Is Fortnite the next YouTube? Perhaps — but Epic Games has higher aspirations. As Fortnite evolves from a popular video game into a robust ecosystem of creators, brands and virtual worlds, some observers have begun to ... read more

Yet again, generative AI is likely to be center stage at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity from June 16 to 20 – a development that may be expected for some agency execs ... read more

Meta’s plans to fully automate ads with AI by 2026 doesn’t come as a surprise to creative agencies – but it could make retaining clients and scooping up new business that much more difficult. By next ... read more

Lifestyle publishers face distinct challenges from the generative AI features Google is adding to its search engine, such as AI Overviews and AI Mode.  Evergreen and lifestyle content — like science, health and society — ... read more

As expected, professional sports inventory is selling rapidly in this year’s upfront marketplace, notably the NFL, which as one media buyer said has become “mainstream,” and no longer the place to reach just sports fans.  ... read more

You can play the latest entry in the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy XVI, on Xbox right now. Shadow dropped during today’s Xbox Games Showcase, players will be able to experience ... read more

Double Fine just announced a new game — and you’ll be able to play it soon. Keeper, a game where you play as a walking lighthouse with a seabird as a ... read more

Microsoft first revealed Gears of War: E-Day during its Xbox Games Showcase last year, and at today’s showcase it’s now putting a 2026 release window on the latest entry in the ... read more

The worst-kept secret in gaming is no longer a secret. At the Xbox Games Showcase, Atlus announced that a full remake of Persona 4 is in development. It’s called Persona 4 ... read more

Game Freak, perhaps best known for its work on the Pokémon franchise, is working on a new action RPG called Beast of Reincarnation that will launch sometime in 2026. In ... read more

Microsoft and Asus have been working together over the past year to create not one, but two new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. Both of these Xbox Ally devices, part of the ... read more

Microsoft and Asus have just announced two ROG Xbox Ally devices that include a new full-screen Xbox experience for handhelds. After promising to combine “the best of Xbox and Windows together” ... read more

Capping off a very busy week in the world of gaming is Microsoft with its annual Xbox Games Showcase. There aren’t a lot of details or rumors of what to expect ... read more

NEW YORK — Supply-side platforms and holding companies are forging deeper partnerships as SSPs evolve beyond their traditional role of simply facilitating inventory transactions, according to Caley Lewis, VP Americas at Index Exchange. “SSPs are ... read more

When Xiaomi and Realme both rocked up to February's Mobile World Congress with concept smartphones featuring attachable camera lenses, Vivo's executives must have had a quiet chuckle knowing they were ready ... read more

Two years ago, we published a list of our favorite summer gear — and it’s time to do it again! Things can get a little tense out there in the ... read more

For years, protecting kids online has been touted as one of the only issues Republicans and Democrats could agree on. Last year, nearly the entire Senate voted to pass a substantive ... read more

When OnePlus first introduced its tablet to the world, it impressed with high-end specs at an affordable price. Now, with the OnePlus Pad 3, the company is refining that formula. This ... read more

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 86, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you've cleared your schedule for some Karting ... read more

Something strange is going on with Microsoft’s Xbox app on Windows. Over the past few days, the Xbox PC app has started showing Xbox console games inside the library. While you ... read more

"I want to make a big announcement," said Faryar Shirzad, the chief policy officer of Coinbase, to a nearly empty room. His words echoed across the massive hall at the Bitcoin ... read more

The Wholesome Direct is always full of cute and charming games to keep an eye on for the future. But it's also a great place to find things to play now ... read more

When fans nervously tuned in to watch HBO's adaptation of one of their favorite video games, there was one familiar presence that immediately calmed their nerves: the mournful guitar of Gustavo ... read more

This year’s WWDC kicks off in less than a week, which means Apple is likely to announce a string of software changes in short order, some of which are designed to ... read more

Senate Commerce Republicans have kept a ten year moratorium on state AI laws in their latest version of President Donald Trump's massive budget package. And a growing number of lawmakers and ... read more

