Distaste for subliminal advertising began in 1957, after James Vicary and Frances Thayer published a study in which they claimed that subliminally presenting the words “Eat popcorn” and “Drink ...

Imagine sipping a beer and suddenly landing your dream job, or a glass of wine doubling your bank balance. Sounds like magic, right? Yet, alcohol ads craft these fantastical scenarios to sneak into ...

McDonald's has secured itself as the king of advertising, with a legacy of legendary ad campaigns dating all the way back to its humble beginnings. One such campaign is an ingenious optical illusion ...

MOSCOW -- Deep within a Russian television advertisement for a local beer, Klinskoye, lurked a split-second message for another thirst-quencher: Pepsi. An image of Palmolive Fruit Essentials soap was ...

Matt investigates the very real possible that we are being secretly advertised and our shopping choices are not our own to make.

It's said that back in the early '90s, Red Bull was looking to launch in the UK, which led to it crafting an ingeniously ...

Alarming new research suggests that AI models can pick up “subliminal” patterns in training data generated by another AI that can make their behavior unimaginably more dangerous, The Verge reports.

Oct. 4 -- We asked if you've seen any advertising that you consider insensitive or tasteless in the wake of the attacks on the United States. Here are some of your responses: Auto Ads Once commercial ...

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