On today’s news digest: Open AI Testing Search to Rival Google; NBA Signs Deals with Disney, Amazon and NBCUniversal; Douyin Misses E-Commerce Sales Goal  In an attempt to outpace rival Google, OpenAI is testing a new online search tool prototype: SearchGPT. [...]

This week on The Stack: Google’s Cookie U-Turn; Latest Company Earnings; Amazon Prime Day Breaks Records; Today’s MadTech Daily Podcast  The biggest industry news this week was, of course, Google’s cookie U-turn. Google announced that finally, it will not be deprecating [...]

First, we had the delay. Then, the abandonment. On Monday, Google announced via a blog post that it was shelving the deprecation of the third-party cookie, and would instead, “introduce a new experience in Chrome that lets people make an [...]

Forget sipping rosé as you promenade in your summer finery down La Croissette. Forget the end of year awards festivities as you wrestle with the choice of lamb or chicken. Forget even Google’s u-turn on the deprecation of the third-party [...]

After what feels like half a lifetime discussing how best to prepare for a cookieless future and arming ourselves for the great third-party cookie demise, Google has abandoned its deprecation plan for Chrome. Surprising? We’ll let you be the judge [...]

On today’s news digest: Google Abandons Third-Party Cookie Deprecation; Channel 4 Establishes Data Partnership with Zoopla; UK Off Course to Meet Clean Power Targets  Putting an end to years of limbo for the advertising industry, Google has decided to abandon its [...]

On today’s news digest: X In Breach of EU Digital Services Act; Google In Talks to Make its Biggest Acquisition; Amazon’s AI Shopping Assistant Available to All US Customers X is the latest to be accused of breaching EU law, with [...]

On today’s news digest: Xandr Accused of EU Privacy Breaches; DOJ Publishes Witness List for Google Antitrust Trial; Microsoft and Apple Leave OpenAI Board Observer Roles  Xandr, the Microsoft-owned ad tech business, has been accused of EU privacy breaches in a [...]

In our latest quarterly wrap, head of content John Still takes a look at the events that have defined Q2 2024. What’s been making waves since April? Q2 2024 started with a bang, albeit one that we’d all expected to arrive [...]

This week on The Stack: Industry Draws Conclusions on Privacy Sandbox; Meta In Breach of DMA; Today's MadTech Daily Podcast   Analyses regarding Privacy Sandbox made quite a splash in our digest news this week. The IAB Tech Lab released its [...]