In the first installment of Digiday’s 2024 Subscription Index, we established that this year has been a volatile one for publishers of all types, thanks to everything from layoffs to Google’s change of heart in ... read more

This year’s presidential election could provide a reality check — or a red herring — for marketers. Young men overwhelmingly backed president-elect Donald Trump earlier this month, and young men were twice as likely as ... read more

This time of year, it used to be a regular occurrence for ad buyers to be tasked with spending the year’s leftover ad dollars as marketers feared that if they didn’t use it now they’d ... read more

The long-running feud between hip-hop heavyweights Kendrick Lamar and Drake took a sharp turn recently when Drake threatened legal action against his record label, accusing it of allegedly bankrolling influencers and bots to push a ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Yahoo News, like many news outlets, had expected this year’s U.S. presidential election to drag on a bit longer than it did. “You have people planning to stay in ... read more

Type 00 | Image: Jaguar Jaguar’s new ethos is “copy nothing,” and the first concept car of its new era is trying to deliver. The leaks earlier were accurate, with the Type ... read more

Teen sings Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's "Our House" to her dad, who puts in his Air Pods to hear the song clearly. ... read more

Image: Blizzard GOG has announced that even if games in its recently launched preservation program are delisted from its store, it will maintain compatibility with those games and offer players “a seamless ... read more

Looks like an official Lenovo rendering of the Legion Go S. | Image: Windows Central Lenovo’s Legion Go handheld gaming PC cost $700 when it launched in the spring, and while you ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge General Motors is selling its stake in an electric vehicle battery facility to its partner LG Energy Solutions, the automaker announced Monday. The nearly ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package was struck down once again. In a ruling on Monday, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen St. ... read more

To ensure its own global data traffic and expand connection capacity to more regions, Meta plans to build a fiber-optic subsea cable approximately 24,850 miles long - while avoiding tumultuous geopolitical climates. ... read more

Threads now lets you filter searches by date range and profile. | Screenshots: Threads iOS app Threads is rolling out a search update globally over the next few weeks that will let ... read more

The Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM at CES 2024. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge If you mostly play games on PC and you’re in the market for a new monitor, ... read more

Illustration: The Verge AT&T has announced a new feature called Internet Backup that will automatically switch from a home’s wired internet to a cellular connection through a nearby smartphone should its fiber ... read more

Apple’s AirTags are cute and convenient. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Whether you want to quickly locate your bag at the airport or keep a closer tab on your ... read more

Plastic waste on a beach in Iki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, on Friday, October 29th, 2021.  | Photo: Getty Images International negotiations to create a legally binding treaty to stem the tide of ... read more

In a defeat for Google, a federal judge has refused to authorize an immediate appeal of his decision requiring the company to face claims that it collected personal data from smartphone users under the age ... read more

The C3 is attractively thin with an impressively rich picture quality. | Image: LG You guys, I’m raging. Against my better judgment, I bought a 77-inch LG C2 in February 2023 for ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Roblox is now incentivizing users to buy its in-game currency, Robux, on platforms that won’t take app store fees. You can now get up to 25 percent more Robux ... read more

Advertisers need to begin thinking about more sustainable practices with the growth of technology and AI, which use a bounty of energy and water to run. ... read more

Advertisers need to begin thinking about more sustainable practices with the growth of technology and AI, which use a bounty of energy and water to run. ... read more

New leaked videos and FCC filings have revealed a new DJI compact folding drone. | Screenshot: FCC The next addition to DJI’s lineup of compact folding drones has been revealed in leaked ... read more

Image: The Verge Google Maps is now starting to show Waze incident reports while you navigate and includes the ability to contribute by confirming road conditions in the app via prompts. Google ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge An Apple worker is suing the company over claims it requires employees to waive their right to privacy and subjects them to surveillance, as first reported ... read more

The Garmin Forerunner 255 is $100 off for Cyber Monday. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Garmins can cost a pretty penny. But good news for runners looking for a ... read more

