Google Loses Key Legal Battle in Massive Canadian Advertising Antitrust Case
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - The Competition Tribunal just shut down Google’s attempt to use a constitutional challenge to block a major antitrust case here in Canada. The ruling, handed down on March 4, 2026, basically says Google’s claim that its rights were violated doesn’t hold w…
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Facebook is down, interrupting your poking and Meta's ads business
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Go outside and smell some flowers Meta’s flagship service, Facebook, is experiencing an outage.…
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London-Based Onetag Onetag Acquires Italian AdTech Firm Aryel
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Onetag, a provider of global programmatic advertising and smart curation solutions, has acquired Milan-based Aryel, a specialist in immersive and interactive advertising technology. The acquisition positions Onetag to further its growth as a …
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X lifts cryptocurrency and gambling bans for paid promotions
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - X removed cryptocurrency from its list of prohibited industries for paid promotions, reversing a ban in place since June 2024. The policy shift also lifted restrictions on gambling promotions while adding pharmaceuticals, tobacco, weapons, and weight loss…
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Meta Sues Advertisers Over Alleged Celebrity Impersonation Scams
PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta is suing advertisers who have allegedly impersonated celebrities to defraud consumers. The tech giant announced Thursday (Feb. 26) that it had taken “technical enforcement actions” against the accused scammers, such as suspending their payment method…
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YouTube Premium Lite Gets Better With Background Play and Offline Downloads
Laurent Giret / thurrott - YouTube is improving its $7.99/month Premium Lite plan with two new perks, background play and offline downloads.The post YouTube Premium Lite Gets Better With Background Play and Offline Downloads appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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Flexible agentic marketing startup Kana Intelligence scores $15M in seed funding
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Marketing professionals have a mountain of artificial intelligence tools to choose from, but the founders of a new startup called Kana Intelligence Inc. believe there’s still an urgent need for a platform that can adapt to user’s needs. The company today …
- Agentic sales AI emerges: startups turn calls into revenue signals (4)
- Industry adoption: private equity embeds AI to streamline operations (1)
- Kana seed raise: founders launch agentic marketing platform with $15M (3)
- Vertical AI agents for revenue: hotels and SMB marketing adoption (5)
Agentic sales AI emerges: startups turn calls into revenue signals
Industry adoption: private equity embeds AI to streamline operations
Kana seed raise: founders launch agentic marketing platform with $15M
Vertical AI agents for revenue: hotels and SMB marketing adoption
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Perplexity Abandons AI Advertising Strategy Over Trust Worries
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - AI company Perplexity is stepping away from advertising over concerns that it will erode user trust, despite moves by rivals to introduce ads as an alternative money-making strategy.Perplexity was one of the first AI services to embrace ads in 2024, after…
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Apple Launches Apple Music Connect With New Pitch and Marketing Tools
iclarified - Apple has officially launched Apple Music Connect, a new portal described as the home for direct music delivery partners. The platform launches first with a suite of marketing tools that let labels and distributors pitch upcoming releases to Apple's globa…
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Snapchat Debuts Subscriptions to Bolster Creator Revenue
PYMNTS / pymnts - Snapchat is introducing a subscription program to help creators boost revenues. Creator Subscription will launch in alpha testing Feb. 23 with a select group of creators in the U.S., the social media platform announced Tuesday (Feb. 17), adding that there…
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Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot
ft - OpenAI is rolling out advertising on ChatGPT to select users. Experts say others will almost certainly follow suit
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Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership Following Public Boycott
bgr - Ring ended a controversial partnership that would have sent customer data to Flock Safety, a move that coincides with the start of a consumer boycott.
- Analysis: Ring’s split with Flock won’t fix systemic issues (1)
- On the ground: Ring cancels Flock after privacy boycott (4)
- Police: Flock shared access with federal agencies, sparking furor (1)
- Reporter: Super Bowl ad fuels dystopian privacy outrage (3)
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Pinterest (PINS) Stock Plunges 18% on Disappointing Revenue Forecast
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Pinterest shares dropped 18% after-hours following Q1 revenue guidance of $951M-$971M, below analyst expectations of $980.1M Tariff-hit retailers are cutting advertising budgets across the platform to protect profit margins from trade pressures Q4 re…
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Amazon's Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash
cnbc - Ring's decision to cancel its partnership with Flock comes as tech companies face growing pressure to reexamine their work with federal agencies.
- Partnership cancellation: Ring calls off Flock integration (12)
- Surveillance implications: ICE, law enforcement access, AI concerns (4)
- User backlash: returns, disconnects, and device destruction (3)
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Partnership cancellation: Ring calls off Flock integration
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Anthropic Donates $20 Million to Counter OpenAI-Backed Super PACs in 2026 Midterms
Maria Garcia / implicator - Anthropic puts $20 million behind a pro-regulation super PAC, setting up a direct clash with OpenAI-backed political groups ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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OpenAI researcher quits over slippery slope of ChatGPT ads
James Farrell / siliconangle - OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig says she left her position on Monday, resigning over the recent introduction of advertisements inside ChatGPT and what she believes is a move in the wrong direction for the company. In a guest essay in The New York Times title…
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AI.com sells for $70 million in record-breaking domain deal
Wayne Williams / betanews - AI.com has been sold for $70 million, setting a new record for domain name transactions. The sale more than doubles the previous $30 million benchmark and reflects the growing value placed on short, category-defining internet addresses tied to artificial …
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ChatGPT Rolls Out Ads, Just Hours After Anthropic's Mocking Super Bowl Commercials
Jose Antonio Lanz / decrypt - OpenAI started testing ads in ChatGPT on Monday, hours after Anthropic's Super Bowl commercials mocked the idea. The $8 billion loss explains why.
- Anthropic Super Bowl ad rivalry (4)
- ChatGPT ad rollout details (23)
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OpenAI’s supposedly ‘leaked’ Super Bowl ad with ear buds and a shiny orb was a hoax
Richard Lawler / theverge - As if OpenAI didn't have enough drama around the Super Bowl and advertising, as the game wound down, word spread of a "leaked" ad that actually wasn't leaked at all; it was just a fake. Screenshots of a now-deleted Reddit thread told the tale of a frustra…
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Anthropic’s Hilarious Super Bowl Ad Champions Ad-Free Claude Against ChatGPT
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Anthropic has unveiled its first Super Bowl campaign positioning Claude as the ad-free alternative to ChatGPT, challenging OpenAI's advertising strategy with provocative messaging.The post Anthropic’s Hilarious Super Bowl Ad Champions Ad-Free Claude Again…
- Anthropic's ad‐free Super Bowl spectacle targets ad‐ridden competition (8)
- Market impact evident: SaaS panic meets Indian IT sell‐off (1)
- OpenAI rivalry intensifies as Altman counters Anthropic ads (9)
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Anthropic's ad‐free Super Bowl spectacle targets ad‐ridden competition
Market impact evident: SaaS panic meets Indian IT sell‐off
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