Google is testing a new design for ads at the bottom of AI Mode responses, replacing the grey background with a white background and black border.

Teens aged 15 to 17 lose profiling-based ads, feeds and live streams; existing users face e-Government age tokens by March 31, 2027. What do platforms change?

Supplier, household and tax effects make up 93% of the total in a model covering 79 countries. What does the company-paid study count, and what does it omit?

Org admin, user admin and billing admin roles can now be granted to groups by API, yet no listed method deletes a role binding. Which gaps remain in the alpha?

Katsur calls the open-source Rust edge proxy production ready, yet its GitHub repo lists zero releases. Can server-side auctions route around Apple's blocklist?

Four YouTube third-party vendor columns in DV360 line item files now hold reporting IDs and multiple vendors. What breaks for files and scripts built on v10?

Davang Shah's post leans on Meltwater, Semrush and Forrester figures, several without visible sourcing. Who gains if B2B brands publish their views on LinkedIn?

Patient codes that followed people for years, with records back to 2001, sank IQVIA's anonymity claim. Does the SRB ruling still shield pseudonymised data?

Sixteen terms, four groups of four. A gentle start to the week across search, privacy and platform history, with two tiles that look at home in two places.

Turkey will require state-issued age tokens and bar under-15s from social media from November 1, as Apple, Anthropic and an AI sandbox face questions of proof.

Surveyed US firms average 183 AI tools, yet only 15% of AI investment works as one system. What happens to brands when CEOs, CTOs and CMOs each claim the fix?

Indonesian publishers heard Traffic Cop runs 100-plus checks per visitor but skips mobile apps. How far does a vendor's claimed access to Google's team go?

Effective the day it was posted, October 7, the ban hits CFTC-certified exchanges and brokers. Why the main policy page still left the state off days later.

CNJSA-authorized lotteries become the 8th product Colombian operators can certify, and a Google application is still required. Does the Coljuegos rule apply?

Santosh Janardhan cites 6.5GW of nuclear power contracted through 2035 in a video Meta paid for. How do his figures compare with Meta's own public disclosures?

Government puts savings at £40 a year per car-owning household, and Waze carries the same feed. Where does that leave the UK's fuel price comparison websites?

Fuel Finder is the UK's statutory open data scheme requiring forecourts to report pump price changes within 30 minutes, feeding Google Maps, Waze and apps.

Open data is information anyone can access, use, modify and share for any purpose, published under an open licence in machine-readable form free of charge.

The local pack is the map and three business listings Google shows for searches with local intent. How it is assembled, ranked and sold, and why it is disputed.

Inference is the stage where a trained AI model is run to produce an output. How it works, why it now drives AI spending, and where it sits inside ad auctions.