noyb sues Hamburg DPA as PimEyes keeps scanning faces unhindered
Privacy group noyb today sued Hamburg's data watchdog for refusing to act against PimEyes, a facial recognition engine holding billions of biometric records.
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Meta Q1 2026: $56.3B revenue as AI tools double advertiser adoption
Meta posts $56.3B in Q1 2026 revenue, up 33%, as AI ad creative tools double to 8 million advertisers and the Adaptive Ranking Model drives conversion gains.
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Alphabet Q1 2026: Google Network ad revenue falls 4% as AI reshapes the web
Alphabet Q1 2026: Google Network revenue dropped 4% to $6.97B as AI search features accelerate a structural shift of traffic away from the open web publishers.
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Innovid expands measurement with purchase data and publisher attribution
Innovid today releases measurement capabilities covering purchase impact, source-level attribution, and vertical benchmarks for CTV and cross-channel campaigns.
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Spotify hits 761M users as biddable ads top a third of ad revenue
Spotify reports 761 million MAUs in Q1 2026, biddable programmatic ads exceed one-third of ad revenue, and free cash flow hits a record 824 million euros.
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EU spent millions building an age verification app nobody has to use
European Commission today adopted a recommendation pushing EU Member States to deploy anonymous, privacy-preserving age verification apps by 31 December 2026.
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EU catches Meta letting under-13s slip through on Instagram and Facebook
The European Commission today found Meta's Instagram and Facebook in breach of the DSA for failing to keep children under 13 off their platforms, risking fines up to 6% of global turnover.
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Adthena's AdBridge ports Google Ads into ChatGPT in minutes
Adthena launches AdBridge, a free migration wizard that ports Google Ads campaigns into ChatGPT Ads in minutes, as OpenAI's trial surpasses 600 advertisers.
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VIOOH and We OOH bring 1.3 billion monthly impressions to Brazil
VIOOH partners with We OOH to put 320 Brazilian DOOH screens and 1.3 billion monthly impressions into programmatic reach across 16 major Brazilian cities.
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YouTube stops push notifications for inactive subscribers in new rollout
YouTube stopped sending push notifications to inactive subscribers who ignore alerts, based on experiment results showing fewer viewers disabled notifications.
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AdSense vignette back-button trigger collides with Google spam policy
Google AdSense vignette ads can trigger the back-button hijacking it now penalizes in organic search results from June 15, exposing publishers to dual risk.
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Apple adds monthly 12-month commitment plan to App Store subscriptions
Apple has updated App Store auto-renewable subscriptions with a monthly billing option tied to a 12-month commitment, excluding the US and Singapore markets.
