Places and Things

I guess I have to watch ads everywhere on my $1,500 LG TV now This afternoon, I was updating the streaming apps on my 2020 LG CX OLED TV, something I do from time to time, but today was different. Out of nowhere, I saw (and heard) an ad for Ace Hardware start playing in the lower-left corner. It autoplayed with sound without any action on my part. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/3/10/22323790/lg-oled-tv-commercials-content-store

Google is now blocking the ads publishers sell if they don’t meet Google’s standards On some recent business day, The New York Times sold an ad to a company. Continue Reading . . . https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/12/google-is-now-blocking-the-ads-publishers-sell-if-they-dont-meet-googles-standards/