After a mere three months of testing, Meta announced on Wednesday that ads on Threads are now available to all eligible advertisers globally. While it might seem quick — testing periods can typically take anything ... read more

For years, privacy was treated as advertising’s great reckoning. The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation in 2018, Apple’s crackdown on mobile identifiers and the slow death march of third-party cookies in the largest ... read more

Livestreaming is having a moment in 2025 — and it’s bringing some growing pains. Creator platforms’ push into livestreaming is exposing a deep cultural divide between Twitch’s dedicated streaming community and creators going live on ... read more

Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. The subject can’t be avoided — following years of delays and panicked preparations, Google is keeping third-party cookies in ... read more

The long saga of Google’s third-party cookie crumble has come to an end. The tech behemoth has stopped kicking the can down the road when it comes to removing third-party cookies from Chrome and, instead, ... read more

The all-conquering video platform YouTube turned 20 years old this week, signifying a welcome break from drama after drama in what could be described as the most turbulent month in the 26-year history of its ... read more

The Slate Truck is an electric two-seater with 150 miles of range and no stereo. | Image: Slate Auto Ask just about anybody, and they'll tell you that new cars are too ... read more

A group of tabletop game makers and other American small businesses are filed a lawsuit on Thursday against President Donald Trump and his administration to attempt to stop his tariffs. The ... read more

Bluesky is currently experiencing a major outage. On my desktop browser, my Bluesky feed won’t load at all — it just shows a spinning loading circle. I’m seeing something similar with ... read more

While Switch 2 upgrades for games such as Breath of the Wild will still cost $9.99, Nintendo is pricing Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree’s upgrades at ... read more

Ziff Davis, the owner of several digital outlets like CNET, PCMag, IGN, and Everyday Health, is suing OpenAI over claims of copyright infringement, as first reported by The New York Times. ... read more

Despite antitrust monopoly challenges, Alphabet reported revenue for Q1 2025 rose 12% year-over-year to $90.2 billion, reflecting momentum across the business. ... read more

A Minnesota law criminalizing "deep fakes" is "so vague and unintelligible" that it violates the First Amendment, Elon Musk's X argues. ... read more

Legacy search brand Yahoo has been working on its own web browser prototype, and says it would like to buy Google's Chrome if the company is forced by a court to ... read more

You can stream The Studio and other Apple TV Plus hits for just $2.99 a month. | Image: Apple From The Studio to Severance, Apple TV Plus is home to a variety ... read more

Today is Intel’s Q1 2025 earnings call, and the first we’re truly hearing from new Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who took over the company on March 18th. But he didn’t wait ... read more

Switch 2 preorders are sold out online everywhere. But some people have managed to snag one using once conventional but now antiquated means: going to GameStop and preordering one in store.  ... read more

Meta is ramping up efforts to rid Facebook of spammy content, the company announced on Thursday. It’s cracking down on accounts that try to “game” the Facebook algorithm with lengthy posts ... read more

Donald Trump will sign an executive order that will target online election fundraising platforms that may allegedly process foreign campaign donations – an action specifically aimed at curtailing the activities of ... read more

Google’s AI Overviews in Search now have “1.5 billion users per month,” CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement as part of Alphabet’s Q1 2025 earnings. Google started to widely roll ... read more

In a surprise move, President Trump’s transportation department has decided to keep the Biden-era rule requiring automakers and tech companies to report crashes that involve fully or partially autonomous vehicles. But ... read more

Meta's Reality Labs division - responsible for the tech giant's VR and AR products - is shrinking, with an unspecified number of employees being laid off on Thursday. ... read more

Bowers & Wilkins’ new PX7 S3 are slimmer than the S2e, and include a smaller carrying case. | Image: Bowers & Wilkins We called Bowers & Wilkins’ PX7 S2e the “best-sounding wireless ... read more

Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses are getting tech updates and expansions in live language translation, Instagram messaging, music streaming, Meta AI and more. ... read more

Nintendo’s GameCube controller for the Switch 2 will cost $64.99, according to the controller’s listing on the company’s website. The controller releases on June 5th, the same day as the Switch ... read more

The summer of video game releases is starting to heat up. Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Alan Wake and Control, announced that its first multiplayer title FBC: Firebreak will launch on ... read more

