X Pushes Transparency as a Selling Point for Advertisers
X is continuing to promote its efforts to improve transparency and advertiser confidence ahead of next week’s Brand…
Homebrew Says It Warned Google About Malware Ads for Years
The project leader of Homebrew, the popular Mac software installation tool, is calling out Google following revelations that…
MNTN Reports Weak Q3, Replaces CEO
This is a bumpy MNTN. The CTV adtech company reported Q3 earnings yesterday, and, unfortunately, it was a…
AppLovin Reports Record Q3, Expands Into CTV
The market is lovin’ AppLovin. The mobile adtech company announced record revenue today in its Q3 earnings report,…
Malicious Ad Triggered Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack
A malicious search ad appears to have helped trigger Binance’s $6.3 billion hack, which is currently (and dubiously)…
ChatGPT Search Volume is Already 20% of Google’s
Rough day for Google. ChatGPT’s volume of “search-like queries” is now about 20% of Google’s search volume, according…
X Brings Back Twitter Exec as Head of Safety
X is bringing back a familiar face to lead its safety efforts: a Twitter veteran. Michael O’Herlihy, who…
Perion Agrees to Sale to Affle
Another adtech company is being sold. Perion announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement…
Q3 Earnings: Meta and Reddit Grow as Stocks Slide
Q3 earnings are starting to come in, and the advertising industry’s biggest tech players had very different quarters.…
X Rolls Out Lead Gen Ads to All Advertisers
X continues to build out its performance cred. The Elon Musk-owned social network announced today that its Lead…
DoorDash to Buy Instacart, Combining Retail Media Businesses
Call it DealDash? Or maybe InstaCash? Anyway, as was rumored earlier in the week, DoorDash has announced it…
Are AI Companies Blocking Users From Removing Smart TV Ads?
After a viral trend showed people using AI coding agents to remove ads and bloatware from smart TVs,…