Chicago’s WBEZ is among 13 NPR and PBS member radio stations being investigated by the Federal Communications Commission as the Trump administration looks to tighten its control over public news organizations. ... read more

A Chevy Silverado EV running Apple CarPlay. | Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge GM is shutting down a dealership service that offered the installation of a third-party Apple CarPlay upgrade kit ... read more

Coca-Cola’s new vending machines feature an extra module containing a hydrogen-powered generator. | Image: Coca-Cola Coca-Cola is installing what the company claims to be the world’s first hydrogen-powered vending machines at the ... read more

The popularity of Pokémon cards depicting shiny monsters is one of the reasons that physical packs have become so much harder to find in the wild these days. The Pokémon Company ... read more

Rest easy: we don’t have another Lost on our hands. As beloved as that classic mystery box show was, it was equally frustrating for the way it teased big secrets with ... read more

President Trump wanted to ban TikTok. Now he wants to save TikTok. There might even be a plan to save TikTok, though right now it feels more like a “concepts of ... read more

Adam Scott in Severance. Severance’s season 2 finale debuts on Apple TV Plus today – but don’t worry, there’s still more to come. In a reply to producer Ben Stiller, Apple CEO ... read more

Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab S10 FE tablets are leaked. Samsung’s next “Fan Edition” Tab S10 devices have been leaked, revealing specs and prices for the mid-range tablets.  WinFuture.de acquired leaked marketing images ... read more

We will be back to Cannes  in a big way, producing four days of unique content sessions and taping scores of informative video segments. Down La Croisette, we will have an exhibition of  Beet Art ... read more

A privacy complaint has been filed against OpenAI by a Norwegian man who claims that ChatGPT described him as a convicted murderer who killed two of his own children and attempted ... read more

A power outage has turned Heathrow airport into a ghost town. | Image: Getty Images London’s Heathrow airport has shut down after having its power crippled by an immense fire at a ... read more

This story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. For emerging brands, launching in big-box retail is often the ultimate distribution goal. But launching in thousands of Walmart or Target doors at once also ... read more

Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms, TikTok, and YouTube are an integral part of marketers’ strategies this year (again), but ... read more

Related Insights The Programmatic Marketer Programmatic advertising’s endless cycle of reinvention and rot Read More The media industry is experiencing a significant transformation driven by ad tech. That ... read more

Two and a half years ago, Oren Schauble realized he didn’t understand content creation. At the time, Schauble was the svp of marketing for a toy company, Gel Blaster, and recognized that the traditional advertising ... read more

2025 is shaping up to be a brutal year for publishers hoping programmatic ad auctions would keep the cash flowing.  Things are so bleak that not one would speak on the record about their dwindling ... read more

In a true sign of a vibe shift in Washington, a DC bar beloved by Republican staffers announced that it was shuttering its doors – and will reportedly be replaced by ... read more

Nightdive Studios is making good on a six-year-old promise: a remastered version of the classic Looking Glass game System Shock 2. Nightdive and Sony revealed a trailer for System Shock 2: ... read more

As reports of vandalism and even a supposed doxing website targeting Tesla locations and vehicles continue to appear, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a new warning about old crimes. In a ... read more

Google is taking down 10,000 fake business listings from Google Maps and suing a network of scammers who set them up, CBS News reports. The company’s lawsuit alleges that a man ... read more

Apple TV Plus is losing more than $1 billion every year despite reaching 45 million subscribers in 2024, according to a report from The Information. It’s reportedly the only Apple subscription ... read more

Discord is bringing video ads to mobile devices starting in June 2025, expanding its ad business while inviting users to earn rewards for "playing, streaming, or watching videos. ... read more

The Amaris shares its tech with the Gyesera and Revero sedans. | Image: Karma Automotive Marques McCammon has a lot to prove. He’s president of Karma Automotive, a position he began in ... read more

Owners of the Segway Ninebot Max G30P and Max G30LP electric scooters can contact the company for a free maintenance kit. | Image: Segway Segway has issued a recall for all of ... read more

Gaining real-time search results from the web will boost Claude's accuracy rates on tasks and when answering questions. The engine and its users will benefit from the most recent data. ... read more

