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Mastercard and Rabobank executed the Netherlands' first AI agent payment on April 30, using Agent Pay and Priceless.com to book a coffee tasting experience.
X has started a phased rollout of a fully rebuilt Ads Manager in April 2026, powered by AI retrieval and ranking systems built by xAI, promising higher ROI.
Search ads bounce back to 12%, AI tops $37B annual revenue run rate, and Azure grows 40%. Here is what Microsoft's Q3 FY26 earnings signal for advertisers.
Reddit posted $663 million in Q1 2026 revenue, up 69% year-over-year, with advertising at $625 million - but diluted EPS of $1.01 missed the $1.11 analyst forecast.
Cloudflare yesterday launched agent provisioning via a new protocol co-designed with Stripe, letting AI agents create accounts, register domains, and deploy apps without manual steps.
Google today refreshed its preferred sources guide for publishers, with deeplinks and button assets to help audiences add outlets as starred sources in Search.
Google Ads API will add cost and conversion metrics for Video, Demand Gen, and App campaigns, and full network data for Performance Max, starting June 15, 2026.
YouTube today expands picture-in-picture to non-Premium users outside the US on Android and iOS, ending a geographic restriction. Music PiP stays Premium-only.
