Criteo Q1 2026: media spend crossed $1 billion for the first time, but revenue fell 6% and net income dropped 79% as two retail media client losses hit hard.
by Luis Rijo
Reddit today launched Dual Attribution beta, Max campaigns for apps, and App Event Optimization GA - 17% lower CPA and 27% more conversions in early tests.
Google today launched Ask Advisor at GML 2026, a unified Gemini AI agent spanning Google Ads, Analytics, Merchant Center, and DV360 for marketers globally.
Google opens the WebMCP origin trial in Chrome 149, letting websites expose structured tools to AI agents instead of leaving them to parse pixels and DOMs.
Advertisers warn Google's AI Max routes specific product searches to generic landing pages, fueling frustration before the DSA shutdown set for September 2026.
Google on May 19 upgraded AI Mode with Gemini 3.5 Flash, information agents, generative UI, agentic booking, and Personal Intelligence across 200 countries.
Data centers supported 5.5 million US jobs and $927bn in GDP in 2024, PwC finds - while E3 finds no clear evidence they raised electricity bills for households.
ICO advises UK government to ease PECR regulation 6 consent rules for low-risk online ads, covering contextual targeting, frequency capping and measurement.
iPullRank's Mike King argues Google's AI search guide protects platform interests, dismissing GEO, chunking, and multi-platform SEO strategies in May 2026.