LoopMe launched Chartboost Direct on April 9, 2026, giving mobile app publishers direct access to brand demand via three new programmatic deal structures.

Gracenote's 2026 study of 4,003 U.S. users finds AI chatbots gaining ground fast in TV content discovery, but 75% of all users still verify chatbot results.

The Trade Desk faces holdco backlash, Amazon rewires seller billing and streaming pricing, LinkedIn is sued over browser surveillance, and Google's March core update ends.

Google's July 2025 Consent Mode V2 enforcement is wiping attribution data for UK and EEA advertisers - with no warning and no recovery option for lost data.

A new legal paper proposes using computer science algorithms to implement Google's court-ordered data-sharing remedies efficiently and without discrimination.

SISTRIX data shows nytimes.com and theguardian.com as top winners in Google's March 2026 core update, while usnews.com and finance.yahoo.com fell sharply in VI.

Google's Mueller answers whether sites pass on negative signals and says that a lack of helpfulness could cause a link to be ignored.

Google AdSense will auto-activate consent message optimization for EEA publishers on May 7, 2026, unless publishers opt out within the 30-day review window.

Google is doubling down on Data Strength as conversion signals become more critical to bidding, performance, and how campaigns are optimized.

ISM and Catalyst Media Consulting release a framework called Shopper Purchase Rate that replaces digital attribution with product movement metrics for in-store retail media.

LiveRamp and Akkio partnered on April 7, 2026, to embed Akkio's AI chat engine into LiveRamp's measurement reports, enabling natural-language data queries for marketers.

AI Digital relaunched its Elevate platform on April 7, 2026, offering agencies a vendor-neutral AI intelligence layer across 12+ DSPs and 15+ data partners.

Google's March core update finished rolling out. A Search Console bug inflated impressions for nearly a year. Pichai warns AI will break software security.

See what Sundar Pichai reveals about agentic search, AI workflows, and why 2027 could mark a major shift in how we use technology.

xAI filed a federal lawsuit today against Colorado to block SB24-205, an AI bias law set to take effect June 30, 2026, asserting First Amendment violations.

Google today announced upcoming Display & Video 360 updates adding campaign-level reach overlap dimensions and instant access to Inventory Availability reports, estimated for April 2026.

Joybuy entered EU Google Shopping in March 2026, outranking rivals faster than Temu did. Meanwhile, smec data shows Shopping CPC up 10% YoY and conversions crashing.

Spotify today announced new video controls rolling out globally, letting Premium, Basic, and free-tier users toggle Canvas visuals and podcast videos through Settings.

YouTube Premium raises US prices by up to $4/month in April 2026, with the individual plan climbing to $15.99 and the family plan reaching $26.99 monthly.

Tracer and Code3 unified media, sales, and financial data into one system, slashing reporting hours by 40% and accelerating billing workflows by over 300%.