure.

BRS Media is urging ICANN to assess whether community domains approved in the 2012 new gTLD round have served their intended communities, as concerns over preferential treatment resurface in the 2026 application round.

PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists have pursued for nearly two decades.

A DNS investigation into the Russia-aligned Earth Sirrush espionage campaign identifies potentially malicious domains, historical infrastructure connections and 95 IP addresses belonging to possible victims of attacks targeting Ukrainian government, defense and logistics organizations.

Project Jake offers an open-source framework for testing domain registration data disclosure, helping stakeholders evaluate authentication, standardized requests and registrar workflows while preserving privacy protections and informing ICANN's future policy decisions.

IPv4 prices rose across all major allocation categories in October as transaction volumes remained steady. Large-block prices continued their recovery, narrowing historical discounts and highlighting changing acquisition economics ahead of year-end.

The third Global Data Technology Conference will bring international technical organizations together in Beijing on December 9 to explore AI infrastructure, trusted data spaces, advanced networking, open standards, and global cooperation.