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UK expands Online Safety Bill to cover scam ads and eyes wider reforms
The UK government has again announced an extension to the scope of the draft Online Safety Bill — this time bringing scam ads into scope following pressure from campaigners. In parallel, it has
On Meta’s ‘regulatory headwinds’ and adtech’s privacy reckoning
What does Meta/Facebook’s favorite new phrase to bandy around in awkward earnings calls — as it warns of “regulatory headwinds” cutting into its future growth — actually
EU clears Microsoft-Nuance without conditions
The European Union’s competition regulator has given the all-clear to Microsoft’s $19.7 billion purchase of transcription tech firm Nuance, which was announced earlier this year. The EU sa
Adtech vendors still tracking EU users who deny consent via IAB’s TCF, study suggests
New research examining what happens after Internet users in Europe land on an ad-supported website and express their “privacy choices” — using a flagship ad industry consent manageme
Grindr’s $7M GDPR fine is a stark warning to adtech not to track
Grindr, a hook-up app for gay, bi, trans and queer people, has been fined around $7.1 million (65 million NOK) by Norway’s data protection authority for passing user data to advertisers without
Hangar raises $15 million for its venture studio for government technology startups
Josh Mendelsohn, the Bloomberg digital campaign advisor and venture studio founder, thinks that cash-constrained government agencies from the local to the federal level aren’t using technology e
Randall Stephenson to step down as AT&T chief, succeeded by COO John Stankey
A big changing of the guard is underway at one of the world’s biggest and iconic names in telecoms and media: AT&T today announced that Randall Stephenson will be stepping down as the chairm
Dating and fertility apps among those snitching to ‘out of control’ ad tech, report finds
The latest report to warn that surveillance capitalism is out of control — and “free” digital services can in fact be very costly to people’s privacy and rights — comes
Even the IAB warned adtech risks EU privacy rules
A privacy complaint targeting the behavioral advertising industry has a new piece of evidence that shows the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) shedding doubt on whether it’s possible to obtain
Girls Who Code brings in $1M from Lyft rider donations
Girls Who Code, an organization focused on closing the gender gap in tech, has raised $1 million from Lyft riders since the ride-hailing company added the non-profit organization to its Round Up & Don
AT&T confirms it is buying ad platform AppNexus, reportedly for between $1.6B-$2B
Another legacy carrier built on offering phone services is now taking a deeper dive into the world of advertising and specifically ad tech to help catapult itself into the next generation of tech and
97 companies file opposition to Trump’s immigration order
Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies filed an amicus brief tonight voicing opposition to President Trump’s executive order on immigration on the grounds that it is discri
The barbell effect of machine learning
Machine learning will have a barbell effect on the technology landscape. On one hand, it will democratize basic intelligence through the commoditization and diffusion of services like image recognitio
Our 2016 Predictions For The IPO Market
2015 was not a good year for IPOs — it was actually the worst year for tech IPOs since the financial crisis in 2009. More and more startups are opting to remain private for longer periods of time. A
The 20 Best Unicorn Companies For Paying Software Engineers Top Dollar
We pulled together all 153 unicorns currently listed on the Crunchbase Unicorn Leaderboard and then matched them up with data provided by Glassdoor to give you the top 20 highest paying startup unicor
AppNexus Moves Back Into Video Ads With A New Product And A New Exec
AppNexus has become one of the big names in ad tech, but CEO Brian O'Kelley (pictured above) recalled that back in 2012, the company had to pull back in a major category — namely, video.
While Ap
Mentors Are The Secret Weapons Of Successful Startups
“I’ve probably revised this investor pitch deck 200 times,” a founder told me recently. She’d met with more than 50 potential investors before closing a seed round last month. This might sound
Mobile Web Surfers Again Facing Unexpected Redirects To App Store, Native Apps
Remember the early days of web surfing? You'd be happily browsing through your favorite sites, clicking links - then, boom! - your screen was littered with pop-up advertisements! The problem became so
AppNexus Raises $25M From Ad Giant WPP
Ad tech company <a target="_blank" href="http://www.appnexus.com">AppNexus</a> announced early today that it has raised an additional $25 million in funding from ad holding company WPP. As part of the
AppNexus Raises $60M Round Valuing The Ad-Tech Company At $1.2B
Ad tech company <a target="_blank" href="http://www.appnexus.com">AppNexus</a> just <a target="_blank" href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/appnexus-announces-investment-at-12-billion-valuati