Comcast and Charter’s mobile services now offer access to satellite-based emergency messaging. The launch comes just one day after their network provider, Verizon, rolled out satellite messaging for Samsung Galaxy S25 ... read more

Spirit Crossing. Netflix’s gaming strategy to date has been scattershot. Since Netflix gaming debuted in 2021, the streamer has launched indie darlings, streaming tie-ins, and blockbuster ports. There have been studio acquisitions, ... read more

The new arguments come in a legal battle dating to 2021, when California Crane alleged that Google's longstanding arrangement to serve as the default search engine for Apple's Safari browser was part of a scheme ... read more

The European Union has outlined exactly how Apple needs to improve the interoperability of iOS, and the guidance reveals which features could be available to other smartwatches, headphones, and speakers. The ... read more

Microsoft revealed earlier this year that it’s combining “the best of Xbox and Windows together” for handhelds, and now the company is starting to drop the first hints at what that ... read more

FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya. On Tuesday, the president of the United States fired the Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission in clear contravention of what has been ... read more

Gmail search results will now optionally take into account frequently accessed emails and contacts. | Image: Google In an effort to improve the chances of finding the email you’re looking for, Google ... read more

A photo of a Nintendo Switch Pro controller. Five major video game companies, including Nintendo of America and Microsoft, are joining a major new “cross-industry effort” managed by the Entertainment Software Association ... read more

"This copyright case presents urgent questions governing the innovation at the heart of America's preeminence - at least for now - in artificial intelligence systems," Ross Intelligence argues. ... read more

The Google Pixel 9A may have the same Tensor G4 chip as its more expensive counterparts, but it comes with a text-only version of Gemini AI. Google confirmed to Ars Technica ... read more

Zagg’s new mobile device hub adds dedicated playback controls. | Image: Zagg Zagg’s new Six-Port Media Hub expands connectivity of iPads, Android tablets, and other mobile devices with a handful of extra ... read more

The weather is getting warmer, so it’s time to go out, take a walk, and listen to your favorite audio tracks — and a good way to do that is with ... read more

Honda and its luxury brand Acura are getting access to more than 20,000 Tesla Superchargers in North America starting in June for their Prologue and ZDX EVs. Both brands will also ... read more

Meta is finally allowing Threads users to set the following feed or any custom feeds as the default. The change is part of a number of new Threads features, including the ... read more

Apple is replacing the head of Siri, shortly after pushing back the rollout of its highly-anticipated AI features, according to a report from Bloomberg. Mike Rockwell, the head of Vision Pro ... read more

X is now valued at $32 billion with an additional $1 billion it has raised in new equity from unidentified investors. The funding was first reported by Bloomberg, which says X is likely to use ... read more

TikTok will now show AMBER Alerts in the US. If there’s a missing child in your area, you’ll see an AMBER Alert directly within your For You feed. In the example ... read more

The Magic Note Pad includes a stylus that never needs to be charged. | Image: XP-Pen After trying to woo artists and creative types away from the iPad with its Magic Drawing ... read more

It’s not every day you see a tech executive lightly dunk on their competitors, but this week, Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos was feeling a little bold. In an interview with Variety, ... read more

LG is shutting down Art Lab, its NFT marketplace for TVs. In a notice posted to its website, LG says it has made the “difficult decision” to close the platform on ... read more

Tesla has issued a recall for 46,096 Cybertrucks in the US to fix a fault that was causing the steel trim on some vehicles to come loose or fly off while ... read more

When asked what they do for work, creative couple Jessie Char and Maxwell Neely-Cohen should probably just say “yes.” True professional multihyphenates, Char’s gig history includes stints as a UI/UX designer, ... read more

Today we’re talking about the protests against Tesla, which have been branded on social media under the hashtag Tesla Takedown. The protests are, of course, a reaction to Elon Musk, who ... read more

Mobile card games like Pokémon TCG Pocket and Marvel Snap have proven that folks are willing to fork over real money for digital collectibles if they’re presented in just the right ... read more

With major global wildlife reservoirs, managing H5N1 is an ultramarathon with no end in sight. Avian influenza is “evolving in ways we haven’t seen before,” says Martha Nelson, a computational biologist and ... read more

