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The Internet Runs on Cats and Porn. It’s About to Get Cattier and Pornier

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What happened

Soon, hundreds of new top-level domains, including .meow and .fart, could be added to the internet.

WIRED goes inside the backroom shenanigans of ICANN, the organization at the helm.

Key facts

  • Reported by WIRED and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:00:00 UTC.

Why it matters

Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

What to watch next

  • Availability, pricing and rollout regions
  • Independent testing or verification of the claims made
  • Responses from regulators and competing platforms

Coverage timeline

When each newsroom published on this story, oldest first — all times UTC.

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Sources

The original report was published by WIRED. WorldPing does not claim that reporting — this page summarises and contextualises it.

Read the full report at WIRED

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