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In YouTube's continuing war against ad-blocking users, it's being discovered that the site has enabled code that slows itself down, with immediate recovery once the user turns off their ad blocker.

Netflix's gaming library has been expanding at a rapid pace in recent months, however the platform is looking at more ways to make money from the service including a charge for some titles and adverts

Meta has announced today that it plans to require advertisers to disclose where AI has been used in the creation of media for political advertisements, this will take effect from the start of 2024.

Meta has announced that it will be testing a new monetisation method for creators in the United States, Japan, and South Korea, which it dubs the 'Holiday Bonus' or 'Year-end Bonus.'

Bing AI Chat may be serving bad and malicious websites via ads to the users. A new report tested Bing Ads and found it relatively easy for someone to inject malicious ads into Bing AI Chat.

Reddit is removing the ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity. The change is meant to show you more relevant ads and will rollout to all users, except in select countries.

Amazon Prime Video prices will remain the same, but its library of TV series and films will include commercials for the first time starting in early 2024, unless you pay an additional $2.99 a month.

A media report claimed WhatsApp is working to bring ads to its instant messaging app for the first time. However, the claims were soon disputed by WhatsApp's head in a response made on X.

According to a growing list of user reports (and our own observations), Windows 10 and 11 are now displaying ads targeting Chrome users, begging them to set Bing as their default search engine.

AdDuplex, a cross-promotion ad network for Windows and Windows Phone, is shutting down after 12 years of service. The founder of the company announced its shutdown on the official AdDuplex blog.

Netflix wants to run episodic ad campaigns to boost viewer engagement according to several ad bosses. Episodic ads could work well on Netflix as the platform could track the ads viewers have seen.

YouTube has begun trialling a popup that asks users with adblockers to allow ads on the platform. It imposes a hard limit of three ad-free videos before you have to disable the adblocker.

WhatsApp announced that businesses will soon be able to post ads on Facebook and Instagram without a Facebook account. It added that WhatsApp Business has crossed 200 million users.

Discussions have begun within Amazon to develop a new tier for its Prime Video service, which would be supported by ads, as one of the many options for Amazon to increase advert-led revenue.

Users of Mozilla's Firefox browser found that they were being presented with full-screen adverts for Mozilla's VPN service when navigating to web pages, however, Mozilla has now removed these.

GroupM has reversed its "high risk" designation of Twitter. This means that its clients can resume their advertisements on the website and Twitter can begin earning revenue from those ads.

Netflix has reported that its ad tier now has five million monthly active users. The company said it saw good engagement on the tier compared with other tiers and high levels of interest in it.

Several weeks ago, Microsoft released a redesigned Weather app infested with MSN News and ad banners. After an outbreak of criticism, the software giant gave in and removed news and ads.

Recent observations from users across the internet, later confirmed by YouTube, have found that when trying to use the site, a prompt comes up preventing playback until ad blockers are disabled.

Google started showing ads inside search history on its Play Store. While the store is filled with ads all over the place, it has found one remaining spot to place monetization in the search history.

When visiting Google Bard's website, users noticed that Microsoft Edge Canary and Dev now show a large Bing AI ad in the browser's address bar, offering to compare the two AI-powered chatbots.

The Amazon-owned Audible has revealed it is conducting "limited testing" that will place ads inside some of its audiobooks for users that are not members of its subscription program.

Windows 11's latest feature update has a headlining feature that might make you think the OS now has some AI magic built-in. No, there is no magic; it is just another Bing and Edge ad.

With the European Union (EU) working on tougher rules for political content and advertising on digital platforms, Google has shared five concerns that should be addressed for fairer laws.

Today, Microsoft has started having conversations with advertising agencies on how it can incorporate ads into the newly unveiled Bing chatbot platform powered by generative AI, particularly ChatGPT.

Twitter has relaxed its advertising policies to allow cannabis companies to advertise their brand on the platform. However, advertisers cannot promote the sale of the item, save for some exceptions.

Last year, Microsoft begun adding "recommended" promo content on various places including the Start menu on Windows 11. Now, it looks like the company is deciding on renaming it to "For you".

Some Windows users have reported that they are encountering a weird Microsoft 365 Family ad during setup. The advertisement cannot be skipped even if the "No, thanks" button is clicked.

Today, the U.S. Justice Department has sued Google, accusing it of benefitting unfairly from its position in the digital advertising sector, saying it should be forced to sell its ad manager suite.

Netflix's ad-supported tier is underperforming expectations, according to some ad agencies that spoke to Digiday. The ad-supported tier is still new and could grow in popularity with its lower price.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced that the social media platform will delete 1.5 billion inactive accounts that haven't logged in or tweeted from, to free up usernames and handles.