{
  "id": 4910158,
  "title": "What was the first widely used web browser?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/what-was-the-first-widely-used-web-browser",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-01T17:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechSpot",
    "slug": "techspot",
    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/trivia/122-what-first-widely-used-web-browser/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mosaic, developed in 1993 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) located at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, played a crucial role in popularizing the World Wide Web. While it was not the first web browser, Mosaic became the first widely adopted browser, widely regarded as the one that achieved broad mainstream use.",
  "summary": "The Web was young, clunky, and about to explode. Which browser helped make it happen? Read Entire Article",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}