Facebook is building a certification tool that will require advertisers confirm they received user permission before using emails to target advertising on the huge social network. The tool, reported earlier by TechCrunch, will be part of Facebook’s Custom Audiences program, which allows advertisers to upload lists of hashed customer data, such as email addresses. Facebook then …
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Calling it a small gesture, Sonos has announced that in response to the recent revelations about how Cambridge Analytica was allowed to exploit millions of Facebook users’ data, it’s suspending all of its digital advertising on Facebook, Instagram, Google, YouTube and Twitter for a week. The smart speaker company will also “go dark” on its Facebook and Instagram social accounts …
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Google is the latest company to crack down on advertising for cryptocurrencies. The search giant said Tuesday it will revise its ad policies in June to restrict ads for cryptocurrencies and related information, such as initial coin offerings, cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets and cryptocurrency trading advice. That ban goes for both ads on Google’s own website and sites Google serves …
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The basic attention token, developed by browser maker Brave Software, uses blockchain to oversee online ad payments that can flow among advertisers, publishers and anyone using its browser. Brave Software The Brave web browser can now channel virtual money from its users to people who stream videogame action on Amazon’s Twitch service. Brave announced the Twitch payment support Thursday, a …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Google Chrome’s new ad-blocking tools. The annoyance of using bitcoin as digital cash for buying goods and services. Now playing: Watch this: Google is cracking down on annoying online ads (The 3:59,… 4:30 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET …
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Browser maker Brave Software is giving away another $1 million in crypto-tokens, this time to try to get publishers and YouTube stars to sign up for the technology and get their followers to do the same. The promotion uses Brave’s basic attention tokens (BAT), a digital currency Brave created in 2017 to let advertisers pay publishers and browser users. Publishers …
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What was once unthinkable — that Chrome would block online ads, Google’s lifeblood — becomes reality on Thursday. That’s when Chrome takes a significant step in the direction that hundreds of millions of us already have gone by installing ad blockers. Chrome stops far short of those browser extensions, which typically ban all ads, but the move carries plenty of …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Does online advertising not work as well as it might? Chris Matyszczyk/CNET My mailbox isn’t what it used to be. These days, I wander out to it, believing that it will likely contain some magazines I forgot to cancel, a book from Amazon that the …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. The many facets of your greatness. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET We’re all secretly in love with ourselves. Selfies merely give us permission to express that love and demonstrate it to the world. So Apple wants you to know that the iPhone X’s camera will …
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Two years ago, Naughty America made waves at CES with its debut of VR porn — or, to be specific, 180-degree 3D videos viewable on VR headsets. Riding the coattails of upcoming VR hardware like HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, it was a return to the risque days when CES overlapped with the adult-themed AVN (Adult Video News) show, making …
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