Fetch is currently available in Milton Keynes and plans to eventually expand to nearby locations like Luton and Northampton. | Image: BBC / Imperium Drive A new car rental service has launched ... read more

In case you missed it, last week 8BitDo announced a new DIY kit that lets you turn an original Nintendo 64 controller into a wireless gamepad for the Nintendo Switch. It could ... read more

In honor of National Streaming Day – an informal holiday cooked up by Roku in 2014 that takes place every May 20 – several streaming services celebrated by slashing the price of The post Streamers Fight For ... read more

Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta will test blocking news content for some users in Canada in response to the country’s Online News Act, the company has announced. The test is expected ... read more

Microsoft has finally started testing a new dark mode for its Paint app in Windows 11. The software giant originally teased a dark mode addition nearly two years ago, and it’s now ... read more

The long wheelbase version of the ID Buzz is coming to the US in 2024. | Image: VW We finally have details on the electric Microbus that’s coming to North America, ... read more

There’s no better way to improve customer trust – and boost brand reputation – than handling first-party data respectfully and effectively, writes Recurly CMO Theresa McEndree. The post Maximizing Performance With Personalized Subscription Data appeared ... read more

By guest artist John Klossner A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem… The post Comic: Swamped appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. No Alternative Third-party cookies are not the future of digital advertising in the EU (or anywhere for that The post Alternative IDs Under ... read more

Attention-based buying is turning into a legendary tale of patience and nonchalance. So when there’s a glimpse of progress, marketers tend to take notice. Domino’s — the pizza chain — being one of them.  It’s ... read more

Apparently, size doesn’t matter, but some advertisers are totally obsessed with going big when it comes to video. As short-form video took the digital world by storm, brands couldn’t resist jumping on the bandwagon of ... read more

As the hype around artificial intelligence reaches a fever pitch, executives at Unity Technologies are finding themselves at the center of the storm. They believe that AI can multiply revenues across all facets of their ... read more

A few years ago, at the height of the auto industry’s supply-chain woes, digital media buying and performance marketing were in the driver’s seat. Now, at least one auto dealer is making more space for ... read more

Agencies are beginning to rethink their approach to creating content for clients, thanks to the growing volume of content and more intense competition for eyeballs these days. From using statistical analysis to influencer marketing strategies, ... read more

AMC Theaters will end its On Demand pay-per-view film service and move its films to Vudu beginning June 1. Customers of the AMC service will get a 15% discount on all Vudu purchases during the ... read more

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin has resigned, she confirmed to Reuters, marking the departure of one of Elon Musk’s most important executives at ... read more

The new regulation will dun companies to pay for Medicaid. ... read more

Majorities in both houses of Congress reject his write-off. ... read more

The Dolphin Emulator logo, on a black background. | Logo: Dolphin Did you hear the one about how Nintendo blocked the Dolphin Emulator from making its way to Steam, purportedly with a ... read more

Does federal law protect intentionally destructive labor strikes? Nope. ... read more

Majorities in both houses of Congress reject his write-off. ... read more

China slumps and Germany is in recession, while the U.S. holds on. ... read more

The HHS ‘price transparency’ rule will raise pharma prices. ... read more

The debt-ceiling vote was the product of a deliberate, well-considered strategy. ... read more

Vandals get off with a misdemeanor charge for defacing a statue as police looked on. ... read more

The key Supreme Court decision, Meyer v. Nebraska, dates back to June 4, 1923. ... read more

In some ways he’s a match for Trump, whose third nomination would mark the end of the GOP. ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge This story first appeared in Hot Pod Insider, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. iHeartMedia is ... read more

The media sneer that he’s ‘unlikable’ and distort his legislative achievements. Now that he’s entered the 2024 presidential election, here are the facts. ... read more

Since the International Atomic Energy’s founding in 1957, the number of nuclear states has tripled. ... read more

Quest 2 vs. Quest 3. | Image: Meta Is it really a good idea to buy a Meta Quest 2 for $299 now that the $499 Quest 3 is on the way? ... read more

Daniel Penny’s attackers couldn’t be bothered to notice Corde Scott’s death because it didn’t fit their racial narrative. ... read more

Apple’s tiny location trackers can help you keep better tabs on your belongings, including keys. | Image: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The busy summer travel season has already begun, so you ... read more

Beijing’s supply-side stimulus eased the 2009 contraction, but don’t expect another one. ... read more

Photo by Bob Levey / Getty Images Back in 2021, Hobbs & Shaw star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson swore up and down that his beef with his longtime Fast & Furious co-star ... read more

What’s she smiling at, anyway? | Photo by Li Yang / China News Service via Getty Images I feel a little insane typing this because it is so incredibly obvious, but I ... read more

