Apple Must Pay $14.4 Billion to Ireland in Crackdown On ‘Sweetheart Deals’

The European Court of Justice has ordered Apple to pay billions in back taxes to Ireland, in a move that hands a victory to the European Commission against so-called ‘sweetheart deals’ between the country and big tech companies.

An Underwater Data Center in San Francisco Bay? Regulators Say Not So Fast

The YC-backed startup NetworkOcean plans to sink GPUs into San Francisco Bay. Multiple California regulators WIRED spoke with hadn’t heard about the test—and raised concerns about its potential environmental impact.

Your Day One Recap: DOJ vs. Google Goes Deep Into The Ad Tech Weeds

It’s not often one gets to hear sworn witnesses in federal court explain the intricacies of header bidding under oath. But that’s what happened during the first day of the Google ad tech-focused antitrust case in Alexandria, Virginia on Monday. It was like a crash course in ad tech – and ad tech history. The […]

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Talking Advanced Audiences With NBCU’s Alison Levin

Advanced audience targeting is perhaps the most significant change in TV ad buying structures, says Alison Levin, NBCUniversal’s president of advertising and partnerships, on this week’s episode of AdExchanger Talks.

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This Startup Just Raised $2.2 Million To Predict Whether Customers Are Happy (Or Ready To Leave)

With the cost of customer acquisition on the rise – and access to signal on the demise – brands need to invest more in customer retention. It’s way cheaper and more efficient to keep existing customers than it is to attract new ones or to woo back the disgruntled. But it’s often not clear exactly what’s driving […]

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Why Standardization Is Wrong For Attention Metrics

The rise of machine learning in buying algorithms is helping to debunk some of advertising’s commonly held truths. The assumption that high viewability equates to high quality is often misleading. When campaign goals are lower funnel and there is no constraint to purchasing only highly viewable placements, AI frequently reveals that lower-viewability placements – as […]

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Oracle Goes Ad-Free, The Way To Be; No Longer Printing Green

Oracle’s growth rate will increase without its declining ad business. Plus, Ad-supported news no longer brings home the bacon.

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Digiday+ Research: How social platforms stack up for publishers

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Social media is always changing, and that’s especially true for publishers, who often find it challenging to determine where each platform fits into their business.

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