Microsoft is tightening AI ad transparency, requiring advertisers to disclose synthetic content, and preserve provenance data ...

Microsoft is an advertising company. Not just an advertising company, true, it makes software and hardware and sells online services. But it made $10 billion in revenue from “search and news ...

Microsoft will be shutting down its Microsoft Advertising Ads for Social Impact ad grant program. It will officially be discontinued in December 2025. The final grants will be awarded on November 30, ...

As if the Windows 11 experience wasn't commodified enough, Microsoft has begun testing ads within the Start menu of Windows 11, a change rolling out to users within its Beta Channel in the US. SEE ...

That important system warning in Windows 11's Start menu? It's just an ad for OneDrive and Microsoft 365. In a move that surprises no one, Microsoft continues to annoy its users with more pop-up ...

Microsoft is undergoing its second round of massive layoffs in as many months, Bloomberg reports. The details on the latest round are still unknown, but Microsoft Advertising was keenly affected by ...

Ads in Microsoft Windows’ Start menu are nothing new, and it’s no surprise that they’re coming to Windows 11. Microsoft has been testing ads in beta releases, and this week the update that places ...

Microsoft is adding targeted ads, metrics and diagnostic capabilities to Copilot, the company announced Wednesday. The ads will run below Copilot’s organic response in results, with a stronger focus ...

Microsoft advertisers can now securely preview and share PMax creatives across placements before campaigns go live. Microsoft Advertising brought Ad Preview Hub to Performance Max campaigns, giving ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Microsoft is finally delivering on a long-awaited fix to Windows 11 search, and while the fix is rolling out to specific Windows users, those users will be ...

Microsoft has rolled out a new way to further mismanage the Windows 11 Start menu: displaying ads in the form of recommended apps. The ads are part of the KB5036980 update that rolled out to Windows ...