Political ads about data centers on Facebook and Instagram have turned increasingly critical, with 57% opposed and just 3% ...

Viewers used to try to avoid ads at all costs, but lately they've become more open to them to avoid rising streaming costs. This is definitely what you’d call a full-circle moment. Fifteen years ago, ...

If a dystopic voice asking you “to fulfill your mission” of rounding up undocumented immigrants has snuck its way onto your streaming airwaves, you’re far from the only one. The new advertising push, ...

Many people may be struggling with issues such as "ads not disappearing," "YouTube ads still appearing," or "ads not being ...

Reports of sexually explicit ads appearing on YouTube have gone up significantly, with users getting increasingly concerned about the platform’s content moderation efforts. A new incident shared on ...

This article first appeared in the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist. Pharmaceutical ads in the United States are annoying. Absurd. And almost uniquely American. In fact, only one other high-income ...

Marketing executives have spent decades perfecting ways to measure advertising effectiveness. Brand recall studies, aided awareness surveys, and post-campaign research all ask variations of the same ...

For years, Windows users have complained about “ads” touting Microsoft services, showing up in various places. Now the alarm bells should be seriously ringing: Microsoft has publicly disclosed plans ...

Amazon is starting to plug ads into generative AI. Sponsored ads—Amazon’s core search ad format—could start appearing in placements for Rufus, according to Amazon Ads’ product releases for September.

Ads in Microsoft Windows’ Start menu are nothing new, and it’s no surprise that they’re coming to Windows 11. Microsoft has been testing ads in beta releases, and this week the update that places ...

Microsoft has rolled out a new way to further mismanage the Windows 11 Start menu: displaying ads in the form of recommended apps. The ads are part of the KB5036980 update that rolled out to Windows ...

In an email to developers this week, Apple indicated that it will begin showing additional ads in App Store search results starting Tuesday, March 3. The extra ads will first appear in the App Store ...