W3C finally opened a Shenzhen Representative Office after 20 years operating in China - what this means for Greater Bay Area and global open web standards.

Amazon's MMM API moved to GA in May 2026, enabling programmatic access to advertising and retail signals across 14 countries for brands running MMM solutions.

The shift from website as destination to source means your message must survive extraction, summarization, and reuse across AI interfaces.

Germany's DSA coordinator converted just 1.3% of 2,033 complaints into proceedings and issued zero fines in 2025, its first full year enforcing the regulation.

Zeta's agency channel grew sharply in Q1 2026, with holdco brand count up 50% and a new independent deal jumping from zero to eight figures in one quarter.

Google is replacing Assistant with Gemini in cars with Google built-in, starting in the US in English with a software update for existing and new vehicles.

Google launched AI Max for Shopping campaigns on April 30, 2026, adding text customization, final URL expansion, and format selection to standard Shopping ads.

The introduction of the new creative workflow coincides with the elimination of Flexible Format. Advertisers won't miss it.

Google launched AI Brief on April 30, a Gemini-powered interface inside AI Max that lets advertisers set messaging, matching and audience rules in plain text.

Google is consolidating hotel, flight, and travel formats into standard Search campaigns, ending a fragmented multi-campaign structure for travel advertisers.

Google is testing a Partners control inside Performance Max that lets advertisers choose the Search Partner Network and Google Display Network independently.

Google is testing an AI label on mobile search ads and has expanded sponsored placements into product grids and the related products section of search results.

Proton analyzed 54,000 demographic profiles using 2025 ad auction data to reveal how much advertisers pay to reach different types of Americans via Google.

CTV measurement gaps, AI buying tools, and SMB access debated at IAB Europe's Virtual Programmatic Day 2026 by leaders from Google, Amazon, Publicis, Magnite.

Google will require pickup cost and minimum order value for in-store pickup products in the UK, Switzerland, and all EEA countries starting September 2026.

SiriusXM posts Q1 2026 net income of $245M, up 20%, as podcast ads jump 37% and a new YouTube audio deal promises to reach 255 million monthly listeners in fall.

Acast hired two video specialists and upgraded studios in Stockholm and Oslo on April 30, 2026, rolling out Apple Podcasts HLS video distribution in Sweden.

Amazon's 2025 Small Business Empowerment Report shows a record 75,000-plus sellers surpassing $1M in annual sales, driven by AI tools and FBA logistics tools.

USA TODAY Co. Q1 2026: AI licensing with Meta and Microsoft plus digital subscriptions push adjusted EBITDA up 45% and revenue to best trend in four years.

IAB Tech Lab finalizes ECAPI 1.0, a universal server-side conversion standard backed by Meta, Google, Walmart, TikTok, and Roku to end fragmented CAPI setups.