Chairman Brendan Carr and Democratic commissioner Anna Gomez are the last remaining members of the panel. After the departure of one Republican and one Democratic commissioner on Friday, the Federal Communications Commission ... read more

Give the people what they want, Tim. It's early June and the vibes are decidedly off in Cupertino. The hype leading up to Apple's last two developer conferences felt much different. There ... read more

I usually struggle with strategy games. They're typically too hard for me, and I often get overwhelmed at managing multiple characters or squads. But I couldn't put down Teenage Mutant Ninja ... read more

Battlelines are being drawn between the major AI labs and the popular applications that rely on them. This week, both Anthropic and OpenAI took shots at two leading AI apps: Windsurf, ... read more

The Insta360 Link is among the USB-C webcams that don’t work with the new Switch. The Nintendo Switch 2 is more expensive in practically every way: pricier console, pricier games, an entire ... read more

Now that Summer Game Fest 2025 is off and running, it's time for my favorite part of the show: Day of the Devs. Day of the Devs is a yearly showcase ... read more

After a very convincing tease that suggested news was in fact not incoming, Capcom just officially announced Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth mainline entry in the franchise. It launches on February ... read more

In 1999, the iconic New York rap group Wu-Tang Clan released their very first video game, Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style. Now, 25 years later, the Wu have returned with a new game ... read more

Yacht Club Games, the studio behind the Shovel Knight series, is launching its next game, Mina the Hollower, on October 31st, the team announced as part of Summer Game Fest on ... read more

Square Enix just announced Killer Inn, a new “murder mystery action” game, as part of Summer Game Fest on Friday. In a Killer Inn match, 24 players are divided into two ... read more

I’m not sure how it took so long, but a real-time strategy game set in Westeros is finally in the works. The new game is called Game of Thrones: War for ... read more

A federal judge said Google must face accusations that Shopping ads for pirated textbooks infringed publishers' trademarks. ... read more

It’s that time of year again. With E3 done and gone, Summer Game Fest has taken its place, and it always makes for a busy few days in gaming. The centerpiece ... read more

Spotify's new partnership with United will make over 450 hours of curated playlists, podcasts, and audiobooks from the streaming service available to airline passengers for free. ... read more

Google is taking another step toward making Gemini a more helpful assistant. It’s rolling out “scheduled actions,” a feature AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers can use to ask the AI ... read more

OpenAI plans to appeal a copyright order brought by The New York Times that would require it to keep ChatGPT logs indefinitely. ... read more

The Ray-Ban Meta is down to $239.20 at multiple retailers for a limited time. With summer just around the corner, sunglasses make a practical and timely Father’s Day gift. If you want ... read more

While you could play Fortnite on the original Nintendo Switch, it was a less than ideal situation that made the game feel more like a rough around the edges tech demo ... read more

X has partnered with Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction marketplace where users make wagers on different outcomes for real-world events. ... read more

iFixit has completed its teardown of the Nintendo Switch 2 and many repairs don’t look easy. | Image: iFixit After retroactively lowering the original Nintendo Switch’s repairability score from an 8 out ... read more

When Mission to Zyxx debuted in 2017, the podcasting space was very different. There were fewer shows, and more money was being spent as companies rushed to figure out how to ... read more

Meta was hit this week with a new privacy lawsuit for allegedly secretly tracking users' browsing activity on mobile websites that embed Meta's analytics pixel, and linking that activity to users' identities. ... read more

Last night, I stayed up way too late playing through the Great Plateau section of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, and I'm falling ... read more

Apple is planning some significant design changes across its core apps, including Phone, Camera, and Safari, that it will announce at WWDC next week, according to a report from Bloomberg. For ... read more

Spray Paint Simulator. Now in its third year, the Access-Ability Summer Showcase is back to redress the lack of meaningful accessibility information across the ongoing video game showcase season. As we see ... read more