The original Pixel Tablet only had a 60Hz display. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge The Pixel Tablet 2 may never see the light of day, but new details reported ... read more

Image: Sonos If you made me give up all of the Sonos products I own except for one, I’d keep the Sonos Five each and every time. Well, in my case, technically, ... read more

Brian Tomasette, director of product, Amazon DSP Ad technology is changing the marketing playbook in ways few could have imagined. More recently, DSPs are delivering on the long-held promise of programmatic advertising, particularly around efficiency ... read more

For the cost of a day’s lunch, it’s worth locking in a for a year even if you don’t know what to watch yet. | Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge ... read more

Image: PlayStation There are certain sounds that just feel good to the over 30 set. There’s the sound of dial-up internet or the new message jingle on AIM or MSN Messenger. Most ... read more

Drug discounter GoodRx has agreed to pay $25 million to settle claims that it wrongly shared consumers' health information with Meta Platforms, Google and Criteo for ad purposes, according to court documents filed Friday. ... read more

The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) announced last week that the OpenWrt One, a Wi-Fi router created with open-source software in mind, is now available to buy for $89 on AliExpress. The SFC ... read more

The Tesla app with phone key is coming to Apple Watch. | Image: Tesla Tesla is packing some big features into this year’s Holiday Update, including a digital phone key for Apple ... read more

OpenAI, which is restructuring into a for-profit from a non-profit company, continues to hint at adding advertising to its AI-powered search engine as it seeks to find ways to generate revenue. ... read more

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge I had a lot of positive things to say about Bose’s SoundLink Max when I tested the portable Bluetooth earlier speaker this year, and that ... read more

The current level of around 72.6 million subscribers (55.3 million traditional cable, satellite and telco subscribers and 17.3 million "virtual"/broadband subscribers) could bottom out to around 50 million. ... read more

Laura Normand / The Verge Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired after over four decades at the company and stepped down from the board of directors effective December 1st, 2024. He’d ... read more

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is making its return a little earlier than expected. The free-to-play mobile game shut down on November 28th after launching ... read more

Stellanis is the parent company behind many brands and vehicles, including the Dodge Charger Daytona EV (pictured). | Image: Stellantis Carlos Tavares is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Stellantis, effective ... read more

Image: The Broswer Company The Browser Company CEO Josh Miller teased in October that it was launching a more AI-centric product, which a new video reveals is Dia, a web browser built ... read more

There have been plenty of apocalypse-pandemic TV dramas going back years, but a new one on MGM+ seems to relate specifically to our recent pandemic. ... read more

The organizers behind futuristic golf tournament Tomorrow’s Golf League (TGL) believe they can reach a generation of golfers that don’t play, or watch, the sport in the same way their predecessors did. TGL, whose backers ... read more

As 2024 comes to a close, the gaming divisions of the agency holding companies are reporting that this was their biggest year yet. The secret behind much of this growth? Roblox. As gaming evolved from ... read more

The ad industry’s leading creator agencies have adopted AI tools as the key to providing scalable, efficient influencer activity. But it seems marketers aren’t striking agency deals based on their AI expertise. Despite agencies’ bids ... read more

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Shopify stores are beginning to show up across Roblox — and some of their operators are already reporting a significant boost in sales as a result. After dipping its toes into e-commerce via early beta tests ... read more

As we slide into the last month of 2024 and the beginning of the end of the fiscal fourth quarter, it appears the haves of the agency holding company world will continue to have, and ... read more

It was selected as a key project in Lyft's June hackathon, where a team worked to develop a fully functional product in just two days. ... read more

Big holiday movies have dramatically improved U.S./Canada theatrical movie box-office revenue for 2024 - now at $7.8 billion season-to-date, just 6.4% behind last year's total. ... read more

Big holiday movies have dramatically improved U.S./Canada theatrical movie box-office revenue for 2024 - now at $7.8 billion season-to-date, just 6.4% behind last year's total. ... read more

Big holiday movies have dramatically improved overall U.S./Canada theatrical movie box-office revenue for 2024 - now at $7.8 billion season-to-date, just 6.4% behind last year's revenue. ... read more

You’re practically making money on this phone at 400 bucks. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge For someone who wants to spend the absolute least on a phone and not have ... read more

NZXT’s Player: Three prebuilt gaming PC. | Image: NZXT An hour-long video published Saturday by Gamers Nexus, a YouTube channel focused on PC gaming hardware, accuses NZXT’s PC rental program of “bait-and-switch” ... read more

Between extensive self-cleaning options and AI smarts, it might be even better than a pet. | Photo: Eufy 2024 has been a rough year. It might be nice to go into the ... read more

Advances in artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, are enabling marketers to deliver personalized omnichannel experiences to consumers in near real-time, across every stage of the purchase journey. But, in leveraging AI to boost conversions and ... read more

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – TikTok is investing heavily in creative solutions to help brands create effective content on the platform. With creativity being the key to breaking through and driving campaign success, TikTok offers a ... read more

Image: Intel Intel is expected to release a pair of entry-level Battlemage GPUs this week, and now marketing materials posted by reliable leaker Roland Quandt show what we might see from the ... read more

Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 62, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy Post-Thanksgiving Chill ... read more

Illustration: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images In a new motion filed late Friday in his lawsuit against OpenAI, Elon Musk’s attorneys have asked for a preliminary injunction to stop ... read more

This beefy battery from Anker, which can keep all your gadgets charged while traveling, is on sale for its lowest price to date. | Image: Anker As a power-hungry tech journalist, I’m ... read more

Image: Epic Games Fortnite’s most recent virtual concert was supersized in multiple ways. Unlike previous events, which focused on specific artists like Ariana Grande or Metallica, this one featured a cast of ... read more

With a new Marvel Rivals trailer, Marvel has revealed that Wolverine, Black Widow, Iron Fist, Squirrel Girl, and Cloak and Dagger will all be part of its upcoming 6 v 6 hero ... read more

Image: Elen Winata for The Verge Just because it’s Saturday doesn’t mean the deluge of deals on laptops, headphones, and other Verge-approved gadgets is letting up. Continue reading… ... read more

If white isn’t your style, Sony is also discounting some of its colorful console covers. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Sony and other game makers are running ... read more

Image: Epic Games If it feels like Fortnite just had a major concert, that’s because it did — the beginning of November saw a live performance from Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice ... read more

The second-gen Apple Watch SE is a bargain at $149, so long as you don’t need the latest sensors, | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you’re an iPhone ... read more

Twinkly’s discounted string lights can display more than 16 million colors, allowing for a wide range of dazzling effects. | Image: Twinkly Gadgets make for expensive gifts, but that’s the beauty of ... read more

If you thought Breath of the Wild was big, wait until you experience Tears of the Kingdom. | Image: Nintendo Significant discounts on first-party Nintendo Switch games can be notoriously difficult to ... read more

An older image of an Intel discrete GPU. | Image: Intel Under financial pressures, Intel’s desktop gaming graphics business may be on the chopping block — but it seems that a pair ... read more

A mockup of the Earth selfie from YouTuber Mark Rober. | Screenshot: Mark Rober The stunt escalation on YouTube may have reached new heights with Mark Rober’s offer to snap anyone’s ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images There’s no telling exactly what the new year and new administration in the US will bring. But there are likely big changes afoot in ... read more

Illustration: The Verge A host of Canadian media companies filed a lawsuit against OpenAI today, alleging “inappropriate and illegal” use of their journalism to power the company’s GPT model, Reuters reports. It’s ... read more

U.S. District Court Judge Paul Englemayer previously dismissed a class-action complaint alleging that NBC shared viewing data with Meta. He now says he will reverse course, provided the matter comes before him again. ... read more

Image: Hyundai Even die-hard car enthusiasts have to smile at what Hyundai’s N Performance Division has done with the Ioniq 5. Continue reading… ... read more

The new laws - touted as a "world leading" policy approach aimed at protecting vulnerable young users from unsafe exposure online - demand that tech giants like Instagram, Facebook and TikTok bar minors from logging ... read more

Canada's Competition Tribunal, the Competition Bureau watchdog, said it seeks to end Google's dominance and anticompetitive practice and restore competition in the country's online ad marketplace. ... read more

A federal judge who threw out X Corp's lawsuit against Israeli analytics company Bright Data said this week that he will allow X to amend some of its claims and bring them again. ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The best from Apple, Bose, Samsung, Sony, Beats, Google, and more. Continue reading… ... read more

Big discounts for a variety of products, especially toys and electronics, drove this year's spending. ... read more

Mobile shopping hit highs on Thanksgiving Day at 59.5% of all online sales - representing $3.6 billion in online spending via mobile, up 10.5% year-over-year, according to data released Friday. ... read more

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge There’s no better time than the holidays to treat yourself (or someone you care about) to an overdue upgrade and pick up a fresh pair ... read more

Last fall I was in the thick of a home renovation project, doom scrolling thousands of light fixtures in search of clean, modern designs I didn’t hate. While I would normally consult ... read more

Unlike many before it, Ray-Ban’s smart glasses are actually trendy and inconspicuous. | Photo by Amanda Lopez for The Verge If you’re in the market for a new pair of glasses (as ... read more

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge 2024 is almost over, and it has been a year. The tech world has been shaken up a hundred times over, it seems: there was the ... read more

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is reportedly planning to build a world-spanning fiber-optic subsea cable for its own exclusive use. According to TechCrunch, the $10 billion project will create ... read more

The identifier, operational in Spain and being rolled out to Germany, France, Italy, Austria and the U.K., enables consumer control over their privacy when engaging with digital marketing. ... read more

The new Nest Learning Thermostat (4th Gen) is on sale this Black Friday. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge ‘Tis the season to stock up on smart home ... read more

Sixteen days later, Fox News is averaging 3.2 million prime-time, post-election viewers, with MSNBC at 702,000 and CNN at 469,000, according to Nielsen. ... read more

"The Golden Bachelor" has apparently opened the door for relationship reality shows starring senior singles looking for love in later life. ... read more

Is there a "number" out there that talent, agents and press can see to know what's a hit and what's a miss? ... read more

Screenshot: Twinkly Whenever Verge staff is asked to describe their favorite games, smart tech, desktop accessories, or whatever, they are free to talk about things they recently bought, things they picked up ... read more

Amazon’s latest Echo Dot is one of the better Echo speakers available — and it’s down to just $22.99. | Image: Amazon Combing through the deluge of Black Friday deals can be ... read more

Shark’s newest robot vacuum is $500 off for Black Friday and is worth buying just so you can call it Sharkira. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Robot vacuums ... read more

The Apple Watch Series 10 is on sale for Black Friday, too. | photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The holiday shopping season is here — which means it’s a ... read more

Image: Elen Winata for The Verge From OLED TVs and iPads to streaming services, games, and e-readers, here’s the very best of what Black Friday has to offer. Continue reading… ... read more

Bluesky’s spike in user interest has marketers watching closely, but their wallets remain firmly shut. After all, they’ve seen this show before (Clubhouse, anyone?) and aren’t about to fall for another fleeting frenzy. First, they’ll ... read more

Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. Of the revenue sources from which publishers make their money, programmatic ads would be counted as one of the ... read more

The article was first published by Digiday sibling WorkLife In a move that sent shockwaves through HR departments, Walmart announced significant changes to its DEI initiatives, becoming the largest company to date to scale back such programs. ... read more

A growing number of brands, like Klarna and Mondelēz International, are turning to generative AI to streamline their marketing operations. Increasingly, companies are leveraging AI for ideation and content creation, aiming to reduce costs, scale ... read more