Threads on the web has a new address. Now, you can access the Meta-owned network by heading to Threads.com instead of Threads.net. The move will likely make it easier for users ... read more

Kia is the latest automaker to be granted Tesla Supercharger access, allowing owners of the company’s EVs to connect to over 21,500 stalls across North America. Kia EVs were originally supposed ... read more

At 16 ounces, the Ember Tumbler is the biggest smart mug Ember sells. Tired of your coffee going cold halfway through the cup? Ember’s smart mugs are designed specifically to solve that ... read more

Meta has laid off an unspecified number of employees in its Reality Labs division, a company spokesperson confirmed. The cuts affected teams working in Oculus Studios, Meta's in-house games division for ... read more

The subtitles are available with newer Netflix originals, like season 5 of You. Netflix is rolling out a new subtitle option that shows just spoken dialogue. Before this change, Netflix offered Subtitles ... read more

"The president cannot be compelled to retain the services of principal officers whom he no longer believes should be entrusted with the exercise of executive power," the Justice Department argues. ... read more

Nintendo Switch 2 preorders have sold out online across the major retailers selling them in the US. Walmart, Best Buy, and Target sold out of their inventory early Thursday morning, while ... read more

Though Ryan Coogler's Sinners is crawling with vampires and steeped in supernatural mythology, the film's monsters are far from the most magical thing about it. Those aspects of Sinners' story are ... read more

Hori’s new Switch 2 camera can be used standalone or removed from its base and attached directly to the console. | Image: Hori After debuting a fun Piranha Plant-inspired alternative to Nintendo’s ... read more

Netflix’s Love, Death, and Robots anthology series has always featured pretty stacked casts, and it doesn’t sound like the show’s next season is going to be any exception. Along with a ... read more

Disney Advertising, LG Ad Solutions, Paramount, Roku, Samsung, and Warner Bros. Discovery are initial brands using Magnite's SpringServe newly combined video platform for connected TV (CTV) and over the top (OTT) performance-minded media buyers. ... read more

Wood you look at that. Motorola is kicking off hot foldable summer in style — and a little early this year. This time around it’s offering not two but three Razr models ... read more

That’s not an Apple Watch — it’s the Moto Watch Fit. Phones aren't the only gadgets that Motorola is announcing today. But whereas the new Razr foldables evoke a sense of nostalgia, ... read more

The first time I met Jon Friedman, corporate vice president of design and research at Microsoft, was in 2019 when he was spearheading a new open approach to design at Microsoft ... read more

Anudit Vikram, Chief Product Officer, Channel Factory Brand safety technology has advanced well beyond its origins. What began as simple keyword blocklists has matured into a new generation of tools powered by AI. These systems ... read more

GameStop’s online Nintendo Switch 2 preorders went live at 11AM ET, and like the preorders from other retailers overnight, things immediately got off to a rocky start. Right as the clock ... read more

The Eufy Omni E28’s dock includes an integrated deep cleaner for stains and messes the robovac can’t handle. | Image: Eufy If you’ve got pets or kids, in addition to a vaccum, ... read more

A big old thumb lump, and a touch of RGB underglow. Razer is announcing two new mice, the Pro Click V2 and Pro Click V2 Vertical Edition — the latter being Razer’s ... read more

Samsung’s newest washer and dryer come with 7-inch Android tablets built in that can run apps and answer phone calls. Almost a decade after launching the first smart fridge with a giant ... read more

You can preorder the Nintendo Switch 2 and the Mario Kart World bundle from GameStop today. Most major retailers launched their Nintendo Switch 2 preorders at 12AM ET on April 24th and ... read more

It’s a photo you may have already seen. Captured in stark black and white, several Vietnamese children run down a road, flanked by soldiers. In the left foreground, there is a ... read more

Today, we’re talking about the very real possibility that the United States government might break up Google. To figure that all out, I invited Jonathan Kanter, the former assistant attorney general ... read more

11 years after its launch, Grand Theft Auto V is still massively popular, becoming the most watched game on Twitch. The streaming platform has shared some of its viewership stats from ... read more

The next set of Pokémon TCG Pocket cards feels like a reminder that spring and summertime is almost here. Today, The Pokémon Company announced that Celestial Guardians, Pokémon TCG Pocket’s next ... read more

