ADvendio, the leading solution for Agentic Advertising Execution, today (8th September, 2026) announced it has officially joined AgenticAdvertising.org to accelerate the development of open standards for AI agents across media and advertising. As the premier nonprofit trade association for AI-powered advertising, [...]

In today’s Digest, we look at John Lewis betting on a YouTube chat show to get noticed by AI, The Trade Desk exiting the S&P 500 on the same day mass layoffs take effect, and Chinese AI developers turning to [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss The Trade Desk laying off 15% of its workforce as its CEO frames the cuts as a strategic reset, VodafoneThree launching a TV service and premium mobile tier in a UK market push, and DAZN [...]

This week, regulators turned up the pressure on some of the biggest names in tech, as ChatGPT faced new EU oversight, Amazon was hit with an advertising lawsuit, and Google secured a major win in its long-running ad tech battle.  In [...]

In today’s Digest, we look at OpenAI’s new Astra model being powerful enough to trigger its own safety alarms, Havas naming Patrick Affleck to lead its newly unified UK & Ireland Village, and the EU court rejecting Opera’s challenge over [...]

Thrad, the ad network for AI conversations, is moving its first cohort of Middle East and North Africa advertisers live on ChatGPT today (2nd September, 2026) , as OpenAI opens ChatGPT Ads across the region. ChatGPT Ads opened across the Middle [...]

impact.com, the global infrastructure for partnership-driven commerce, today reported second-quarter results marked by Minecraft's launch of its first affiliate programme, a slate of AI-powered platform innovations unveiled at its annual iPX event, and continued global customer growth. During the second [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss Bailey flagging the risk of an AI slowdown for global markets, OpenAI denying Apple’s trade secret theft claims and calling the lawsuit “a mess of Apple’s own making,” and Anthropic signing a $35 billion cloud [...]

In today’s Digest, we discuss the FTC and states suing Amazon over alleged ad-price manipulation, Brussels putting ChatGPT in the same bracket as Google and ushering in tougher rules, and Australia’s digital ad spend hitting a four-year high, climbing 14% [...]

Thrad, the advertising platform for AI conversations, has announced its sponsorship of RUN/HACK, Europe's first running hackathon, taking place in London on Saturday 29 August.  Presented by TAG and organised by Zizou Brahmi, Tijs Nieuwboer, Siena Kinsale, Luke Balabanovic, Rachel Macnaghten [...]