The XR and Scope3 partnership embeds carbon emissions tracking directly into creative workflows, giving brands real-time insights to measure, manage, and reduce their ad-related environmental impact. ... read more

Antonio Fragoso serviced as global creative director at TikTok until 2023, and previously held senior creative positions at Momentum Worldwide, McCann Worldgroup, 360i, Havas and other agencies. ... read more

Discord is bringing third-party ads to its mobile platform. The gaming-focused voice and chat app announced that a mobile pilot for Video Quests — ads that allow Discord users to earn ... read more

YouTube is looking into an issue causing “lower than usual video quality” on iOS, desktop, and smart TVs. The platform says the apparent bug could make YouTube videos and shorts stream ... read more

A pullback or adjustment by brands on TV and elsewhere may be coming. Currently, the national TV scatter market has been soft, according to media execs. ... read more

The EU will require Apple to open support for non-Apple accessories on a variety of devices. The goal is to ensure third-party accessory makers have the same opportunity to connect to iPhones as Apple's own ... read more

Nearly 25% of American households spend over $100 a month on streaming and subscription services. The average American household currently pays for an average 5.4 subscriptions. ... read more

Nearly 25% of American households spend over $100 a month on streaming and subscription services. The average American household currently pays for an average 5.4 subscriptions. ... read more

From the land of Shonda Rhimes comes a seven-part whodunit series about a possible murder in the White House. ... read more

The Trump administration is trying to lay off NASA employees while closing offices associated with DEIA. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The space science community has long prided itself on ... read more

The Pura X opens from the side, not the top. Huawei has launched a new flip phone that upends the form factor, opening sideways rather than vertically to create a wider device ... read more

Fujifilm just announced its latest medium format camera, the GFX100RF. This one differs from the company’s other GFX models in two key ways: it’s the lightest body in the GFX series ... read more

Can you love and hate something equally? That’s the relationship I have with Bluetti’s Handsfree 1 Backpack. For $349 you get a large 42L backpack and a skinny 268.8Wh solar generator ... read more

Meta is bringing its AI chatbot to Europe almost one year after pausing its launch in the region. Starting this week, Meta AI will roll out across WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and ... read more

The lines between a Hollywood celebrity and content creator are blurrier than ever, which is shifting the way agencies and brands approach influencer marketing. In the current marketing landscape, it comes down to prioritizing the ... read more

Nvidia GTC (GPU Technology Conference) 2025 is taking place this week in San Jose, Calif., and the giant chip manufacturer has unveiled a range of AI capabilities across a range of industries, with marketing companies ... read more

Marketers and agencies are grappling with divisions over who exactly controls retail media spend, seemingly causing a trickle-down effect on how retail media deals are brokered. The rise of retail media networks has happened fast. ... read more

This article was first publish by Digiday sibling WorkLife As AI remakes virtually every industry and everyone’s way of working, laid-off professionals in Big Tech are discovering that their skills are in hot demand in ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing looks at six publishers’ 2024 earnings reports and latest earnings calls to look at how their businesses fared last year, compared to 2023. The gist is, most of them saw advertising ... read more

DoubleVerify has unveiled policy and product updates as part of its News Accelerator program to reduce the impact of keyword blocklists on publishers.  These developments come amid high-profile criticism of ad verification technologies in successive ... read more

People participate in a “Tesla Takedown” protest against Elon Musk outside a Tesla dealership in Pasadena, California, March 8, 2025. Tesla protesters are planning their “biggest day of action” yet, aiming for ... read more

San Juan, PR – To understand the state of search, TikTok’s Tim Natividad pointed to the Super Bowl Half-Time Show featuring hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar. Actually, it wasn’t about Lamar’s rapping or choreography. The ... read more

In a bold move to expand its digital reach, MoneyLion, the consumer finance platform, partnered with globally renowned content creator MrBeast to connect with a highly engaged online audience. The collaboration aimed to tap into ... read more

Alvaro Bedoya, commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. The Federal Trade Commission chair is set for a ... read more

The Roborock Saros Z70 costs $1,899 and will ship beginning in May. This week, Roborock announced that its highly anticipated Saros Z70 is now available for pre-order. The Z70 features a robotic arm and ... read more