In advance of the ANA's Advertising Financial Management Conference, I sat down for a no-holds-barred conversation with Acadia CEO and Co-Founder Jared Belsky to discuss his unique views on principal media-buying, and much, much more. ... read more

Google announced an extended repair program for the Pixel 7A that promises free repairs for devices that suffer from “unexpected battery swelling” issues, 9to5Google reports. The program covers symptoms that directly ... read more

It was either this or a picture of a bathroom. It is our lot in life to poop. We eat stuff, digest it, and then the waste must be expelled. That's just ... read more

The new label highlights energy efficiency, durability, repairability, and battery life. The European Union has announced details of new mandatory labels for smartphones and tablets sold in the bloc, which include ratings ... read more

The shortfall was not unexpected as the company had previously indicated it was entering 2025 with a negative revenue tailwind of 4% to 5% due to three big losses in 2024. ... read more

As the world mourns Wink Martindale, we can be consoled by the fact that TV game shows and quiz shows are alive and well. ... read more

Stellantis says its solid-state batteries are getting closer to reality. The parent company of brands like Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and many others is working with startup Factorial on the new batteries, ... read more

Volkswagen isn’t typically mentioned in conversations about robotaxis, but the German auto giant has been quietly working on its own self-driving technology for over a decade. And now the company is ... read more

OnePlus has launched the 13T, which packs a larger battery than most Ultra flagships despite being barely bigger than an iPhone 16 or Samsung Galaxy S25. OnePlus calls the 13T’s 6.32-inch ... read more

Adobe has a new tool that makes it easier for creatives to be reliably credited for their work, even if somebody takes a screenshot of it and reposts it across the ... read more

Adobe has launched two new versions of its text-to-image generative AI model alongside a host of new Firefly features and Creative Cloud app updates coming to Photoshop and Illustrator.  The fourth-generation ... read more

LinkedIn is expanding its free verification system to the wider web, allowing external sites and platforms to integrate LinkedIn verification rather than building their own tool. Adobe is among the first ... read more

In a recent update to its website about its direct sales program for the Switch 2, Nintendo says that due to “the very high demand” for the console, “delivery by June ... read more

Nintendo’s delayed Switch 2 preorders finally kicked off in the US at 12AM ET, but there have already been a lot of problems. While some people reported success buying through Target’s ... read more

Nintendo’s next-gen Pro Controller introduces some welcome additions to one of the best gamepads around. The Switch 2 isn’t the only hardware launching on June 5th. Nintendo also plans to release a ... read more

This is the Digiday+ Research Data Sheet, a new monthly feature that takes an in-depth look at our survey data in relation to major trends in the marketing and media industries. This month, we look ... read more

The Possible conference, trade show and kibbitz-fest kicks off on Monday in Miami, its third year of existence. And while it has grown its audience sizably since year one — with an emphasis on attracting ... read more

When major marketers like Unilever are saying they’re dramatically increasing their ad spending on influencer marketing, the agencies who manage influencer marketing are, naturally, chomping at the bit to get those ad dollars. But ... read more

The digital advertising industry has spent the last five years preparing for a cookieless future. This week, they’re looking for ways to make that feel less like a wasted effort, following Google’s latest policy reversal. ... read more

In this week’s Media Briefing, publishers say that after years of preparing for Google’s deprecation of third-party cookies in the Chrome browser, the tech giant’s u-turn this week felt like a slap. And yet, they ... read more

Over the past 24 hours, the auto industry has experienced some of the most extreme whiplash in the saga of the Trump administration's tariffs, ending on Wednesday night with two contradicting ... read more

The Nebula X1 with the optional battery-powered Wi-Fi satellite speakers installed. | Image: Anker Anker’s new all-in-one Nebula X1 smart projector has everything you’d want from a “cinema-grade outdoor entertainment system.” It ... read more

Perplexity’s iOS App just got an update enabling support for the company’s conversational AI voice assistant. Now Apple users can activate the assistant in the app and ask it to perform ... read more

The Anker Prime TB5 Docking Station features adjustable ambient LED lighting to match your gaming setup. | Image: Anker Anker has announced its first Thunderbolt 5 dock. At roughly 5.2 inches wide ... read more

