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Last updated: 21 September 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Google Gemini Passes 1B Monthly Users, 63% Now Use Voice
Google says its Gemini app passed 1 billion monthly users and reports that 63% now use voice, alongside camera, uploads, and app automation data.
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How To Create YMYL Content That Gets Cited In AI Search
Thin health content was always risky. With AI Overviews answering most medical queries, it's now invisible. Here's what earns citations instead.
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Google Amends SerpApi Suit With Content Licensing Terms
Google amended its DMCA complaint against SerpApi, adding licensing terms after a court dismissed the original claims over search scraping.
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Judge lets SEO sabotage lawsuit over toxic backlinks move forward
A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging an auto transport company used toxic backlinks to hurt a competitor’s Google rankings. Catch up quick. The June 2…
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Google adds real-time reporting endpoint to Campaign Manager 360 API
Google introduced a new reportData.query endpoint for the Campaign Manager 360 API, making it easier for developers to retrieve campaign performance data without…
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Google adds Local customer optimization to Performance Max
Google published a new help document detailing Local customer optimization for Performance Max campaigns with store goals , a feature designed to prioritize ads for…
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Google updates YouTube and Discover Feed ad requirements
Google updated the YouTube and Discover Feed ad requirements to make the policy easier for advertisers to understand. The company says the changes are editorial only and…
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By the numbers: Wall Street’s tough assessment of ad tech
The digital advertising market continues to grow, but it has not translated into an easy earnings season for publicly traded ad tech companies, with their numbers on…
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CMOs are struggling to link AI visibility with sales
AI visibility isn’t the only zero-click concern keeping marketers up at night. Now that tools like Scrunch and Profound are commonplace, CMOs are thinking ahead to the…
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Media Briefing: Publishers are replacing Google with a little bit of everything
This week’s Media Briefing analyzes recent publishers’ earnings results, and the different bets publishers are making on how to build businesses less dependent on Google…
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Moloco launches an agency partner program, in part to expand beyond mobile programmatic
As other DSPs move their business closer to clients, inadvertently or consciously avoiding agencies as middlemen, one is looking to recruit more agencies to its cause as…
Read on our siteYouTube expands access to its in-app AI chatbot
The artificial intelligence-powered function offers contextual responses and is available on desktop, mobile and TV devices.
Read on our siteMeta partners with North America’s Building Trades Unions
A new training program is designed to support skilled workers across the U.S. even as community support for data center development wanes.
Read on our siteMeta outlines updated scam alert system coming to WhatsApp
The system adheres to WhatsApp’s privacy focus, ensuring better user protection without external oversight.
Read on our sitePinterest partners with Zillow for ad targeting
Through the deal, the real estate platform can target app users with ads based on specialty consumer segments including fixer-uppers and homebuyers.
Read on our siteAdobe says brands need a point of view to stand out
Best practices for artificial intelligence-generated promotions focus on individuality and consistency, according to a new report.
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Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes
Is Anthropic's new watermarking system a travesty? Some have taken to social media to complain that it is.
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Amazon will train on Twitch streamers’ content by default, unless they opt out
"If this was opt-in, nobody would opt in," Twitch CPO Mike Minton said on a livestream responding to user feedback. "That's honestly the answer."
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AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation
Cognition may be looking to raise another mega round just a few months after raising $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation.
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As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open
At Ai4, three of the world's most respected AI experts — Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng — debated regulation, open source access, and how America can compete…
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OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise
Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Altimeter Capital.
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Mesh, Automattic’s CRM for everyone, comes to Android
Mesh, an AI-powered contacts app and relationship manager from Automattic, is now an Android app.
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Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice
AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and even transcribing earbuds all promising to…
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Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M
This new funding comes after Lovable hit $500 million in annualized run rate revenue in June, the startup told TechCrunch.
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