Meta to use ads data for content recommendations On Tuesday, Meta published a blog post announcing that it will begin using the data provided to it by advertisers… June 12, 2026
WWDC 2026: Implications for the App Economy Apple held its annual developer conference, WWDC, this week; the Keynote and Platforms State of the Union presentations were on… June 10, 2026
Podcast: Can AI Save Journalism? (with Peter Stuart) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ7olUBiFGo On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Peter Stuart, the co-founder of Velora, an AI… June 10, 2026
Unpacking Apple’s update to Foundation Models Framework Apple unveiled a major update to its Foundation Models Framework (FMF) at this year's WWDC. The FMF was introduced at… June 9, 2026
Bending Spoons files to go public Bending Spoons, the Italian roll-up operator that owns, among many other properties, AOL, Eventbrite, and Vimeo, filed to go public… June 8, 2026
Podcast: Understanding Amazon’s advertising advantages (with Adam Epstein) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhiRPl6v4Nk On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Adam Epstein, the co-founder and CEO of Gigi,… June 4, 2026
Your phone isn’t secretly listening to you for ad targeting, part 2 Last month, the FTC fined Cox Media Group (CMG) and two other companies to settle allegations that the firms deceived… June 3, 2026
Meta’s subscriptions and the advertising narrative blind spot Meta announced last week that it is rolling out its Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp Plus subscriptions globally. There… June 1, 2026
The generative RecSys revolution The application of generative methodologies to recommendation systems infrastructure ("RecSys") is an exciting area at the frontier of ML research.… May 27, 2026
Podcast: The New Economics of Building an Audience (with Danny Frankel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j06HrjH-0ek On this week's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Danny Frankel, the founder of Punchup Live, a… May 27, 2026