- YouTube Music now suggests your favorite speaker for playbackThe app now suggests which speaker you might like to use. | Screenshot: YouTube MusicYouTube Music will now attempt to suggest which of your Cast-enabled speakers you want to stream music to. It’s a nice ... read more
- AdExplainer: Defining (And Refining) The Meaning Of CookielessThe word “cookieless” crops up in virtually every conversation about the future of online identity. But what exactly do people mean when they say “cookieless”? Although the definition seems simple enough – the absence of ... read more
- Dyson eyes robots that can do your household choresDyson has shown off a series of prototype robots it’s developing, and announced plans to hire hundreds of engineers over the next five years in order to build robots capable of household chores. The images ... read more
- How Coldwell Banker Is Shifting Gears To Older Home Sellers Through Linear And SocialReal estate franchise Coldwell Banker, like the rest of the housing biz, has been targeting buyers who might be in the market for a new abode. But due to various macroeconomic factors, the company launched ... read more
- Advertisers Are In Trouble: The Industry Needs Chief Morality Officers“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Marilois Snowman, CEO and founder of Mediastruction. Let’s be honest: ... read more
- Retail Media Platforms Can Learn and Leverage a Thing or Two From Affiliate“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Michael Jaconi, CEO & co-founder of Button. Customer acquisition rates are up and ROAS ... read more
- Snap Warns It Will Miss Q2 Targets; Meta Releases Political Ad Targeting DataHere’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Oh, Snap Snap warned investors this week that it will miss its one-month-old revenue target, tumbling shares by more than 40% in what may ... read more
- Can contextual provide a better solution than cookie-replacement options, asks the MMAMarketers may be aware of the looming demise of third-party cookies, but they generally still seem stuck in second gear when it comes to finding new alternative solutions. That’s what a recent report from marketing ... read more
- Q&A: How Vox Media’s branded content studio is working to integrate its podcast ad capabilities post-mergerThree months after Vox Media and Group Nine’s branded content studios merged, the newly combined Vox Creative is using its different podcast ad formats to integrate audio advertising into advertisers’ campaigns or to upsell advertisers ... read more
- Future of TV Briefing: How Amazon, Roku and YouTube are figuring into this year’s TV upfront marketThis week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how Amazon, Roku and YouTube stand to play a bigger role in this year’s upfront market after leveling up in the last couple years. Upstream TVStreaming viewership ... read more
- The Rundown: As e-commerce grows, the eCommFronts address data and communication issuesDoes the red-hot world of e-commerce — estimated to be in the neighborhood of $100 billion according to Boston Consulting Group — even need its own “upfront”? Horizon Media’s topical Night Market unit certainly thinks ... read more
- Apple’s new App Store rule for easier account and data deletion hits June 30thIllustration by Alex Castro / The VergeDuring its WWDC 2021 event, Apple laid down a slew of policy changes for the App Store, adjusting the rules for everything from bounty hunting to whether or not ... read more
- Breaking Russia’s Ukrainian Grain BlockadeA Black Sea mission to escort commercial ships may be needed to prevent a global food shortage. ... read more
- Who’s Afraid of New York’s New House Map?A judge and a special master defend their revised Congressional districts. ... read more
- Illinois Has a Deal They Can’t RefuseDemocrats are forcing gas stations to help in their re-election. The stations are suing. ... read more
- What Should We Do About Gun Violence?Students discuss gun control and the Second Amendment. ... read more
- How Oregon’s Joe Manchin Lost His PrimaryA progressive Democrat seems to have defeated Kurt Schrader, one of the last Blue Dogs. ... read more
- Durham, the Disinformation Board and the 2024 ElectionsWhy Elon Musk ties his free-speech fight to the collusion hoax and Hunter’s laptop. ... read more
- Biden Owes a Debt to the Federal Judge Who Saved Title 42The White House insists the border isn’t a problem, but concern is rising fast among Democrats. ... read more
- Judge rules Tesla can’t hide behind arbitration in sexual harassment caseIllustration by Alex Castro / The VergeA lawsuit that accuses Tesla of fostering a workplace with “rampant” sexual harassment will continue in court after a California judge denied the company’s motion for arbitration, as first ... read more
- Elon Musk and the Baby BustMore useful commentary from Twitter’s possible next owner. ... read more
