In today’s Digest, we discuss Portugal fining telecoms companies over ad collusion, The Trade Desk’s CRO stepping down after seven months, and software buyouts falling to pandemic-era lows amid an AI-driven market rout

In today’s Digest, we cover Google introducing Search Profiles in Discover, Roblox expanding ads to children under 13, and Singtel securing AI funding through a partnership deal in Singapore. 

This week, AI investment surged, regulators tightened their grip on tech platforms, and advertising giants doubled down on data-driven growth strategies. In today’s MadTech Daily, we cover the SPUR Coalition welcoming 30 new members at the World News Media Congress, [...]

Thrad, the AI-native advertising infrastructure platform, today (4th June, 2026) announced the general availability of four distinct ad formats designed natively for LLM and AI-powered conversation environments. The launch reflects a deliberate move away from retrofitted display formats. Rather than adapting [...]

In today’s Digest, we cover Google coming under UK scrutiny over its use of publisher content in AI products, InMobi and Scope3 launching an autonomous media buying agent, and DeepSeek nearing a $7bn funding round. 

We chat to Yaron Tomchin, CEO of Mobupps to discuss his main takeaways from the recent MAU conference ..

What links a disappointingly dull watermelon and the ad tech ecosystem? Only Shirley Marschall could bring you the answer...

In today’s Digest, we cover UK ad exports reaching £19.4bn, Tencent readying an AI agent for China’s most-used app, and Anthropic making its public market debut amid the AI surge. 

In her latest column, Jessica Treasure of Bountiful Cow looks at why, even in an AI world, the fastest way to be known at scale is still fame…

In today’s Digest, we cover Perplexity facing a CNN lawsuit over a copyright dispute, Amazon launching new bidstream signal tools, and Pichai downplaying fears around ‘Google Zero’.