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Welcome to a new edition of “On the Net Today”, the newsletter where every Friday we share a selection of useful and interesting resources to help you get the most out of the internet and make the best use of your browsing time.
Here are the topics we’ve prepared for today:
📷 The 2026 World Press Photo Contest winners are announced
🤖 Meta relaunches its AI with the Muse Spark model
🏆 Discover the finalists for the 30th edition of the Webby Awards
⏭️ In brief
🤔 Express Quiz
💡Recommended by: Noelia Iglesias
📷 The 2026 World Press Photo Contest winners are announced
World Press Photo announced this Thursday, April 9, 2026, the winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest, presenting outstanding work from photojournalists and documentary photographers worldwide, connecting global audiences to the most pressing stories of our time.
Selected from 57,376 photographs submitted by 3,747 photographers across 141 countries, this year’s winners reflect a wide range of perspectives and experiences. Among the awarded works are stories that have shaped headlines, alongside those that have gone largely unseen; spanning conflict and crisis, as well as resilience, resistance, and cultural traditions.
The jury chair, Kira Pollack, stated: “This is a critical moment — for democracy, for truth, for the question of what we as a society are willing to see and call out and what we are willing to ignore. The photographers recognized here have done their part. They have made the record. Now it is our turn to look.”
The full collection of awarded photos and stories is available on the World Press Photo website.
The 2026 World Press Photo of the Year winner and two finalists will be announced on April 23, 2026 at 11:00am CEST (Amsterdam time).
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🤖 Meta relaunches its AI with the Muse Spark model
Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, has announced this week its new artificial intelligence model, called Muse Spark, developed specifically for its products.
Meta states that “Muse Spark is our most powerful model yet.” Mark Zuckerberg’s company has explained that Muse Spark “currently powers the Meta AI app and website, and will be rolling out to WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and AI glasses in the coming weeks.”
Meta has said that “we are on our way to personal superintelligence: an assistant that can help anyone, anywhere with the things that matter most to them.”
The company cited the following example of how the model works: “Whether you need a quick answer or help with complex problems that need strong reasoning, Meta AI now handles both. You can switch between modes depending on the task, and Meta AI can launch multiple subagents in parallel to tackle your question. Like planning a family trip to Florida where one agent drafts the itinerary, another compares Orlando vs. the Keys, and a third finds kid-friendly activities — all at the same time, giving you a better answer, faster.”
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🏆 Discover the finalists for the 30th edition of the Webby Awards
The Webby Awards, widely regarded as the most prestigious honors on the internet, are celebrating their 30th edition this year. A few days ago, the organizers of the Webbys, as the awards are popularly known, announced the full list of finalists selected across the awards’ many categories.
Until Thursday, April 16, 2026, internet users can vote to choose the winners of the Webby People’s Voice in each category. Winners selected by both the professional jury and the public will be announced on April 21.
At “On the Net Today” we invite you to browse the finalists list across the different categories. You’ll find dozens of outstanding digital projects in virtually any area of online activity you might be interested in: websites, video, advertising, apps, social media, podcasts, games, digital creators, and artificial intelligence.
Once the winners are announced, we’ll take a closer look at some of the most interesting and innovative projects of the year.
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⏭️ In brief
The iconic American Route 66 turns 100 years old in 2026. The AP has published a special multimedia feature that lets you discover it step by step:
The New York Times has published a major investigative piece by reporter John Carreyrou revealing the identity of Bitcoin’s creator. He claims it is computer scientist Adam Back.
My Quest to Solve Bitcoin’s Great Mystery — The New York Times
The Times has also devoted an episode of its morning podcast “The Daily” to the subject. It includes an interview with Adam Back himself — who denies being the creator of the world’s leading cryptocurrency:
Unmasking the Creator of Bitcoin — The Daily / The New York Times
The NASA website has been streaming live coverage of the Artemis II mission, which has offered views of the far side of the Moon and produced some spectacular images.
Chenell Basilio, creator of the excellent newsletter “Growth in Reverse,” has announced the upcoming launch — for the second year running — of the limited-run newsletter “30 days of growth”. For 30 days, she will share one daily tip from a different creator, focused on growing any newsletter. Editions start on April 20.
If you’re interested, you can sign up for free here:
Beehiiv, the newsletter platform where this newsletter is published, recently announced the launch of podcasts as part of its offering to digital creators:
Podcasts — Beehiiv
Music fan Aadam Jacobs has spent his life recording more than 10,000 concerts. A group of volunteers is now cataloguing, digitizing, and uploading them online. AP has the story:
🤔 Express Quiz
In the early days of the internet, AOL was one of the defining symbols of home internet access.
What phrase became a cultural hallmark of AOL?
In the previous edition of “On the Net Today” we asked whether it was true or false that the Webby Awards are known for limiting acceptance speeches to just five words. And indeed: winners can only say five words when accepting their award.
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