US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announces a major scientific breakthrough from researchers at Nuclear Security and National Nuclear Security Administrations Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Washington, DC, on December 13th, 2022. | Photo ... read more

The Razr Plus’ cover screen is the biggest on a flip-style phone right now. Moto is adding two new foldables, led by the Razr Plus. Its 3.6-inch cover screen makes it more ... read more

The latest robot vacuums have new tricks, like this Ecovacs model that lifts its mop 9mm off the floor. | Image: Ecovacs Those of you concerned about artificially intelligent robots taking over ... read more

Image: Meta Meta has just wrapped its latest Quest Gaming Showcase, where it previewed a bunch of virtual reality games coming to its Quest headsets. This year could prove to be an ... read more

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge We’ve rounded up a number of inexpensive gifts that dad will love, from portable speakers to camping stoves. Continue reading… ... read more

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 next to the Google Pixel Fold | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Phone makers are going all in on folding screens, with everything from tiny ... read more

The latest NFIB employment report shows small firms planning more hires. ... read more

It lacks a share button, but the Elite Series 2 makes up for it with a whole lot of customizable options. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The ... read more

Tools like SigmaOS’s Airis can rewrite all your text — and even whole webpages. | Image: SigmaOS AI assistants are shaping up to be the biggest thing in browsers since the tab ... read more

Image: Epic Games Fortnite developer Epic Games is adding a new “time played” metric to the calculations that determine how much creators are paid for the Fortnite experiences (called “islands”) that they ... read more

Every year, Netflix fires up the Tudum hype machine in hopes of working fans into trailer-fueled frenzies that turn them into walking, talking spokespeople for the streaming platform. The trailer for Tudum ... read more

Future EA Sports releases like EA FC (which is set to replace the FIFA brand name) is a likely candidate for Nike’s collectible NFT “wearables.” | Image: Electronic Arts EA and Nike ... read more

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is greatly improving its free version of Microsoft Teams on Windows 11 today. The built-in Teams app will now include support for Microsoft’s communities feature inside Teams, the company’s ... read more

Ali Mack, head of TV and agency, Experian Major streaming video providers have recently made headlines by adopting new currencies for ad measurement, threatening Nielsen’s long-standing TV ratings monopoly. NBCUniversal, for example, has certified iSpot ... read more

The Quest 2, originally released in 2020. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Starting June 4th, the 128GB version of the Quest 2 will cost $299.99 while the 256GB ... read more

Melinda L. Spence, head of global advertising insights, Activision Blizzard Media Players have high standards when it comes to the games they play and the media they consume — and with good reason. More so ... read more

Happy birthday, GDPR! On this week’s episode, we dissect how GDPR, now five years old – and a few billion dollars accumulated in fines – has affected the online economy. The post The Big Story: ... read more

The Meta Quest 3. | Image: Meta Meta has officially announced its Quest 3 VR headset in a post on Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram. The $499.99 headset is “coming this fall,” and the ... read more

Image: Getty Images There is no war (harassment) at Ba Sing Se (Activision Blizzard). Continue reading… ... read more

Maryland is the first state to support the feature, with Arizona, Colorado, and Georgia to follow “in the coming months.” | Image: Google Google Wallet users will soon be able to add ... read more

The mobile app for Disney+'s new ad-supported plan now accounts for 9% of its total U.S. in-app iOS app purchases. ... read more

Cars.com is trying to resonate with younger and first-time car buyers in hopes that they become lifelong customers. The post Cars.com’s New Driving Force? Reaching Gen Z Consumers appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more

For the first time in 150 years, Heinz will have a unified creative strategy. Observers say the company's stepped-up brand budgets are paying off. ... read more

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google’s dark web reporting feature — a service that allows users to run one-off scans to see if their Gmail address has been exposed to the ... read more

Image: Hello Games No Man’s Sky is touching down on Macs starting today. Hello Games announced that the space adventure is available for Mac users on Steam now (it’ll be free if ... read more

Image: Atlus When Nintendo discontinued the 3DS — and with it, the existence of dual-screen handhelds — I lamented the weird games we would no longer have. High up on that list ... read more

This year’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity includes a second round of refreshed criteria for the Media Lions awards to better reflect how significant upheavals in the media marketplace affect the way media buyers operate. This ... read more

Matt Wasserlauf, founder and CEO of Blockboard, sees the growth of connected TV advertising as a perfect money for the ad industry to undergo a necessary ad tech reset. He knows it won’t be easy. ... read more

After 10 months of courtship, marketing tech holding company The Brandtech Group finally completed its acquisition of Jellyfish, a digital media and marketing group with global reach that Brandtech didn’t have. The newly beefed up ... read more

"No Straight Answers," a six-minute game show parody from the Madwell agency, pits a team of younger LGBTQ+ influencers against older ones. ... read more