- Democrats say Google must curb location tracking before Roe repealIllustration by Alex Castro / The VergeA group of more than 40 Democratic members of Congress has asked Google to stop collecting and retaining “unnecessary” location data out of fear that it could be used ... read more
- Legacy Media Companies' Stocks Pulled Down By Snap's Advertising WarningSignaling a wider macro-view of a possible slowdown in advertising, traditional TV-based media companies' stock prices declined sharply after Snap said on Tuesday it is seeing a sharp deceleration of its digital ad revenues. MoffettNathanson ... read more
- Pixel 6 owners aren’t thrilled with Google’s overpriced, yellowing casesThis is supposed to be pink. | Image: u/A_Giant_Baguette on RedditGoogle Pixel 6 and 6 Pro users aren’t impressed with Google’s $30 first-party cases. Looking at Reddit and reviews on Amazon, there are dozens of ... read more
- The PS5 is available directly from Sony at 4PM ET, and you can start queueing nowSony has had slightly more frequent restocks of its flagship console lately. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeThe latest restock of hard-to-get PlayStation 5 consoles has arrived. Sony has opened a public queue ... read more
- Walmart is expanding its drone deliveries to reach 4 million householdsDroneUp can deliver packages within a mile-and-a-half radius of a Walmart. | Image: WalmartWalmart announced on Tuesday that it’s planning on expanding the number of stores that offer drone-delivered packages; by the end of the ... read more
- Google Assistant on the Galaxy Watch 4 is great except for one thingAt long last.When Google and Samsung announced Wear OS 3 last year, I had lots of questions about how well Google services would run on Samsung hardware. Of Google’s expansive suite of apps, I was ... read more
- Stellantis picks Indiana for its $2.5 billion EV battery factory with SamsungImage: StellantisStellantis, the parent company of Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler, has selected Kokomo, Indiana, as the site for its next electric vehicle battery factory. The plant will be built in partnership with South Korea’s Samsung ... read more
- The ‘800 pound gorilla’ in the Gulf of Mexico that could supercharge hurricanes this seasonTrees sway in the wind from Hurricane Ida in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 29th, 2021. | Image: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesForecasters expect a busy 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, with a 65 percent ... read more
- Niantic moves beyond games with Lightship AR platform and a social networkNianticNiantic made a name for itself in the mobile gaming industry through the enduring success of Pokémon Go. Now the company is hoping to become something else: a platform for other developers to build location-aware ... read more
- Netflix’s Exploding Kittens mobile game launches at the end of MayPlay the new game beginning May 31st. | Image: NetflixNetflix’s Exploding Kittens — The Game, a new mobile title based on the popular card game, will be available for free for Netflix subscribers on May ... read more
- New partnership links positive COVID-19 cases to antivirals — for a price
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- The Baby Formula Shortage and Bad GovernanceThe administration reacted far too slowly, but reforms can stop this from recurring. ... read more
- Tariffs on China Throw Shade on the U.S. Solar IndustryIntended to punish Chinese panel makers, the import taxes are crushing U.S. companies and consumers. ... read more
- Tariffs Throw Shade on the U.S. Solar IndustryIntended to punish Chinese panel makers, the import taxes are crushing U.S. companies and consumers. ... read more
- Windows 11 is getting an easy way to restore apps to a new PCThe Microsoft Store for Windows 11. | Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft is finally adding restore apps to the Microsoft Store on Windows 11. The software maker will soon start testing a new feature that allows you to ... read more
- Waze now supports Apple Music integrationImage: WazeWaze has finally introduced support for Apple Music on iPhones, allowing you to control your music through the navigation app’s built-in audio player. This should make it easier for you to pause, play, and ... read more
- Logitech gaming gear is up to 50 percent off at Amazon for today onlyThe Logitech G435 wireless headset comes in three unique colorways. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeToday’s deals kick off with some great prices on Logitech gaming and streaming gear from Amazon’s deal ... read more
- Chrome will soon do Google Lens image searches without leaving a pageThe new panel will appear to the right after a Lens search. | Image: GoogleGoogle Lens, the search giant’s powerful image recognition software, is becoming slightly less cumbersome to use within the Chrome browser on ... read more
- Google Unveils New Shopping Ad Formats And Packs More Demand Into Performance MaxGoogle announced the latest updates to its shopping ad products at Google Marketing Live on Tuesday, with changes on the backend to how advertisers use its tech and on the consumer side. These changes are ... read more
