X Fires Its Election Team Before a Huge Election Year

The “last man standing” in X’s threat intelligence team has been fired, as the company guts its election integrity response ahead of a year in which more than 50 countries go to the polls.

YouTube Updates Controversial Topic Ad Guidelines

YouTube believes videos with these topics can be a helpful resource when done correctly. Still, brands should carefully consider ad placement options to determine whether they wish to have products or
services promoted alongside content discussing these issues.

Snap Shutters AR Enterprise Services Unit Less Than a Year After Launch

Less than a year after its debut, Snap will discontinue its AR Enterprise Services (ARES) unit. Launched in March 2023, the ARES technology suite was designed to allow customers to bring Snap’s AR tech into their own apps, sites and stores. In a note to employees, Snap CEO, Evan Spiegel, said, “After exploring our options…

Six Months Ago Elon Musk Called for a Pause on AI. Instead Development Sped Up

Earlier this year, prominent AI and tech experts signed a letter calling for a halt to advanced AI development. When WIRED checked back in, some signatories said they had never expected it to work.

The Spanglish Advantage in Advertising

Inclusivity is a pillar of marketing. And as the Latinx population in the U.S. continues to grow and evolve, brands need to understand the significance of culture and language for this key consumer group. This is essential in advertising campaigns as consumers, particularly Gen Z, often choose brands that authentically reflect their identities and align…

Prog IO: The Conversation About Alt TV Currencies Is Getting Real

It may look as if there hasn’t been much progress with alternative currencies – at least not commensurate with the hype. But just because alt currencies didn’t take over the upfronts this year doesn’t mean there hasn’t been movement, according to ad buyers on stage at AdExchanger’s Programmatic IO conference in New York on Tuesday. In […]

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Streaming, Linear TV Scatter Pricing Still Weak, But Higher Volume: Analyst

Although there are some signs that the ad business is recovering, Q4 “scatter” ad inventory for traditional and streaming TV continues to be “depressed.”

Meta Unveils Gen AI Products, Real-Time Data Supported By Microsoft

Meta Platforms introduced the company’s first generative AI products for consumers Wednesday at the company’s annual engineering conference, Meta Connect.

Why security, scalability and a data-driven mindset are crucial for enterprise analytics

While building privacy-friendly and sustainable digital analytics setups can be daunting for any organization, larger/enterprise businesses have additional aspects that make this process even more complex. 

For example, as these large organizations seek relationships with new vendors, they face extra data security and privacy scrutiny. And, due to their size, they tend to have a propensity for further growth. With that can come an extensive amount of content in play that needs to be analyzed quickly to keep stakeholders satisfied. 

To establish privacy-friendly and sustainable digital analytics setups, large organizations are finding success by focusing on strict privacy and security considerations, scalable analytics tech and support, and adopting data-driven decision-making. 

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