Phia, the online shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates, daughter of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is facing scrutiny after an independent researcher Ben Edelman accused it of taking credit for online sales it did not drive. According to a report by Bloomberg, the publication also conducted a testing a found that Phia’s browser extension opened background tabs during checkout, silently inserting its own affiliate code to override legitimate referrals and this practice is known as cookie stuffing.

Das Unternehmen von Phoebe Gates steht aktuell heftig in der Kritik. Wie Recherchen von »Bloomberg« ergaben, soll Phia Provisionen für Verkäufe eingestrichen haben, die eigentlich…

Das Unternehmen von Phoebe Gates steht aktuell heftig in der Kritik. Wie Recherchen von Bloomberg ergaben, soll ihr KI-Start-up Phia Provisionen für Verkäufe eingestrichen haben,…