The Abxylute 3D One. In January, one of the wildest Intel prototypes I witnessed at CES was a giant handheld gaming PC with an 11-inch autostereoscopic (read: glasses-free) 3D screen, ... read more

Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 feature that will let you resume using your Android apps right on your PC. The capability is gradually rolling out to Windows Insiders ... read more

A post on Reddit’s r/adops forum has prompted more questions from the buy side about The Trade Desk’s transition to its new DSP interface, Kokai. Last week, an anonymous Redditor who claims to be an ... read more

Noise-canceling earbuds are great productivity tools, blocking out noisy roommates and busy coffee shops so you can focus on studying or work. While there are a number of great options ... read more

Yesterday, Hollow Knight: Silksong developers Team Cherry announced a September 4th release date for the long-awaited game, and indie developers are announcing delays to get out of the way of ... read more

Media was the biggest drain in a declining quarter, but Interpublic is rolling out new, agentic AI products, including "ASC" being unveiled for CPG brands today. ... read more

Netflix is giving subscribers the option of using their astrology sign to figure out what they should watch. ... read more

Belkin’s new wireless chargers will power up compatible phones much faster. | Image: Belkin After announcing certification from the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) a month ago, Belkin is now debuting ... read more

Google has added a Drive shortcut for Workspace users that provides a quicker way to edit videos without having to manually open them in Google Vids. When previewing a video ... read more

The Pixel line has often been on the cutting edge of mobile photography. This year, that means baking AI straight into the camera app and making us grapple with all ... read more

A big reason that BoJack Horseman worked so well was contrast. It took place in a silly world of talking animals, and used that to explore deep human drama in ... read more

The Jewish family in the show is depicted as highly emotional, opinionated and loud - traits they have in common with movie and TV portrayals of other groups such as Italian Americans and Greek Americans. ... read more

Digg is making a comeback. With the backing of people like Digg cofounder Kevin Rose and Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, Digg has ambitions to once again be the homepage of ... read more

Google’s mystery new speaker appeared briefly in its keynote alongside F1 driver Lando Norris. Google announced plenty of new hardware at this week’s Made by Google event, but halfway through ... read more

The T1 Phone (left) looks uncannily like the S25 Ultra in a Spigen Thin Fit case (right). When Trump Mobile first unveiled the T1 Phone, we were confused by the ... read more

We can only hope that Trump keeps his own aesthetic preferences out of it. | Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Thursday ... read more

We’ve got the witness list for the remedy phase of the Google antitrust trial, which starts in September. How might Google be forced to change its ad server and exchange to make this corner of ... read more

CTV advertising platforms often try to sell small businesses on how closely the channel resembles the digital marketing avenues they’re used to working with, like paid social. For Wildgrain, a DTC subscription service for artisan ... read more

Enjoy this weekly comic from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem …  The post Comic: Retail Media Walled Gardeners appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more

The Mart Gets Smart Walmart had a rocky second quarter, with lower gross margins than investors expected, per its earnings report on Thursday.  However, ad revenue was a bright spot, up 50% from Q2 2024, ... read more

AI training licensing deals are starting to feel like yesterday’s news as publishers and platforms focus on more dynamic, usage-based models. Rather than the initial training deals that formed the backbone of AI licensing partnerships ... read more

This story was originally published by sister site, Glossy. Estée Lauder is leaning on AI, digital expansion and product innovation to turn around three years of sales declines. On Tuesday, the company reported fiscal 2025 ... read more

This article was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. Best Buy this past Tuesday launched its new third-party marketplace on its website and app, which the company said will more than double the number ... read more

Although the chance of a TikTok shutdown has a minority of marketers worried about their time and cash investments there, it’s still a key vehicle for organic social, particularly for brands pursuing trend-setting Gen Z ... read more

Walmart has a plan to stay profitable as President Donald Trump’s tariffs push up costs. It’s called advertising. In the second quarter, Walmart’s ad revenue jumped 46% year over year, a number padded by the ... read more

