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  • Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens warns menstruation apps face possible probe 11 min read

    Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens warns menstruation apps face possible probe

    Nearly a quarter of Dutch women log cycle data, and a redacted ICO file shows 11 UK apps drew closure letters, not enforcement. Which regulator moves next?

  • Mozilla rates Stardust 2 of 10 over symptom data sent to third parties 12 min read

    Mozilla rates Stardust 2 of 10 over symptom data sent to third parties

    Euki scored 10 of 10 for keeping logs on the device, while Period Calendar fed AdMob and DoubleClick from the first open. What does that leave media buyers?

  • Spotify ad revenue gains 1% as automated channels near 40% of total 12 min read

    Spotify ad revenue gains 1% as automated channels near 40% of total

    Active advertisers reached 33,000, up 60%, while ad-supported users hit 494 million. Emerging-market friction now caps the free-tier reach buyers can access.

  • Spotify opens paid remix tool to Merlin's 15% share of the music market 9 min read

    Spotify opens paid remix tool to Merlin's 15% share of the music market

    Merlin members across 70-plus countries get an opt-in route into a paid tool, with credit and compensation attached. Launch date and revenue split undisclosed.

  • Brand marketers gain de-duplicated Meta measurement in LiveRamp clean room 9 min read

    Brand marketers gain de-duplicated Meta measurement in LiveRamp clean room

    Meta becomes a reporting source alongside CTV, programmatic, social and audio, with Hill's Pet Nutrition an early user. The Publicis deal now clouds neutrality.

  • Snap ad prices gain 10% as advertising revenue rises just 9% 11 min read

    Snap ad prices gain 10% as advertising revenue rises just 9%

    Buyers paid more per impression as subscriptions supplied $316 million and headcount fell to 4,723 full-time staff. Q3 guidance points to $1.70bn to $1.74bn.

  • Teads warns Google could cut its revenue in retaliation for antitrust suit 10 min read

    Teads warns Google could cut its revenue in retaliation for antitrust suit

    Risk factor names service disruption, lost revenue and damaged publisher ties as the cost of suing. Second-quarter results land three days after the filing.

  • Google's CodeMender agent fixed 72 open source flaws in six months 10 min read

    Google's CodeMender agent fixed 72 open source flaws in six months

    Roughly 10% of Alphabet staff wrote open source code in 2025, and 20,000 outside accounts committed to its projects. Ad tech runs on standards Google seeded.

  • DoubleVerify finds dozens of Android apps a month showing ads after calls 10 min read

    DoubleVerify finds dozens of Android apps a month showing ads after calls

    Apps abuse Android's Display over other apps permission to fire ads when a call ends, then vanish from the recents list. Can pre-install scans catch them all?

  • Only 16% of brands track AI visibility as IAB sets measurement standard 36 min read

    Only 16% of brands track AI visibility as IAB sets measurement standard

    More than 20 vendors sell AI visibility tools that disagree on the same brand. New IAB rules set out what buyers must be told before trusting any of the data.

  • AMC draws 10.2 million moviegoers as Spider-Man opens to $355 million 10 min read

    AMC draws 10.2 million moviegoers as Spider-Man opens to $355 million

    Food and drink revenue beat the Avengers: Endgame record from 2019, and nine titles have opened strongly since March. What does that mean for cinema ad buys?

  • WhatsApp brings calling to the browser, no download required 9 min read

    WhatsApp brings calling to the browser, no download required

    Waiting rooms, QuickHD and noise suppression arrive with the browser calls in Meta's July 28 update, widening WhatsApp reach just as Status ads scale globally.

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