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YouTube is turning to AI to hit you with ads at the most annoying times
Unless you can count yourself among those who have a premium subscription, using YouTube means having to endure ads. This […]
Meta expands its advertising options across its social platforms, including video ads on Threads
For all of the talk about establishing and maintaining connections, for the companies behind them social media platforms are about […]
DOJ confirms it wants to break up Google’s ad business
In the trial, Google will paint this demand as a severe overreach, claiming that few, if any, companies would have […]
Google is quietly testing ads in AI chatbots
Google has built an enormously successful business around the idea of putting ads in search results. Its most recent quarterly […]
Google won’t ditch third-party cookies in Chrome after all
Maintaining the status quo While Google’s sandbox project is looking more directionless today, it is not completely ending the initiative. […]
Google suspended 39.2 million malicious advertisers in 2024 thanks to AI
Google may have finally found an application of large language models (LLMs) that even AI skeptics can get behind. The […]
Big brands are spending small sums on X to stay out of Musk’s crosshairs
According to data from Emarketer, X’s revenue will increase to $2.3 billion this year compared with $1.9 billion a year […]
“MyTerms” wants to become the new way we dictate our privacy on the web
Author, journalist, and long-time Internet freedom advocate Doc Searls wants us to stop asking for privacy from websites, services, and […]
In-car advertising glitch may be preview of a distracting future
Last week, a Jeep driver turned to Reddit to do what people do best on the site—complain. Every time they […]