ICANN’s new TLD land rush draws 13 applicants for dot-agent alone, with AI a focus for new names

When ICANN revealed the 1,615 applications for new top-level domains (TLDs) on Wednesday, it provided a peek into efforts to control mindshare and organization perceptions via URL naming. Existing TLDs include .com, .org, .net, .edu and .gov, as well as country-specific TLDs such as .uk and .ca, and an already long list of generic ones, but ICANN envisions even further expanding the number globally, potentially also expanding the headaches for IT teams who must manage routing, allowlists, and bl