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Display - May 01, 2026 Why major publishers are backing Amazon against Perplexity's AI spoofing

DCN's amicus brief backs Amazon in the Ninth Circuit, warning that Perplexity's AI agent spoofing corrupts ad metrics and undermines publisher revenue at scale.

by Luis Rijo

Data - May 01, 2026 Amazon's ad business crossed $70B TTM - and that's not even the biggest story

Amazon Q1 2026: advertising hit $17.2B at 24% growth and crossed $70B TTM, while AWS infrastructure and AI chip deals redraw the map for the ad industry.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 01, 2026 Mastercard and Rabobank complete first AI agent payment in the Netherlands

AI agent completes a payment on a smartphone with Mastercard and Rabobank logos in Amsterdam

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.

by Luis Rijo

AI - May 01, 2026 Cloudflare lets AI agents open accounts, buy domains, and ship code - no human required

Stripe CLI terminal showing an AI agent provisioning a Cloudflare domain registration autonomously

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.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Apr 30, 2026 noyb sues Hamburg DPA as PimEyes keeps scanning faces unhindered

Holographic face scan looms over lone figure facing locked door, biometric data scattered below.

Privacy group noyb today sued Hamburg's data watchdog for refusing to act against PimEyes, a facial recognition engine holding billions of biometric records.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Apr 30, 2026 Meta Q1 2026: $56.3B revenue as AI tools double advertiser adoption

Meta advertising revenue by geography Q1 2024-Q1 2026, showing 33% YoY growth to $55B

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.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Apr 30, 2026 Alphabet Q1 2026: Google Network ad revenue falls 4% as AI reshapes the web

Google-colored vortex pulls web traffic from publisher network nodes into a central AI core.

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.

by Luis Rijo

AI - Apr 28, 2026 Adthena's AdBridge ports Google Ads into ChatGPT in minutes

Google Ads dashboard transferring campaign data into ChatGPT via glowing data stream

Adthena launches AdBridge, a free migration wizard that ports Google Ads campaigns into ChatGPT Ads in minutes, as OpenAI's trial surpasses 600 advertisers.

by Luis Rijo