Ahead of IPO, Reddit blends advertising into user posts As FTC starts asking questions about that mega-deal with Google to train AI Personal Tech16 Mar 2024 | 49
IAB Europe's ad consent popups pose privacy problem Court of Justice of the European Union says consent identifers are personal info, subject to GDPR Personal Tech08 Mar 2024 | 24
US and Europe try to tame surveillance capitalism Feature Trade watchdog argues that browsing and location data are sensitive and deserve to be defended Public Sector05 Mar 2024 | 36
Canada poutine more pressure on Google by expanding ad biz antitrust probe Court order means ad giant will have to cough evidence of possible market manipulation Public Sector01 Mar 2024 | 8
Google sued by more than 30 European media orgs over adtech Meanwhile, the Google News Initiative is pushing AI tools for publishers Legal29 Feb 2024 | 6
Brit watchdog thinks Google's tweaked Privacy Sandbox still isn't cricket Good start, but we want further reassurance, says Competition and Markets Authority Applications01 Feb 2024 | 15
Intuit ordered to use the word 'free' less freely in its ads FTC slams TurboTax's marketing as deceptive Public Sector24 Jan 2024 | 10
Google to start third-party cookie cull for 30 million Chrome users One of the ad APIs that will fill the void – Protected Audience – arguably may offer better privacy anyway Personal Tech04 Jan 2024 | 46
Sports Illustrated boss fired – but it's totally nothing to do with AI fake news Publisher seeks 'the Uberization of Content' AI + ML12 Dec 2023 | 16
HP TV ads claim its printers are 'made to be less hated' Apparently they're being serious Bootnotes07 Dec 2023 | 94
Either the FBI is recruiting in Iran – or some govt Google ad buyers are getting a lousy deal Advertisers may be surprised to find where their banners appear Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 5
UK's cookie crumble: Data watchdog serves up tougher recipe for consent banners 30 days to get compliant with tracking rules or face enforcement action Security22 Nov 2023 | 45
IBM pauses advertising on X after ads show up next to antisemitic content Updated Twitter, meanwhile, tells us its brand safety controls are just as strong – or stronger – than other platforms Applications17 Nov 2023 | 170
Rights warriors claim online ad auction data a danger to national security 'The industry can not be allowed to put elected leaders, military personnel at risk' Personal Tech16 Nov 2023 | 18
Meta's fix for teen online mental health? Hold Apple and Google responsible Facebook: If only we had a national law to ensure kids get parental permission to indulge in damaging social media Personal Tech15 Nov 2023 | 31
Google Chrome coders really, truly, absolutely ready to cull third-party cookies from 2024 Bonfire of the web trackers is coming, industry ready or not Personal Tech14 Nov 2023 | 20
YouTube cares less for your privacy than its revenues Opinion Ad blockers are firewalls for our sanity – turning them off is madness Personal Tech06 Nov 2023 | 198
Australian video-streamer lets users opt out of ads for burgers, booze, and betting All without reducing the effectiveness of data-driven targeting, dammit Software31 Oct 2023 | 34
Meta decides to Just Say No to Oversight Board requests and allow paid posts for ketamine Because says nothing like quality medical care like an ad for the 'magical entry into another dimension' Offbeat26 Oct 2023 | 20
Amazon Ads rolls out generative AI for ad image composition Not enough gourds in your product pics? Try the 'Pumpkin spice' theme AI + ML26 Oct 2023 | 5
Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection scripts under EU law Interview Irish eyes may not be smiling Personal Tech26 Oct 2023 | 177
When is a privacy button not a privacy button? When Google runs it, claims lawsuit 'It looks like even Sundar Pichai is confused about how this control works' Personal Tech24 Oct 2023 | 38
Japan to probe Google over 'suspicion' that antitrust laws are being broken Updated Arrives at the same conclusion about the nexus of Android and search as pretty much everyone else Legal24 Oct 2023 | 11
Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone Bernstein estimates value of agreement, warns it and similar deals may end if DoJ wins antitrust case Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 12
Microsoft Bing Chat pushes malware via bad ads From AI to just plain aaaiiiee! Cyber-crime29 Sep 2023 | 16
IBM's Weather Company leaked my personal info to analytics, thunders netizen Video watching habits and other data just handed over, lawsuit claims Software22 Sep 2023 | 4
Google Chrome Privacy Sandbox open to all: Now websites can tap into your habits directly for ads In the march to rid world of third-party cookie tracking, we've picked up targeting APIs Personal Tech07 Sep 2023 | 71
Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history YMMV, based on where you are Applications06 Sep 2023 | 91
Twitter says it may harvest biometric, employment data from its addicts Not so much X gon' give it to you, you gonna give it to X Personal Tech31 Aug 2023 | 74
After injecting pop-up ads for Bing into Windows, Microsoft now bends to Europe on links Clicking a URL from a system service will actually open in your chosen browser. For some. How fancy OSes30 Aug 2023 | 36
YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn't do that Web giant comes out swinging, says allegations 'without merit' Personal Tech18 Aug 2023 | 17
ISP's ads 'misleadingly implied' existence of 6G, says watchdog Biz says folks know the difference between fixed and mobile broadband. Do they, though, asks ASA Networks17 Aug 2023 | 49
X tries to win back advertisers with brand safety promises Meanwhile, platform keeps paying creators a share of ad revenue, but without similar safety features Personal Tech09 Aug 2023 | 26
Musk's X tries to win advertisers back with discounts Plus: Did Xwitter just suggest stripping people of gold checks? Don't threaten us with a good time Personal Tech26 Jul 2023 | 83
You're too dumb to use click-to-cancel, Big Biz says with straight face Making it easy to exit subscriptions will just baffle everyone, FTC told Personal Tech12 Jul 2023 | 93
Google accused of ripping off advertisers with video ads no one saw. Now, the expert view Analysis Web giant also hits back ... right as YouTube steps up war on advert blockers Personal Tech29 Jun 2023 | 82
Google asks websites to kindly not break its shiny new targeted-advertising API Tech tweaked ahead of rollout in July, Mozilla and Apple still not interested Personal Tech27 Jun 2023 | 64
Where's my money?! Now USA Today publisher sues Google over online advertising That ads to hurt Personal Tech20 Jun 2023 | 54
Europe teases breaking up Google over ad monopoly Oh dear, look who hasn't spent enough on lobbying? Personal Tech14 Jun 2023 | 20
Dell down under dinged for dodgy display discounts Promoted bundled monitors are bargains, but actually sold them for above regular prices Personal Tech06 Jun 2023 | 12
Yaccarino takes wheel at Twitter early as advertising woes become public Leaked documents show a 59% ad revenue decline last month – can a Yacc smack get Twitter back on track? Personal Tech05 Jun 2023 | 37
Microsoft Windows latest: Cortana app out, adverts in Get Help? Yes, we highly recommend it, Redmond OSes02 Jun 2023 | 87
Google wants to target you – yes, YOU – with AI-generated ads Next step, AI-generated advertisers with AI-generated products for AI-generated people AI + ML25 May 2023 | 57
Privacy Sandbox, Google's answer to third-party cookies, promised within months Winter in July for some of those in the web ad world Personal Tech20 May 2023 | 32
YouTube's 'Ad blockers not allowed' pop-up scares the bejesus out of netizens Just a small experiment – for now? Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 168
The Weather Channel settles another case claiming mobile app privacy violations That's two in three years, in case anyone's counting Personal Tech26 Apr 2023 | 6
Singapore tells its people: Go forth and block those ads As it preps to launch WhatsApp scam-shredder Personal Tech25 Apr 2023 | 33
Google backs Bard to generate ads, which apparently improves creativity Assures advertisers 'guardrails' will stop anything bad from happening AI + ML21 Apr 2023 | 16
Meta virtual reality interrupted by financial reality as thousands lose their jobs Zuck's 'Year of Efficiency' starts with saving time not learning coworkers' names in case they're booted Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 22
Musk tells Twitter advertisers: You're welcome back, but don't make demands Updated Meanwhile, available data suggests biggest spenders have largely stayed away from Twitter 2.0, er... X Corp Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 45
Nine more US states join ad antitrust legal battle against Google More than a third of US states now party to the lawsuit, which aims to break up Chocolate Factory's advertising arm Personal Tech18 Apr 2023 | 7
Microsoft wants to stick adverts in Bing chat responses Hey Bing, help me find a new browser, er, AI chatbot Personal Tech30 Mar 2023 | 42
Shareholders sue Google, claim it hid anticompetitive ad practices Aggrieved investors claim tech giant fibbed to inflate stock prices... and it backfired Personal Tech17 Mar 2023 | 15
Google taps Fastly to make cookie-free adtech FLEDGE fly Online ad colossus hopes it can still make money when users want privacy Personal Tech16 Mar 2023 | 31
Thought you'd opted out of online tracking? Think again Probe shows that – to absolutely no-one's surprise – big biz isn't playing ball Personal Tech03 Mar 2023 | 113
Microsoft begs you not to ditch Edge on Google's own Chrome download page Monopoly giant can't stand it when anyone else has a monopoly Applications23 Feb 2023 | 184
Outage-ous: Twitter OKs cannabis ads, then goes up in smoke What happened to not getting high on your own supply? Offbeat16 Feb 2023 | 44
Google lets a few Android devices into its Privacy Sandbox Chocolate Factory's ad tech renovation is moving ahead, like it or not Security14 Feb 2023 | 9
Four top euro carriers will use phone numbers to target ads and annoy Google & Facebook European Commission satisfied joint venture won't create competitive problems for locals Personal Tech13 Feb 2023 | 63
No more rockstars, say Billy Idol, Joan Jett in Workday Super Bowl ad Blast 'corporate' types who are much more square than $5.14 billion HR corp SaaS10 Feb 2023 | 40
Biden attacks Big Tech's data addiction, wants more protection for kids Old man yells at cloud, literally Personal Tech08 Feb 2023 | 5
Google pushes fake abortion clinic ads to lower-income women, report says At least those who live in Phoenix and Atlanta Personal Tech08 Feb 2023 | 33