Retail Walmart sets Black Friday and Cyber Monday dates as big sales approach for Q4 November 28 Black Friday and December 1 Cyber Monday anchor promotional calendar with Pro Seller deadlines.
AI FTC settles with e-commerce scheme operators in massive fraud case Federal regulators secure permanent industry ban and asset forfeiture in Click Profit business opportunity enforcement.
Search Google Ads temporarily pauses gambling certification applications for Australia Google Ads pauses new certification applications for online gambling providers targeting Australia effective August 25, 2025, creating immediate impact for operators.
AI Google expands NotebookLM video overviews to 80 languages worldwide NotebookLM's video presentation feature launches internationally as audio capabilities receive comprehensive upgrades for non-English speakers.
Retail Pattern Group files S-1 for IPO with 94% Amazon revenue dependency Amazon marketplace partner Pattern Group filed for public offering with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan as joint book runners, generating $1.8 billion revenue in 2024 across 60+ marketplaces.
Social Bluesky blocks Mississippi over age verification law compliance costs Mississippi's HB1126 forces social platform to withdraw service rather than implement comprehensive age checks for all users statewide.
Search Chrome's semantic search revealed through internal embedding architecture Chrome's history embeddings system processes web pages into 1540-dimensional vectors using sophisticated document chunking algorithms, enabling natural language browsing history search through locally stored semantic representations.
Display Google clarifies lazy loading SEO impact in Search Off the Record episode Google Search team experts explain lazy loading implementation, Core Web Vitals effects, and indexing implications for website performance optimization.
Social Spotify launches audio previews for Instagram Stories and real-time sharing features Spotify introduces automatic audio snippets in Instagram Stories and real-time music sharing through Notes on August 21, 2025, expanding social media integration.
Video Fox launches new streaming platform targeting cord-cutters with $19.99 pricing Fox Corporation debuted its unified streaming service targeting households outside traditional cable subscriptions.
Display Google DV360 API enforces EU political ads declarations starting September Display & Video 360 API and Structured Data Files implement new mandatory requirements for European Union political advertising content ahead of regulatory deadline.
Retail Google launches Merchant API, signals transition from Content API Google announces Merchant API general availability in August 2025, setting Content API for Shopping shutdown date for August 18, 2026, affecting e-commerce businesses.
Search Google launches cannabis advertising pilot program in Canada Google will test cannabis-related advertising on Search for federally licensed operators in a 20-week pilot beginning August 25, 2025.
Video Apple TV+ subscription price increases 30% to $12.99 monthly Apple TV+ raises monthly subscription from $9.99 to $12.99 starting August 21, 2025, marking the third price increase in three years as streaming costs rise.
Display US news website traffic hits 12-month low as BBC paywall drives ranking shift Nearly all major US news websites experienced significant traffic declines in July, with only six of the top 50 sites achieving year-over-year growth according to new industry data.
AI ChatGPT configuration files reveal sophisticated search ranking mechanism August 20, 2025 analysis uncovers ret-rr-skysight-v3 reranker and freshness scoring systems that determine content visibility and website citations.
Video Magnite becomes first sell-side partner for Acxiom data activation Magnite establishes industry-first integration with Acxiom for sell-side data activation, enabling advertisers to reduce costs and maximize working media spend.
Data Google proposal threatens government RSS feeds across multiple agencies Mason Freed's XSLT removal initiative would break RSS display on United States Congress, National Weather Service, and European Parliament websites.
AI Court orders community service for AI citation violations Florida federal court imposes novel sanctions after former CEO uses AI-generated fake legal citations due to financial hardship and inability to afford research tools.
AI Developer revives RSS with AI while Google targets syndication infrastructure As Google proposes XSLT removal threatening RSS feeds, Evan Schwartz launches Scour with semantic matching to filter 12,903 sources using machine learning technology.
Video DIRECTV unveils seven multiview Mix Channels on streaming platform DIRECTV launches multiview streaming technology allowing four simultaneous channels with enhanced features including automated closed captioning across sports, news and entertainment content on platform.
Video Margin wars reshape programmatic as Amazon undercuts The Trade Desk Platform fee disparities drive $80M budget migration as industry debates sustainable pricing models in connected TV advertising.
DOOH IAB Australia releases comprehensive guide for programmatic DOOH buyers IAB Australia makes programmatic digital out-of-home advertising more accessible to agencies with new 2025 buyers guide featuring technical insights.
Display German court revives ad blocker lawsuit against Adblock Plus Top court overturns ruling that protected ad blocking software from copyright claims by major publisher Axel Springer.
Data German court clarifies data protection officer consultation limits German appeals court defines GDPR data protection officer obligations, ruling DPOs provide advisory support not specific data processing disclosures for individuals.
