Viant Technology closes its $40M TVision acquisition, embedding second-by-second attention signals directly into CTV campaign planning, buying, and measurement.

Shopify analyzed Core Web Vitals across its entire merchant base and found measurable, consistent links between store load speed and purchase conversion rates.

Ask.com shut down on May 1, 2026, after nearly 30 years. IAC exited its search business as AI-powered rivals reshaped the question-and-answer engine market.

Edison Research Q1 2026: 13-34 year-olds spend 4h 30m daily with audio, leading all US age groups, as Share of Ear data reveals a widening generational divide.

Google Merchant Center's RAAP and regional shipping tools let merchants control pricing, stock, and delivery costs by postal code and state across shopping ads.

Disney Q2 FY26: D'Amaro's debut earnings beat forecasts as streaming SVOD income surged 88%, ad revenue rose 12%, and Disney stock jumped 5.49% pre-market.

A class action accusing Perplexity of routing AI chat data to Meta and Google was voluntarily dismissed on May 1, 2026, leaving core privacy claims unresolved.

Magnite Q1 2026 earnings: CTV contribution ex-TAC rises 30% to $82.3M, crossing 51% of total revenue as streaming programmatic ad spend accelerates sharply.

Snap Inc. today posted Q1 2026 revenue of $1.53 billion, up 12% year-over-year, with daily active users recovering and AI ad products showing measurable gains.

FuboTV posts record $1.574B global revenue in Q2 fiscal 2026, narrows net loss to $6.2M, and advances Disney cross-selling integrations as subscriber count dips.

Microsoft's Bing team published a framework describing how grounding for AI-generated answers differs from traditional search across five measurement areas.

Google addressed growing concerns around repetitive AI-generated ads, advertiser controls, and how brands can maintain differentiation at scale.

The UK ad market grew 6.4% to £46.7bn in 2025, but the headline figure masks a stark shift: two of every three pounds now flows to Google, Meta, and Amazon.

IAB Australia's sixth video ad survey maps a $5.4bn market growing at 19.8% while agency buyers flag fragmented measurement as the top barrier to optimisation.

Ipsos iris and IAB Australia's March 2026 Digital Landscape Report maps 22.66M online Australians, their devices, and streaming habits across all age groups.

A small business coalition heads to Capitol Hill May 12-13, backed by polling showing 94% of voters say digital tools are vital for small business survival.

Google yesterday rolled out five new linking features across AI Mode and AI Overviews, including subscription highlights, inline links, and first-hand perspectives.

Google Chrome silently downloads a 4 GB Gemini Nano model without consent, raising GDPR and ePrivacy breaches across hundreds of millions of devices worldwide.

Microsoft's Bing team published a technical post on May 6, 2026, explaining how indexing for AI grounding differs fundamentally from traditional web search.

ChatGPT ads go self-serve, purchase audience retention expands, and Meta advertisers face a rise in partner request scams.

Google's John Mueller answers if Preferred Sources overrides other ranking signals. Could it be a "trust button" signal?