- ICANN's 2026 application round saw over 1,600 new submissions
- The last round was in 2012, when the internet was a very different place
- 2026's submissions will likely include a lot of AI-related terms, including .slop
ICANN, the nonprofit responsible for coordinating the internet's domain name system, is now combing through more than 1,600 applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), following the closure of its latest round.