Time is running out to win this month’s domain trivia contest
Answer 10 questions by July 31. The deadline for this month’s Domain Name Wire trivia contest is nearly here. Just…
Testing the latest updates to Dharmesh Shah’s AI domain appraiser
Domain valuation agent is improving, but still has issues. Dharmesh Shah, the HubSpot co-founder and AI enthusiast who sold Chat.com to…
DNIB.com Reports Internet Has 371.7 Million Domain Name Registrations at the End of the Second Quarter of 2025
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global provider of critical internet infrastructure and domain name registry services, today announced that, according…
Verisign raises guidance after .com grows again in Q2
Company now predicts return to annual growth in domain base. Verisign (VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names,…
DNS security is important but DNSSEC may be a failed experiment
Systems Approach Last week I turned on DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) for the systemsapproach.org domain. No need to applaud; I was…
Aussie construction company tries to reverse hijack tyrone.com
Company falsely argued domain name was recently sold. An Australian masonry firm has been found guilty of reverse domain name…
Judge says lawsuit over outside.com domain name can continue
Judge denies motions to dismiss in cybersquatting lawsuit. A U.S. District judge has denied motions to dismiss a cybersquatting lawsuit…
31 end user domain name sales up to $420,000
A vacation rental site paid dearly for a .de domain name. My heart skipped a beat when I saw the…
AI search: Domain name market has changed
Finding a domain name for your business has always been a challenging task, but the game has changed a lot because of…
Freename Secures $6.5 Million Series A to Accelerate the Future of Domain Names and Digital Identity in the New Internet Era
Freename, a leading domain registrar bridging DNS and Blockchain technologies, today announced the closing of a $6.5 million Series A…
Panel rejects refiled UDRP but majority declines to find reverse domain name hijacking
Panel finds Complainant didn’t meet grounds to refile the case. A three-person UDRP panel has denied a refiled dispute, but the majority…
How Did MITRE Become the Internet’s First .org? It’s Dot-Com-plicated
It’s 1985. The internet is still new and complex, and around the globe firms are registering domain names for what…
Cloudflare Revamps Deployment to Prevent Repeat of 1.1.1.1 DNS Outage
After last week’s 62-minute global outage of its popular 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver, Cloudflare has announced infrastructure upgrades aimed at…
SSL for IP Addresses Now Widely Available: Let’s Encrypt Launches Free IP-Based Certificates
Let’s Encrypt has begun issuing publicly trusted SSL/TLS certificates directly for IP addresses, marking a major shift in web security…
Scammers Are Hijacking Websites to “Poison” ChatGPT with Spammy Recommendations
Cybercriminals and scammers have begun exploiting vulnerabilities in ChatGPT’s source validation to inject spam — particularly gambling links — into…
Self-Hosted DNS Servers: Empowering You with Full Control
Updated July 2025 — If you’re seeking private, resilient DNS control, this guide highlights top self-hosted DNS server software you…
Malaysian shopping rewards business sues, says its domains were stolen
Company sues after failing to regain control of domain names after theft. Treasure Global Inc., a Malaysian technology company, has…
Atom launches new semantic search tool
Tool suggests domains based on business concepts and naming preferences. Domain name marketplace Atom launched a new “semantic search” tool…
Voices.com fails to get Voices.ai through cybersquatting claim
The company inadvertently let the valuable domain name expire. Voiceover marketplace Voices.com, Inc. has lost a cybersquatting claim it filed against voices.ai.…
IT services company “made a farce” of UDRP
A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has admonished an IT services company that “made a farce” of a UDRP proceeding.…