Internet

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BOT’S GOING ON?

Humans Are Outnumbered Online for the First Time

The milestone has arrived years ahead of schedule.

Tom Latchem
A voter drops off her election ballot at a drop box in Portland, Oregon November 4, 2008. Oregon is the only state that has no polling sites. All ballots are cast by mail or at drop off locations. REUTERS/Richard Clement (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)
GULP!

Heavy Social Media Users Warm to Ditching Democracy

Harry Thompson

US Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, and his wife Jane Sanders attend New York mayor Zohran Mamdani's public inauguration ceremony followed by a block party at City Hall in New York on January 1, 2026. Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, was sworn in Thursday to take over as New York mayor for a term sure to see him cross swords with President Donald Trump. After the clocks struck midnight, bringing in 2026, Mamdani took his oath of office at an abandoned subway stop to begin managing the United States' largest city. He is New York's first Muslim mayor. (Photo by TIMOTHY A.CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)
COLD BERNIE RETURNS

Chilly Bernie Sanders, 84, Is Back to Being a Meme

Olivia Ralph

The AOL logo appears on a smartphone screen.
YOU'VE GOT A SALE

AOL Being Sold to Italian Company for $1.5B

Amber Brace

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 3: An attendee passes an AWS logo at AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services)
LOGGED OFF

Major Outage Plunges Internet Into Chaos

Tom Sanders

Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk photo illustration
CAUGHT IN THE NET

Kirk Shooting Suspect Slipped Into the ‘Dark Internet’

Will Neal