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Meta is poised to surpass Google in digital ad revenue for the first time this year. According to Emarketer, Meta is projected to generate $243.46 billion in global ad revenue in 2026, edging past Google’s $239.54 billion. The social media network is also expected to take a larger share of global ad spend—26.8% compared to Google’s 26.4%—a reversal from just a few years ago.The milestone would mark the first time Google has ceded the top spot, as advertisers increasingly prioritize platforms that pair scale with automation and measure return on ad spend.Google’s ad business, encompassing Google Ad Network (search and…
Chicago-based music superfan Aadam Jacobs has been recording the concerts he attends since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes. Now 59, Jacobs knows that these cassettes are going to degrade over time, so he agreed to let volunteers from the Internet Archive, the nonprofit digital library, digitize the tapes. So far, about 2,500 of these tapes have been posted on the Internet Archive, including some rare gems like a Nirvana performance from 1989. (The group wouldn’t break through to mainstream audiences until they released the single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in 1991.) Within the collection, you can…
The Denza Z9 GT is the world’s fastest car—fastest at charging, that is. It’s by no means slow in speed (we’ll get to that), and it is packed to the brim with bleeding-edge tech (we’ll get to that, too). But, trust me here, it’s the formidable charging tech BYD has brought to bear here that should get you hot under the collar.Many auto brands claim charging times that are, shall we say, massaged. Not so with the Denza Z9 GT. I sat in the car and personally watched it go from 10 percent to full in just over nine minutes.…
Top of the Ticker: Add Fox News Media to the growing list of media entities partnering with prediction market firm Kalshi. Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News Media, announced a partnership last week with Kalshi to integrate its data forecasts across Fox News, Fox Business Network, Fox Weather, and the Fox One platform.Relevant Kalshi data will be used in Fox’s linear and digital content, and the prediction platform will work directly with Fox’s data and production teams to provide real-time access for seamless visualization of key political, economic, weather, and cultural storylines.In Dec. 2025, CNN and CNBC struck…
IBM entered into a $17 million settlement agreement on Friday with the U.S. Department of Justice over allegations that it engaged in “illegal DEI practices” by taking into account “race, color, national origin, or sex” in its hiring and promotions. The DOJ also alleged that IBM used funds from its government contract for DEI programs and then sought reimbursement. IBM denied any wrongdoing, and the settlement is not an admission of liability nor a concession that the DOJ’s claims were without merit. “IBM is pleased to have resolved this matter. Our workforce strategy is driven by a single principle: having the right…
More than 70 civil liberties, domestic violence, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+, labor, and immigrant advocacy organizations are demanding that Meta abandon plans to deploy face recognition on its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, warning that the feature—reportedly known inside the company as “Name Tag”—would hand stalkers, abusers, and federal agents the ability to silently identify strangers in public.The coalition, which includes the ACLU, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Fight for the Future, Access Now, and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, is demanding Meta kill the feature before launch, after internal documents surfaced showing the company hoped to use…
In a matter of days, MAGA media figures have gone from defending President Donald Trump as God’s chosen president to making the case that he is actually the antichrist.The accusations reached a fever pitch on Sunday night, after Trump posted an AI-generated image depicting himself dressed in a white robe and red sash and placing a hand radiating golden light on a man in a hospital bed. The image, which Trump deleted from Truth Social after around 14 hours, seemed to invoke Jesus Christ, and it outraged some supporters who likened Trump’s behavior to the antichrist—a figure in Christian theology…
Booking.com confirmed Monday that hackers may have accessed customers’ personal data, including names, emails, physical addresses, phone numbers, and booking details. The global travel and hotel reservation giant notified customers this past week of the breach, according to several online posts. “We’re writing to inform you that unauthorized third parties may have been able to access certain booking information associated with your reservation,” read the notificaiton to customers, according to one user’s post on Reddit. Several other Reddit users replying to the post said they received the same notification. The message from the company included the aforementioned types of compromised…