A vestige of the COVID-19 television era returns for a new special on Friday -- and in the process, revives memories of a pandemic period in TV that now seems more remote with each ... read more

Image: Ford Ford is teaming up with Uber to offer flexible leases on electric vehicles to rideshare drivers. Uber is under pressure from governments around the world to get more of ... read more

The rear of 2022’s Nothing Phone 1. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Our constantly updated list of all the teases Nothing has released about its second phone. ... read more

Image: Polestar Polestar’s latest software update includes YouTube so Polestar 2 owners can watch streaming video while charging their vehicles and an updated version of Apple CarPlay that includes the ability to ... read more

Honor’s foldable is the Samsung Z Fold’s first real competitor outside of China. It’s a more affordable alternative, but its rough edges are grating. Continue reading… ... read more

David Sommer, Snap’s newly appointed head of US verticals, spoke with AdExchanger about how he’s applying his CPG knowledge to the tech space. The post Snap Bets On AR To Deliver Virtual Shelf Appeal For ... read more

It's possible to improve your efficiency as a publisher while also reducing your carbon footprint, with no cost to revenue. The post Two Ways Publishers Can Improve Programmatic Supply Efficiency appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. In The Slow Lane Dentsu is the latest company to revise its global ad spend forecast downward since The post Ad Spend’s Slow ... read more

No matter the situation, there will always be some publishers that flat out reject any touted alternatives to third-party cookies that they can’t control (sorry, ad tech). Even the mention of these alternatives seems to ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing takes a behind-the-scenes look at Graham Holdings’ decision to dissolve Leaf Group and form the new media company World of Good Brands. The newly appointed CEO Lindsey Abramo chats with Digiday ... read more

Short-form video is one of the hottest media channels right now, and gaming influencers have taken notice, flocking to platforms such as TikTok and YouTube Shorts in increasing numbers. As their fans’ eyeballs follow, it is ... read more

A new deal was struck between The Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and video platform Cameo on May 23rd in which performers can get union coverage through the ... read more

Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. As the end of the third-party cookie truly draws nearer, the winners and losers are likely to start emerging. ... read more

The FTC's attempt to revise a prior consent decree is unconstitutional, Meta says in a request to block the agency's attempt to regulate the use of teens' data. ... read more

Leap Motion controller Ten years after debuting with a $79.99 Kinect-like control unit, the company now called Ultraleap is back with a sequel. Continue reading… ... read more

Albany progressives want to mess with the sovereign debt market. ... read more

The once mortal enemies unite to distort Florida’s success. ... read more

The merged operation in New York will be known as adam&eveDDB and will be overseen by newly hired Digitas veteran Caroline Winterton. The new Chicago leader is Emma Montgomery who is joining from Leo Burnett ... read more

The Speaker isn’t the obstacle to more GOP victories. Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer are. ... read more

A center-right victory in regional races puts Socialist rule in jeopardy. ... read more

Meta has announced a collection of digital clothing in partnership with professional tennis player Naomi Osaka. The outfits, designed by Osaka, are available for purchase via the Meta Avatars Store on Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and ... read more

Colleges will seek sneaky ways of filling quotas. But they’ll have trouble defending them in court. ... read more

‘Direct file’ is a waste of time and money. Private companies and nonprofit organizations do just fine. ... read more

If it isn’t a member before the July Vilnius summit, Erdoğan and Orbán shouldn’t be welcome. ... read more

The country is drifting right of center and opposition conservatives better not miss the turn. ... read more

The Texas attorney general’s scandal allegedly entails an affair, fraud, payoffs and even the FBI. ... read more

Google Assistant will no longer integrate third-party lists and reminder apps starting June 20th. | Image: The Verge Google Assistant will lose the ability to integrate with third-party notes apps on June ... read more

Amazon has agreed to pay $25 million to settle charges that it violated children's privacy laws by indefinitely retaining their voice recordings and geolocation data, the FTC said Wednesday. ... read more

TNT's Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which earned 11.9 million viewers, is the third-most watched NBA telecast ever and the most-watched Eastern Conference Finals on TNT in ten years. ABC witnessed a 12% ... read more

Image: Ring Amazon’s Ring unit has agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that its doorbells illegally spied on users. The settlement addresses a lawsuit filed by the ... read more

Plan to limit fossil fuels works well—except when they’re needed. ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apollo, the popular Reddit app for iOS, could face millions of dollars in fees as a result of Reddit’s new paid API model. According to ... read more

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Apple could have a pretty big Worldwide Developers Conference next week, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In addition to the rumored mixed reality headset and ... read more

A California resident has sued TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, for allegedly tracking her online activity on Hulu.com and other sites. ... read more