Premium automaker Porsche claims to be the first to successfully test car-based blockchain applications. Says Porsche’s Oliver Döring, financial strategist: “We can use blockchain to transfer data more quickly and securely, giving our customers more peace of mind in the future, whether they are charging, parking or need to give a third party, such as [...] Continue reading →

The ongoing saga of the applications for the new gTLDs .CORP, .HOME and .MAIL has been resolved. During its February 4, 2018 meeting, the ICANN Board directed the organisation’s CEO to prevent these new Internet suffixes from proceeding and to refund the applicants. The strings are considered a potential security risk due to the frequency [...] Continue reading →

For the first time since the new gTLD program was launched and ICANN started adding new suffixes like .XYZ or .LONDON to the Internet root, one of companies it had granted the right to operate these new top level domains to has seen that right revoked. As the registry operator for .WED, Atgron Inc. apparently [...] Continue reading →

National country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) registries in Europe plan to either limit access to their WHOIS database or revise the terms of the contracts with their registrars and others to ensure their compliance with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which comes into force on May 25, 2018. The Council of European National [...] Continue reading →

A relentless drive to find new ways to improve is one of the core character traits of the team behind EURid, the manager (registry) of Europe’s Top Level Domain DotEU. One way EURid strives to achieve this is through its Strategic Committee. I’m very proud to have been selected by the EURid Board to join [...] Continue reading →

The ICANN Board has a crucial decision to make this year : finding a suitable replacement for Steve Crocker. One of the “fathers of the Internet”, Crocker has chaired the ICANN Board for the last 6 years. He is term limited and can no longer serve in this position. So at the ICANN annual general [...] Continue reading →

Le 22 septembre, Fundacio PuntCAT a confirmé par communiqué la libération de Pep Masoliver. Le directeur technique du gestionnaire de l’extension .CAT a été détenu pendant plus de 60 heures et doit continuer à se rendre au commissariat de manière hebdomadaire car il reste accusé, entre autre, de désobéissance publique. [...] Continue reading →