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Social   -   May 17, 2026 Small businesses storm Capitol Hill over digital ad costs and privacy bills
Small business storefronts dwarfed by floating legislation inside Congress rotunda

Internet for Growth brings small businesses to Washington to push back on rising digital ad costs, state taxes, and privacy rules threatening Main Street jobs.

by Luis Rijo
Audio   -   May 17, 2026 Vapi closes $50M Series B as voice AI agents hit 1 billion calls

Vapi raised $50M in a Series B led by Peak XV, hitting 1 billion calls and 10x enterprise ARR growth as demand for production-grade voice AI intensifies in 2026.

by Luis Rijo
AI   -   May 17, 2026 Madhive names Luke Valvano CFO to lead its local media AI push
Luke Valvano, new CFO of Madhive, against a purple background with the Madhive logo.

Madhive appointed Luke Valvano as CFO on May 12, bringing 20+ years of digital and OOH media finance experience to its local DSP and AI advertising platform.

by Luis Rijo
Search   -   May 17, 2026 Google's search terms report now shows AI intent, not what users typed
AI filter transforming search query text into rewritten intent signals in a dark control room

Google quietly updated its ad group prioritization docs: search terms in AI Mode and AI Overviews may now reflect AI-inferred intent, not real user queries.

by Luis Rijo
AI   -   May 17, 2026 OpenAI's ChatGPT secretly sent your queries to Meta and Google, lawsuit claims
Glass human head with data streams flowing to dark server obelisks, ChatGPT privacy

A class action filed May 13 in California alleges ChatGPT embedded Meta's Pixel and Google Analytics to relay user queries and identifiers to ad platforms.

by Luis Rijo
Search   -   May 17, 2026 Brazil's CADE recommends a Google investigation over AI Overviews scraping
Publisher content absorbed into Google AI Overviews as Brazil's CADE recommends probe

A 180-page CADE commissioner opinion recommends a formal antitrust proceeding against Google for using publisher content in AI Overviews without compensation.

by Luis Rijo
DOOH   -   May 16, 2026 VIOOH brings Canada's biggest DOOH network into programmatic reach
VENDO Media digital billboard beside Canadian highway, DOOH advertising near Toronto

VIOOH and VENDO Media open 550 Canadian digital billboards across 125 markets to programmatic buyers, with 33 screens already enabled for real-time buying.

by Luis Rijo
Search   -   May 16, 2026 Google vehicle ads in the US now cover ATVs, UTVs and campers
ATV and travel trailer camper with Google vehicle ad data overlays at dusk

Google vehicle ads in the US expand to ATVs, UTVs, RVs and non-motorized trailers in May 2026, adding off-road and recreational inventory to the ad format.

by Luis Rijo
Small business storefronts dwarfed by floating legislation inside Congress rotunda
Social   -   May 17, 2026 Small businesses storm Capitol Hill over digital ad costs and privacy bills

Internet for Growth brings small businesses to Washington to push back on rising digital ad costs, state taxes, and privacy rules threatening Main Street jobs.

by Luis Rijo
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Social   -   May 17, 2026 Small businesses storm Capitol Hill over digital ad costs and privacy bills
Small business storefronts dwarfed by floating legislation inside Congress rotunda

Internet for Growth brings small businesses to Washington to push back on rising digital ad costs, state taxes, and privacy rules threatening Main Street jobs.

by Luis Rijo
Audio   -   May 17, 2026 Vapi closes $50M Series B as voice AI agents hit 1 billion calls

Vapi raised $50M in a Series B led by Peak XV, hitting 1 billion calls and 10x enterprise ARR growth as demand for production-grade voice AI intensifies in 2026.

by Luis Rijo
AI   -   May 17, 2026 Madhive names Luke Valvano CFO to lead its local media AI push
Luke Valvano, new CFO of Madhive, against a purple background with the Madhive logo.

Madhive appointed Luke Valvano as CFO on May 12, bringing 20+ years of digital and OOH media finance experience to its local DSP and AI advertising platform.

by Luis Rijo
Search   -   May 17, 2026 Google's search terms report now shows AI intent, not what users typed
AI filter transforming search query text into rewritten intent signals in a dark control room

Google quietly updated its ad group prioritization docs: search terms in AI Mode and AI Overviews may now reflect AI-inferred intent, not real user queries.

by Luis Rijo
AI   -   May 17, 2026 OpenAI's ChatGPT secretly sent your queries to Meta and Google, lawsuit claims
Glass human head with data streams flowing to dark server obelisks, ChatGPT privacy

A class action filed May 13 in California alleges ChatGPT embedded Meta's Pixel and Google Analytics to relay user queries and identifiers to ad platforms.

by Luis Rijo
Search   -   May 17, 2026 Brazil's CADE recommends a Google investigation over AI Overviews scraping
Publisher content absorbed into Google AI Overviews as Brazil's CADE recommends probe

A 180-page CADE commissioner opinion recommends a formal antitrust proceeding against Google for using publisher content in AI Overviews without compensation.

by Luis Rijo
DOOH   -   May 16, 2026 VIOOH brings Canada's biggest DOOH network into programmatic reach
VENDO Media digital billboard beside Canadian highway, DOOH advertising near Toronto

VIOOH and VENDO Media open 550 Canadian digital billboards across 125 markets to programmatic buyers, with 33 screens already enabled for real-time buying.

by Luis Rijo
Search   -   May 16, 2026 Google vehicle ads in the US now cover ATVs, UTVs and campers
ATV and travel trailer camper with Google vehicle ad data overlays at dusk

Google vehicle ads in the US expand to ATVs, UTVs, RVs and non-motorized trailers in May 2026, adding off-road and recreational inventory to the ad format.

by Luis Rijo
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