He had been interim CEO since February. The outdoor ad firm also named two new outside directors to its board. ... read more

The Splinter Cell: Deathwatch animated series finally has a release date and a proper trailer, but Netflix already wants you to start thinking about what else it has coming down ... read more

Some social media users criticized the new logo, especially those in conservative circles, including Donald Trump Jr. ... read more

Consumers will soon be able to buy former Hertz vehicles on Amazon Autos in select cities. ... read more

The integration of Macy's Media Network with Amazon Retail Ad Service will launch in beta later this year, giving Amazon Ads advertisers a way to reach millions more consumers who shop digitally with the retailer. ... read more

Microsoft has started testing another handheld-friendly addition to its Xbox app, allowing PC gamers to quickly install and launch third-party apps like browsers, gaming utilities, and even rival storefronts. A ... read more

Bungie CEO Pete Parsons has announced that he’s leaving the company one decade after taking on the role. In an update on Thursday, Parsons wrote that he has “decided to ... read more

The NFL and Microsoft have extended their arrangement that makes Surface tablets a familiar fixture on gameday sidelines, but naturally, now there’s an AI-powered twist on top. While Tom ... read more

If your agent knows more about what it is doing, and not doing, than you do, you will be at risk. ... read more

TikTok has begun warning frequent users attempting to upload a video on the platform that they can only use up to five hashtags per post. ... read more

Google's latest voice assistant is built on the company's Gemini advanced AI model with advanced reasoning that can manage daily routines, many of which begin at home. ... read more

Photo by Max Braun (Wikimedia Commons) Google’s new Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro Fold and Pixel Watch 4 may compete with Samsung, but it’s happy to let Samsung explore ... read more

More than half of survey respondents said journalists are largely unable to keep personal opinions out of their work. ... read more

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is a senior reviewer at The Verge covering the smart home, Internet of Things, and, as she puts it, “as many kitchen gadgets as I can get ... read more

Days after the White House launched an official account on TikTok, China Daily published an article scrutinizing the Trump administration's choice to utilize TikTok despite calling it a national security threat. ... read more

For major consumer brands, it has long been true that product prices and marketing budgets are flip sides of the same coin. How do you move something off the shelf? Most likely, spend another dollar ... read more

It actually happened: Silksong, the standalone sequel to Hollow Knight, has a release date. After seven years in development, and almost as many shrouded in silence, the game is coming ... read more

Google on Wednesday introduced its new Pixel 10 lineup during an event in New York - complete with a very strange keynote. In case you missed it, there are a ... read more

The first thing I did when I got my hands on the Xbox Ally was reboot it. I wanted to see exactly how Microsoft manages to hide Windows beneath the ... read more

NFL ads were 19% more effective in business outcome results than the TV average during the regular season, 63% higher for NFL playoff games and 243% more effective during the Super Bowl, according to a ... read more

YouTube Music is launching shared playlists that evolve based on the listening habits of the people who join them. The platform announced the new “taste match” playlists as part of ... read more

A 77-inch LG C5 OLED TV is $1,200 off at Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo.. If you want to spend the rest of the year catching up on the ... read more

Tesla is under investigation for failing to report crashes involving its partially autonomous driving technology in a timely manner. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requires automakers to report crashes ... read more

The HoverAir Aqua isn’t afraid of water and can even right itself if flipped over by a wave. | Image: Zero Zero Robotics Zero Zero Robotics has announced a new ... read more

One of the most brilliant things about Pokémon Legends: Arceus was the way it dropped you into the wilderness to fend for yourself as wild monsters tried to kill you. ... read more

It was all just supposed to be a one-time thing. When Burning Man got canceled because of covid-19 in 2020, a number of attendees banded together to re-create the festival ... read more

