A look at the Model Context Protocol and how it went from a passion project from two Anthropic employees to an industry standard managed by the Linux Foundation
Over the past 18 months, the largest AI companies in the world have quietly settled on an approach to building the next generation …
A survey of 900 US Google users: of ~69K searches, 18% gave AI Overviews; of those, users clicked a link 8% of the time, compared to 15% with no AI summary
Last year, Google introduced “AI Overviews,” a feature that displays an artificial intelligence-generated result summary at the top of many Google search pages.
The UK ICO criticizes Google as “irresponsible” after the company announced plans to let advertisers employ fingerprinting techniques from February 16, 2025
ICO says allowing advertisers to track digital ‘fingerprints’ will undermine consumers' control over information
Amazon reports Q1 ad revenue up 24% YoY to $11.8B, vs. $11.7B est., driven by the growth of its Stores and Prime Video businesses
Amazon reports Q1 revenue up 13% YoY to $143.3B, a $10.4B net income, vs. $3.2B YoY, $15.3B operating income, vs. $4.8B YoY, subscription sales up 11% to $10.7B
but fails to deliver dividend Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times : Amazon cloud sales growth accelerates as group prepares for more AI spending Larry Dignan / Constellation Research...
The European Data Protection Board says large online platforms like Meta should give users an option to use their services for free without behavioral ads
Meta Platforms (META.O) and other large online platforms should give users an option to use their services for free without targeted advertising …
Q&A with Dina Srinivasan, author of The Antitrust Case Against Facebook, on Meta and Google's ad duopoly, the US antitrust cases, concerns about Apple, and more
Patrick McGee / Financial Times : LinkedIn: Patrick McGee . Tweets: @rasmus_kleis , @simonjharris , @anshublog , @paultang , @patrickmcgee_ , @spignal , and @dinasrinivasan Linked...
Google delays phasing out third-party cookies in Chrome to H2 2024, after deferring the plan from 2022 to 2023, citing the need for more Privacy Sandbox tests
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
An in-depth look at Privacy Sandbox for Android: a two-year transition with ad industry input, a marked change from Apple's ATT, which had little external input
plans to bring a Privacy Sandbox effort to Android. Google's — original Privacy Sandbox
An in-depth look at Privacy Sandbox for Android: a two-year transition with ad industry input, a marked change from Apple's ATT, which had little external input
plans to bring a Privacy Sandbox effort to Android. Google's — original Privacy Sandbox
Google plans to bring Privacy Sandbox to Android, preserving its Ad ID system for two years, and says it'll be less disruptive than ATT for advertisers and devs
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times :
Google plans to bring Privacy Sandbox to Android, preserving its Ad ID system for two years, and says it'll be less disruptive than ATT for advertisers and devs
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times :
Google plans to bring Privacy Sandbox to Android, preserving its Ad ID system for two years, and says it'll be less disruptive than ATT for advertisers and devs
It says it will give other companies plenty of time to adapt to changes to its Android software. Similar changes made by Apple affected big internet companies.
Google plans to bring Privacy Sandbox to Android, preserving its Ad ID system for two years, and says it'll be less disruptive than ATT for advertisers and devs
It says it will give other companies plenty of time to adapt to changes to its Android software. Similar changes made by Apple affected big internet companies.
The UK's CMA issues an interim report voicing concerns over Apple and Google's “vice-like grip” on the mobile ecosystem, hinting at future antitrust action
The UK's antitrust watchdog has given the clearest signal yet that interventions under an upcoming reform … Source: GOV.UK and GOV.UK .
The UK's CMA issues an interim report voicing concerns over Apple and Google's “vice-like grip” on the mobile ecosystem, hinting at future antitrust action
The UK's antitrust watchdog has given the clearest signal yet that interventions under an upcoming reform … Source: GOV.UK and GOV.UK .
The UK's CMA issues an interim report voicing concerns over Apple and Google's “vice-like grip” on the mobile ecosystem, hinting at future antitrust action
The UK's antitrust watchdog has given the clearest signal yet that interventions under an upcoming reform … Source: GOV.UK and GOV.UK .
The UK's CMA issues an interim report voicing concerns over Apple and Google's “vice-like grip” on the mobile ecosystem, hinting at future antitrust action
The UK's antitrust watchdog has given the clearest signal yet that interventions under an upcoming reform … Source: GOV.UK and GOV.UK .
UK's competition watchdog says it is investigating Google's proposals to remove third-party cookies from Chrome over concerns it could curb rival advertising
(Reuters) - UK's competition watchdog said on Friday it has launched an investigation into Google's proposals to remove third-party cookies …
Google updates its “Why this ad” feature, now “About this ad”, to show verified names of advertisers and is testing “trust tokens” to replace 3rd-party cookies
Mike Schulman / The Keyword : Tweets: @simonjharris Tweets: @simonjharris : 1/4 Google dropped a significant update on their privacy efforts a moment ago. The 1st annoucnement is ...