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auDA Proposes Exempting Nearly 3.5 Million Existing .com.au and .net.au Domains From New Allocation Rules
by Natalia Nowak · 22 Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Existing .com.au and .net.au licenses would keep the current allocation rules under an auDA proposal. No final decision has been made.
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Mullenweg Retook Automattic in 33 Hours. The Board That Put Him on Leave Is Gone.
by Natalia Nowak · 20 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Mullenweg's paid leave from Automattic lasted 33 hours. The three directors behind it are gone, and a board he announced in September has replaced them.
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Instead of Doubling Its Servers, Hostinger Reworked Its CDN for Every Web Hosting Plan
by Natalia Nowak · 15 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
Hostinger cut the computing its CDN needs by 45 to 50 percent, then put it on every web hosting plan at no extra cost instead of doubling its servers.
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WP Engine v. Automattic: Judge Leans Against Sanctions Over Mullenweg’s Messages
by Natalia Nowak · 13 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
A judge called Mullenweg's X post on disappearing messages "admittedly problematic" but is inclined to deny WP Engine's sanctions bid.
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ICANN Published 1,615 gTLD Applications. The Hosting Strings Were Taken in 2012, and This Round’s Fight Is Over .agent.
by Łukasz Nowak · 13 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
ICANN's 2026 gTLD list is out: 1,615 applications, 891 in contention, 13 bids for .agent and one for .vps. Strings can change until October 21.
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InMotion Hosting Seeks a President and COO. Co-Founder Todd Robinson to Become CEO.
by Natalia Nowak · 12 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
InMotion Hosting is recruiting a president and COO to run the company from 2027, as founding president Todd Robinson prepares to move to CEO.
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The DNS Root Changes Its Key on Sunday. A Resolver That Still Trusts Only the Old One Stops Resolving Everything.
by Łukasz Nowak · 9 Oct 2026 · 9 min read
From October 11 the root is signed only by KSK-2024. A validating resolver trusting just the old key fails every lookup within two days. Two dig queries tell.
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Identity Digital Takes .us From GoDaddy. The Registry Is Down 24 Percent in a Year.
by Natalia Nowak · 6 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
NTIA handed .us to Identity Digital on October 1. The registry fell 24 percent in a year to 1.86 million names, though July new registrations were up.
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Namecheap Let a Sued Domain Expire and Be Re-Registered. A Judge Wants to Know Why.
by Natalia Nowak · 6 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
A judge found ample evidence that Namecheap breached the ACPA by letting a sued domain expire and re-registering it. Its answer is due October 12.
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ESA Picks OVHcloud and CGI for Digital EO. The Size Is Not Public.
by Natalia Nowak · 2 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
OVHcloud and CGI won a 30-month ESA contract to help build Europe's Earth observation platform. The capacity and the price are both undisclosed.
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