404 Media has a report out about an underground software market that enables the Flipper Zero to be used to unlock a wide variety of vehicles, including Ford, Audi, Volkswagen, ... read more

Apple is raising the price of its streaming service. The company announced on Thursday that its $9.99 per month subscription will now cost $12.99 each month, marking a $3 price ... read more

Hollow Knight: Silksong, the full sequel to Hollow Knight that has been in development for years, will be released on September 4th. The news was revealed as part of a ... read more

This decision speaks not only to the existing value of such systems but also to how essential ad identifiers have become in an industry defined by widespread fragmentation. ... read more

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Alex Heath, your Thursday episode guest host and deputy editor at The Verge. One of the biggest topics in AI these days is ... read more

I'm not saying my inbox is a representative sample of ad industry hype, but it's not nothing. So here are the "industry-first" pitches I've gotten so far this year, including two claims this morning from ... read more

Google is putting AI Mode into Search in 180 countries and territories, allowing the AI-powered search feature to expand beyond the US, UK, and India. The expansion means more people ... read more

The Insta360 Go Ultra is available in midnight black and arctic white color options. | Image: Insta360 Insta360 has announced the next version of its compact Go action camera, which ... read more

Earlier this week, a bean moved into my phone. Their name is Billie Bean King, and when I'm working, they work too, knitting socks and scarves. Billie's knitted wares are ... read more

GuliKit’s new TT Max controller also features glowing accent lighting around the base of each anti-drift joystick. | Image: GuliKit GuliKit was the first company to address the original Switch’s ... read more

Android 16 will let users force dark mode onto apps that don’t support it natively. Google has started rolling out its latest batch of Android 16 features to beta testers, ... read more

Consumer TV advertising for Disney bundles already has many variations, including one packaging Disney+ and Hulu with WBD's HBO Max. ... read more

A new A&E docuseries doesn't exactly count as family programming in the wholesome way that the phrase "family programming" is generally applied. ... read more

Current consumer TV advertising for Disney bundles already has many variations. There is one packaging Disney+ and Hulu with Warner Bros. Discovery's HBO Max. ... read more

Amid a fierce debate about the environmental toll of artificial intelligence, Google released a new study that says its Gemini AI assistant only uses a minimal amount of water and ... read more

Subtle, it is not. Honor has launched a new flip phone today, the Magic V Flip 2, and it arrives with a sparkly special edition in partnership with fashion designer ... read more

Masimo isn’t happy about the CBP reversing its previous Apple Watch import ban. Medical tech company Masimo is suing US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in an attempt to overturn ... read more

The second day of protests at Microsoft’s headquarters involved red paint. A Microsoft employee has been arrested as part of protests at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington this week. ... read more

For all of Ad Tech Land’s excitement about new and emerging CTV-specific ad formats, many commercial brands are still hesitant to try some of these new formats for themselves. The post How Kargo And The ... read more

In a market increasingly dominated by premium streaming environments and evolving measurement standards, some marketers believe they’re still getting the full value from online video (OLV). But they’re not. As buying behavior shifts to match ... read more

Shopped Out A former product manager on Meta’s Shops ads team named Samujjal Purkayastha filed a whistleblower complaint against his former employer with the London employment tribunal for reporting illegal business practices, Adweek reports.  According ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing covers publishers picking up on Meta’s evolving message about AI content licensing deals. More AI licensing deals with publishers could be on the horizon with publishers IAB Tech Lab pushes ... read more

In 2025, CTV channel operators are widening their portfolios of creator content in a bid to capture more ad dollars. CTV companies such as Tubi, Samsung TV Plus and Netflix are leaning into creators, with ... read more

With creators, marketers are back at a familiar crossroads: measurement headaches. That moment always comes whenever ad dollars pile up around a particular part of the market — and with it, the scrutiny of finance ... read more

This article was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. Target has named its next CEO. Unsurprisingly, it’s Michael Fiddelke. Fiddelke, Target’s chief operating officer, has been with the company for more than two decades in ... read more