Newsletter platform Ghost switched on its fediverse connectivity this week, allowing bloggers to share their works across the various social platforms that support the open ActivityPub protocol. Ghost initially promised the ... read more

Trump's ouster of the FTC's two Democrats "contradicts long standing Supreme Court precedent, undermines Congress's constitutional authority to create bipartisan, independent commissions, and upends more than 110 years of work at the FTC to protect ... read more

A legal permanent resident claims he was tortured by customs agents after returning home from a trip to Europe. A doctor with a work visa was denied entry into the country ... read more

This deal caught my eye last night. Google is knocking $200 off its flagship Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL, which means the smaller model now starts at $799, ... read more

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is moving the company’s HR chief, Kathleen Hogan, into a new role focused on corporate strategy. Announced in an internal memo to Microsoft employees this morning, Hogan ... read more

Netflix just announced Spirit Crossing during a press event at GDC 2025. Spirit Crossing represents a first for Netflix, becoming the service’s first MMO offering. It was developed by Spry Fox, ... read more

Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy told Collider he has killed plans to publish the critically acclaimed show’s scripts, despite having the 1,500-page collection ready to go, due to fear that the material ... read more

Death to dead zones. Verizon’s previously announced satellite messaging service is now available to owners of some Android smartphones, the company said in a statement today. It comes at no extra charge ... read more

As Meta rolls out the first stage of its controversial content-moderation program based on X's current system, a new report highlights deep-seated flaws in the approach based on its current performance on Elon Musk's social-media ... read more

Art generated by AI without human input cannot be copyrighted under U.S. law, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. confirmed. Since all content must start with a prompt, the news is somewhat baffling. ... read more

Nvidia showed off its own Grace Blackwell-powered “personal AI supercomputers” yesterday, but it also made another announcement: third-party manufacturers can come and make their own versions as well. So far, Asus, ... read more

The European Commission is instructing Apple to make iOS work better with third-party devices like smartwatches and headphones. The Commission adopted two legally binding decisions Tuesday under the Digital Markets Act ... read more

The Analogue Pocket’s Dock accessory allows wireless controllers to connect to the handheld. | Image: Analogue Analogue has released a new firmware update for its Pocket handheld with bug fixes and expanded ... read more

Humans have souls, and when we write or create content, we tap into the soul to find ways to connect on a level that cannot be replicated. ... read more

Last year, GameStop shut down Game Informer, laying off all its staff and putting an end to one of the last remaining video game magazines still published in the United States. ... read more

Plex is raising the price of its Plex Pass from $4.99 to $6.99 per month and gating a key feature behind the subscription. Starting April 29th, users who want to stream content ... read more

Adobe has identified a 1,300% spike in traffic to retail sites driven by generative AI-powered chatbots - part of its latest report exploring how chatbots have begun to influence shopper behaviors. ... read more

Oracle is considering a sale of TikTok's stateside operations while potentially allowing for China-based owner ByteDance to remain in full control of the app's powerful algorithm. ... read more

The NBA wants the Supreme Court to review a ruling reviving claims the group violated a Reagan-era video privacy law by embedding Meta Platforms' analytics tool on NBA.com. ... read more

NBCU is offering its regional sports channels under its main Peacock premium streaming platform as add-on subscriptions. RSNs include NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports Boston, NBC Sports California or NBC Sports Philadelphia. ... read more

Google is breaking European antitrust laws by favoring its own Shopping, Hotels, and Flights search services over rival comparison providers, according to the European Commission. The EU announced in its preliminary ... read more

Ads have begun to serve up on websites that block content, making site visitors angry and forcing them to abandon the window. ... read more

Ads have begun to serve up on websites that block content, making visitors to these sites angry and forced to abandon the window. ... read more

Families of Tesla crash victims are worried that Musk’s influence in the Trump administration will weaken oversight of autonomous vehicles. | Image: Getty Family members of people who died in Tesla crashes ... read more

Google’s brand new midrange phone, the Pixel 9A, won’t be shipping until sometime in April. That’s not strange in and of itself, but it turns out you can’t even preorder one ... read more