The Governance of the Root of the DNS

The arrangements regarding the composition and organisation of the provision and operation of authoritative root servers are one of the more long-lasting aspects of the public Internet. In the late 1980s, Jon Postel, as the IANA, worked with a small set of interested organisations to provide this service. It was informally arranged, without contracts and [...]

By |August 30th, 2025|Uncategorized|

Trillion with a ‘T’? That’s a lot of dollars, Nvidia.

Nvidia reported another massive quarter this week with $46.7 billion in revenue, a 56% year-over-year increase driven almost entirely by AI demand. But despite CEO Jensen Huang’s bold prediction of $3-4 trillion in global AI infrastructure spending in the next five years, the stock slid as investors questioned how long this kind of growth can [...]

By |August 29th, 2025|Uncategorized|

Technical Community Calls for Stronger, Smarter Internet Governance in New Global Report

As industry watchers know, the UN's World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) review marks a pivotal moment that will shape internet governance well into the 2030s and beyond. In response, the team at CIRA has published a new report, emphasizing why the multistakeholder model should not only be protected, but refreshed and reinvigorated for [...]

By |August 29th, 2025|Uncategorized|