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Microsoft is exploring the idea of putting ads in your Windows 11 Start menu. To be specific, it's looking to place advertisements for apps you can find in the Microsoft Store in the menu's recommended section. I could hear you sighing in defeat if you've used Windows 10 extensively before — the older OS serves ads in the Start menu, as well, and they're also for apps you can download. At the moment, Microsoft will only show ads in this version if you're in the US and a Windows Insider in the Beta Channel. You won't be seeing them if you're not a beta tester or if you're using a device managed by an organization.Further, you can disable the advertisements altogether. To do so, just go to Personalization under Settings and then toggle off "Show recommendations for tips, app promotions, and...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that Air France, Etihad and Lufthansa must stop showing “misleading” adverts promoting the airlines’ environmental impact. In three separate rulings the ASA said that the adverts in question “must not appear again in the form complained about”. In the case of Air France the ASA challenged an ad which stated “Manchester to Bangkok […] Air France flights […] Air France is committed to protecting the environment: travel better and sustainably”. The Authority said that the ad “would be understood by consumers to mean that Air France offered a sustainable and environmentally friendly way to travel by air”, and that it “therefore expected to see a high level of evidence which demonstrated how Air France were protecting the environment and mak...

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Microsoft’s Windows 11 beta testers may start seeing ads in the Start menu

Air France, Etihad and Lufthansa ads banned over misleading environmental claims – Business Traveller