Next week’s Cannes Lions festival in the south of France will bring CMOs, holding company execs and consultants together for the industry’s biggest bazaar. While the creative shops are there exclusively to gather up armfuls ... read more

The job market has never been easy to navigate. But right now — between tightened marketing budgets, agency consolidation and economic headwinds — it’s as convoluted as ever. Job seekers say they’re seeing hundreds of roles for ... read more

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It’s no secret that retail media networks are seeing a boon in business and viewed as a bright spot in advertising. Financial institutions are chasing those dollars now, too, from the likes of Chase and ... read more

As thousands of agency folk grab their passports, sunblock and antacids to head to Cannes next week for the annual Lions fest, Omnicom has quietly hammered out its strategy and message it take to the Croisette. ... read more

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This story was first published by Digiday sibling ModernRetail In an email to employees in May, after pulling back on some diversity, equity and inclusion goals, Target’s CEO tried to reassure employees that its values ... read more

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Meta is paying $14.3 billion to buy 49-percent of Scale AI and hire its CEO, Alexandr Wang, to reboot its troubled AI efforts. As part of the ... read more

Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ famous Stanford commencement speech, and the Steve Jobs Archive has marked the occasion by uploading an HD version of the speech, publishing notes ... read more

There’s finally some good news for anyone battling multiple Thread networks while using Matter devices in their smart home — as long as you’re the patient type. According to Matter Alpha, ... read more

To boost its strategic position in the social commerce sphere, Pinterest will feature high-performing creator content originally posted on influencer shopping platform LTK. ... read more

President Donald Trump's warning that protesters of Saturday's US military parade in Washington, DC, will be met with "very heavy force" threatens to chill speech and underscores the need for protesters ... read more

Apple is aiming to launch the upgraded Siri that it originally previewed at WWDC 2024 in spring 2026 with iOS 26.4, according to Bloomberg. At WWDC last year, Apple showed off ... read more

"The nation's teens are in the midst of an ongoing mental health crisis precipitated by behavioral addiction to social media apps like Snapchat," Florida argues in papers filed Wednesday. ... read more

The AI ad was inspired by GTA IV. If you’ve been on social media lately, you might’ve seen the unsettling AI slop videos showing AI-generated people in wild scenarios or just speaking ... read more

Bose includes the option to turn off touch controls on its upgraded QuietComfort Ultra earbuds. | Image: Bose Bose has announced upgraded QuietComfort Ultra wireless earbuds with better adaptive ANC that can ... read more

Living with colorblindness feels like you're constantly being pranked by the world in subtle, irritating ways. The other day, I was booking a flight on Kayak, trying to figure out which ... read more

Meta’s geothermal ambitions are growing with a new agreement to support projects in New Mexico.  It announced the deal with XGS Energy today, a company developing next-generation geothermal technologies that make ... read more

These days, we are all dealing with huge amounts of information, from meeting notes to social media, to photos and videos, to whatever else we've collected - and we are all ... read more

Samsung Ads' "GameBreaks" is expanding its portfolio of interactive mini-games. Four new gaming titles will soon be available. ... read more

On Thursday afternoon, many people with smart home setups connected to Google Home / Nest, or who are trying to stream music on Spotify, are coming up empty. All I’m seeing ... read more

Lawmakers in California advanced a bill that would revise the state's 58-year-old wiretap law in ways that could discourage lawsuits over online tracking. ... read more

Influencers on affiliate shopping platform LTK may soon get access to a huge new audience: Pinterest users. Under a new partnership announced today, high-performing image posts on LTK will automatically be ... read more

The latest edition of iOS Doing Android Things. Apple announcing Android features years after Google shipped them is a tale as old as time, but that doesn't make it any less fun ... read more

Garmin announced the $799 Venu X1 fitness watch today. It offers a  2-inch square AMOLED screen and seems like a shot at the Apple Watch Ultra 2, given its similar square ... read more

