omkar Sandbhor
Ofcom has begun a wide-ranging internal review of how it is organised for the next phase of UK online safety regulation. In a 15 July 2026 letter to ministers, chair Sir Ian Cheshire said the work covers Ofcom’s structure, operating model, enforcement balance, capabilities, priorities and measures of impact. The review is due to conclude … Read more
The Interactive Advertising Bureau released “Measuring Visibility in the AI Era” on August 3, 2026, giving brands, publishers, agencies, and measurement providers a shared vocabulary for organic visibility in AI-powered discovery. The IAB AI visibility measurement framework covers metric definitions, data-quality tiers, provider disclosures, and measurement stability. IAB says more than 20 companies now sell … Read more
Horizon3.ai has announced a $250 million Series E at a valuation of more than $2 billion. Existing investors NightDragon and NEA co-led the oversubscribed round, which lifts the cybersecurity company from the $650 million valuation attached to its Series D just over a year ago. The round’s most useful numbers do not all come from … Read more
Artificial Analysis has put a striking number on DeepSeek V4-Flash-0731: about $0.03 for the weighted average cost of one task in its Intelligence Index. The research firm also scored the model at 50, a 10-point gain over the V4-Flash version released in April. That makes the July 31 update notable on both capability and cost, … Read more
Google has reportedly reduced up to $50 million in annual work from HCLTech during a vendor-consolidation review, according to Mint’s August 2 report. The reported Google HCLTech contract cut concerns part of a long-running technology-services engagement. Mint reported that Google represented about $200 million in annual business for HCLTech, making the reported reduction roughly one … Read more
Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said in an August 3 Decoder interview that the network expects to start monetizing in 2026 and is leaning toward taking a percentage when traffic it enables produces subscriptions or ecommerce revenue, rather than building its growth model around ads. Schneider was equally clear about the limit of the announcement: he … Read more
Australia’s government said on August 3 that it had finalised the design of its News Bargaining Incentive legislation. The proposed charge would apply when qualifying digital platforms do not make commercial agreements with news publishers. The bill is expected early in the spring parliamentary session, so the 2.5% charge is not yet in force and … Read more
GoDaddy narrowed its full-year 2026 revenue outlook on July 30 in its second-quarter results. Reuters linked the tighter range to slower AI-tool adoption and weaker customer acquisition. Yet Airo reached a $50 million annualized bookings run rate, five times its first-quarter level. The change was a narrowing, not a midpoint cut. GoDaddy moved from its … Read more
Reddit reported a 64% year-over-year increase in advertising revenue to $762 million in its second-quarter 2026 results released July 30. Total revenue reached $805 million, up 61%, while global daily active uniques increased 18% to 130.3 million. The growth arrived with a less comfortable audience signal. Reuters reported that search referrals were uneven during the … Read more
The European Commission said on July 31, 2026 that its AI Office and national authorities will begin enforcing the AI Act on August 2. The same date starts Article 50 transparency duties for certain interactive AI systems and AI-generated or manipulated content. Associated Press reports that the Brussels-based AI Office is adding 38 people as … Read more
Amazon’s advertising services revenue reached $19.809 billion in the second quarter of 2026, up 26% from $15.694 billion a year earlier, according to Amazon’s July 30 earnings release. The result lifted growth excluding foreign-exchange effects above the 22% rate Amazon reported in each of the previous four quarters. Adding Q1’s $17.243 billion puts Amazon advertising … Read more
ADA completed its acquisition of Algonomy on July 30, 2026, adding retail AI decisioning across ecommerce, marketing, merchandising, and supply chain. The ADA Algonomy acquisition expands the combined business to 34 markets in APAC, the United States, MENA, and Europe. ADA says Algonomy brings more than 400 brand relationships, while its own organization has a … Read more