Google says its AI search features aren’t tanking website traffic despite recent reports suggesting otherwise. In a blog post published on Wednesday, Google Search head Liz Reid says click volume ... read more

As CEO of youth branding ecosystem SuperAwesome, O'Loughlin is on the front lines of the AI battle to win the hearts and minds -- and build intimate relationships -- with child users. ... read more

Considering the relationship-building chatbot models being made available to younger consumers, there could be unprecedented consequences for child users' personal growth and wellbeing. ... read more

The limited-time $20 discount is available at Amazon, Best Buy, and From Bose. Audio quality is always going to be a speaker’s most important feature, but it doesn’t hurt if ... read more

To better protect against cheaters, Activision says that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 players on PC will need to use hardware with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 and have ... read more

Lucy Markowitz, svp, gm U.S. marketplace, Vistar Media Performance marketing was long considered a silver bullet to optimize ad campaign performance. It promised growth, visibility and scale. But after years of chasing clicks and conversions, ... read more

Ever open the Disney+ app and experience cognitive dissonance when shows like “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” appear in the recommendations? Well, expect more of that in the future. The post ... read more

Yelp launched an ad unit that lets national brands like Pepsi and Bilt spotlight local business partners to target ads. The ads appear in search results and offer national advertisers a contextual way to support ... read more

Zillow had a problem. The company, a large real estate listings platform, wanted to change its media mix to higher quality online ad placements. “Environments where we are proud to show up,” as Zillow VP ... read more

Microsoft started testing its Xbox Copilot on iOS and Android earlier this year, and now it’s bringing the chatbot to the Game Bar feature on Windows 11. Xbox Insiders can ... read more

Today, I'm excited to announce three newsletter offerings, exclusive to Verge subscribers, that will continue to deliver must-read stories about tech and beyond. First, we're introducing Regulator by Tina Nguyen. ... read more

You'll often see tech policy reporting described as the intersection of technology and politics, and for years, that was a pretty accurate description: Silicon Valley existed independent of Washington politics, ... read more

I'm excited to announce The Stepback, a weekly subscriber-only newsletter that I'll be editing for The Verge. We'll be bringing you a new story each Sunday from a rotating ... read more

The latest audio collaboration between the two companies effectively gives advertisers and agencies the ability to plan podcasts alongside TV, radio, digital and social media buys. ... read more

Nintendo recently made the unexpected decision to increase the prices of its last-gen Switch hardware due to “market conditions,” adding $30 to the cost of the $199.99 Switch Lite, $40 ... read more

Disney is planning to fully integrate Hulu with Disney Plus, creating a “unified” app experience that will launch next year, the company announced as part of its earnings results on ... read more

Since its launch in 2022, the capabilities of Sonos Voice Control have expanded to include setting timers and checking the weather. But by the end of this year, the smart ... read more

Volta Charging, an electric vehicle charging station manufacturer, was an early entrant to the “everything is an ad network” trend when it started building an adjacent advertising and data business called Volta Media in 2016. ... read more

Instagram is getting several new features that pull from competitors, and it’s updating a controversial feature that it added earlier this year. Starting today, users will have the ability to ... read more

Vintage postcard, 1950s. | Image: Getty Images These days, Paducah, Kentucky - population 27,000 and home to the National Quilt Museum - prides itself as "Quilt City." But decades ago, ... read more

The show, titled "The Paper," puts the spotlight on a fictional newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, and premieres Sept. 4. ... read more

Samsung started this up a year ago with games like "The Six" -- and now want to keep viewers going with more big screen, "snackable", short gaming efforts. ... read more

Jeff Buckley captivated an audience of generations with his transcendent voice and soaring guitar. After his untimely passing in 1997 at age 30, he gained posthumous, cult-like status. Never one ... read more

ESPN will own and operate the NFL Network -- its linear TV and digital media rights -- and will incorporate the programming into its soon-to-launch premium streaming platform, ESPN -- its much anticipated direct to ... read more