And for its next trick, DC Studios is expanding its new cinematic universe with a series focused on Mister Miracle. During its presentation at this year’s Annecy Film Festival, DC studios ... read more

I love finding deals on devices that pull double duty, as it feels like it’s stretching my dollar even further. That’s why Google’s discounted TV Streamer (4K) caught my attention this ... read more

Reddit is introducing some new features for comments, including the ability to share comments as posts, a comment insights tool to track things like upvotes and views, and comment drafts, according ... read more

The battle for consumer attention is increasingly being waged in unconventional spaces, and for one major airline, the sky itself presents a fertile ground for media and commerce innovation. A year after launching its media ... read more

If you've been waiting for a chance to get your hands on Nintendo's GameCube Controller for the Switch 2, now's your moment. It's back in stock for $64.99 from the My ... read more

New kid on the block. Nintendo's Switch 2 is faster, more powerful, and all around better than its predecessor in just about every way. It's also bigger than the OG Switch. But, ... read more

In addition to steady gains from "Thursday Night Football," MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Morton expects rising business from a new NBA contract in the fall of 2025. ... read more

The new leadership team will support innovations that are beginning to gain strength across the ad industry, including AI, commerce media, the creator economy, CTV and measurement. ... read more

Apple’s days of blocking you from watching video through CarPlay appear to be coming to an end. The upcoming iOS26 update will allow people to project video from their phones onto ... read more

Get ready for more Silent Hill. As part of its Press Start online presentation on Thursday, Konami announced that it’s remaking the original Silent Hill in partnership with Bloober Team, the ... read more

Users can tap on the green bubble above Notes profile icons to see the full song and artist name. Instagram is making it easier for users to express themselves through music, reels, ... read more

Microsoft is launching Copilot Vision for Windows today, an extension of its AI assistant that lets you share your screen or apps so that Copilot can do things like coach you ... read more

I feel like a broken record, but I've been writing for more than a year that the next Xbox console will be more PC-like. Now, I think Microsoft just teased its ... read more

Steam's June 2025 edition of its Next Fest is going on now through June 16th, and the event is packed with great-looking demos for games coming to PC. Seriously, it seems ... read more

The recalled power bank was sold several years ago through sites like Amazon, Newegg, and eBay. | Image: Anker Anker has issued a recall for its PowerCore 10000 power bank (model A1263) ... read more

At Cannes next week, Amazon Web Services will demonstrate to brands, agencies and publishers how personal multichannel campaigns can become when supported by AI. ... read more

Google developed a new AI-based model for tropical cyclone forecasts. Google is using a new AI model to forecast tropical cyclones and working with the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) to test ... read more

This video is sponsored by Index Exchange. For more information about sell-side decisioning, check out this report. A lot of decisions are made between the time someone shows up on a website and when an ... read more

The iPad Mini is no longer the biggest tablet you can fit into a mobile gaming controller (without breaking it a little). Razer’s new $199.99 Kishi V3 Pro XL can accommodate ... read more

John Deere will have to fight the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit, which accuses the company of increasing repair costs by making farmers use its network of authorized dealers to fix ... read more

Discounts have been tough to find on the 11-inch iPad Air with the M3 chip (the 2025 model), but there’s a good one happening on every color available at Amazon and ... read more

This WTF guide, sponsored by Index Exchange, explores what sell-side decisioning is, how it is reshaping the programmatic supply chain and how both publishers and marketers can benefit from applying inventory, audience and quality insights ... read more

"Marriott Media" will utilize 237 million guest member first-party data to target travelers across digital and physical media locations, including in-room media centers and programming. ... read more

Snapchat has launched a new subscription tier that offers access to a wider selection of lenses and augmented-reality experiences. The Lens Plus subscription costs $8.99 per month and will include lenses ... read more

Tubi‘s next move to expand its streaming catalog sounds like a win for the indie movie set. Today, Tubi (which is owned by Fox) announced that it is partnering with Kickstarter ... read more

