Telegram’s domain suspension, the U.S. trying to seize a valuable domain name, and .web were top stories in July.
These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views:
1. Telegram’s t.me domain suspended, leading to outages – Telegram uses the domain as a shortener, and a URL on it landed on the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets list.
2. United States sues to seize Egypt.com domain name – The government believes the domain was purchased with illicit funds.
3. Verisign finally gets .web, plans to launch domain this year – It took a decade, but Verisign finally has .web and plans to launch it later this year. The company will offer a match period where .com owners can get the same SLD in .web.
4. Two AI startups chose the same brand name. Now they’re headed to court. – Can you claim trademark rights for a term in AI when every company says it’s an AI company?
5. How I’m adapting my domain investing – AI is changing how I invest in domains. Here’s how.
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Trust and identity with AI agents – Former Tucows CEO Elliot Noss discusses why the DNS is an ideal platform for AI agent identity.
This year’s top domain sales – DNJournal publisher Ron Jackson comes on the show to talk about the top sales so far this year.
The new top level domain playbook – Colin Campbell, who launched .club, discusses things new TLD applicants should think about.
Class is in session – Domain investor Stu Maloff, who spends most of his time teaching young students, talks about juggling domains and teaching.
Gold, a cop, and domain shenanigans – This story is as crazy as the title.
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