HBO Max will debut an ad-supported tier in June

Posted on 12/03/2021 by Engadget

AT&T previously noted that it would expand HBO Max to more countries in June. As it turns out, that’ll be an eventful month for the streaming service in the US as well. The company plans to roll out an ad-supported version in the country in June....

Facebook is testing sticker ads in Stories

Posted on 11/03/2021 by Engadget

Facebook is offering creators more options to make money from their audiences. One method it’s testing is a way to make bank from Stories. Some creators will be able to plug ads that look similar to stickers into their Stories and they'll get a c...

T-Mobile will start automatically enrolling customers in an ad targeting program

Posted on 09/03/2021 by Engadget

If you’re a T-Mobile subscriber, you’ll soon be automatically enrolled in a program that will see your online and device usage data sold to advertisers. In a privacy policy update spotted by The Wall Street Journal, the carrier said it would start sh...

Twitch won’t air any more of Amazon’s anti-union ads

Posted on 25/02/2021 by Engadget

Ahead of March 29th, Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama have an important decision to make. They need to decide whether to unionize. And as you can imagine, the company they work for is doing everything in its power to convince them to vot...

Facebook will let researchers study its election ad targeting data

Posted on 25/01/2021 by Engadget

Facebook is attempting to increase transparency around ads that ran in the lead up to November’s US elections. Starting on February 1st, researchers will have access to targeting data on more than 1.3 million social issues, electoral and political ad...

Facebook and Google allegedly cut a deal that reduced ad competition

Posted on 17/01/2021 by Engadget

The antitrust cases against Facebook and Google might have some additional fuel. The New York Times says it has obtained documents from Texas’ antitrust lawsuit elaborating on a “sweetheart deal” (first mentioned by the Wall Street Journal) Google ga...

Facebook temporarily bans ads for gun accessories and military gear

Posted on 16/01/2021 by Engadget

Facebook is continuing its crackdown on potential domestic terrorism at President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. The social network told BuzzFeed News that it was temporarily banning US ads for gun accessories and military gear, such as holsters and...

Google is again halting all political ads following Capitol Hill riots

Posted on 13/01/2021 by Engadget

For the second time in the space of a few months, Google is suspending political advertising. As of January 14th, the company expanding enforcement of its its sensitive event policy. It’s also putting a hold on ads that reference impeachment, Preside...

Telegram channels will start getting ads next year

Posted on 23/12/2020 by Engadget

Nearly eight years after its initial launch and with almost 500 million users to its name, encrypted chat app Telegram finds itself at an inflection point: it either needs to monetize its platform or find a buyer. In a post over on his Telegram chann...

Texas announces a multi-state antitrust suit against Google

Posted on 16/12/2020 by Engadget

Texas has kicked off the latest in a slew of legal actions against major tech companies. The state's attorney general, Ken Paxton, said Texas is filing a "multi-state lawsuit against Google for anti-competitive conduct, exclusionary practices and dec...

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