A new Ipsos survey adds consumer sentiment data to the growing debate over ads in AI search. Most US adults say ads in AI search results would reduce their trust in those results. Early advertiser data from ChatGPT’s ad pilot offers limited context. An Ipsos survey of U.S. adults found 63% say ads in AI search results would reduce trust. Early advertiser data offers limited, mixed signals.
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Cleaner UIs aren’t always better UIs, and Google’s latest Play Store change proves just that. Users often rely on reviews to decide whether an app available on the Google Play Store is worth downloading or not, and Google, with its latest UI change, just took away one of the most effective review filters. The last time the Play Store got a major UI change like this was last year. Related Google is redesigning one of the Play Store’s most important menus Revamped account switcher spotted in development Earlier today, we reported on the Play Store review section’s new search bar.…
Malicious web content can be used to manipulate, deceive, and exploit autonomous AI agents navigating the internet, Google DeepMind researchers show. The researchers have identified six types of attacks against AI agents that can be mounted via web content to inject malicious context and trigger unexpected behavior. Web content, they explain in a research paper, allows attackers to set up ‘AI Agent Traps’ that weaponize the agents’ capabilities against themselves, allowing attackers to promote products, exfiltrate data, or disseminate information at scale. Designed to misdirect or exploit interacting AI agents, these content elements can be embedded in web pages or…
Email personalization drives measurable revenue impact. According to HubSpot’s 2026 State of Marketing report, 93.2% of marketers say personalized or segmented experiences generate more leads and purchases, and nearly half are exploring AI to scale those efforts.
Ryan McLeod / Android AuthorityTL;DR Samsung’s expected to introduce a new wider version of the Galaxy Z Fold this summer. Recent renders have attempted to preview what to expect from this so-called Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide. Now we’ve found some new artwork and an animation depicting the Fold 8 Wide. Samsung’s got something new in the works for its foldables this year, as evidence continues to amass for the introduction of a new Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide model, offering a slightly new form-factor option for the company’s book-style Fold. While we’ve still yet to see the actual hardware…
If you rank your own product #1 in “best of” listicles, it’s not just a search-quality issue — it may violate FTC rules that took effect in October 2024. Driving the news. As Lily Ray noted on LinkedIn, the FTC’s Consumer Review Rule (16 CFR Part 465) prohibits several deceptive practices tied to reviews and testimonials, including: Presenting company-controlled content as independent reviews. Publishing reviews of products or services never actually used. Attributing reviews to people who didn’t write them. Penalties can reach up to $53,088 per violation, and each page may count separately. Ray also shared a reference table…
Bad news, OpenClaw fans: Anthropic wants you to pay more to use its AI models. This wasn’t something Anthropic necessarily announced, either; rather, the company started sending emails to affected users, letting them know they could no longer use their Claude Code subscription limits with third-party “harnesses,” including—and most notabl—OpenClaw. Anthropic confirmed users could still connect to OpenClaw with their Claude account, but they’d have to pay more money in order to do so—including a “pay-as-you-go” option tacked onto the cost of the subscription. According to Anthropic, this policy change isn’t without logic or reason. As highlighted by TechCrunch, Boris…
Amazon’s backlog is now $244 billion, up 40% year over year. “There’s a lot of demand for AWS right now, in the AI space and also in the core AWS space,” Jassy said. CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google plans to spend around $180 billion on capex in 2026. And Google also reported a backlog of $240 billion in February. “The number of deals in 2025 over a billion dollars surpassed the previous three years combined,” said Pichai. The driver for this growth? AI spending. AI companies need more compute capacity to train more powerful models. And enterprises deploying AI…
Ravie LakshmananApr 06, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence Threat actors likely associated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have been observed using GitHub as command-and-control (C2) infrastructure in multi-stage attacks targeting organizations in South Korea. The attack chain, per Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, involves obfuscated Windows shortcut (LNK) files acting as the starting point to drop a decoy PDF document and a PowerShell script that sets the stage for the next phase of the attack. It’s assessed that these LNK files are distributed via phishing emails. As soon as the payloads are downloaded, the victim is displayed the PDF document, while the malicious PowerShell script runs silently…
There are quite a few microcontroller options on the market, from Arduino and Raspberry Pi to Espressif’s ESP32 platform. Personally, I’m not too fussed about Arduino or Raspberry Pi—here’s why my next microcontroller will be an ESP32. It’s one of the most-used pieces of smart home tech in existence When it comes to building DIY smart home projects, it’s hard to deny the popularity and capability of the ESP32. Not only is it popular among DIY smart home users, with projects like ESPHome being extremely well established, but the ESP32 platform itself is used by most major companies to power…