Apple services shattered records in 2025
Apple's services division reached unprecedented heights in 2025 with 850 million weekly App Store users and Apple Pay blocking over $1 billion in fraud.
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The latest news about data. Data is used in advertising in a variety of ways, including Audience targeting, Ad personalization, Ad optimization, Ad placement, and Measurement. Advertisers use data in advertising to reduce wasted ad spend.
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Honey loses access to 2,000 clients after Rakuten network termination
Honey browser extension terminated from Rakuten Advertising affiliate network on January 12, 2026, losing access to major retail partners including Walmart.
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StackAdapt brings self-serve NPI targeting to pharmaceutical advertisers
StackAdapt launches in-platform NPI targeting and measurement on Jan. 6, 2026, enabling pharmaceutical marketers to run deterministic HCP campaigns.
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Google shuts down session tracking for new advertisers in Ads API
Google restricts IP address and session attribute imports in Google Ads API starting February 2, forcing developers toward Data Manager API migration.
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Microsoft Advertising and Epsilon bring precision targeting to search campaigns
Microsoft Advertising Platform now integrates Epsilon data through Third-Party Search collaboration with PMX, achieving 2x higher ROAS in travel pilot campaign tests.
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Adsquare launches Q1 seasonal audiences targeting $18.6 billion spending window
Location intelligence platform releases four high-intent audience segments for Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Super Bowl, and Winter Olympics campaigns.
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Iran goes dark: 98% of internet infrastructure collapses in nationwide shutdown
Iran's government executed a near-total internet blackout on January 8, 2026, eliminating 98.5% of announced IPv6 address space and cutting traffic by 90% within 30 minutes as protests spread across the country.
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Cloudflare updates x402 template as micropayments gain traction
Cloudflare updated its open source x402 payment-gated proxy template on January 9, 2026, enabling website owners to charge per download, per API call, or per crawl as traditional content monetization models face pressure.
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Cloudflare faces €14.2 million fine from Italian regulator over piracy enforcement
Italian communications authority AGCOM fines Cloudflare €14.2 million for refusing to comply with orders to block pirated sports streaming content through its DNS services.
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California data broker fined $45,000 for selling health condition lists
Texas company marketed consumer data on Alzheimer's, addiction, and ethnic backgrounds without Delete Act registration compliance, faces December deadline.
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Google adds one-click GCP deployment to tag gateway arsenal
Description: Google Tag Manager integrates Google Cloud Platform deployment for tag gateway, expanding beyond Cloudflare with automated External Application Load Balancer configuration.
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Magnite partners with deep learning firm to enrich programmatic bidstream
Magnite integrates Cognitiv's deep learning models into ClearLine on January 6, expanding real-time curation capabilities across premium video inventory and omnichannel campaigns.
