You could own AI.slop, if applicant for new global top-level domains get their way
Resistance is futile: .borg is on the list, along with .itiswhatitis, .therapy, and.hype. If that’s scary, might a cup of .tea help?
ICANN is poring through over 1,600 applications for new global top-level domains (GTLDs) and will reveal which ones it thinks are valid in a few weeks – but hundreds of names applicants hope to secure have already appeared online.
GTLDs are the last part of an internet address. The most common and well-known are .com, .net, and .org. In the early 2000s, ICANN allowed a few more GTLDs, and in 2012 ran an open application process that allowed anyone to pay for the privilege of operating their own GTLD.
That program saw over 1,900 applications and led to the creation of over 1,200 new GTLDs. Tech companies, including Microsoft, Cisco, and Oracle, scored their own GTLDs. One registry applied for, and won, .sucks – one of many novelty...
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