iRestore is running its biggest anniversary sale of 2026, and early access kicks off on April 13. Since launching in 2003, iRestore has expanded beyond hair restoration into a broader lineup of at-home red light therapy devices, including LED masks for the face, eyes, neck, and chest. These devices are regularly discounted, but with its anniversary sale, you can save up to $900 off select bestsellers and up to $1,550 off bundles.WIRED reviewer Julia Forbes tested iRestore’s Elite—a low-level light therapy hair growth device—and the Illumina Face Mask—featuring red, infrared, and blue light—and approves of both. She’s seen visible improvements…
In 1898, a young Philadelphia ad man named Elias St. Elmo Lewis wrote something that would outlast almost everything else produced in the following marketing century. Working on life insurance campaigns, Lewis had noticed that the best salespeople followed a pattern. They grabbed attention, built interest, created desire, and then prompted action. He called it AIDA. He didn’t call it a funnel—that visual wouldn’t come until 1924.Fast-forward to last week at Amazon’s Immersion Day, where the centerpiece was a new AI-powered campaign type called Full-Funnel Campaigns. In Amazon’s own words, the goal is to “streamline the path from awareness to conversion.” Amazon…
While many startups founded prior to the emergence of ChatGPT are struggling to position themselves for the AI era, Vercel, a 10-year-old dev tool and website hosting platform, is benefiting from the explosion of AI-generated apps and agents. “When I started this company, only tens of millions of people could deploy,” Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch told the audience at the HumanX conference in San Francisco last week. “Now we’re seeing that everybody in the world can create an app.” The explosion in app creation by non-developers has been a significant boon to Vercel’s business. The company’s annual recurring revenue (ARR)…
Compare Top 10 Fitness TrackersMore Fitness Trackers to ConsiderPhotograph: Julian ChokkattuSamsung Galaxy Watch8 for $350: The Samsung Galaxy Watch8 is beautiful and easier to use than ever, but the new health features definitely need some work. Samsung says the new Vascular Load feature measures the load on your vascular system (your blood vessels that carry blood throughout your body), helping you gauge whether habits like drinking alcohol or eating a lot of sodium are affecting your long-term health risk. Unfortunately, neither editor Julian Chokkattu nor I got actionable results. While in theory, the Antioxidant Index feature seems like a good…
ADWEEK Advantage is part of a series where every month, our top editors interpret what happened in each vertical, and what it means for the future. Live sports is the last mass media format where audiences congregate to watch in real time, making them one of the few places brands can still achieve cultural cachet at scale. Ad buyers even expect sports to make up 60% of the upfront this year—it was half of that just five years ago.While agencies have been building sports capabilities, these investments have mostly been incremental rather than transformational. Stagwell launched Sport Beach in 2022 and recently…
Hackers have reportedly stolen data from at least a dozen companies following a breach at business monitoring software maker Anodot, leaving its customers exposed to extortion and at risk of having their data published online. Bleeping Computer, among the first to report the Anodot breach, and BBC News both reported that the ShinyHunters hacking group was threatening to release the stolen data if its ransom demands were not met. The breach is the latest example of hackers targeting software used by corporate giants in an effort to steal sensitive data from multiple companies in one go. Anodot, which helps its…
Like a lot of people, Ann Garner thought that shingles was a “mild” illness—until 2024, when she became sick with it herself. If she had known at the time that Norwegians call shingles helvetesild, literally meaning “hell’s fire,” or that the Arabic name for it translates to “belt of fire,” she might have been better prepared.Shingles (herpes zoster) is a common viral infection that causes a painful skin rash and can trigger post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), a form of long-term nerve pain that can last for years. The English name derives from the Latin for “girdle,” as the shingles rash most…
Possible, the Miami-based media and marketing conference that first made a splash with an Elon Musk keynote in 2023, is entering its fourth year with a larger physical footprint, thousands more attendees, and a fresh partnership with YouTube to extend its content online. Organized by Beyond Ordinary Events, acquired for a rumored $40 million in 2024 by Shoptalk owner Hyve Group, the conference is expected to draw around 6,800 attendees from April 27 to 29—up about 25% from last year’s count of 5,441. Though the company wasn’t able to share the 2026 split, last year’s attendee list consisted of 30% brand…