Google quietly rebranded its "unified pricing rules" to "pricing rules" in Ad Manager in December, allowing publishers to set bidder-specific floor prices again. Many publishers are now experimenting and seeing results from the revised feature.

A study conducted by Ipsos found a large majority of Americans believe screens are a problem - especially how they are used and the attention and money people give them. The data suggests this ties into differences in optimism among youth in terms of views on the U.S. and the American dream.

Deadly errors related to health information have forced Google to remove answers in AI Overviews queries, with instances of inaccurate information emerging based a scoring system that one tech executive believes is built into AI-based chatbots.

The primary allegation is that Disney failed to properly use the "Made for Kids" designation - a compliance tool that triggers automated protections, disabling personalized ads and preventing data collection - for hundreds of its YouTube videos.