Collaborate Disseminate
Online tax-filing services from TurboTax and H&R Block “want to blab your tax return secrets,” warns the Washington Post. “Why? To help them make more money.”
If you prepare your taxes online with TurboTax or H&R Block software, at some point … Continue reading Tax-Filing Sites Ask to Blab Your Financial Info to ‘Business Partners’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Microsoft is “exploring” putting ads in the responses given by Bing Chat, its new search agent powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4. Microsoft confirmed this is happening, albeit in an experimental form, in a bl… Continue reading Microsoft Slips Ads Into AI-Powered Bing Chat
After launching My Ad Center last fall, Google is now introducing the Ads Transparency Center as a “searchable hub of all ads served from verified advertisers.” 9to5Google reports: The Ads Transparency Center will let you view all the advertisements a … Continue reading Google Launches Ads Transparency Center As a Searchable Database
Lawmakers plan to press TikTok CEO Shou Chew on issues related to child exploitation, teen mental health and its connection to China.
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Microsoft has started discussing with ad agencies how it plans to make money from its revamped Bing search engine powered by generative artificial intelligence as the tech company seeks to battle Google’s dominance. Reuters reports: In a meeting with a… Continue reading Microsoft Proposes AI Ads In Bing
Despite the absence of cryptocurrency ads, this year’s Super Bowl still managed some geek-friendly advertisements. There was even a riff on “the classic intro from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, the live-action series that ran from 1989-1991,” accor… Continue reading Super Bowl Ads Feature ‘Mario Rap’, Pixel Phone, Two Batmen, and Warnings of ‘Premature Electrification’
When you share your email, “you’re sharing a lot more,” warns the New York Times’ lead consumer technology writer:
[I]t can be linked to other data, including where you went to school, the make and model of the car you drive, and your ethnicity….
F… Continue reading How to Handle Web Sites Asking for Your Email Address
We’re buying more things online, the Washington Post notes. But how we buy may be changing too:
For the first time in years, Google and Meta have grabbed less than half of the digital marketing money spent in the United States in 2022. Amazon, which t… Continue reading Inspired by Amazon, Paid Promotions Spread to Other Online Shopping Sites in 2022
®Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang (through his AME Cloud Ventures) contributed to $6 million in seed funding in November for startup Caden, which plans to pay users to share their personal data — including what they buy or watch on mobile apps.
The … Continue reading A Startup Wants To Pay You To Share Your Data For Advertising
The FBI is recommending the use of ad blockers, warning in an alert this week that cybercriminals are using online ads in search results to steal or extort money from victims. TechCrunch reports: In a pre-holiday public service announcement, the FBI sa… Continue reading Even the FBI Says You Should Use An Ad Blocker