Apple announces tax and pricing updates affecting global developers
Apple introduces tax changes across seven countries including 3.5% IOF in Brazil, 24% VAT in Estonia, and removes Canada's DST starting August 21, 2025.
Luis Rijo
Luís Rijo is a seasoned marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in Digital Marketing, Search, Social, Display, Video, and DOOH. Based in Europe. Also writing in the spend. Reach out via luis@ppc.land
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Parents sue OpenAI over teen's ChatGPT-assisted death
California parents file wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI claiming ChatGPT provided suicide instructions to their 16-year-old son Adam Raine.
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Czech media coalitions establish ten-point self-regulation framework
Ten major Czech media associations unite to implement European Media Freedom Act requirements through comprehensive industry standards announced August 8, 2025.
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MIT reveals 95% of GenAI initiatives fail as learning gap widens enterprise divide
MIT's Project NANDA study exposes stark reality: 95% of enterprise AI investments generate zero return as organizations struggle with fundamental learning limitations in artificial intelligence systems.
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Digital advertising triopoly gains overall market share while facing competition
Google, and Meta command 58.8% of total US ad dollars, up from 47.1% in 2020, but their combined digital market share has declined as emerging platforms gain ground.
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Twitch viewbot crackdown exposes massive artificial audience inflation
Platform experiences 24% viewership drop as enhanced detection systems remove fake viewers from streams.
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Cloudflare expands 402 payment protocol for AI crawler communication
Cloudflare announces AI Crawl Control expansion on August 28, 2025, enabling customizable HTTP 402 responses for AI crawler monetization across 20% of websites.
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Peacock Premium Plus launches on Prime Video as streaming costs rise
Prime Video customers gain access to NBCUniversal's ad-free service for $16.99 monthly amid broader industry pricing changes.
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Google crawl rate declines affect multiple hosting platforms
Multiple hosting platforms experienced dramatic crawl rate decreases in Google Search Console starting August 8, affecting large websites across Vercel, WP Engine, and Fastly infrastructures.
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IAB Tech Lab challenges Prebid transaction ID changes
IAB Technology Laboratory declares recent Prebid transaction ID implementation violates OpenRTB standards and calls for collaborative solutions to address publisher concerns.
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European Commission dismisses censorship claims around Digital Services Act
European Commission spokesperson defends Digital Services Act with concrete data showing 35% success rate in content challenges, dismissing censorship allegations as "complete nonsense."
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X Corp. and xAI file billion-dollar antitrust lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI
Elon Musk's companies allege conspiracy to monopolize AI chatbot and smartphone markets through exclusive ChatGPT integration deal.
