Humans are now outnumbered on the internet. According to researchers, bots account for more than half of all internet traffic. The consequences of this development are starting to show. A bad bot, or a stealth bot as it is also called, is a crawler that intentionally conceals or falsifies its identity or purpose, circumvents access…
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The cracks are starting to show in President Donald Trump’s Iran campaign. What’s happening? Conditions on a US warship deployed in the Middle…
By Bihag Karnani As a senior product manager at Google, Bihag Karnani oversees the development of Reader Revenue Manager – a digital subscription service designed specifically for media companies. On average, he meets with approximately 50 to 70 publishers during the course of a year. In Part 1, we covered first-party data and the first…
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee — better known by its short name, AIPAC — bills itself as a bipartisan advocate “for policies that strengthen the US-Israel partnership.” In 2026, it’s become something else: a major — and seemingly, losing — issue in Democratic politics. Progressive Democratic candidates in primaries across the country are explicitly…
When the Russia-Ukraine conflict erupted into full-scale war in 2022, things looked grim for Ukraine. Its capital, Kyiv, was under threat almost immediately, and there were questions about how long the smaller country could hold out, even with US support. More than four years later, however, the dynamic is changing. US military support has waned,…
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. President Donald Trump may have to settle for the hand-me-down Nobel Prize medal that he scored several months ago. Despite their best efforts, his envoys don’t seem to be having much…
Most AI products get dumped after the novelty wears off. The challenge for publishers is building products that continue to create value, according to Rohan Tyagi, Chief Product Officer at NDTV. Building AI products is becoming easier but developing products that continue to create value is getting harder. “This is because the entry barrier to…
Of all the extinction-level threats vying for our attention, AI, climate change, and nuclear war tend to get most of the airplay. But Annie Jacobsen thinks biological war should be near the top of our mental list of doomsday scenarios, too. She should know — Jacobsen has carved out a unique niche as America’s foremost…
This article originally appeared in our World News Media Congress 2026 report. Read more about it, and WAN-IFRA Members can download the full report on our Knowledge Hub. “From day one, Brut made a choice. We would be a video-native media only,” said Etienne Mélou, Long-Form Editor-in-Chief and Producer at Brut. Since its creation in…
On 22 July 2011 Norway experienced its deadliest terrorist attack since the second world war. Fifteen years on, most Norwegians are clear about the facts surrounding that historic day: who Anders Behring Breivik was, and the two deadly attacks he is imprisoned for. Ask an AI chatbot this, and it will tell you. It will…