Hacker News with Generative AI: Advertising

Google Ad-Tech Targets National Security Decision Makers, People with Diseases (wired.com)
A WIRED investigation into the inner workings of Google’s advertising ecosystem reveals that a wealth of sensitive information on Americans is being openly served up to some of the world’s largest brands despite the company’s own rules against it.

Google, Advertising, Privacy, National Security, Health

5 points by impish9208 6 hours ago | 0 comments

I ditched my Pi-hole but still block ads with NextDNS (mattsayar.com)
I love the idea behind the Pi-hole: block ads at the DNS layer so ads never even reach your devices. No ads, no trackers, and no worries about your extensions breaking! Works network-wide! Unfortunately, it caused me more grief than joy.

Advertising, DNS, Software

66 points by MattSayar 1 day ago | 67 comments

Apple Maps Might Start Showing Ads (macrumors.com)
Apple is "exploring" the idea of showing search ads in the Apple Maps app, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

Apple, Mapping, Advertising, Mobile

57 points by ksec 4 days ago | 70 comments

Bitly injecting ads into shortened links (jvns.ca)

Bitly, Privacy, Advertising, Security

19 points by ColinWright 6 days ago | 19 comments

Apple Resumes Advertising on X (daringfireball.net)
Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a year.

Advertising, Social Media, Apple, Twitter

133 points by brcmthrowaway 7 days ago | 109 comments

Apple Comes Crawling Back to X Like a Dog (gizmodo.com)
In 2023, Apple pulled its advertising on X after Elon Musk replied to an anti-Semitic comment on the platform. In 2025, Apple has started buying ads on the platform again despite Musk seeming to do a Nazi-salute during a speech at the Trump inauguration and endorsing far-right candidates in Germany.

Advertising, Social Media, Politics, Elon Musk

44 points by belter 7 days ago | 17 comments

DOGE's Website Is Just One Big X Ad (wired.com)
At a press conference in the Oval Office this week, Elon Musk promised the actions of his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project would be “maximally transparent,” thanks to information posted to its website.

Dogecoin, Elon Musk, Transparency, Cryptocurrency, Advertising

57 points by OuterVale 7 days ago | 18 comments

Apple has started advertising on X again (theverge.com)
Apple has resumed advertising on X for the first time since pausing ads more than a year ago.

Apple, Advertising, Social Media

22 points by Timothee 7 days ago | 1 comments

Apple Resumes Advertising on X (macrumors.com)
Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in November 2023 following controversial remarks made by its owner Elon Musk.

Apple, Social Media, Advertising, Elon Musk

48 points by greyadept 8 days ago | 50 comments

Apple is once again advertising on X, more than a year after stopping all ads (appleinsider.com)
Apple has seemingly resumed advertising on X.

Advertising, Social Media, Apple

85 points by ksec 8 days ago | 38 comments

Shopify takes down Ye website selling swastika shirts after Super Bowl ad (cnbc.com)

Shopify, Controversies, Advertising, Fashion, Anti-Semitism

66 points by pseudolus 9 days ago | 53 comments

Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop (slashdot.org)

Marketing, Automotive, Technology, Advertising

291 points by mraniki 10 days ago | 201 comments

Valve Bans Forced In-Game Ads from All Steam Titles (kotaku.com)
Valve has now made it abundantly clear that anything like this on its PC store means an instant ban.

Gaming, Valve, Advertising, Steam

9 points by stalfosknight 10 days ago | 5 comments

Steam makes its ban on in-game ads explicit (pcgamer.com)

Gaming, Advertising, Steam

84 points by nabla9 10 days ago | 53 comments

Advertising Is a Cancer on Society (2019) (zlydach.pl)
I frequently say that advertising is a cancer on modern society.

Advertising, Society, Opinions

284 points by hosteur 10 days ago | 271 comments

Inside OpenAI's $14M Super Bowl debut (theverge.com)
OpenAI just made its Super Bowl debut with a 60-second spot that positions AI alongside humanity’s greatest innovations.

