Nvidia’s free-tier GeForce Now will soon show ads while you’re waiting to play

Nvidia’s completely free, no-strings attached trial of its cloud gaming service GeForce Now is about to be very slightly less of a deal — on Wednesday February 28th, Nvidia tells The Verge, users will start seeing ads. They’re only for the free tier — not Priority or Ultimate — and even then, it sounds like … Read more

‘Boycott Tesla’ ads aired during Super Bowl 2024 spotlight self-driving dangers

If you were watching this year’s Super Bowl in California, Delaware, Michigan, or Washington D.C., you may have noticed a series of ads about Tesla. No, the ads weren’t promoting Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company. On the contrary, the ads were specifically calling for viewers to “Boycott Tesla.” In case you missed those ads or … Read more

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Says She Won’t ‘Enshittify the Network With Ads’

Our goal is to combine both approaches—to run a moderation service that tries to provide a baseline and to also have an open ecosystem where anyone who wants to innovate can come in and start building. I think this is particularly useful around cases where information is really fast moving and there’s specialized knowledge. There … Read more

Super Bowl 57 commercials schedule: Complete list of ads by quarter in 2023

The Super Bowl is the only event on television where people actually anticipate the commercials. This is when companies really roll out the highest quality ads. Some that tug on the heart strings, some that provide a good laugh and others that are just all around solid.  Viewers get to be surprised when they see … Read more

Super Bowl 2024 Ads You Can Watch Now

Super Bowl 58 is right around the corner, and that means viewers can count on brands using the big game to capture their attention. More than 115 million people tuned in to last year’s event. Super Bowl Sunday is one of the world’s biggest stages, and advertisers continue to pour money into campaigns.  In 2023, … Read more

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Romance Inspires Funny Dude Wipes Super Bowl Ads

Everybody’s talking about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce ahead of the Super Bowl, but they’re getting associated with a different kinda bowl — a toilet bowl, to be exact — before the Big Game … with Dude Wipes launching new ads inspired by the superstar couple. TMZ Sports has learned — the popular wet wipe … Read more

Prime Video ads are here, but is that enough to cancel your membership?

Tatiana Meteleva via Getty Images Your favorite programming in Prime Video will now be interrupted by ads. The streaming service is one of the benefits of an Amazon Prime membership and was ad-free until now. Users who would rather skip the commercials and stick with the ad-free service will have to pay $2.99 per month … Read more

Want to Stream With No Ads? That’ll Cost You

A decade ago, cord-cutters prophesied a world free of exorbitant cable bills where everyone binged The Office without intrusions from advertisers. Now, you have to pay extra to not watch commercials on most streaming services. On Monday, Amazon Prime Video became the latest streamer to embrace the ad tax, tacking $3 onto the monthly bill … Read more

A US-Sanctioned Oligarch Ran Pro-Kremlin Ads on Facebook—Again

“Malicious actors like this are persistent, and as we’ve said before, we’ve previously detected efforts to use other Pages and accounts in an attempt to amplify content related to him,” Ben Walters, a Meta spokesperson, tells WIRED. “We have and will continue to take action when we find inauthentic behavior, or content, or ads that … Read more