Remember when the organization in charge of .org domain names traditionally used by non-profits decided to sell itself to a for-profit company? It surprised everyone because up to that point, there ...

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011. The ...

ICANN is reviewing the pending sale of the .org domain manager from a nonprofit to a private equity firm and says it could try to block the transfer. The .org domain is managed by the Public Internet ...

The ICANN board announced that Ethos Capital will not acquire the PIR Registry. Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change of control and entity conversion request that ...

The internet registration watchdog ICANN has once again delayed a decision on the sale of the .org registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital. As reported by The Register, the organization's board ...

A nonprofit group of computer professionals has cleared the final hurdle to become the next operator of the .org domain. The board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and ...

A for-profit group might not end up controlling the .org domain after all. The ICANN Board has rejected Internet Society’s proposal to sell control of the .org domain and the Public Interest Registry, ...

Earlier this year, ICANN sought public comment on a new contract for the Public Interest Registry, the non-profit organization that administers the .org top-level domain. The results were stark. More ...

The sale of the organization that manages the dot org domain name registry has hit a snag. ICANN, the organization that oversees domain names announced that it is requesting further information about ...

ICANN, the organization that oversees domain name registries, blocked the sale of the dot org domain name registry to a private equity investment company. The decision to withhold consent for the sale ...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit organization that coordinates the Internet's ...

Last March, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an arm of the Commerce Department, announced that it intended to “transition key Internet domain name functions to ...