Super Bowl, Advertising, OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence

26 points by minimaxir 11 days ago | 10 comments

Google faked Gemini AI output in Super Bowl ad (theverge.com)
Google appears to have faked AI output in a commercial set to run during the Super Bowl.

Generative AI, Advertising, Google, Super Bowl

7 points by kgwgk 11 days ago | 1 comments

Disney+ Ad Policy Change (rossmanngroup.com)
In January 2025, Disney+ updated its Subscriber Agreement to include provisions allowing advertisements in content across all subscription tiers, including those marketed as "no ads" or "ad free."

Streaming Services, Advertising, Disney, Consumer Rights

27 points by instagib 12 days ago | 3 comments

Google edits Super Bowl ad for AI that featured false information (theguardian.com)
Google has edited an advert for its leading artificial intelligence (AI) tool, Gemini, before its broadcast during the Super Bowl after it was found to contain false information about gouda cheese.

Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Super Bowl

101 points by nemoniac 13 days ago | 80 comments

Google remakes Super Bowl ad after AI cheese gaffe (bbc.co.uk)
Google has re-edited an advert for its leading artificial intelligence (AI) tool, Gemini, after it overestimated the global appetite for Gouda.

Artificial Intelligence, Advertising, Super Bowl

8 points by camtarn 14 days ago | 1 comments

The Sad Math of Ads (jamesdamore.com)
Advertising permeates modern life, drowning us in messages of inadequacy and promises of salvation through consumption.

Advertising, Consumerism, Psychology

42 points by TaurenHunter 14 days ago | 34 comments

YouTube Ads Made an Absurd Amount of Money in 2024 (gamerant.com)

YouTube, Advertising, Revenue, 2024

10 points by smgit 15 days ago | 9 comments

Apple Might Start Buying Ads on X Again (macrumors.com)
Apple held discussions with X (formerly Twitter) about once again showing ads on the social media site, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Advertising, Social Media, Apple

16 points by belter 18 days ago | 5 comments

Ask HN: Why does my iPhone show me ads relevant to a dinner conversation? (ycombinator.com)
Last night — for the second day in a row — I had a dinner-table conversation with my iPhone 16 in my pocket AND with microphone access "off" for essentially all apps including various Google apps and Facebook. Later, Facebook showed me ads relating to dinner-conversation topics.

Privacy, iPhone, Facebook, Advertising, Data Collection

6 points by dctoedt 18 days ago | 10 comments

X sues Lego, Nestlé and more brands, accusing them of advertising boycott (npr.org)
Elon Musk's X broadened an existing lawsuit on Saturday to include several major brands — accusing more companies of illegally boycotting the social media platform in 2022 following Musk's acquisition.

Lawsuits, Social Media, Business, Advertising, Elon Musk

68 points by unsnap_biceps 19 days ago | 45 comments

Everything Is Spam on Facebook Unless It Is Paid Post (Or Actual Spam) (itsfoss.com)
Have you tried sharing any interesting articles from It's FOSS on Facebook in the past few months?

Social Media, Facebook, Content Marketing, Advertising

22 points by bzg 20 days ago | 1 comments

Discord’s advertising push continues (nowtoknow.com)
As Discord’s budding romance with brands and advertisers continues, the platform has hired its first-ever chief business officer to scale up its sales and partnership business.

Social Media, Business, Advertising

14 points by ineluctable 21 days ago | 30 comments

Show HN: Teaching a $14 ESP32 to Detect and Auto-Mute TV Ads (naveen.ing)
I hate TV ads in general. But the ads on streaming services like Hulu and recently Amazon Prime can be unbearable.

Programming, Hardware, TV, Advertising

12 points by naveen_k 23 days ago | 2 comments

YouTube plays out hours long unskipable ads to adblock users (reddit.com)

YouTube, Advertising, Ad Blocking, Online Video

17 points by doener 24 days ago | 7 comments

Astronomers seek global ban on space advertising (spacenews.com)
WASHINGTON — Astronomers are calling on nations to ban advertising in space that can be seen from the ground, calling it the latest threat to the dark and quiet sky.

Astronomy, Space, Advertising, Environmental Issues

52 points by belter 25 days ago | 22 comments