MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Google Ads is sending advertisers an unusual quarterly policy reminder specifically warning about deepfakes, non-consensual intimate imagery and other forms of unlawful synthetic content. The email,
NEW YORK, NY – New York prosecutors have seized 12 domain names used by websites accused of selling and distributing AI-generated pornographic deepfakes depicting approximately 1,200 real people without their
REDMOND, WA – Microsoft Advertising is eliminating the ability to set a maximum cost-per-click limit on many new advertising campaigns, another step toward automated bidding systems controlling how advertisers’ budgets
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Google is changing the way AdSense counts display advertising impressions, a move the company says will bring its measurement methodology in line with industry standards but
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, introducing what the company calls its most intelligent and aligned AI model yet. The bigger story, however, may not
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The FBI is investigating what could become one of the largest exposures of government-issued identification documents ever reported, after a new dark-web service began offering
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Search Engine Journal published an article this week suggesting that JSON-LD schema is an important technical signal for AI search visibility. But controlled testing, Google’s
REDMOND, WA – Microsoft is investigating a widespread Exchange Online outage Monday that is causing email delays, failed messages and authentication problems for businesses and users across the United States.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Bill Gates has long presented artificial intelligence as a powerful tool capable of improving productivity, education and healthcare. He is now sounding considerably less optimistic
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – A federal judge is questioning whether Google is using its search monopoly to take publishers’ content while sending them increasingly little traffic in return. During a
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – A lead arrived through one of my client’s websites at 4:45 p.m. Within two minutes, I had reviewed the submission, checked where the visitor came
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – More than a decade ago, the Internet was supposedly about to change forever. ICANN opened the floodgates to hundreds of new generic top-level domains, or
WASHINGTON – Microsoft is updating its Services Agreement governing consumer online products and services, with revised terms taking effect September 30, 2026. Among the changes are updated provisions addressing Microsoft
WASHINGTON – Amazon has updated the legal terms governing U.S. customers, reinstating mandatory arbitration for most disputes and adding a class-action waiver that generally requires customers to pursue claims individually.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Another premium .ai domain has reportedly sold for six figures. This time it was Source.ai, changing hands for $200,000. Five years ago, a sale like
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – For years, email open rates have been one of the most widely used metrics in digital marketing. Businesses often judged the success of an email
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The latest DNJournal Year-to-Date Top 100 Domain Sales Chart, reflecting publicly reported transactions through July 5, 2026, shows a domain aftermarket being shaped by two
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Call Tracking Metrics has officially rebranded as CTM, adopting the premium three-letter domain CTM.com as its primary web address. The company announced the change on
The message had already been routed into my spam folder by Google's filtering system. While legitimate emails can occasionally end up there, I generally treat anything in my spam folder with an extra level of skepticism. At the same time, I no longer assume that every message flagged as spam is malicious. Earlier this year, major email providers including Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft tightened their email authentication and spam filtering, making their filters far more aggressive. As a result, I now review my spam folder much more carefully because legitimate business inquiries occasionally end up there; some never make it to my inbox at all.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – In the world of premium domain names, the headlines usually belong to the domains themselves. A one-word .com sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – For years, artificial intelligence has become more powerful with seemingly few limits on who could access it. Businesses, developers, and consumers have largely been free
If you don't have time to sift through all of the legal jargon, I've done it for you. Below is a plain-English breakdown of the most notable changes, including new language about background internet usage, expanded provisions related to artificial intelligence, updated rules regarding automated access and scraping, and several legal clarifications. While this isn't an exhaustive review of every edit, it highlights the changes most likely to matter to everyday users, website owners, and businesses that rely on Google's services.