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  • SourTrade malvertising builds malware inside browsers, hits 12 countries 11 min read

    SourTrade malvertising builds malware inside browsers, hits 12 countries

    Confiant documents browser-side malware assembly defeating file scanning as SourTrade ads keep running through Google, Meta and X advertising infrastructure.

  • Rockbot gains exclusive Vevo music videos across 50,000 venues 10 min read

    Rockbot gains exclusive Vevo music videos across 50,000 venues

    Six ad-free channels launch first, spanning restaurants, gyms and retailers among 50,000 sites, dayparted by mood. More Vevo programming is expected to follow.

  • ShowHeroes brings Whale TV homescreen ads to programmatic in 9 markets 8 min read

    ShowHeroes brings Whale TV homescreen ads to programmatic in 9 markets

    Nine European and Latin American markets gain automated buying access to Whale TV's homescreen inventory across 47.5 million connected TV households worldwide.

  • Brazil bans paid ads for deepfakes in final 72 hours before elections 15 min read

    Brazil bans paid ads for deepfakes in final 72 hours before elections

    New ANPD study documents deepfake advertising fraud using Gisele Bundchen's image that moved R$20 million before arrests. Global labeling rules now converge.

  • MCP forces ad tech to rebuild agent servers as sessions disappear 13 min read

    MCP forces ad tech to rebuild agent servers as sessions disappear

    Six proposals strip sessions from every protocol call, ending sticky routing MCP servers relied on since 2024, forcing ad tech builders into a migration window.

  • Amazon Alexa dodges 'made in USA' queries, Khan-linked report finds 10 min read

    Amazon Alexa dodges 'made in USA' queries, Khan-linked report finds

    Amazon and Walmart bots dodge origin data even after FTC scrutiny. A Khan-founded policy center tested both agents on July 30, finding inconsistent answers.

  • Prime Video gains exclusive NHL Wednesday nights for 12 years in Canada 8 min read

    Prime Video gains exclusive NHL Wednesday nights for 12 years in Canada

    Sportsnet keeps over 500 national games yearly while Prime absorbs at least 26, reshaping how Canadian broadcasters split NHL streaming rights through 2038.

  • IAB Polska guide forces 3-way split on political ad duties in Poland 12 min read

    IAB Polska guide forces 3-way split on political ad duties in Poland

    Publishers, agencies and ad-tech vendors now get a three-role classification map under Regulation 2024/900. Pending EDPB targeting rules could still reshape it.

  • SISTRIX finds ChatGPT text scores drop to 37.7 as prompts sway quality most 12 min read

    SISTRIX finds ChatGPT text scores drop to 37.7 as prompts sway quality most

    ChatGPT texts average 37.7 points on Wortliga's scale, trailing Claude's 47.7, across 2,112 B2B documents. Can better prompts close the gap models alone cannot?

  • Google drops 2007 rule requiring blocked internal search pages 13 min read

    Google drops 2007 rule requiring blocked internal search pages

    Site search pages no longer breach Search Essentials, Mueller told Splitt, though server strain and hacked-content risks still favor robots.txt blocking today.

  • Microsoft kills Predictive Matching, shifts Search ads to AI Max 11 min read

    Microsoft kills Predictive Matching, shifts Search ads to AI Max

    Only advertisers using conversion-based auto-bidding strategies had access, and Microsoft has not confirmed when the Search term matching switch takes effect.

  • AI slop got a gold star while Meta, Amazon and Microsoft got records 32 min read

    AI slop got a gold star while Meta, Amazon and Microsoft got records

    AI slop cleared premium quality checks and charged more for it, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft posted records, and the crawlers finally got sorted into four boxes.

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