- The Rundown: Google’s Marketing Live announcements signal strategic prioritiesThe flagship Google Marketing Live conference is underway this week in which the ad industry’s largest name typically showcases its wares. This year’s installment is taking place as lawmakers and potential interlopers dial up the ... read more
- How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the warPhoto Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge; Photo by Oliyarnyk / CC-BY-SA-4.0With Michael Chobanian, the president of the Blockchain Association of Ukraine Continue reading… ... read more
- The real star of The Gray Man’s first trailer is Chris Evans’ evil ‘trash stache’Chris Evans as Lloyd Hansen. | NetflixIn both the Mark Greaney book, The Gray Man, and Netflix’s forthcoming movie adaptation by the Russo Brothers, one of the CIA’s most highly-trained and valuable agents becomes its ... read more
- Microsoft Build 2022: news and updates from Microsoft’s developer conferenceIllustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIt’s all about developers Continue reading… ... read more
- Microsoft is making native Arm versions of Visual Studio 2022 and VS CodeMicrosoft’s Project Volterra device. | Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft is working on native Arm64 versions of Visual Studio 2022 and VS Code. A preview version of an Arm native version of Visual Studio 2022 will be available ... read more
- Microsoft will support third-party Windows 11 widgets later this yearWindows 11 widgets. | Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft is planning to support third-party widgets inside Windows 11 later this year. At its annual Build developer conference today, the software giant says it will open up access ... read more
- Microsoft starts testing new OneNote design overhaulThe new OneNote design. | Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft has started testing its new OneNote design refresh. The software maker first teased the visual update last year, revealing that it will unify its OneNote and OneNote ... read more
- Microsoft Dev Box is a cloud-powered developer workstationImage: MicrosoftMicrosoft put PCs in the cloud with Windows 365 last year, and now, it wants to entice developers to use a cloud-powered developer workstation. Microsoft Dev Box is a new cloud service that includes ... read more
- Microsoft Teams Live Share takes meetings beyond simple screen sharingImage: MicrosoftMicrosoft is adding a new Live Share feature to Microsoft Teams, which will allow participants to start co-editing or co-creating during Teams meetings. Live Share will be available through apps that integrate into Microsoft ... read more
- Harley-Davidson’s Serial 1 announces a limited-edition electric mountain bikeMike Calabro urbancamper.comSerial 1, the e-bike company spun out of Harley-Davidson nearly two years ago, unveiled another premium model designed to make you open your wallet in helpless surrender. The Bash/Mtn is the company’s first ... read more
- The Gollum video game launches in SeptemberThe new game will be released one day before Amazon’s big new show. | Image: Daedalic EntertainmentThe Lord of the Rings: Gollum, the upcoming video game starring Gollum that was first revealed in 2019, will ... read more
- How to delete your Facebook accountillustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIf you’ve finally given up on the world’s most popular social media network, it’s not too complicated to remove yourself from the service. But before you delete all of ... read more
- Ad-Supported Offering Could Boost Netflix's Overall U.S. Revenue 21%Estimate assumes Netflix can gain about 10 million paid U.S. subscribers and realize about $7 in ad revenue per AVOD subscriber. ... read more
- Publicis Taps Omnicom Media's Hagedorn For New C-Suite RoleIn the new role Hagedorn is tasked with designing what the company described as "agile" and "complex' go-to-market solutions for clients. Separately, Publicis confirmed that Samantha Levine Archer, also formerly of Omnicom Media Group, joins ... read more
- SteelSeries Nova Pro Wireless review: it nearly does it allThe standard Nova Pro is a compelling wired option, too Continue reading… ... read more
- Horizon/Pitbull's 305 Uses Extraordinary Kids For Nutritious Snack BrandThe multicultural campaign utilizes multimedia, including CTV, online video, audio, social and grassroots marketing. ... read more
- Horizon/Pitbull's 305 Uses Real Kids To 'Squeez' It Out For Nutritious Snack BrandThe multicultural campaign utilizes multimedia, including CTV, online video, audio, social and grassroots marketing. ... read more
- Horizon/Pitbull's 305 Uses Real Kids To Squeez It Out For Nutritious Snack BrandThe multicultural campaign utilizes multimedia, including CTV, online video, audio, social and grassroots marketing. ... read more
