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Aflac Hit by Sophisticated Cyberattack: What Victims, Businesses Need to Know

July 21, 2025 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

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COLUMBUS, GA - Aflac Incorporated, a leading supplemental insurance provider, disclosed that its U.S. systems suffered a cyberattack on June 12, 2025, potentially exposing sensitive customer data. The breach was quickly contained, but it may have compromised claims information, health records, Social Security numbers, and other personal identifiers. What We Know So Far Potential Data Exposure Aflac’s Response Broader Industry Implications What Affected … [Read more...]

Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Underscores China’s Growing Capabilities in Development

January 27, 2025 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

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MENLO PARK, CA - DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has rapidly ascended to the top of Apple's App Store charts in the UK, US, and China following its launch on President Donald Trump's inauguration day. This swift rise has raised concerns among tech experts and free-speech advocates, with some labeling it as AI's "Sputnik moment." The application, powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model, functions similarly to ChatGPT, generating human-like responses to user prompts. Notably, … [Read more...]

Namecheap Publishes Results Naming Highest TLD, Domain Registrations for 2024

December 19, 2024 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Namecheap Publishes Results Naming Highest TLD, National Domain Registrations for 2024

PHOENIX, AZ - One of the most well-known domain registrars in the world, Namecheap, has released the results of a study outlining the highest number of domains registered through its service in the Top-Level Domain (TLD) as well as National Domain categories for the year 2024. Namecheap’s report notes that the most popular TLD registered with the company in 2024, unsurprisingly, was .COM, which took a commanding lead with 3,661,899 registrations. The number two slot ended … [Read more...]

Chat.com Purchased by Artificial Intelligence Company OpenAI for Over $15 Million

November 7, 2024 By John Colascione 1 Comment

Chat.com Purchased by Artificial Intelligence Company OpenAI

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - It was revealed this week that “chat.com” was purchased by San Francisco, California-based artificial intelligence (AI) research organization OpenAI for over $15 million, marking the third time the domain has changed hands in just two years. HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah originally purchased Chat.com last year for $15.5 million; he then flipped it for an unspecified amount reported to be “well over $15 million” – with the entrepreneur writing at the … [Read more...]

Senator Demands Domain Registrars Address Russian Influence Operations During 2024 Election

October 25, 2024 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.), Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has issued a demand to several of the top American internet domain registrars to clamp down on the abuse of their services by Russian disinformation actors who he alleged are attempting to interfere with and influence the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. Warner sent a letter earlier in October to several well-known companies in the web domain registering and hosting … [Read more...]

How to Write a 301 .htaccess Redirect for URLs Containing Particular Character

September 19, 2024 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

How to write an 301 .htaccess redirect for URLs that contain a Particular Character

WEST PALM BEACH, FL - AI is incredible. It can help you with just about anything, including writing programming codes. I've been blown away several times by the power of Artificial Intelligence these days, and it keeps getting better and better. Recently I needed to write a specific redirect for a weebsite and I was not sure how to do it, so I checked with ChatGPT. The answer was a as easy and writing the question and waiting about 3-4 seconds. How could I write an … [Read more...]

Unstoppable Domains Introduces AI to Create Secure Digital IDs for Crypto Users

June 13, 2024 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Unstoppable Domains COO Sandy Carter on Digital Identity, AI, and Empowering Women in Web3

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Unstoppable Domains, a company that offers blockchain-based domain names – such as .zil or .crypto – announced this week they have adopted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in order to help “enhance the user experience” by allowing customers to utilize the growing technology to help craft “digital identities” for their “personal brand.” Unstoppable Domains COO Sandy Carter noted that all users have to do is provide some very basic material, either … [Read more...]

.AI Domain Sales Exceed $5 Million in 2023, On-Track to Hit $10 Million in 2024

January 4, 2024 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

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WEST PALM, FL - .AI is the internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. For years the small island country has been reaping a profit from the rising popularity among companies and projects related to the artificial intelligence industry who have been wanting to register .AI domains for their projects and business ventures. This phenomenon began to hit a fever pitch in 2013, to the point that Anguilla actually … [Read more...]

10 Billion Connections to Malicious Domains Blocked by NSA in 2023 via “PDNS”

December 28, 2023 By John Colascione 1 Comment

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Security Agency (NSA) noted that 10 billion user connections to known malicious or suspicious domains were blocked over the course of the past year as part of the agency’s efforts, according to its 2023 Cybersecurity Year in Review report released on Tuesday. The NSA‘s annual report is a public account of the agency’s work with government partners, defense industrial base (DIB) entities, and foreign partners to help keep the nation secure, … [Read more...]

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Talk About a Category Killer Domain Name: Fireworks.com, by Phantom Fireworks

WEST PALM BEACH, FL - In the world of online marketing, some web addresses aren’t just good — they’re priceless. One perfect example is Fireworks.com, owned by Phantom Fireworks, the largest consumer … [Read More...]

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