The convergence of sports, streaming and shopping is creating new opportunities for brands seeking to connect with new, active, diverse audiences. With figures like Caitlin Clark, Simone Biles and Livvy Dunne driving interest and attendance, ... read more

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent Apple CEO Tim Cook a letter asking for information regarding Cook and Apple’s conversations with President Donald Trump’s administration about tariffs and any special exemptions from ... read more

Perplexity Chief Business Officer Dmitry Shevelenko said he didn't want to testify in a trial about how to resolve Google's search monopoly because he feared retribution from Google. But after being ... read more

It was really great seeing all the excitement from fans when Oblivion shadow dropped earlier this week. For a lot of people, the fourth installment in the Elder Scrolls series is ... read more

Lexus’s mid-sized ES luxury sedan is getting a redesign for its eighth generation that includes some edgier styling and a significant platform change that accommodates both an all-electric drivetrain and a ... read more

The Supreme Court should turn away personal injury law firm Lerner & Rowe, which is seeking to revive a lawsuit over the use of its trademarks to trigger search ads, rival firm Accident Law Group ... read more

The Supreme Court should turn away personal injury law firm Lerner & Rowe, which is seeking to revive a lawsuit over the use of its trademarks to trigger search ads, rival firm Accident Law Group ... read more

Roomba’s latest robot vacuum can avoid pet waste and has dual rubber roller brushes for digging pet hair out of carpets. iRobot just launched its ninth new robot vacuum of the year. ... read more

With a five-paragraph blog post, Google has officially cemented the Privacy Sandbox as the biggest waste of time in ad tech history. The company has decided not to add a prompt in Chrome asking users if ... read more

Six-year-old Ostro rebranded from RxDefine in 2022 after receiving an additional $45 million in funding from investors, bringing its total funding at the time to $55 million. Details of Havas' investment were not disclosed. ... read more

LinkedIn's Qualified Leads Optimization feature is designed to help advertisers "move beyond surface-level conversions by focusing on leads that are more likely to become paying customers," Director of Product Management Ada Yu says. ... read more

I find something weirdly captivating about tech products that come with transparent cases that let you see the works inside. We all know that there are all sorts of chips and ... read more

Pete Buttigieg appears on Flagrant with Andrew Schultz on April 23rd, 2025. A Democrat has entered the manosphere. Pete Buttigieg, the former Secretary of Transportation in the Biden Administration and a presidential ... read more

WhatsApp is launching a new “Advanced Chat Privacy” feature that aims to prevent people from taking conversations outside the app. When the setting is turned on, you can block others from ... read more

Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down and will be replaced by former Activision Blizzard and King exec Humam Sakhnini, according to a press release. Sakhnini takes over on ... read more

On Wednesday, Threads launched its long-awaited test of ads with a small number of advertisers, including Wendy's and GroupM. ... read more

Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood during the company’s April 23rd product event in New York City. Last month, Roku ensnared itself in controversy after customers quickly complained about a limited test ... read more

A judge rejected Google's attempt to dismiss the case, finding Yelp plausibly alleged Google's monopoly power and exclusionary conduct within the statute of limitations period and partially denying Google's motion. ... read more

Agentic commerce functions identified in lines of code added by OpenAI in ChatGPT suggest the platform will officially host Shopify rather than adding an affiliate link. The report suggests that the price and shipping fields, ... read more

OpenAI’s upgraded image generator in ChatGPT brought a surge of users to the AI service thanks to its ability to create Studio Ghibli-style images and really dull dolls, and now it’s ... read more

Three men and two women wearing black combat gear and standing together side by side on a dirt road. | Image: Netflix It only took five years, but Netflix has finally locked ... read more

Burrell said the purchase was the first step in creating the first Black-owned agency network, BCG Worldwide. ... read more

Why are we not talking about ad avoidance? We're turning a blind eye to this existential threat to our industry. ... read more

We’re used to seeing Predators do the hunting — it’s in the name, after all. But it looks like the roles will be reversed somewhat in Predator: Badlands, at least according ... read more

Disney+ is one of the few streaming brands that has raised its national TV messaging exposure, year-over-year. ... read more

Microsoft revealed earlier this year that LG TVs would get access to Xbox Cloud Gaming, and now the Xbox TV app is rolling out to select LG smart TV models starting ... read more