[Link] A tiny island nation has put the rights to .tv up for grabs – but what’s this? Problematic contract clauses? Again?

Read: 22/11/2021 www.theregister.com

Analysis One of the internet’s most lucrative and high-profile registry contracts is up for grabs – and once again the bidding process appears to be highly problematic. The contract to run .tv has been held by dot-com operator Verisign for 20 years.

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[Link] Men Who Spent 29 Days Lost at Sea Say It Was a Nice Break From the Pandemic

Read: 11/10/2021 www.vice.com

Livae Nanjikana and Junior Qoloni climbed into their small, 60 horsepower motorboat on the morning of September 3 and departed from Mono Island, in Western province, Solomon Islands.

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[Link] Remote, pristine and COVID-free. This might be the luckiest place on earth

Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Mark Tomlinson looks out his window to see the Pacific Ocean stretching to the horizon. Mr Tomlinson lives on Pitcairn Island, one of the most remote communities on earth.

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