Amazon Prime Video Ads Start Today
Ad-free streaming services are officially a thing of the past. Amazon injected Prime Video’s movies and TV shows with ads on Monday. The company is asking users to pay an…
The free Telly TV actually makes advertising look … good?
Telly is a 55-inch LCD television with a built-in soundbar and secondary Smart Display. And it’s free. Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends In hindsight, the skepticism over Telly — a…
Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them.
Today marks the first of many upcoming moments of silence in Google’s years-long plan to kill cookies. As of this morning, the Chrome web browser disabled cookies for 1% of…
Ad Company Claims ‘It’s True. Your Devices Are Listening to You’
There’s little to no evidence suggesting that “your devices are listening to you,” but that hasn’t stopped people from believing big tech is monitoring every word they say. Now, a…
The Digital Creator Starter Pack: The Investments Critical to Instagram Entrepreneurship
Many dream of hitting it big on the internet, but few actualize it. Some plan for it, eschewing college for an incubator house with a gaggle of other influencer hopefuls…
Don’t like giant ads on Amazon Fire TV? Then don’t buy one
Oh, no! A full-screen promotion for a service on the platform you basically got for free! Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends There’s been a little bit of a kerfuffle of…
Say Goodbye to Those Absurd Side-Effects Readouts in Drug Commercials
Image: Adul10 (Shutterstock) Drug commercials in the U.S. are set to become more intelligible. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration updated its regulations regarding prescription drug ads that air…
The NYT Will A-N-N-O-Y Wordle Fans With Even More Ads
Photo: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) The once-sacrosanct halls of Wordle are adding new ads. When you hit “Play” on the Wordle mobile app, you’ll now be treated to what…
Companies Think Their Idiot Customers Will Accidentally Cancel Their Subscriptions if It’s Too Easy
The Federal Trade Commission’s recent proposal to require that companies offer customers easy one-click options to cancel subscriptions might seem like a no-brainer, something unequivocally good for consumers. Not according…
Netflix Wants to Make Ads More Like TV Shows
Even for those who grew up in the days of cable—the ones who cut their teeth on brain-melting Sunny D or Kool Aid commercials—watching ads on streaming services is somehow…