Basis and Mediaocean integrate Protected on April 14, 2026, bringing AI-driven brand safety, attention, and quality verification into live campaign activation.

Amazon acquires Globalstar, adding direct-to-device satellite coverage to Amazon Leo and absorbing Apple's Emergency SOS satellite infrastructure globally.

Google is updating AI Mode in Chrome with side-by-side page viewing and a plus menu for adding tabs, images, and files as context.

Fastly Ad Tag Gateway launched April 8 with Google, routing tags through first-party domains and claiming 14% signal uplift for advertisers on Fastly's CDN.

Google reversed its 2022 Looker Studio rebrand on April 11, 2026, restoring the Data Studio name and expanding the platform with BigQuery agents and Colab apps.

Google updated AI Mode in Chrome on April 16, 2026, to open publisher links side-by-side instead of replacing the AI interface, changing how users navigate.

Illinois SB3444 would shield frontier AI from liability in mass casualty or billion-dollar damage events. OpenAI supports the bill while Anthropic opposes it.

Netflix yesterday reported $12.25B in Q1 2026 revenue, up 16% year over year, with ad revenue on track to double and 4,000+ advertisers now active on the platform.

Struggling to earn LLM citations without a playbook? Discover 10 expert-backed strategies to boost AI visibility and long-term brand impact.

On April 14, IAB Europe hosted a two-hour live showcase of agentic AI with demos from PubMatic, Human Security, and Plan.Net Studios for European ad teams.

IAB Spain today published the first technical guide on supply-side platforms in Spain, revealing only 41% of programmatic ad spend meets quality standards.

Germany's BVDW today released an 8-page guide on EU TTPW political advertising compliance, focused on insertion-order campaigns and a 6-phase process matrix.

ChatGPT ad CPMs have dropped from $60 to as low as $25 in just nine weeks, as OpenAI cuts its minimum spend threshold from $250,000 to $50,000 for the pilot.

Netflix Q1 2026 results beat forecasts, but the Nielsen Gauge methodology row is reshaping how investors and ad buyers price streaming vs linear television.

IAB Europe's retail media change management guide covers strategic, operational, and cultural shifts to build scalable omnichannel advertising capabilities.

MIT Technology Review and Usercentrics map how consent design, AI governance, and first-party data quality are reshaping digital marketing strategies in 2026.

Google’s product data push goes beyond Shopping ads. Learn why feed optimization now matters for AI search, free listings, YouTube, and retail visibility.

Google targets back button hijacking as a spam violation, says spam reports may trigger manual actions, and expands agentic restaurant booking to more markets.

YouTube retires viewer Clips and rolls out timestamp sharing to mobile apps, while expanding Video Clips in Studio and planning a Shorts integration for 2026.

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