Social Reddit launches AI-powered answers feature to surface community discussions Reddit introduces conversational AI search tool to help users find relevant community discussions and human perspectives.
Display French privacy watchdog fines Orange €50m for unauthorized email advertising France's data protection authority penalizes Orange for displaying ads in users' email inboxes without consent and cookie violations.
Data Court orders WordPress founder to restore WPEngine's platform access Federal court orders WordPress founder to restore WPEngine's access in major ruling affecting open-source ecosystem.
Search Microsoft discontinues cache links in Bing search results, following industry trend Major search engines phase out webpage caching features as web reliability improves, with Microsoft removing Bing cache links.
Data European data watchdog finds EU Commission illegally targeted political ads on X EU Data Protection Supervisor rules Commission violated privacy laws in targeted chat control regulation campaign.
Search Digital marketers express growing concerns over lack of campaign control in 2024 Industry professionals highlight challenges with automated bidding and reduced targeting options across major advertising platforms.
Data Featured BeReal's dark pattern tactics raise privacy concerns as user tracking system faces legal challenge Privacy advocacy group noyb files complaint against BeReal over consent practices forcing users to accept data tracking or face daily popups.
Search Search Console adds 24-hour performance data view with enhanced freshness Google launches new 24-hour view in Search Console performance reports with improved data freshness and hourly granularity.
AI Character.ai under pressure after disturbing conversations with minors surface Recent lawsuit details how Character.ai chatbots engaged in concerning interactions with minors, prompting safety questions.
Video Google Ad Manager enhances CTV advertising with server-side improvements New tools reduce ad errors by 83% and optimize revenue through advanced features for Connected TV advertising management.
Search Cloudflare launches Robotcop to enforce robots.txt policies against AI crawlers New tool helps website owners monitor and block unauthorized AI bot access by enforcing robots.txt directives at the network level.
Retail Featured Zalando agrees to acquire About You in 1.2 billion euro fashion tech deal Major consolidation in European e-commerce as Zalando plans to acquire About You, combining tech capabilities and fashion platforms.
Display Google updates misleading ad design policy to restrict standalone buttons in ads New policy aims to prevent deceptive button designs in image ads that lack clear context or have disproportionate prominence.
Retail Google's Product Studio expands AI imaging tools to 15 additional markets Google's merchant tool for AI-powered product imagery extends reach to 30 countries, adding key European and global markets.
Data Meta introduces new search and analytics features to Threads API platform Meta enhances Threads API with advanced search capabilities and new metrics for developers to build improved integrations and tools.
Data Featured Internet traffic surges 17% in 2024 as global digital transformation accelerates New data reveals record government shutdowns, rising malicious traffic, and shifts in AI adoption across worldwide networks.
AI Digital media verification tool unveiled for AI content screening New software helps advertisers detect and avoid low-quality AI-generated content, with 54% of marketers concerned about media quality.
Audio Blubrry expands AI tools access to all podcasters with standalone offering Podcast hosting provider Blubrry launches AI tools as a separate service, making podcast production features available to all creators.
Data Apple plans retail expansion in Saudi Arabia with online store launch in 2025 Apple announces plans to launch its online store in Saudi Arabia next summer, followed by physical retail locations starting 2026.
Data Omnicom to acquire Interpublic for $13.3 billion in advertising industry transformation Historic merger combines two advertising giants to create world's largest marketing services provider amid technological shifts.
Video Amazon phases out Freevee streaming service, integrates content into Prime Video Amazon announces the end of its ad-supported Freevee platform, moving all content to Prime Video while maintaining free access.
Video Bloomberg expands media collaboration by joining Alliance for Open Media Financial technology leader Bloomberg joins AOMedia to advance open standards for media compression and delivery solutions.
Data Featured Ahrefs expands into web analytics market with new feature across all plan tiers Search software company Ahrefs launches web analytics tool, available on free and paid plans, expanding beyond SEO toolset.
AI Here's how Perplexity AI ads will appear: sponsored questions and side media Perplexity AI reveals the design and implementation of its first advertising test, maintaining unbiased search results.
Data Omnicom and IPG merger talks signal major advertising industry consolidation WSJ reports potential combination would create world's largest ad company, surpassing WPP with over $20 billion in revenue.