- Media Transparency Underpins CTV Ad Outcomes: Beachfront’s Katie LongThe growing number of people who watch ad-supported streaming video gives marketers more ways to reach consumers who spend less time with traditional linear television. With the right tools, brands can gain sharper insights into ... read more
- TVSquared’s Kinsella Aims To Unify TV With Innovid’s Support
- LifeStreet Launches A Revamped Mobile DSP To Help Predict ROASMobile ad platform LifeStreet released a new version of its DSP on Tuesday that shows developers what’s happening behind the scenes when they make a programmatic buy. “Supply transparency is table stakes,” said CEO Levi ... read more
- Growing Political Divisions – What's 'Good For Business' – And Media Brand Aspirations?Conservative-leaning TV news stations and networks are coming clean with how they feel about the monetization of news as billions of political ad dollars -- destined to hit record amounts this year -- are poured ... read more
- Mr. Boop, the psychosexual webcomic that is a scathing critique of copyrightYou can’t summarize the webcomic Mr. Boop better than its first panel, which emerged out of what felt like the raging id of the internet on February 28, 2020. “My wife Betty Boop is really ... read more
- HP’s Pavilion x360 14 will be one of the most affordable 5G laptopsRemember, the x360s are the flippy ones. | Image: HPHP’s newest budget laptop, the Pavilion x360 14, will be available this summer for a starting price of $599, the company has announced. The clamshell, higher-end ... read more
- All these images were generated by Google’s latest text-to-image AISample images from Google’s new text-to-image AI. | Image: Google (collage by The Verge)Imagen what else this thing can do Continue reading… ... read more
- George Carlin Comes Alive In HBO Max Doc Directed By Judd ApatowGeorge Carlin's American Dream" represents a rare, in-depth look at Carlin's world, both public and private. ... read more
- How to watch Microsoft’s Build 2022 conferenceMicrosoft’s Build social media profile template has a cute cat as a placeholder. You can download it here (warning: 75MB zip file) along with themed wallpapers and Teams backgrounds. | Screenshot: Umar Shakir / The ... read more
- Mobile Attribution’s Next Phase, With Adjust CEO Simon DussartProbabilistic attribution is just a “stopgap,” says Simon “Bobby” Dussart, newly appointed CEO of AppLovin-owned mobile measurement and attribution company Adjust. Depending on who you ask, “probabilistic” could simply be a synonym for “fingerprinting,” but ... read more
- Asus announces world’s first 500Hz Nvidia G-Sync gaming displayAsus’ ROG Swift 500Hz monitor | Image: AsusNvidia and Asus are announcing the world’s first 500Hz G-Sync display at Computex 2022 today. While we saw a prototype 500Hz gaming monitor earlier this year, Asus is ... read more
- On-demand grocery app Gorillas lays off half its office workforcePhoto by Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty ImagesGrocery app Gorillas, which promises to deliver goods in as quickly as 10 minutes, is laying off half of its office staff. In a press release, the company ... read more
- Motorola teases phone with 200-megapixel camera as Razr rumors mountLeaked renders of Motorola’s rumored smartphone. | Image: WinFutureMotorola could have not one, but two very interesting smartphones launching in China next month. The company has teased the first in a Weibo post, which promises ... read more
- Google Maps’ historical Street View imagery comes to mobileSee how a location has changed over time. | Image: GoogleGoogle Maps’ Street View feature is getting a couple of upgrades to celebrate the service’s 15th anniversary, the search giant announced today. The first is ... read more
- Logitech’s new mouse and keyboard offer a quieter click and more clack, respectivelyLogitech’s latest computer accessories offer a quieter or more tactile way to use your computer, depending on your preferences. The new MX Master 3S is a minor update to the existing MX Master 3 mouse ... read more
- Beyond Clean Rooms, Brands Need Clean Houses“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Marc Rossen, SVP investment and activation analytics at Omnicom Media ... read more
- Is TikTok Game For An App Store Dispute?; GDPR’s Bark Is Worse Than Its BiteHere’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Game On TikTok is testing in-app games in Vietnam and plans to push further into gaming, starting with Southeast Asia, sources tell Reuters. People ... read more
- Marketing Briefing: ‘An era of outrage porn’: Social experts weigh in on the value of brands’ edgy, viral contentBrands pushing the envelope on social media isn’t a new concept. But as the social landscape has become more crowded and advertisers look for ways to stand out, it’s a marketing strategy that’s become even ... read more
- How this founder evolved the agency he started in 9th grade into an incubator for new brandsIf you start an agency in ninth grade with your buddy, and it’s still going strong decades later, you might be onto something. So it was with MichaelAaron Flicker and his agency XenoPsi, although his ... read more
