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DoubleVerify launches AI brand safety tools on Threads

Advertisers can now block unsuitable content on Threads before ads are served, as DoubleVerify adds hourly refreshed AI controls to its safety tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week

Enterprise Resource Planning

How IT firms can use paid social to shorten long sales cycles

Targeted LinkedIn and Meta ads can keep IT buyers engaged for months, improving pipeline influence when deals stall and budgets drag.

By Sam Park • 6 min read • This month

Digital Transformation

Commerce unveils AI-led eCommerce & payments updates

Merchants are set to gain faster checkout, broader payment options and AI shopping tools as Commerce expands its platform updates.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Marketing Technologies

Amazon ad revenue surges 62% in Australia, says Pattern

Amazon's ad business is now outpacing major rivals in Australia, as Pattern estimates annual revenue reached USD $392 million in 2025.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

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Generative AI

Google expands AI content checks across Search & Chrome

Users will soon be able to check whether images and video were AI-made or edited as Google widens provenance tools in Search, Chrome and Pixel.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

Artificial Intelligence

IAS expands Meta content block lists to Threads feed

Advertisers on Threads can now tighten ad placement controls as IAS extends its Meta content block list tool to the feed.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week

eCommerce

TubeScience appoints Bielski to lead European push

Pressure is mounting on agencies to prove social video spend drives sales as TubeScience enters the UK and Europe with a new leader.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week

Artificial Intelligence

Meta ad revenue set to hit GBP £240 billion in 2026

Investor concern is mounting as WARC says Meta's ad business will fund most of its USD $125 billion to USD $145 billion AI spending.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Marketing Technologies

NCA data disrupts 50,000 fraud accounts in Google tool

Shared UK crime data has helped Google disable nearly 50,000 fraudulent accounts and expose more than 5,000 fake bank websites.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Crypto

Stripe unveils Google AI commerce push & token billing

The new tools could let merchants sell inside AI apps and bill for token use in real time, while tightening fraud checks.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • This month

Hyperscale

Lumai launches optical Iris Nova server for AI inference

Data centre operators may cut power use sharply as Iris Nova is offered for evaluation, with Lumai targeting real-time AI inference on large models.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

Spalba appoints Erica Seo as Business Head for APAC

Rising demand for cross-market corporate events has prompted Spalba to deepen its APAC push, with Singapore as the regional hub.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Customer Relationship Management

Payment firms expand into broader merchant services

Merchants could soon get payments, loyalty, lending and checkout tools from one supplier as firms chase fuller control of commerce.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Last month

Hyperscale

Swiggy launches Builders Club for AI commerce developers

Approved developers will gain live access to Swiggy’s food, grocery and dining systems, as it seeks to turn AI commerce tools into a platform business.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month

Customer Experience

Amazon, Meta & Microsoft join UCP technical council

Control of AI-led shopping standards is widening as five more firms join the Universal Commerce Protocol body, doubling its council to 10.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

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Fintech

Starling & Adyen launch tap-to-pay for SME customers

UK SMEs can now take contactless card payments on smartphones, with settlement into Starling accounts arriving the next day.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last week

Manufacturing

ZURU cuts product development to five months with AI

That pace could help ZURU capture fleeting social media trends before rivals, as one product heads for USD $20 million in first-year sales.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

DevOps

Sift names co-founder CEO & opens San Francisco office

The hardware observability startup is expanding its leadership bench as it targets aerospace, defence and autonomy customers with software for physical systems.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • This month