You can use many of 8BitDo’s wireless controllers with the Switch 2 following a simple firmware update. | Image: 8BitDo 8BitDo announced that eight of its flagship controllers are now compatible with ... read more

The Nintendo Switch 2 launched on June 5th, and with it, so did a bunch of games. Some are first-party Nintendo titles, though most are third-party offerings, including some notable ports ... read more

OpenAI says it’s forced to store deleted ChatGPT conversations “indefinitely” due to a court order issued as part of The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against it. In a post on ... read more

As reported earlier this week most of the Paramount media business is shifting to Publicis Groupe, with the exception of the company's US streaming service. ... read more

Apple hosts its Worldwide Developers Conference next week. For advertisers this means gaining a better understanding of how desktop and mobile referrals are split and what this means for their media-buying strategies. For publishers it ... read more

A big phone for people who don’t want to carry a big phone. | ⠀ Oh shit. Did I leave my phone at home? I experienced that moment repeatedly while testing the ... read more

When I first started using Signal, I would connect with friends using our phone numbers. Now, I use Signal to find people to interview for stories, which is why some of ... read more

This year's developer conference is coming to a close, but most years the last one is the biggest one: Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, when the company announces its software plans for ... read more

Total national TV ad revenue (including CTV) will fall 6.3% in 2025 (6.1% excluding political advertising) to $43.2 billion. ... read more

Fox Corp. posted an eye-opening 5% gain in the most recent first quarter to about $2 billion in linear affiliate revenue, a number that has been trending higher. ... read more

When you're preparing to move, you can find yourself faced with a lot of paper documents. Holiday cards, leases, letters, tax documents, notes, doodles - whatever - can really stack up ... read more

There is no better way to elevate your living room than by elevating that big TV from a stand and onto a wall. Wall-mounting a TV may seem daunting, but if ... read more

United Airlines is expanding its in-flight entertainment catalog with audiobooks and video podcasts, courtesy of Spotify. The partnership with Spotify provides passengers with free access to more than 450 hours of ... read more

Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. Publishers have grappled with a love-hate relationship with social media platforms over the years. But as AI continues to ... read more

DEI might not dominate boardroom agendas like it once did, but for marketers it remains essential. After all, growth doesn’t come from ignoring the audiences who make it possible. That’s why Heineken’s marketers are digging ... read more

If there’s one thing keeping Zola’s new CMO up at night, it’s search — or rather the messy reinvention of it. Barely two weeks into the role, Briana Severson is already navigating a marketing minefield, ... read more

Transparency is one of the ad industry’s favorite pet topics.  Today’s marketers spend sleepless nights puzzling over how much of their budget is lost along the mazelike programmatic supply chain, if they can trust CTV ... read more

A fresh wave of publishers have signed up for generative AI startup ProRata’s revenue share program, including The Boston Globe, Vox Media and Future, as well as Fast Co. and Inc owner Mansueto Ventures. ProRata ... read more

Snapchat is bringing its mobile-first social media platform to Apple Watch users with a new watchOS app, further expanding how its users can experience Snapchat. ... read more

Snapchat is bringing its mobile-first social-media platform to Apple Watch users with a new watchOS app, further expanding how its users can experience Snapchat. ... read more

Moving from answers (several searches in one) to actions (an entire browsing session in one prompt) where the tech completes a task requires a browser, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says. ... read more

Moving from answers (several searches in one) to actions (an entire browsing session in one prompt) where the tech completes a task requires a browser, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says. ... read more

Some people reported an unwelcome surprise after picking up their Nintendo Switch 2 preorders at GameStop: staples used to attach receipts to Switch 2 boxes ended up damaging the screens on ... read more

All of the values that America was built on are in play -- and under threat -- in Ukraine. ... read more

For the past couple of years, the virtual FediForum conference has offered a glimpse at what’s new in the open social web, with last year’s big news being Threads’ foray into ... read more

Ahead of the Nintendo Switch 2’s launch, Nintendo said that the eShop would be improved and run more smoothly on the new console. Based on our initial testing at The Verge, ... read more

