The Fifth Circuit Court decided this week that the FCC is not permitted to use funds from the Universal Service Fund to support its initiatives to assist low-income households in accessing affordable internet. Whether the Universal Service Fund permits the FCC to...

Approximately 70,000 cumulative profiles, Pages, and groups have been removed from Facebook and Instagram as a result of Meta's significant action against a well-known sextortion group operating out of Nigeria. Additionally, the mechanisms to prevent them from...

You're probably not surprised to hear that Uber is extremely valuable. Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick allegedly invested $220,000 in startup money when they established the company in 2009. It wasn't until the next year, that First Round Capital gave Uber $1.3...

YouTube will soon allow producers to store music from the Shorts feed so that it may be reused in other applications. YouTube Shorts musicAs shown in this sample sequence, you may now "Save Music" directly from the Shorts UI, which will add the music to your chosen...

After an IT update caused disruption across several industries and cost Fortune 500 companies over $5.4 billion, the corporation responsible appears to have sought to put things right… with an Uber Eats gift card. Unless you've been living like a caveman for the past...

Amazon plans to deliver a newer, subscription-based version of Alexa with generative artificial intelligence capability for as much as $10 per month. All of this was initially revealed by Reuters last May. Alexa will remain free for the basic version you have now, but...

Google has officially announced that it will not remove third-party cookies in Chrome. Ad execs are left wondering whether they can finally stop stockpiling antacids. The pivot, announced yesterday, surprised many people — not because they thought Google's cookie...

According to The Information, Apple is still developing a foldable iPhone, which may be available as early as 2026. The phone is expected to fold horizontally, much like the clamshell-style Samsung Galaxy Z Flip. The Information revealed in February that Apple was in...

Google has shifted its strategy, declaring that instead of deprecating third-party cookies in Chrome, it will pursue a "new path" in terms of online privacy. The abrupt halt to Google's ambitions comes after more than four years of promises and delays, as the...

In January, the Chrome browser disabled third-party cookies for 1% of users to permit Privacy Sandbox testing, sparking a new debate. This minor modification sparked a significant issue among DSPs, who began to observe IDs - what looked to be third-party cookies on...

Microsoft has launched a recovery tool to assist IT administrators in repairing Windows workstations hit by CrowdStrike's botched upgrade, which caused 8.5 million Windows devices to crash on Friday. The application generates a bootable USB stick, which IT...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how organizations approach digital advertising. Companies who want to engage their target audience are utilizing AI to build highly tailored campaigns that resonate with them. This new technology is allowing businesses to...

Microsoft is experiencing a severe outage that has caused considerable disruption, and Elon Musk is absolutely loving it. The outage is said to have begun at 6 p.m. ET yesterday (July 18), when businesses and institutions were suddenly taken offline due to an issue...

Total TV ad impressions on streaming and linear TV fell 3.73% to 4.23 trillion in the first half of 2024, according to a new analysis from iSpot.tv. Primetime on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox accounted for 261.9 billion ad impressions and $3.97 billion of linear TV's $22.2...

A union representing workers at South Korean technology behemoth Samsung Electronics has called on its about 30,000 members to go on strike indefinitely as part of a campaign for improved pay and benefits. The declaration came on the final day of a three-day national...

A man who has been on sick leave since 2008 attempted to sue his employer after they refused to offer him a pay increase while he was not working. Ian Clifford, from the United Kingdom, was employed by computer giant IBM but was unable to work for them for 15 years...

According to a new Interactive Advertising Bureau prediction, spending on digital video advertising will increase 16% to $62.9 billion by 2024. The increase follows a 15% increase in 2023 and a 21% increase in 2022, and it is expected to easily outstrip growth in...

On our planet, the duration of a day is getting longer, but not in a positive way. The length of a day on Earth has increased due to the rise in water levels. The world has been greatly impacted by climate change; we are witnessing increasingly extreme storms,...

Digital video ad spending is becoming increasingly performance-based. Business outcomes, such as sales, store visits, leads, and website activities, are now the most critical KPI for measuring digital video performance, according to the IAB's annual Digital Video Ad...

According to sources, Google is in talks about making its largest acquisition to date. The US technology behemoth is poised to spend $23 billion (£18 billion) for cyber security firm Wiz, according to The Wall Street Journal, barely four years after the company was...

When it comes to free streaming, growth in the United States has been powered by pure players like Pluto TV and Tubi, as well as connected TV platforms like Roku and Samsung, who are trying to serve cord-shavers and cord-cutters who require a linear viewing...

There has long been a concern about what would happen if everyone on Earth leaped at the same time. Will the Earth bounce? Or will it wobble? There are many possibilities for what could happen, but it has never been anything we would ever do. However, many individuals...

'Biohacker' Bryan Johnson has revealed the latest surgery he is undergoing to try to reverse his biological age. As if using his son's blood and electric-shocking his own penis weren't enough, Johnson, 46, has more plans to reverse his medical age to 18 years old....

This week, we discovered that Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment will be closing down. Initially, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to reorganize and manage its debt before relaunching. Instead, they filed for Chapter 7, intending to lay off...