SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI says it will soon start showing advertisements to ChatGPT users who aren’t paying for a premium version of the chatbot. The artificial intelligence company…
Read more ChatGPT’s free ride is ending: Here’s what OpenAI plans for advertising on the chatbotSAN FRANCISCO — California regulators are threatening to suspend Tesla’s license to sell its electric cars in the state early next year unless the automaker tones down its…
Read more California threatens Tesla with 30-day suspension of sales license for deceptive self-driving claimsPepsiCo plans to cut prices and eliminate some of its products under a deal with an activist investor announced Monday. The Purchase, New York-based company, which makes Cheetos,…
Read more PepsiCo to cut prices, eliminate products as part of a deal with an activist investorGoogle will confront the U.S. government’s latest attempt to topple its internet empire in federal court on Friday as a judge considers how to prevent the abusive tactics…
Read more Google and US government battle over the future of internet advertisingFor technology adopters looking for the next big thing, “agentic AI” is the future. At least, that’s what the marketing pitches and tech industry T-shirts say. What makes…
Read more What does ‘agentic’ AI mean? Tech’s newest buzzword is a mix of marketing fluff and real promiseNEW YORK — The vivid blue campaign signs with bold orange lettering were impossible to miss as Zohran Mamdani made his historic and improbable run for New York…
Read more From Bollywood to bodegas, Mamdani’s mayoral campaign found visual inspiration in unlikely cornersSAN FRANCISCO — Google’s corporate parent on Wednesday announced its first-ever quarter with more than $100 billion in revenue, a milestone that illustrates the unwavering power of its…
Read more Google’s corporate parent posts first-ever quarter with $100B in revenue in latest show of its powerANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland’s first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising violated the Constitution, a federal appeals court says, because blocking Big Tech from telling customers about the tax violates…
Read more Maryland tax on digital ads violated Big Tech’s free speech, judges sayALEXANDRIA, Va. — Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly…
Read more Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over ad technologyNEW YORK — Verizon Communications has long enjoyed its position as the leading provider of mobile services in the U.S. But a new trend of price-conscious customers holding…
Read more Marketing exec wants to shift Verizon’s transactional image into one more tied to people’s livesNEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Communications has long enjoyed its position as the leading provider of mobile services in the U.S. But a new trend of price-conscious customers…
Read more Marketing exec wants to shift Verizon’s transactional image into one more tied to people’s livesIf you’re not looking too closely, some recent Kamala Harris ads may give the false impression that some leading news organizations are taking sides in the campaign for…
Read more They look like — and link to — real news articles. But they’re actually ads from the Harris campaignWICHITA FALLS, Tex. — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of…
Read more Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’ after Twitter takeoverNEW YORK — It’s summertime, and the bargains seem easy at a time when many consumer prices are high. July sales events have become a seasonal revenue driver…
Read more Amazon Prime Day deals are almost here. Should you take advantage of them?NEW YORK — How much does it cost to feel special? At Chuck E- Cheese, the family entertainment and pizza chain, the price is $7.99, $11.99 or $29.99…
Read more Want to feel special? Stores and restaurants with paid memberships are betting on itHONG KONG — Hong Kong’s government has lifted curbs on property deals after home prices fell to a seven-year low, adding to the Chinese territory’s woes. Finance minister…
Read more Hong Kong lifts curbs on property market, to spend more on tourismSAN FRANCISCO — With Apple’s hotly anticipated Vision Pro headset hitting store shelves Friday, you’re probably going to start to see more people wearing the futuristic googles that…
Read more Why Apple is pushing the term ‘spatial computing’ along with its new Vision Pro headsetNEW YORK — Budweiser is bringing back some familiar characters this year in its Super Bowl ad. The perennial Super Bowl marketer is bringing back fan-favorite characters the…
Read more Bud brings back Clydesdales as early Super Bowl ad releases offer up nostalgia, humor, celebritiesRepublican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama says he is ending his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, clearing the way for hundreds to be approved ByKEVIN FREKING Associated…
Read more Tuberville is ending blockade of most military nominees, clearing way for hundreds to be approvedTOKYO — The bid-rigging trial around the Tokyo Olympics played out Tuesday in a Japanese courtroom — more than two years after the Games closed — with advertising…
Read more Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed
