You might have to buy Blue somewhere else. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeTwitter’s revamped Blue subscription might not be available as an in-app purchase on iOS when it eventually relaunches so that ... read more

iPhone 14 Pros are a scarce sight these days. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The VergeApple is on track to ship 20 percent fewer iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max units than expected this ... read more

Biden’s housing regulator orders taxpayers to underwrite million-dollar mortgages. ... read more

Students discuss FIFA and the morally dubious countries that have been allowed to host. ... read more

Beijing rejected foreign mRNA shots, putting its citizens at greater risk. ... read more

Biden is right to ask Congress to intervene to stop a damaging nationwide work stoppage. ... read more

Biden’s housing regulator orders taxpayers to underwrite million-dollar mortgages. ... read more

A new lawsuit would level the playing field for the political parties. ... read more

Ethnic political clout may be more of a hindrance than a boon when it comes to economic success. ... read more

China’s lockdown strategy was aimed at helping a new Mao consolidate power. ... read more

‘White supremacist society’ was blamed for bomb threats. Turns out it was a single teenager. ... read more

The global law firm fired me for defending the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. ... read more

‘To the Democrats’ credit, they did a good job pre-defining our candidates very early on . . . as crazy or extreme. . . .’ ... read more

Democrats consider removing the state from its coveted lead-off spot in presidential nominating contests. ... read more

NintendoToday, Nintendo gave fans a second look at The Super Mario Bros. Movie with a new trailer, giving us another opportunity to hear Chris Pratt as the preeminent pixelated plumber. We also got the first ... read more

Image: AWS and uCrowdsAmazon has a new AWS service, AWS SimSpace Weaver, that lets users build massive simulations that look like real-world SimCity maps. The idea of this new service is that users can take ... read more

My controller’s joystick broke off. Sure, I’ll take the free brand-new controller, but I really just wanted a replacement plastic part. | Image: Umar Shakir / The VergeIt’s a good day when you get a ... read more

The $1,699 LG-45GR95QE has 800R curvature — you can sit just 0.8 meters away and still get the full effect. | Image: LGMy request has been granted: Samsung’s jaw-dropping lineup of ultra-wide, ultra-curved, ultra-fast gaming ... read more

Once again Overwatch 2 is the best in show with its skin design. | BlizzardThe inaugural season of Overwatch 2’s battle pass is almost done, with season 2 starting on December 6th. With the new ... read more

You could win cash, in-game currency, or even consoles during the two-month-long tournament. | Image: Sony Interactive EntertainmentStarting on December 1st, PlayStation gamers will be able to compete in ladder tournaments against other players for ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIt’s a lose-lose situation. While some streamers are losing money by paying to get content on their platforms, others are losing money by distributing it on their own platforms. ... read more

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty ImagesHello there! I hope you all had a nice break. Thanksgiving food is not my thing, but I did enjoy watching the last third of Saturday Night ... read more

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeAre you looking for an efficient and easy way to schedule meetings? Sharing your Google calendar helps you do that by essentially handing that job over to the other ... read more

For those of us who are free, our job is to keep his story alive—to ensure that the world never forgets. ... read more

“Orion reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis I mission when it was 268,563 miles away from our home planet.” — NASA | Image: NASAOn Monday, NASA’s Orion spacecraft reached its farthest ... read more

Electoral Count Act reform is the most urgent priority for the lame-duck session. ... read more

Kurtwood Smith as Red Forman and Debra Jo Rupp as Kitty Forman. | NetflixIt’s been 20 years since That ‘80s Show spectacularly failed to recreate That ‘70s Show’s monster success and wound up being canceled ... read more

For many brands in this year’s Greater Good Awards shortlist, making a positive impact on their local communities — whether through internal or consumer-facing initiatives — is highly evident as a top priority. The throughling: ... read more

The new SlimBlade Pro. | Image: KensingtonKensington’s new version of its SlimBlade trackball mouse has a big improvement over the original model: wireless connectivity. With the SlimBlade Pro, which Kensington announced on Tuesday, you’ll be ... read more

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeI am a devoted Apple Music user, and you will pry the service out of my cold, dead hands. Still, I’ve spent the past few Decembers incredibly jealous of ... read more

A Rolls-Royce AE 2100-A regional aircraft engine converted to perform a hydrogen test at Boscombe Down in the UK. | Image: Rolls-RoyceRolls-Royce and European airline easyJet announced that they’ve successfully tested a hydrogen jet engine ... read more

Image: AppleBest of 2022 lists and end-of-year recaps are just around the corner, including Spotify Wrapped, the streaming platform’s flashy interactive feature that’s become an annual tradition that overtakes social media for a few solid ... read more

A podcast interview withLynette KaylorSVP, North America Ad SalesCTV is a total mess: Agree or disagree? “It’s a mess,” says Lynette Kaylor, SVP of North America ad sales at sports-focused... Continue reading » The post ... read more

Image: PolestarPolestar is making its own e-bike. In a recent interview with The Verge, Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath confirmed that the company was working on a battery-powered two-wheeler along with Sweden’s Allebike, with which it ... read more

Photo illustration by William Joel / The VergeHas sound quality taken a back seat to convenience? Continue reading… ... read more

Dentsu said the investment is designed to strengthen its own capabilities in gaming while supporting the growth of the game studio. ... read more

Tina Iannacchino, senior publisher director, Seedtag So much of the attention around the death of third-party cookies and its impact on the digital advertising industry is focused on the implications for brands and consumers, which ... read more

AMC Networks is now without a CEO, as Christina Spade has suddenly resigned after three months. Spade was previously CFO of AMC, taking over for Matt Blank, who had been interim CEO since 2021. ... read more

Mark Burnett, creator of "The Apprentice," is returning to independent production. Lenny Daniels is leaving immediately, after 27 years with Warner. ... read more

YouTube Music’s 2022 recap will highlight your top tracks and artists. | Image; GoogleThe end of the year is fast approaching, which means it’s time for the world’s biggest music streaming services to summarize your ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeTwitter will no longer take action against tweets that contain covid misinformation or the accounts that post them. Instead of announcing the change, the platform added a note to ... read more

Portal, the first-person puzzle game that spawned a thousand memes, is getting a glow-up on December 8th, courtesy of a free piece of DLC. Portal with RTX was originally announced alongside Nvidia’s new RTX 4080 ... read more

Elon Musk, who wants to charge users $8 a month to speak "freely" on his platform, has declared war on Apple, asserting its decision to stop advertising on Twitter violates "free speech." ... read more

Imagine taking a ride in a taxi and seeing one geo-targeted ad for a retailer when you pass its location in a strip mall and another for tickets to an... Continue reading » The post ... read more

Milwaukee-based Hanson Dodge has hired Maggie Pope in the new role of Associate Media Director.  In this role Pope will lead a team of media planners and assistant planners and be responsible for day-to-day media ... read more

Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty ImagesAfter a long weekend away, today let’s talk about the largely positive reception that Elon Musk’s radical remaking of Twitter is getting from tech CEOs — and whether those ... read more

Advertisers of all stripes are rethinking their ad measurement and attribution strategy. Signal loss and all that. But the burst of new incrementality testing models, in-housing programs, multitouch attribution and... Continue reading » The post ... read more

SANTA MONICA — If 2022 is really the year when “alternative” currencies began to be used to measure TV consumption, Carol Hinnant must feel like she is living Groundhog Day. Sparked by splintering consumption patterns ... read more

Avoiding advertising fraud on connected television requires continual vigilance as scammers look for weaknesses in the media supply chain. Marketers, agencies, media owners and ad-tech companies can work together to diminish losses to fraud. “The ... read more

Lancia’s new wordmark featuring its new brand font. | Image: LanciaLancia, the Italian car company owned by Stellantis alongside Fiat, Chrysler, Citroën, Vauxhall, and Peugeot, is being revived as an electric car brand. The company ... read more

Online sources disagree about the weight Americans gain on average from Thanksgiving through New Year's. ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergePlus another crypto bankruptcy and Mario movie trailer. Continue reading… ... read more

An interview withSharon Kroll CohenCMO“On TV & Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. TV advertising is complicated enough without also having to worry... Continue reading » The post ... read more

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Yahoo? Yahoo has taken a 25% stake in Taboola as part of a 30-year exclusive ad deal (uhh... Continue reading » The post ... read more

It’s easy to see the appeal of the World Cup for marketers: It’s the rare sporting event where you can easily reach audiences across the globe. It’s been an obvious choice for marketers but one ... read more

It wouldn’t be a period of penny pinching in advertising without the in-house topic coming into sharp focus again. So here it is, the perennial reality check on how (and how not) marketers are using ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify For Apartment Therapy, it just makes sense to bridge its events business with commerce. Not because the expectation is to make $10 million from affiliate commissions, according ... read more

It’s the most exciting time of year for discounts — and, many would say, the most important. And with brands and retailers treading the slippery slope of the economy, it’s difficult to discern what exactly ... read more

The privacy reckoning, along with broader macroeconomic headwinds, has scythed through the headcount(s) of the digital media economy in recent weeks with even “Big Tech” players such as Facebook and Google issuing notes of caution ... read more

ATX TV was founded 12 years ago to create a four-day television festival in Austin, Texas. ... read more

Founder Noam Bardin writes that "we want to allow you to read premium news from multiple publishers." ... read more

You probably know that Lego isn’t just for kids anymore — it’s a pricey hobby for adults, too! And it didn’t help when The Lego Group raised its prices this year by up to 25 ... read more

Disputes over the noisy machines, like regulation generally, involve interest groups and economic winners and losers, as well as plenty of eco-hysteria. ... read more

Democrats hope to expand this bad policy in the lame-duck session. ... read more

The U.S. eases sanctions on Maduro in return for political promises. ... read more

Challenges to union control of local school governance were often successful. ... read more

Challenges to union control of school boards were often successful. ... read more

Putin doesn’t have many friends these days, so he honors a dead one. ... read more

Without a comprehensive strategy, the island and the West will face a mounting peril from Beijing. ... read more

Public opinion polls show more than 60% support for higher military spending. ... read more

Post offices have traded in mug shots for greeting cards. ... read more

By pleading not guilty, he is forcing Hong Kong officials to own their lies. ... read more

‘Innovation is why Malthus was proved wrong, and why a growing population did not mean running out of resources.’ ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeCryptocurrency exchange Kraken has agreed to pay $362,158.70 to settle with the Department of the Treasury over claims that the firm violated US sanctions against Iran. Kraken, which lets ... read more

The FTC and seven states sued Google and iHeartMedia over ads by radio announcers who endorsed the Pixel 4 phone, despite never having used the device. ... read more

The Washington Post reports on victims of the crime surge. ... read more

Samsung’s Galaxy S21 is one of the models currently supported in the company’s self-repair program. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeSamsung seems to be working on a new self-repair app to aid customers ... read more

Google shared scripts for the hosts to read. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeGoogle and iHeartMedia are settling with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and seven state attorneys general for allegedly paying ... read more

To date, 84% of Apple's total social-media spend has gone to Twitter, reports MediaRadar. ... read more

Image: Obsidian EntertainmentThe game’s excellent art style and thoughtful narrative obscure a pretty boring gameplay loop. Continue reading… ... read more

Protestors in Hong Kong show solidarity with people in mainland China and hold blank sheets of paper as a symbol of censorship. | Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty ImagesPolice in China are checking people’s phones for ... read more

Elon Musk is speaking out against Apple. | Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty ImagesElon Musk claims that Apple has threatened to “withhold” Twitter from the iOS App Store for unknown reasons. The news follows ... read more

I introduced the idea in a 1993 Heritage Foundation paper. It was a lot better in theory than in practice. ... read more

It’s plausible he didn’t know who Fuentes was. But he does like to test political boundaries. ... read more

It’s plausible he didn’t know who Nick Fuentes was. But he does like to test political boundaries. ... read more

Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman’s breast for breast cancer. | Photo by Michael Hanschke/picture alliance via Getty ImagesGoogle announced today that it has licensed its AI research model for breast cancer ... read more

There's a great, eye-catching graphic in a just-released report commissioned by gender rights groups depicting what I'd like to call the circles of on online hellscape, especially Twitter's. ... read more

Self-chatting feels silly at first, but it’s a game-changer. | Image: David PierceTexting yourself sounds weird until you try it. Then it becomes indispensable. For a while now, my highest-volume messaging conversation has been with ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeBlockFi has become the latest crypto firm to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a couple of weeks after pausing withdrawals on November 10th. The company is citing a “lack ... read more

DirecTV says Fox is just employing its "same old tired programming scare tactics." ... read more

A preproduction Tesla Model 3 as revealed in 2016. | Photo by Chris ZieglerTesla reportedly has a new Model 3 design in the works, according to four sources speaking to Reuters with knowledge on the ... read more

An artist’s illustration of the Lunar Flashlight mission. | Image: NASAThe Artemis I mission isn’t the only lunar mission happening this month. On Wednesday, November 30th, a SpaceX Falcon 9 is expected to launch ... read more

The animated flick, which cost $360 million to make and tens of millions more in marketing, earned just $11.9 million over the three-day weekend. ... read more

The Oceanic Plus app turns the Apple Watch into a dive computer. | Image: AppleDivers no longer have to wait to use the Apple Watch Ultra as a dive computer. Starting today, you can download ... read more

On the eve of announcing this year's winners, I'd like to share some common themes and trends we identified from this year's submissions, because they signal meaningful shifts for the ad industry. ... read more

The collaboration will help advertisers face the challenge of successfully targeting ads across a variety of operating systems such as Apple iOS14 as the ad industry phases out third-party cookies to collect data. ... read more

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeIreland’s Data Protection Commission hit Meta with a €265 million fine (about $276 million USD) after an April 2021 data leak exposed the information of more than 533 million ... read more

Photography by Joel Goldberg for The VergeFinding that perfect gift for a creator can be challenging, which is why we’ve compiled all kinds of useful and fun ideas for all kinds of folks, from TikTokers ... read more

The Noc Design / The VergeBlack Friday may be in the past, but many of the best deals remain. If you’ve been following our Black Friday coverage, none of the best Cyber Monday deals should ... read more

VinFast sent a batch of 999 electric vehicles to the US. | Image: VinFastVinFast, the Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer, is shipping its first batch of EVs to the US, capping a five-year effort to develop ... read more