ICANN Says 1,616 New Domain Ending Applications Will Proceed
The 2026 round of new top level domains moves forward, and the full list of requested endings should be public by October 14.
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About 22,000 Third Level .name Addresses Will Be Shut Down
Verisign is ending names like john.smith.name and the email forwarding that came with them. The cutoff is February 2027, even for names paid past it.
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