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UK advertising watchdog bans Coinbase ads as 'irresponsible'
28.1.2026
The ASA banned Coinbase adverts concluding they imply crypto could ease the country's cost-of-living crisis
Italy’s CONSOB puts ‘finfluencers’ on notice amid ESMA’s crypto risk warnings
13.1.2026
Italy’s securities regulator shared ESMA’s finfluencer factsheet, warning social media promoters that EU rules on investment recommendations and advertising apply to crypto
Belarus Blocks Major Crypto Exchange Websites Over ‘Inappropriate Advertising’
11.12.2025
Belarus has blocked access to several major crypto exchanges — including Bitget, Bybit, OKX, BingX, Weex and Gate.com — after authorities flagged “inappropriate advertising” under the country’s Mass Media Law. Advertising Violations Cited The websites of several global cryptocurrency platforms...
Crypto Advertising Is Inherently Political — and That’s a Good Thing
15.9.2025
The crypto industry's messaging and adverts often read like advocacy because crypto's nature questions centralized control and trust, argues Paragon's Conrad Young
AMC Will Soon Start Adding More Commercials Before The Movie Starts
4.6.2025
AMC, the largest theater chain in the United States, will soon start showing even more commercials before the start of a movie. This is on top of the usual 20 minutes of trailers and ads already shown before most films. Read more
Get Ready For AI-Generated Slop To Interrupt Ad-Supported Netflix Viewing In 2026
15.5.2025
The ad-supported tier of Netflix is going to get way worse, starting some time in 2026. That’s when the streaming giant is promising to implement AI-generated ads and pause ad formats in the middle of watching shows and movies, according to a new report by Media Play News. It’s a privilege...
Viant Technology Could Benefit From Buying Bitcoin, Eric Semler Says
29.4.2025
The Semler Scientific chairman flagged the ad tech firm as ripe for a bitcoin treasury strategy amid stock struggles and cash stockpile
Crypto Ad-Tech Shop Builds 'Retargeting' Service to Reel in Likely Customers
3.4.2025
Addressable is looking to bring Web2 marketing tactics to the Web3 economy
Jeep Owners Dealing With Excessive Pop-Up Ads, Reminding Us How The Future Sucks
12.2.2025
Imagine driving down the road in your car and stopping at an intersection. The moment you do, an ad pops up on your dashboard, covering your GPS and forcing you to close it. Then you stop again and it happens again. And again. Well, that scenario has been happening to numerous Jeep owners recently...
Remember When Selling Out Was A Bad Thing?
10.2.2025
This year’s Super Bowl was a mostly boring game of football with a great Kendrick Lamar concert in the middle. Of course, sprinkled liberally through out all of Super Bowl 59 were expensive commercials. And like in years past, nearly every ad included actors, musicians and other famous people...
Valve Bans Forced In-Game Ads From All Steam Titles
10.2.2025
If you, like most people on Earth, a frequent mobile gamer, you’ll be all-too aware of the bane of in-game ads. Because the freemium model proves by far the most successful way to release games on telephones, you pay by sitting through agonizing ads with fake countdown timers, ‘x’ buttons that...
Netflix Is Raising Its Prices Again, Even For People Watching With Ads
22.1.2025
The most popular streaming service behind Stranger Things and other hits is raising its prices for the second time in as many years. Netflix announced it will charge users anywhere from $12 to $24 more a year depending on their subscription tier. Even viewers who are already watching ads will have...
A Few Ways That Cloudways Makes Running This Site a Little Easier
14.1.2025
(This is a sponsored post.)
It’s probably no surprise to you that CSS-Tricks is (proudly) hosted on Cloudways, DigitalOcean’s managed hosting arm. Given both CSS-Tricks and Cloudways are part of DigitalOcean, it was just a matter of time …
A Few Ways That Cloudways Makes Running This Site...
Spotify Wrapped Tells Me My Music Habits Are Not Normal
5.12.2024
Yesterday, Spotify released its annual Wrapped infographics breaking down individual users’ most-listened-to songs and artists. As the Kotaku staff rolled into Slack, we shared our respective results, and the stark difference between how some of us consume music got two of our writers reflecting...
Blockchain protocols aim to break up digital advertising cartel
27.11.2024
Blockchain aggregators like Layer3, Intract and Playa3ull aim to break up the power of centralized social media and search
KFC Won't Let Colonel Sanders Appear In Tekken
30.9.2024
Tekken development chief Katsuhiro Harada has long dreamed of adding Kentucky Fried Chicken’s founder-turned-mascot Colonel Sanders to the long-running fighting game. But according to Harada, KFC isn’t interested in the crossover. And it seems unlikely that you’ll get a Waffle House stage...
Funko Fusion's Mecha Colonel Sanders Is Locked Behind A $25 Chicken Paywall
9.9.2024
Funko Fusion’s latest character reveal is KFC mascot, founder, and actual human being Colonel Sanders (Colonel Harland David Sanders passed away over 40 years ago). And if you eat enough KFC chicken you can get a special version of the late fast food icon in a mech suit. Really.Read more
Perplexity AI’s ad integration plan draws shock, mockery: ‘This company is toast’
23.8.2024
The company reportedly intends to charge a much higher than average premium for ad space in its AI-powered search engine
Perplexity AI’s ad integration plan draws shock, mockery: ‘This company is toast’
23.8.2024
The company reportedly intends to charge a much higher-than-average premium for ad space in its AI-powered search engine
Perplexity AI’s ad integration plan draws shock, mockery: ‘This company is toast’
23.8.2024
The company reportedly intends to charge a much higher-than-average premium for ad space in its AI-powered search engine