Today's digest looks at fines over data consent practices, xAI's acquisition of X, and BBC abandoning its plan to introduce ads to podcasts. Apple Fined €150 Million Over iOS Data Consent Practices Apple Inc. has been fined  €150m (£124m) by France’s [...]

Eight months on from Labour’s victory in the UK’s last general election, how has our ad tech ecosystem been impacted? We examine the changes introduced by Keir Starmer and his party, as well as the industry’s trajectory for the near [...]

Today's digest looks at the latest surrounding Europe's Digital Markets Act, TikTok Shop expanding further into Europe and Reddit enhancing features for advertisers. EU to lessen DMA blow on Apple and Meta to avoid US backlash The European Union is set [...]

This week, we recap major advancements in the AI and advertising industries. In today’s MadTech Daily, we unpack possible tariff reductions, Google’s antitrust hearing, and copyright lawsuits  The AI race is heating up with major players rolling out significant upgrades. OpenAI [...]

With fingerprinting making the headlines, what are the genuine alternatives to the cookie that the ad industry should consider? Mark Smith looks at the runners and riders… Between a rock and a hard place Digital marketing is facing a dichotomy.  On one hand [...]

Today's Digest looks at Instagram's partnership ads, upgrades in the AI sector and IAB's report on agencies, brands, and publishers' implementation of full-scale AI adoption. Instagram Enhances Partnership Ads Instagram is expanding its Marketing API, making it easier for advertisers to run [...]

Is AI in ad tech really all it's being promoted to be? Shirley Marschall takes a look... AI is being sold as the ultimate solution to ad tech’s biggest challenges. Privacy? Solved. Fraud? Eliminated. Performance? Optimised. Fragmentation? Gone. But what happens when [...]

In today's Digest, we look at Outsmart's plea to the UK Government to intervene in the OOH sector, the UK Government considering changes to its taxes on big Tech firms and the British public's support for AI laws. Outsmart Calls on [...]