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 | 53
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 | 31
YouTube's 'Ad blockers not allowed' pop-up scares the bejesus out of netizens Just a small experiment – for now? Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 160
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 | 182
Outage-ous: Twitter OKs cannabis ads, then goes up in smoke What happened to not getting high on your own supply? Offbeat16 Feb 2023 | 43
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
Google ready to kick the cookie habit by Q3 2024, for real this time As for privacy concerns about the Topics API? We'll get back to you Devops01 Feb 2023 | 43
Break up Google now, says US govt in ad monopoly lawsuit I'm feeling yucky Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 18
Fraudulent ‘popunder’ Google Ad campaign generated millions of dollars The scam was lurking behind the content of an adult website Security22 Dec 2022 | 43
Microsoft patent eyes ads in streaming online games Picture your avatar wearing a logo-emblazoned shirt driving past a billboard touting a product Personal Tech20 Dec 2022 | 64
Vietnam celebrates 25 years of internet with advertising blacklist Facebook and YouTube among companies that will have to monitor user content Legal13 Dec 2022 |
Using personal info for ads without consent puts Meta in EU's gunsights Schrems strikes again Personal Tech08 Dec 2022 | 29
China regulates use of motion detection to trigger smartphone ads 'Shake to jump' technique nixed a year after top apps put it to work Legal06 Dec 2022 | 3
Twitter tries to lure brands back with spend-matching scheme Spend $500k and we'll double your money, but please ignore the trolls Networks02 Dec 2022 | 60
130,000 UK businesses sue Google over £13.6B in lost ad revenues Parent biz Alphabet also accused of unfair monopoly in online ads Legal01 Dec 2022 | 25
Twitter search spam campaign hides China riots, researchers say Elon Musk meanwhile muses whether Apple 'hate[s] free speech in America' because the company mostly stopped advertising on Twitter Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 28
Musk sows more Twitter chaos, now with Official policy snafu Today's messes: a possible crypto venture; blue tick blackflips; advertiser assurances; and a promise to try dumb things Personal Tech10 Nov 2022 | 31
Microsoft mulls cheap PCs supported by ads, subs Want a low-cost machine? Agree to be bombarded and the Windows giant could have a solution for you Personal Tech02 Nov 2022 | 86
Big brands urged to pause Twitter ads until Elon's learned how this all works Let's just go get a pint and wait for it to blow over Personal Tech02 Nov 2022 | 78
Amid losses, Uber driven to become advertising network Don't want to see ads during your trip? Sorry, no app for that Personal Tech19 Oct 2022 | 22
Block this: Using satellites to plaster ads over our skies could work, say boffins They can't hurt us if we stay indoors Offbeat06 Oct 2022 | 85
Meta accused of breaking the law by secretly tracking iPhone users Ad goliath reckons complaint is meritless – but it would, wouldn't it? Personal Tech23 Sep 2022 | 32
Meta found guilty of flouting Washington political ad laws – again Hundreds of 'intentional' violations could cost Zuck and Co $30k each Personal Tech06 Sep 2022 | 8
Apple app transparency changes bring in the ad bucks... for Apple By striking down Google and Facebook, the iMaker's transformation is complete Personal Tech06 Sep 2022 | 14
California lawmakers approve online privacy law for kids. Which may turn websites into identity checkpoints Will Newsom sign it? With a possible presidential bid looming, take a guess Personal Tech30 Aug 2022 | 63
Germany orders Sept 1 shutdown of digital ad displays to save gas Something to thank Putin for … unless you’re the admin trying to implement buggy and fast-changing rules while avoiding Bork On-Prem29 Aug 2022 | 229
Google promises to adjust search algorithm to favor 'people-first content' Well now there's an idea Personal Tech19 Aug 2022 | 54
Google postpones Chrome's third-party cookie bonfire yet again Construction delays for web giant's Privacy Sandbox keep these bickies on the menu Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 29
DoJ approves Google's acquisition of Mandiant In Brief Plus: Ukrainian fake news and Uber admits covering up data breach Security25 Jul 2022 | 2
Meta agrees to tweak ad system after US govt brands it discriminatory And pay the tiniest of fines, too Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 11
Cookie consent crumbles under fresh UK data law proposals Campaigners fear erosion of rights as narrowing of law proposed as well as political control over independent watchdog Security17 Jun 2022 | 121
UK monopoly watchdog investigates Google's online advertising business Another probe? Mountain View is starting to look like a pincushion at this rate Legal27 May 2022 | 11
Facebook opens political ad data vaults to researchers Social network builds FORT to protect against onslaught of regulation, investigation Security24 May 2022 |
Lawmakers launch bill to break up tech giants' ad dominance Running ad auctions while also buying and selling ads may be outlawed for large firms Legal19 May 2022 | 5
Your data's auctioned off up to 987 times a day, NGO reports Irish Council on Civil Liberties said this is first time the scope of real-time bidding is being measured Security18 May 2022 | 31
Ad-tech firms grab email addresses from forms before they're even submitted Researchers find widespread harvesting of info without consent Personal Tech16 May 2022 | 91
Google's FLoC flopped, boffins claim, because it failed to provide promised privacy MIT folk tested the interest-based ad scheme to understand why it was discontinued Personal Tech05 May 2022 | 22
Google starts testing fenced frames to guard its Privacy Sandbox Oh, serve me ads, lots of ads, under clouded eyes above, just fence me in Security03 May 2022 | 7
Google must pay €150 million fine to French Competition Authority, court orders 'Opaque and difficult' ad rules cost biz 20 hours of annual profit Personal Tech08 Apr 2022 | 12
Meta accused of hiring Republican consultancy to seed anti-TikTok rumors Slap-a-teacher and smash-the-school crazes were carefully engineered smears, it is claimed Personal Tech31 Mar 2022 | 24
Ubiquiti sues Krebs on Security for defamation Network equipment maker insists it acted responsibly following intrusion Security30 Mar 2022 | 38
Google resumes shoveling stuff into its 'Privacy Sandbox' Chrome trials scheduled for FLEDGE and Topics APIs Applications29 Mar 2022 | 18
File Explorer fiasco: Window to Microsoft's mixed-up motivations Opinion MS craves extra revenue, but ad pipelines in the OS are hostages to fortune OSes21 Mar 2022 | 79
This browser-in-browser attack is perfect for phishing If you're involved in malvertising, please don't read this. We don't want to give you ideas Security18 Mar 2022 | 28
Meta sued for 'aiding and abetting' crypto scammers Watchdog claims Facebook parent sat on its hands as fake ads fleeced netizens Personal Tech18 Mar 2022 | 51
UK, EU regulators probe Google and Meta's 'Jedi Blue' ad deal Watchdog: We're 'concerned' they 'teamed up ... to put obstacles in the way of competitors' Legal11 Mar 2022 | 12
Google expands Privacy Sandbox to Android Web giant shocked, shocked, to find misuse of data going on in here Security17 Feb 2022 | 17
European watchdog: All data collected about users via ad-consent popup system must be deleted Decision to affect Google's, Amazon's and Microsoft's online ads biz Networks02 Feb 2022 | 103