According to the FBI on Wednesday, online scammers and cybercriminals stole a record $16.6 billion last year. The amount, which comes from the FBI's annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report, represents a significant increase over the $12.5 billion recorded...

YouTube wasn't known for the intricate long-form videos that MrBeast and other creators produced twenty years ago. There were no jump cuts, sound effects, or elaborate lighting. On April 23, 2005, "Me at the Zoo," the platform's debut video, was posted on YouTube. It...

Google search ad spending increased by 9% year on year in Q1 2025, according to new statistics from digital marketing agency Tinuiti. Increasing prices, rather than click volume, drove the majority of the growth. Google Search Overall: Google Search spending increased...

In a major judgment, a federal judge decided that Google improperly maintained a monopoly on some of its adtech business, potentially forcing the tech behemoth to divest one of its most valuable divisions and upend the infrastructure that underpins much of the online...

The United States Department of Justice has won an antitrust action against Google, accusing the corporation of maintaining a monopoly in the advertising technology business. The verdict, which is Google's most recent antitrust loss since the Search case, states that...

The ongoing trade battle between the two biggest economies in the world, China and the United States, is making some Americans prefer Chinese products more than they have in the past. President Donald Trump has stated that the goal of his global tariffs is to bring...

According to "deeply disturbing" research, youngsters can easily come across harmful content and engage in unsupervised interactions with adults on the Roblox gaming platform. It happened after parents expressed their grave worries about their kids becoming addicted,...

Once a major player in the digital advertising market in the United States, Temu, a Chinese-owned e-commerce platform, has drastically reduced its presence on Google Shopping. Four different data sources show that the company's social ad spend and its proportion of...

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, posted four words over the weekend on the network he no longer controls: "delete all IP law." Few sentences express a sentiment more succinctly than that. Elon Musk, the current owner of the platform Dorsey established, which...

Nike's marketing team is not resting on any other exciting partnerships as it prepares to introduce a brand-new line of footwear called NikeSkims. The sportswear behemoth revealed an unexpected collaboration with Kool-Aid, claiming that it combines Kool-Aid's "flavor...

The antitrust trial between Meta and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is scheduled to begin on April 14. The complaint revolves around claims that the digital giant unlawfully suppressed competition by purchasing early-stage businesses like WhatsApp and Instagram. In...

Overwolf, a gaming platform, increased its monthly programmatic revenue by 15% year on year between February and March after joining The Trade Desk's supply channel optimization project, OpenPath, in December. The private corporation would not provide more particular...

Paramount Vantage, Paramount's ad-product unit, and Experian have formed a new partnership to supply consumers with highly targeted, data-driven advertising as well as personalized video content. Paramount Vantage will gain audience analytics through Experian's...

This week, the government is being urged to safeguard content from artificial intelligence by hundreds of publishers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Vox Media, the parent company of The Verge. The News/Media Alliance trade...

Samsung Ads, Samsung Electronics' cutting-edge advertising business, has introduced Samsung GameBreaks, a brand-new interactive ad style. Through dynamic, high-performing ad experiences, the new feature gives marketers additional ways to communicate with consumers....

In an effort to facilitate the editing of short-form videos, YouTube is introducing new tools to Shorts. According to YouTube's release, five new tools are "coming this spring." One of these is a redesigned video editor that offers editing capabilities comparable to...

Thanks to cutting-edge tools, data-driven tactics, and novel technology, the digital advertising scene is changing quickly. Because it provides real-time engagement opportunities and precision targeting, digital audio in particular is transforming the way companies...

Google and the game startup Roblox launched a new agreement on Tuesday that will enable advertisers to buy and grow Roblox's immersive ad formats, including Rewarded Video. According to Roblox, this implies that marketers may utilize Google Ad Manager to place their...

Researchers have created a tool that can instantly convert ideas about speech into spoken words. They hope the brain-computer interface will eventually enable those who are mute speak, even if it is still in the experimental stage. The device was tested on a...

With the underlying premise that those eyes are human, web designers and marketers have been considering ways to attract and retain visitors to our websites for the past 25 years. However, what occurs when agentic AI bots clog web traffic? Think about a particular...

Netflix has incorporated support for HDR10 Plus, enabling Samsung TV owners to fully utilize their device's capacity for enhanced clarity and color in streaming. The streaming service currently provides HDR10 Plus via its Premium package, with the format comprising...

INTRODUCTION: WELCOME TO THE SCROLL WARS Alright, here we go—young vs. old, good vs. bad, smart vs. “that uncle who still forwards chain emails.” Social media gets a bad rap. But pause the judgment and set down your personal feelings for a moment. Yes, it’s chaotic....

Many people believe that achieving big goals requires taking massive steps. In reality, success often comes from small, consistent habits. These tiny steps keep us moving forward without overwhelming us, reducing the need to backtrack or make stressful decisions. One...

A new carbon removal factory is starting to extract CO2 from the air and store it permanently in an industrial park in North Las Vegas, close to a trash storage facility and an Amazon warehouse. The first "integrated" plant of its sort in the United States, Project...