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Does that header up there look a little different to you, #GenXYZ? That’s because we just revamped our website with fresh new features – and look – to introduce a whole new side of us that you’ve never seen before!

Just as that bright green “Register” button hints, you can now register your favorite .xyz domains right here at gen.xyz.

And it doesn’t stop here! We have a lot more in the pipeline for you, so gen.xyz is a one-stop-shop for everything .xyz. On top of the latest and greatest news on .xyz, you’ll be able to set-up your hosting and indulge in awesome website builder tools to go with your shiny new domains.

Can’t wait ‘til these new features go live? Make sure you’re getting our newsletter to be the first-to-know about .xyz updates!

Now that you know what’s up, it’s time to test things out. Search for the domain name you’ve always wanted:

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Who caught the awesomely quirky article on .xyz in the April issue of Wired Magazine? ICYMI, check out the article below, boldly titled “The battle to make .xyz the next .com.”

We can assure you that it’s a great read – and an excellent way to test your acronym knowledge!

Pandell, Lexi. “The battle to make .xyz the next .com.” Wired Magazine April 2015. 28. Print.

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The hilarious, ever-popular HBO series that captures startup culture, Silicon Valley, hit an all-time high last night with 2.1 million viewers. Are you a Silicon Valley fan?

If you are, then you already know. (And if you are but haven’t caught-up on last night’s episode, spoiler alert!)

For a little bit of background, Silicon Valley is a comedy series that takes a satirical look at the tech industry and startup culture. The main storyline involves the dynamic between Pied Piper, an up-and-coming underdog startup with an amazing product, and Hooli, a Google or Oracle-like tech giant.

In last night’s episode, Hooli extravagantly announced its most innovative, groundbreaking “moonshot” new division, HooliXYZ. And what is HooliXYZ’s website? That’s right – hooli.xyz!

If you haven’t already, visit hooli.xyz to learn more about Hooli’s “experimental division” and its team of XYZeniuses. Their ultra innovative projects in the pipeline include self-driving cars, flying cars, self-flying cars, and even a cure for AIDs.

What do you think of HooliXYZ and their appointment of Nelson as the “Co-Head Dreamer”? Total marketing move, right?

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With .xyz, we’re all about supporting online communities where people can come together and share their ideas, regardless of age or location. This week’s #WebsiteWednesday exemplifies exactly this with their .xyz site.

MUMS.xyz – Uniregistry customer (United Kingdom)

Across the pond in the UK, a team of passionate mothers has dedicated MUMS.xyz as an online resource for parents to turn to each other for advice. Covering everything from the latest educational toys, to fashionable sportswear for the moms (even special discount codes), this parenting blog connects mothers across the UK and supports them with advice, tips, and tricks.

“We envision MUMS.xyz becoming a big welcoming community, where mothers from all over the UK share their knowledge and experience, provide support and make each other feel safe and not lonely in a lifelong adventure that is parenthood”

said Emma who represents MUMS.xyz. When asked how they chose their domain name, she shared:

“When choosing the domain name for our project, we felt that we needed something hip and fresh, something that would stand out and appeal to all generations at the same time.

We are proud to be the adopters of a .xyz domain name extension as it suits perfectly to our needs.”

Show your support for devoted mothers by voting for their cause at Virgin Media’s #PitchtoRich!

Winning #PitchtoRich will let MUMS.xyz reach out to even more mothers out there, and offer them the advice, help and support they need in the daily parenting life.

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This week’s #WebsiteWednesday is extra special – you might have already even spotted this amazing artist and website yourself!

Last week, CNET’s Stephen Shankland tweeted his .xyz discovery in the wild:

First .xyz domain I found in the wild without looking for it: Artist Charles Levalet. Fantastic street art in Paris. http://t.co/mxz5bQVNP4

— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) April 8, 2015

Levalet.xyz – Network Solutions customer (France)

Charles Leval, aka Levalet, is a 27-year old street artist from northeastern France. His recent work covers the streets of Paris with his hand drawn characters that interact with the urban architecture. Levalet shared his art with the online world through Levalet.org, which he now moved to Levalet.xyz. On his newly designed portfolio site, he is certainly capturing more fans throughout the world!

Does his art look familiar to you? That’s because Levalet was recently featured in huge outlets like Huffington Post, Visual News, the Laughing Squid, and even on the main Instagram account where he racked in 615,000 likes!

French artist Charles Leval, also known as “Levalet” (@levaletdessinderue), is bringing new narratives to the streets of Paris with life-size black-and-white figures. “My task is to adapt each image to the physical limitations of the urban space through a kind of staging or dramatization,” he says. Charles uses India ink to draw his images in his studio, then pastes the characters onto places like walls, ledges and doors across the city. “First I spot a location, then I take some measurements and make a note of any other details about the place,” he says. “Next, I think of an overall plan and I draw the various elements that I want to appear before returning to install them on site. For the drawing, I work by following a photo, so usually I get people to pose in the situations that I want to portray.” Photo by @levaletdessinderue

A photo posted by Instagram (@instagram) on Mar 22, 2015 at 11:21am PDT

If you want to read more about Levalet, we recommend checking out this article on Smash from a few weeks back

On another exciting note, while we were researching through everything Levalet, we also experienced a .xyz meta moment of sorts. Another .xyz site called Alter Minds, which blogs about art, culture, history, and even about hyperrealistic paintings of greasy hamburgers (what?!) also featured Levalet’s artwork! That’s a .xyz reporting on another .xyz. How exciting is that?

Have you spotted any .xyz websites in the wild, #GenXYZ? Keep us posted through Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, and we’ll be sure to feature the best!

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