Razer’s new Phantom Collection makes the brand’s Chroma RGB lighting more visible. | Image: Razer Razer has announced a new Phantom Collection featuring updated versions of four of its accessories designed to ... read more

"Based in part on the use of Reddit content, Anthropic's Claude quickly joined ChatGPT as one of the most advanced AI chatbots created to date," Reddit alleges in a complaint brought in San Francisco. ... read more

The new ad products and partnership are focused on helping B2B marketers and business influencers achieve higher engagement and impressions and streamline video creation. ... read more

We are all rubber-necking at a car crash, aren’t we? Donald Trump and Elon Musk, two of the most media-addled personalities of our time, are publicly torching their relationship by posting on ... read more

Wing, the drone company owned by Alphabet, and Walmart are expanding their delivery partnership to five new cities in the US, the companies announced today. Customers who shop at Walmart stores ... read more

The man behind the popular "Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson" YouTube channel suggests ways to counter misinformation. ... read more

Many polls indicate Americans look askance at brands taking political and socially controversial positions, but this one reveals Democrats are much likely to back it up with their consumer purchasing power. ... read more

So, you got (or are soon getting) a Nintendo Switch 2. You're probably ready to throw your original Switch into storage, but before that, you should transfer all of your data ... read more

As part of my job as a tech writer, and as part of my ongoing efforts to get organized at some point, I've tested a whole pile of note-taking apps through ... read more

Snapchat’s Apple Watch app offers basic messaging functionality. | Image: Snapchat What’s Snapchat without the ability to snap and send photos to your friends? It’s the social platform’s new Apple Watch app ... read more

Anthropic on Thursday announced Claude Gov, its product designed specifically for U.S. defense and intelligence agencies. The AI models have looser guardrails for government use and are trained to better analyze ... read more

IAB Tech Lab has announced a project to standardize container technology for Open RTB as challenges in development and maintenance of programmatic infrastructure persist. ... read more

Florida is appealing an injunction blocking enforcement of a law that restricts teens' ability to create social media accounts. ... read more

Depending on where you are in the US, it hasn’t been easy to grab a Nintendo Switch 2 (though, our own David Pierce would disagree). In-store and online stock has sold ... read more

Jorge Poyatos, co-founder and co-CEO, Seedtag Contextual ad targeting capabilities are expanding rapidly, and AI is playing a prominent role in that evolution. In the same way that the human brain uses neural networks to ... read more

X has updated its developer agreement to add a new restriction on using posts on the platform to train AI. The updated policy, spotted earlier by TechCrunch, says developers can’t use ... read more

Of all the many ways Microsoft could mark its 50th anniversary, I wasn't expecting the software maker to launch a magazine. "It's our answer to a timely question: How do we ... read more

The air conditioner’s innovative U-shaped design helps block noise, but in some cases it can hinder proper water drainage. | Image: Midea Midea is recalling around 1.7 million of its U and ... read more

If you missed your chance the first time around, you now have another opportunity to pick up Nintendo’s GameCube Controller for the Nintendo Switch 2. The wireless gamepad is available once ... read more

The number of brand deals has leveled off, but spending per deal is higher at an average deal of $654,000, according to SponsorUnited, a sports and entertainment data/insights company. ... read more

Vohra will oversee development and execution of ad-sales marketing efforts across Fox Entertainment, Fox News, Fox Sports and Tubi with the goal of creating unified messaging. ... read more

While Bluesky and Mastodon are both decentralized social media networks, they operate on different protocols, ActivityPub and AT Protocol. You might not ever know that unless you’re our kind of nerd ... read more

Ana de Armas as Eve in Ballerina. | Lionsgate Lionsgate was always going to need to take the John Wick franchise in a new direction if it wanted to keep the film ... read more

Narwal’s Freo X Ultra is a mopping robot that’s $850 off. Let’s face it — cleaning is the worst, and most of us would rather do literally anything else. If you ever ... read more