Dentsu this morning announced a deal making it the first holdco to integrate AI-enabled programmatic ad platform MiQ's Sigma platform "at the strategic center" of its media practice. ... read more

The new MoGo 4 projectors now feature a base that can swivel 360 degrees for more flexibility. | Image: Xgimi Xgimi is sticking batteries into the latest versions of its compact MoGo ... read more

The US taxpayer is going to be on the hook for all the soldiers, tanks, and planes that appear in Donald Trump's military parade. But several major tech companies are paying ... read more

Meta is suing a company that advertised generative AI apps on its social media platforms that enable users to “nudify” people without their consent. The lawsuit against Joy Timeline comes after ... read more

A commercial dubbed the worst in the New Jersey primary for its fake, AI-generated images may have doomed a gubernatorial candidate's campaign. ... read more

WPP Media estimates content creators and distributors will more than double their global ad take to $376.6 billion by 2030. This year, these revenues from advertising, media/brand deals and sponsorships will increase by 20%. ... read more

Rolling across rugged alien wilds, your circular base in The Alters offers a twinkling haven from the whipping winds and nauseating radiation. At least, that's how it feels for the first ... read more

Almost two-thirds of survey respondents said they use their TVs to watch platforms like YouTube and Twitch. ... read more

The XE5 may be larger than its predecessor, but with the right lens it’s still quite compact. Fujifilm is announcing the X-E5, a new $1,699.95 mirrorless camera due out in August. It ... read more

The Apple AirTag and Moto Tag next to one another. | Image: Motorola Promised way back in June 2024, the Moto Tag location tracker is finally rolling out UWB support via a ... read more

Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. Marketers, ad executives, publishers, tech companies — pretty much every conceivable member of the ad industry — they’re set ... read more

Pinterest is going all-in on programmatic, and its newest hire is the tell. Chip Jessop, Amazon’s former director of global accounts and North America ad tech sales, joined the visual search platform on May 27 ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing looks at Reddit becoming a top referral channel for some news publishers (although the audience coming from the social media platform isn’t big enough to replace declining search referrals). ... read more

The folks at independent agency Known have always done things a little differently. Digiday first wrote about Known as having built an Iron Man suit it would put to use for clients, developed under the ... read more

The decision to leave was already on the table. For months, senior marketers at one of WPP’s clients had grown frustrated with the holding company’s pace of change. WPP had been trying – streamlining teams, ... read more

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has already used AI to replace himself during earnings reports, and now Klarna is using AI to clone him another way: through an AI-powered phone hotline. The ... read more

Snapchat is expanding the functionality included in its basic and premium subscription offerings by prioritizing its most unique in-app features, AR experiences and lenses. ... read more

It is the first time major Hollywood companies have sued over AI-generated images. ... read more

A screenshot of the Apple Home Energy tab. Apple’s smart home didn’t get a single nod during the WWDC keynote, but it turns out there are some interesting developments coming to the ... read more

Earlier this year, Google shipped a Pixel 4A update to some owners that lowered battery life to mitigate overheating risk, and soon, it’s going to do the same for the Pixel ... read more

Snap plans to launch its newly developed AR smart glasses in 2026, ahead of Meta's Orion AR glasses. Snap is now entering a highly competitive market, with anticipated AR wearables being developed by tech giants ... read more

Every morning, Federal Communications Commissioner Anna Gomez says she checks her email "to see if I'm going into work." At a time when the federal workforce has been slashed by Elon ... read more

A TrillerTV subscriber is asking a federal appellate court to reconsider her claim that the company violated a video privacy law by allegedly sharing information about her viewing history with Meta. ... read more

A TrillerTV subscriber is asking a federal appellate court to reconsider her claim that the company violated a video privacy law by allegedly sharing information about her viewing history with Meta. ... read more

Messaging and activations will span Amazon platforms, including Prime Video advertising for the movie, with the theme "Anyone Can Be Super." ... read more

