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Walgreens' experimental rollout of those ad-covered refrigerator screens has disintegrated into legal chaos.

Pointing Fingers

That's not good!

Walgreens’ Ad Screens on Drink Fridges Allegedly Caught Fire

Amid the ongoing SAG strike, Tom Hanks has issued a warning about an AI version of him being used in a dental ad without his consent.

Beware

"I have nothing to do with it."

Tom Hanks Says Someone Used AI to Make an Ad Featuring Him Without His Permission

New research suggests that Toxoplasma gondii, the brain parasite infamously spread by pet cats, is linked to a greater risk of brain cancer.

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Five hundred drones took to the sky in NYC, not to entertain onlookers with a futuristic dance of lights — but to show them Candy Crush ads.

Candy Crushed Dreams

"Hoping some of the NYC residents shoot down the candy crush drones."

New Yorkers Furious at Drones Forming Huge "Candy Crush" Ad Over Skyline

Advertisers are fleeing Twitter in droves now that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken over control. Now, he's trying to pick up the pieces and begging them to return.

Leave Twitter Alone

"Those type of provocations are not helping to calm the waters."

Elon Musk Meeting With Advertisers, Begging Them Not to Leave Twitter

Elon Musk, famously against advertising and known for his company Tesla's supposed zero dollar marketing strategy, now has a change of heart on ads.

It All Ads Up

How convenient!

Elon Musk, Who Always Hated Ads, Suddenly Says He Loves Ads Now That He Owns a Site That Depends on Them

Russian researchers are suggesting we could send satellites into space to display ads in the night sky by having them reflect sunligh while in formation.

Space Billboards

It might be economically feasible — but it's a terrible idea.

Russian Scientists Propose Plan to Launch Huge Advertisements Into Orbit Over Cities

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It looks like at least one corporation may finally have reached their ultimate frontier: advertising to us in our sleep. 

Androids Dream

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"I had one [dream] where I was on a pogo stick jumping around with Coors products."

Woman Says Coors Paid Her $1,000 to Successfully Inject Advertisements Into Her Dreams

There's still a chance Microsoft may stuff ads in its File Explorer — you know, the thing every Windows user relies on to access their files?

Ads Everywhere

Oops, you weren't supposed to see that.

Microsoft May Start Putting Ads in Windows File Manager

The neural networks behind social media's sophisticated ad targeting could swallow the whole energy grid.

Power Hungry

"It's like a black hole."

Scientists Warn That Ad-Targeting Neural Networks Could Use "Infinite" Energy

The team of three that recently published an essay on dream hacking in Aeon includes Harvard professor of psychiatry Robert Stickgold, and they report that a 2021 survey found that, of more than 400 marketers in the United States, 77% plan to use dream-tech advertising in the next three years.

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