Netflix also released its 10 most popular movies and shows.

The UK government has confirmed that the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s in England will be banned from April 2027, subject to parliamentary approval. The legislation will cover drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre, excluding tea and coffee. It will apply across shops, online retailers and vending machines, while business-to-business sales will be excluded.

“Over the last three years, we have grown four times faster than our competition on average. AI allows us to connect our unmatched capabilities in data, media production and technology and link client investments to business outcomes. It has contributed significantly in accelerating the performance of our marketing activities” - Arthur Sadoun, CEO, Publicis Groupe.

That's right, roughly half of consumers would pay brands more - an average of 7% more - for AI transparency, according to the 2026 edition of an annual digital trust study.

According to recent data from YouGov BrandIndex, the tournament’s biggest marketing wins didn’t belong to big budgets. Instead, the winners were brands that concentrated on the fan experience: what people wore, what they consumed, and where they were watching.

Anthropic announced that users on its paid plans can now teach Claude Cowork a skill by recording a walkthrough of a task, which Claude can then use to create a skill that it can subsequently use to complete the same task. It’s called Record a Skill

OpenAI disclosed it lost control of two AI models during a cybersecurity test that accidentally breached Hugging Face's research platform. This incident offers an important warning for advertising agencies and brands considering the use of autonomous AI agents. The hack was driven by an autonomous AI agent system that OpenAI owned.

A recent report from Pangram estimated that 41% of posts on LinkedIn show signs of AI generation, highlighting a growing problem across all apps.

According to the music video streaming network’s Then is Now report, 60% of respondents across nearly 1,800 Gen Z, Millennial and Gen X consumers in the U.S., UK and Australia reported identifying with “shared nostalgia” or a collective memory shaped by cultural reboots and widely shared content versus their personal experience.

Today’s buying journeys are faster, far less predictable, and far more interconnected. Consumers can discover a brand, research it, validate it through reviews, compare alternatives, and make a purchase decision in minutes. They can also re-enter the process at any point, often influenced by existing customers.

U.K. officials are considering another element within the nation’s proposed teenage social media restrictions, which would see teens aged 16 and 17 cut off from social media platforms overnight.

Chartbeat's Q2 data shows search traffic declining globally as a share of pageviews, except in Africa (41% to 48%) and Central Asia. North America and Europe both sit at just 13%.

Attribution isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. A new white paper from Idea Peddler, PJX Media, Share Local Media and Locality argues that tighter privacy regulations and changing consumer attitudes are reducing match rates, leading to billions wasted on ineffective programmatic advertising even as ROAS appears to improve.

The company felt confident enough in its first half performance to adjust its full-year growth outlook, now saying it will achieve minimum organic growth of 4.5%.