Google Merchant Center adds AI performance insights for AI Mode, AI Overviews, and the Gemini app, covering share of voice and funnel data across five markets.

Google Search profiles require 100K followers, but researchers found active profiles that predate those requirements, raising questions about the beta rollout.

When an AI agent arrives with the user's financial data already loaded, your page competes against their private context. That's the new terrain.

Google is beginning to let websites opt out of AI search, but the click data needed to make that decision isn't available yet.

Microsoft ships a Bing AI toggle for Chrome and Edge, letting users disable AI summaries in one click. The preview also sets Bing as the default search engine.

What actually works when trying to disable AI on 10 search engines: Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Ecosia, Qwant, Startpage, Kagi, Perplexity, and Yahoo.

AudioGo rebuilt its reporting dashboard on May 27 with custom reports, drag-and-drop metrics, scheduled delivery, and smarter filters for audio ad campaigns.

YouTube demonetized Bernth's 170K guitar channel over a lost address verification letter, exposing the fragility of creator income tied to a single platform.

Amazon Japan started shipping packages on Shinkansen bullet trains in March 2026, using non-passenger space on three routes to cut CO2 and speed deliveries.

Brave Origin launched June 4 with a $59.99 one-time fee, removing Leo AI, Rewards, VPN, and Tor while preserving Brave Shields across desktop and Android now.

AdPlayer.Pro hits 551M daily ad requests, reaches 10,000 peak RPS, and adds vertical video plus Interstitial Video Ads 2.0 across all outstream ad formats.

Microsoft Advertising emails advertisers about September 2 UTM auto-tagging changes that separate Search, Audience, Shopping, and Performance Max in analytics.

Google Ads banned prediction market advertising in Ohio on June 2, 2026, as state gambling regulators challenge federal CFTC jurisdiction over event contracts.

Google clarified on June 3 how Demand Gen and Discovery campaigns handle sensitive interest categories and restricted targeting in personalized advertising.

OpenAI activates cost-per-action bidding in ChatGPT, DoorDash reaches 400,000 advertisers, and Liftoff's IPO prices at $437 million this June.

Microsoft Advertising lifts crypto exchange ban on Audience Network globally in May 2026, ending a four-year restriction that confined crypto brands to search.

Mozilla's Claude Mythos harness found 271 Firefox bugs in one release - 180 rated sec-high - exposing flaws that 20 years of fuzzing and manual review missed.

Google has quietly placed GA4 Measurement Protocol in maintenance mode. No future enhancements are planned, and the Data Manager API is now the designated path.

Meta activated scam pop-ups and expanded player protections for FIFA World Cup 2026, using Visa intelligence to dismantle fake gambling sites targeting fans.

Bots now read 57% of the web. This week's news — ChatGPT ads, GA4 changes, Roblox under-13, Liftoff's IPO, Bing toggles, Spielberg's cinema bet — all make more sense through that lens.