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Last updated: 30 July 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
OpenAI can generate ChatGPT Ads for you
OpenAI rolled out a new feature to let ChatGPT Ads generate ads for you – I suspect using AI. The feature is available under the “Add new ad” option,…
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ChatGPT commands 92% of AI referral traffic. Here’s what 6.77 million sessions reveal.
Twelve months ago, the industry was betting on which AI platform would win discovery. Perplexity looked like the search-native challenger. Copilot…
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Build An OKF Brain Like Mine!
Build your own AI-ready knowledge system with insights from Marie Haynes on using Google’s Open Knowledge Format for search and automation.
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AI Content Didn’t Stop Working, Your Metrics Did
Declining organic traffic doesn't always signal failing content. Here's how to measure influence when AI search disrupts traditional SEO metrics.
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Dentsu strikes Meta deal to build plumbing for mass influencer activation
Major advertisers marshal increasingly large hosts of influencers to support their marketing goals. But many lack the necessary internal scaffolding…
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Ad Tech Briefing: Corporate America finally buys into soccer as a mainstream sport; shadier elements of the ad industry are obliging
The FIFA World Cup 2026, co-hosted across North America for the first time, has spelled out what some in U.S. media circles have known for some time:…
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‘Brands recognize the cultural dominance of podcasts’: global podcaster Mel Robbins talks AI, ad budgets and audience ownership
Mel Robbins is one of the world’s most listened-to podcasters, and the woman behind the “Let Them” theory — the simple idea about relinquishing…
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Dollar Shave Club’s bet: AI makes agencies optional, not obsolete
Dollar Shave Club already makes 90% of its advertising in-house. Its new brand boss wants AI to close the rest of the gap. “We are 90% in-house,”…
Read on our siteX rolls out updated video editor, including green screen recording
The company also launched multi-language captioning as part of a wider feature rollout.
Read on our siteFacebook tests view count display for posts
Meta already offers this metric on Instagram and Threads, and the company has repeatedly said this information offers a more accurate understanding…
Read on our siteWhatsApp adds green dot live status indicators
The feature replaces a previous text label and is available in iOS and Android.
Read on our siteReddit reports more than 23 million daily spam views
The platform’s updated artificial intelligence systems are preventing about 25,000 spam posts and comments each day.
Read on our siteReddit reports more than 23M daily spam views
The platform’s updated artificial intelligence systems are preventing about 25,000 spam posts and comments each day.
Read on our siteYouTube expands access to supervised kid accounts
The platform has extended its parental oversight for younger children to the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey.
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The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine
Forterra has deployed more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs in conflict zones in Ukraine.
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The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human
An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose…
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US investors will soon get access to SK Hynix, another memory maker riding the AI boom
SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multibillion-dollar U.S. IPO, expected to take place on Friday.
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Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents
"The reality is, when you're optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance," Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunch.
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You can now customize Siri’s pace and expressivity in the latest iOS 27 beta
The update is part of Apple's broader effort to make Siri feel more natural and personal, as it rebuilds the assistant around generative AI.
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Every major tech layoff in 2026 that has name-checked AI
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated…
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If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.
Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your data, including media such as…
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Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales
Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing…
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Reddit is using LLMs to solve a problem LLMs largely created
In the AI era, platforms have no choice but to fight fire with fire to cull spam.
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Station F ramps up as a launchpad for Europe’s hottest AI startups
Station F, a Paris-based startup hub founded by French billionaire Xavier Niel, is gearing up for a new edition of its F/ai accelerator program in a…
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