Why modern search now spans AI retrieval, brand protection, UX, and zero-click discovery.

A Reuters Institute survey finds publishers expect search traffic to drop over 40% in three years as AI answer engines expand.

Brussels published redacted version of €2.95 billion antitrust decision on January 14, 2026, while market testing behavioral remedies Google proposed in November.

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Meta launched User True Interest Survey model on Jan 14, integrating direct feedback to improve Facebook Reels recommendations beyond watch time and likes metrics.

Infillion and Yobi today announced partnership bringing Performance Max-style AI optimization to independent advertisers through privacy-first behavioral intelligence.

Google today expanded campaign total budgets to Search, Performance Max and Shopping campaigns globally in open beta, letting advertisers set fixed spending limits for 3 to 90 days.

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement and WFA today launched a strategic review examining competing approaches across Europe as advertisers demand unified metrics.

Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal questions why websites exist when AI chatbots handle information better, sparking debate about digital publishing's future.

Industry founder challenges Interactive Advertising Bureau to address existential revenue crisis facing digital media companies amid AI traffic collapse

Audioboom reports 54% profit growth to $5.1M with record Q4 revenue while launching Spotify partnership to close video podcast monetization gap between $71 audio RPM and sub-$35 video rates.

Account-level placement exclusions consolidate brand safety controls across Performance Max, Demand Gen, YouTube and Display in a single Google Ads setting.

Meta today banned general-purpose AI chatbots from WhatsApp's Business API while keeping its own Meta AI as the sole assistant on the 3 billion-user platform.

A vulnerability in the AIOSEO plugin affecting up to 3 million installations adds to the six vulnerabilities found in 2025.

A study of 50,807 German health queries finds Google AI Overviews cite YouTube most, as Google pulls some health summaries after a Guardian report.

Four major AI systems leak full copyrighted texts including Harry Potter despite safety measures designed to prevent memorization and reproduction of training data.

Microsoft ends GitHub's seven-year independence as CEO Thomas Dohmke resigns. The $7.5B acquisition joins CoreAI amid AI coding competition.

WordPress membership plugin vulnerability exposing sensitive Stripe payment data affects up to 10,000 websites.

Discover 10 remarketing lists PPC managers can use to reduce wasted spend, prioritize high-intent users, and improve campaign performance.

CNIL publishes final recommendations on cross-device consent for cookies and trackers, establishing new requirements for authenticated environments.

IAB launches first AI Transparency Framework requiring disclosure for synthetic humans and digital twins as new research shows 37-point gap between advertiser assumptions and consumer sentiment toward AI advertising.