- Future plc’s Jason Webby says U.K. publisher wants to be a dominant player in the U.S.Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify In the roughly two years since Jason Webby joined Future plc as chief revenue officer for North America, the U.K. publisher has acquired eight companies — including ... read more
- Why Clarks enlisted influencers to bring users into its metaverse experience
- Inside Bloomberg Media’s regional expansion plan into an economically uncertain U.K.Almost every downturn presents an opportunity to take advantage of change and win — even for publishers. For Bloomberg Media, that opportunity is to become a bit more mainstream. No, it’s not a new goal. ... read more
- Nvidia turns to liquid cooling to reduce big tech’s energy useA rack full of these could hold so much liquid (and computing power). | Image: NvidiaNvidia has announced its new plan for reducing the energy use of data centers crunching massive amounts of data or ... read more
- Zeus flicks too hard in latest Thor trailerThor: Love and Thunder | Image: MarvelThe first full trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder has arrived, and somehow found a new angle on the journey of Chris Hemsworth’s titular hero. This time around we’re ... read more
- Princeton Fed Me to the Cancel Culture MobThe university claims it fired me for a long-past offense—for which I was already punished—but the truth should worry everyone. ... read more
- Starlink’s new RV plan lets buyers skip the line if they pay more for worse serviceImage: StarlinkSpaceX’s Starlink is still scaling up its constellation of internet satellites, and the service is only intended for use at the specific location where the user is registered. But as we noted earlier this ... read more
- The Rodecaster Pro II is a slimmer, more customizable audio mixerImage: RodeRode is introducing a new version of its portable audio mixer console, the Rodecaster Pro, with upgraded hardware, new preamps, a load of new software features, and a subtly sleeker design. The Rodecaster Pro ... read more
- Biden’s Real Taiwan MistakeThe big blunder is not including the island democracy in the new Indo-Pacific economic framework. ... read more
- A Financier Tells Some Climate-Change TruthsAnd for doing so, Stuart Kirk was suspended by HSBC. ... read more
- Klarna used a prerecorded video message to lay off 10 percent of employeesKlarna lost about one-third of its valuation since last year. | Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty ImagesKlarna, the Swedish “buy now, pay later” service (BNPL), announced that it’s laying off 10 percent of its ... read more
- Oz vs. McCormick on Ballots in Pennsylvania’s Senate RaceUndated ballots are the new hanging chads, as a GOP recount nears. ... read more
- SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell defends Elon Musk to employees after allegations of sexual misconductSpaceX President Gwynne ShotwellSpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell sent a company-wide email last week responding to a report of allegations of sexual assault against CEO Elon Musk, claiming she doesn’t believe the allegations to be true. ... read more
- Seattle’s Crime and PunishmentNo more automatic leniency for the most prolific criminals. ... read more
- TikTok’s launching Twitch-like subscriptions in beta on ThursdayIllustration by Alex Castro / The VergeTikTok has announced a program that lets viewers pay to subscribe to specific live streamers they want to support. Dubbed Live Subscription, it gives fans access to perks like ... read more
- Google TV’s individual profiles are arriving after being delayed for a few monthsGoogle TV profiles are now available to all users — including kids | Image: Google TVAfter being delayed for months, Google is finally rolling out its personalized profiles for Google TV “over the next few ... read more
- Roe v. Wade Must Go for Precedent’s SakeStare decisis is too important to be defined by such a poorly reasoned case. ... read more
- No More Congressional Fire DrillsThe $40 billion Ukraine aid package, the latest legislation cobbled together outside the committee process, reveals a lack of trust in Washington leaders. ... read more
- The Progressive Pronoun Police Come for Middle SchoolersA Wisconsin school district opened a Title IX sexual-harassment investigation against 8th graders for calling a student ‘her’ instead of ‘them.’ ... read more
- The Pronoun Police Come for Middle SchoolersA Wisconsin school district opened a Title IX sexual-harassment investigation against 8th graders for calling a student ‘her’ instead of ‘them.’ ... read more
- Managing a World Order in CrisisBiden’s foreign policy revs up but observers abroad are skeptical of an economic plan that has caused record inflation and high gas prices. ... read more
- Rescue From Recession Won’t Be So Easy This TimeWith inflation raging, the famous ‘Fed put’ to save the day with cheap money might not be available. ... read more