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ICANN sees bids for .api and .agi domains amid Big Tech interest · 3 sources tracked

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ICANN has revealed a surge of applications for new top-level domains, with significant interest in .api and .agi. Big Tech companies are among the applicants, but they face competition from multiple other entities vying for these domains. Separately, a new droppable robot boat named ALBATROSS has been developed, and a data visualization explores the role of various entities in supporting the internet. AI

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ICANN sees bids for .api and .agi domains amid Big Tech interest · 3 sources tracked

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    People Holding Up the Internet Article URL: https:// sheets.works/data-viz/holding- up-the-internet Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5 000249

    People Holding Up the Internet Article URL: https:// sheets.works/data-viz/holding- up-the-internet Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5 0002494 Points: 18 # Comments: 2 https:// sheets.works/data-viz/holding- up-the-internet # Tech # Technology # TechNews # AI #…

    LINKS sheets.works/…/holding-up-the-internet
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    ICANN reveals bids for new top-level domains Big tech has piled in with plenty of asks, but faces a fight as eight applicants want .api and seven seek .agi http

    ICANN reveals bids for new top-level domains Big tech has piled in with plenty of asks, but faces a fight as eight applicants want .api and seven seek .agi https://www. theregister.com/networks/2026/ 10/08/icann-reveals-bids-for-new-top-level-domains/5301857 # Tech # Technology #…

    LINKS theregister.com/…/5301857
  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    It's a bird, it's a plane...well, more of a spinning parachute, but really it's a droppable robot boat The ALBATROSS has landed https://www. theregister.com/off

    It's a bird, it's a plane...well, more of a spinning parachute, but really it's a droppable robot boat The ALBATROSS has landed https://www. theregister.com/offbeat/2026/1 0/08/its-a-bird-its-a-planewell-more-of-a-spinning-parachute-but-really-its-a-droppable-robot-boat/5301788 #…

    LINKS theregister.com/…/5301788

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