As consumers shift the way they seek out information on the web thanks to AI, marketers and media agencies are beginning to rethink the role paid search plays in their media plans. With that rethinking, ... read more

The rescission of $1.1 billion in federal funding leaves many public stations vulnerable, the MacArthur Foundation points out. ... read more

Sony announced a $50 price increase on all PlayStation 5 “slim” models in the US starting tomorrow, August 21st. The upcoming prices for a PS5 Digital Edition, the standard PS5, ... read more

The stealthy and no-frills camera is back. Ricoh is launching its GR IV compact camera in mid-September for $1,499.95, accompanied by a tiny new GF-2 add-on flash for $119.95. As ... read more

Google is bringing a bundle of new features to Gemini Live, its AI assistant that you can have real-time conversations with. Next week, Gemini Live will be able to highlight ... read more

There as not a single product that didn’t wow Fallon. | Screenshot: Google For the past twenty years or so, I've had a clear image of what a product launch ... read more

Framework, the modular computer company, just released its first delightful tiny desktop PC, on top of its smallest laptop yet. But it’s already teasing its next big live announcement on ... read more

TikTok is rolling out a new feature designed to help first-time college students connect with their classmates, while providing advertisers with more specific Gen Z targeting options. ... read more

The team working on the next BioShock game is losing a third of its staff. According to Bloomberg, Take-Two is laying off more than 80 people at Cloud Chamber, which ... read more

The multifaceted campaign-coordinated on the media side by Publicis -- features actor/pro wrestler John Cena-fronted ads and collaborations with Complex, Lyft, Samsung among others. ... read more

Things just keep going wrong for Analogue’s take on the Nintendo 64. The company announced today that the shipping date for its next console, the Analogue 3D, has been delayed ... read more

NBA star Stephen Curry will support Google's hardware, features and AI services related to Health, Pixel and Cloud products as "performance advisor" - a move based on his athletic experience and expertise, but advertisers might ... read more

The Nothing Headphone 1 feature a design that stands out in a crowd. | Image: The Verge Nothing’s Headphone 1 hit the scene back in July, and they’re already being ... read more

Microsoft is testing out a Windows 11 update that lets you use AI to search through your files and images directly from the Copilot app. This test is currently rolling ... read more

Google has officially announced the Pixel 10 lineup, and there’s a lot to dig into. Like last year, there are four devices — the Pixel 10, the Pixel 10 Pro, ... read more

No phone is waterproof. No phone is dustproof. Your phone’s sealants wear away over time; when they’re exposed salt or chlorine in your swimming water; or when they’re dropped, dented, ... read more

Pixelsnap. It has a nice ring to it. Qi2 is good because magnets are good. If you're gonna preserve food in metal cans, you should probably have a way to ... read more

Google’s latest Pixel lineup starts at $799. Google announced its entire Pixel 10 generation of phones at a jam-packed Made for Google event this week. The familiar four-phone lineup includes ... read more

TikTok will partner with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for a global content deal to facilitate more creator collaboration connected to the sport. ... read more

Human conversations with Grok have surfaced in search results, with content ranging from summarizing news or generating business ideas to referencing drugs, suicide, and bomb-making. ... read more

Human conversations with Grok have surfaced in search results, with content ranging from summarizing news or generating business ideas to referencing drugs, suicide, and bomb-making. ... read more

Did you really think AI would be ad-free? Advertising is the bedrock of the internet, whether you like it or not. ... read more

The base Pixel 10 now comes with a third telephoto lens. At its latest Made by Google event, the search giant officially revealed four new phones: the Pixel 10, Pixel ... read more

CANNES – As brands seek more meaningful ways to engage with diverse audiences, TelevisaUnivision’s new U.S. advertising chief Tim Natividad says there is significant untapped potential in the Hispanic media market, and the tools to ... read more