Reddit's first-ever chief product officer, Pali Bhat, is leaving the company in "the coming months," spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt confirmed to The Verge. Bhat, a former Google executive, joined Reddit in October ... read more

This is apparently what it would look like if my parents’ dogs were digging a hole in the desert. | Screenshot by Emma Roth / The Verge Meta is launching new video ... read more

It's obvious that DEI is going through an evolution, and that most don't understand what DEI is. Brands that show up only when it's convenient risk losing trust and credibility amongst customers. ... read more

Domestic U.S. travel is set to outpace international tourism as economic headwinds continue to impact global mobility patterns. That shift is creating a significant opportunity in the U.S. Hispanic market, where travelers are showing outsized ... read more

Apple is introducing a suite of updated child safety features, including one that will give parents more control over who their kids can communicate with. The features are set to arrive ... read more

Gannett became the first publisher on Wednesday to use Taboola's DeepDive generative AI search engine, but the tool seems to be missing several important features. ... read more

California is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate portions of the state's Age-Appropriate Design Code, arguing that the law advances the government's interest in protecting minors' privacy. ... read more

They’re $750 each, but you can connect multiple versions of these Balloon Dog lamps and speakers together if you’ve got deep pockets. | Image: Lexon Design Jeff Koons, best known for his ... read more

Disney and Universal sued Midjourney on Wednesday for generating Shrek, Darth Vader, Buzz Lightyear, and a host of other copyrighted characters in the first major legal showdown between Hollywood and generative ... read more

DeeperDive will appear at the top of USA Today’s homepage. Taboola, the company best known for serving up those weird, clickbaity advertisements you often find beneath online articles, has created an AI ... read more

If you’re dealing with what appears to be poor battery life on the Nintendo Switch 2, the company has a support document with steps you can try to fix it. The ... read more

The Father’s Day deals have landed, with discounts on everything from Bluetooth speakers to streaming devices to help you (or your dad) make the most of summer. And if your plans ... read more

Gamers who missed out on a chance to get a Nintendo Switch 2 on launch day, or in the rare opportunities since, can buy one through Best Buy’s website or mobile ... read more

Retail media networks have figured out how to build successful businesses on their owned properties. Now they’re ready for something bigger, according to Jeremy Woodlee, GM for Enterprise at Infillion. “I would call the end ... read more

If you start an ad agency right now, you can begin from a position of immediate strength with the same tools large holding companies have. ... read more

PMG continues its expansion, acquiring Boston-based Momentum and adding its team of 45 retail media experts, as well as proprietary commerce media tech. ... read more

The most recent presentation of Apple's WWDC event has come and gone, during which Apple introduced the developer beta of the newly renamed iOS 26 - which is accessible to everyone, ... read more

Though Steven Universe‘s time on Cartoon Network has come and gone, Amazon is stepping in to keep the story going. During a Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe panel at ... read more

"This is absurd." That's all Amba Kak, co-executive director of the AI Now Institute, recalls thinking when she first heard about the proposed moratorium on state AI regulation tucked into ... read more

Capcom had an interesting showing at Summer Game Fest with three titles that will carry the developer into 2026 and beyond: Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Resident Evil Requiem, and Pragmata. ... read more

President Donald Trump says he has reached a deal with China that will ensure the US receives rare earth materials, keeps tariffs at a total of 55 percent, and allows American ... read more

Current’s smart pizza oven can cook a 12-inch pizza in two minutes. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge I am an excellent home cook, if I do say so myself. ... read more

"The economic pressures force brands to keep their heads down and just scramble to execute," says a respondent to the WFA's just-released "Risk Barometer," speaking specifically about DEI and geopolitical concerns. ... read more

The first teaser for season 3 of Apple TV Plus’ Foundation hinted at some of the changes coming with the series’ massive timeskip. But the show’s latest trailer really hammers how ... read more

The appointment is another blow to WPP, which was the primary media incumbent. It's the company's third major account loss in recent months where Publicis picked up the accounts. ... read more