Edition No. 129 · Thu 29 Oct 2026 · Story 21 of 43

Apple's Safari crackdown pushes ad tech toward server-side solutions, but doubts remain

Digiday

Apple's Safari block on identity-resolution providers is pushing ad tech toward the IAB Tech Lab's server-side Trusted Server.

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