Disney announced that it will no longer report on subscriber numbers for its streaming services in its quarterly financial reports, following in the footsteps of Netflix. The decision comes after ... read more

The launch of ESPN’s long-awaited standalone streaming service is just weeks away. Alongside its earnings results on Wednesday, Disney revealed that ESPN’s streaming service and its “enhanced” app will arrive ... read more

Nvidia’s chief security officer has published a blog post insisting that its GPUs “do not and should not have kill switches and backdoors.” It comes amid pressure from both sides ... read more

OpenAI released a new free and open GPT model yesterday that can run on a PC, and now Microsoft is making that easy to do for Windows users. The lightweight ... read more

Researchers have already found a critical vulnerability in the new NLWeb protocol Microsoft made a big deal about just just a few months ago at Build. It’s a protocol that’s ... read more

Too bad actor Ryan Reynolds didn’t join CTV ad platform MNTN’s first-ever earnings call on Tuesday. It would’ve been fun hearing Deadpool answer questions from investors. In early April, not long after MNTN filed its ... read more

Microsoft may be shutting down its Xandr DSP early next year, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft is getting out of the ad tech game. Quite the opposite, says Paul Longo, the general manager for AI ... read more

Bid collision is a song of the past. Go ahead, use multiple retargeting partners. Just make sure they’re different in kind. In performance marketing, practices that were once best-in-class can quietly create blind spots. Not ... read more

Took It To the MAX Another legacy brick-and-mortar giant launched a retail media network. Snooze. Except, there is an interesting angle this time. By which I mean yesterday’s news that RE/MAX, a real estate brokerage ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing breaks down the biggest obstacles to advertisers reaping returns from their CTV ad investments. RO-yikes Disney’s AI dilemma, Netflix’s live sports czar, the Amazon-backed AI streaming service and ... read more

AI might be the main storyline of this quarter’s earnings season but the creator economy is shaping a compelling subplot. Mentions on earnings calls over the last month suggest more CEOs aren’t just acknowledging it ... read more

This article was first published by Digiday sibling Work Life. The creative industries are experiencing their most consequential transformation in decades, and the new Centre for Creative AI — launching this fall via a partnership ... read more

Google’s antitrust woes keep mounting. This time it’s with OpenX, an independent supply-side focused outfit that has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the online advertising giant, accusing it of orchestrating a decade-long campaign to ... read more

Kendall Gall used to have a good read on what creators should charge. Now, it’s a toss up. Half the quotes the talent agent sees are either inflated beyond reason or oddly underpriced.   Creator fees ... read more

Google’s August Pixel update includes a fix for Android’s three-button navigation and gesture navigation systems becoming unresponsive. The issues appear to have started popping up shortly after the official release ... read more

People Inc. – the former Dotdash Meredith – is fighting on multiple fronts to keep its business growing as Google Search declines precipitously as a source of referral traffic, and consumers move to agentic AI ... read more

Sports-related programming accounted for over 65% of the auto industry's total national linear TV ad spend in Q2, according to iSpot.tv. ... read more

Apple’s latest iPad Mini features some nice internal upgrades and support for Apple Intelligence. If you know where to look, it’s surprisingly easy to save on an iPad — even ... read more

Apple is suing the owner of the Apple Cinemas theater chain, Sand Media, over alleged trademark infringement, as reported by Reuters. In the lawsuit, Apple alleges that Apple Cinemas and ... read more

Seedtag, a global neuro-contextual advertising company, adopted the IAB Diligence Platform, joining more than 100 IAB members to ensure privacy and security, and stay informed on the dozens of privacy regulations companies must keep track ... read more

TP-Link’s new Wi-Fi 7 travel router doesn’t feature a battery but can be powered by your laptop or a power bank. | Image: TP-Link Connecting to free airport or hotel ... read more

AMENIA, NY — Travel has emerged as a bellwether for commerce media for several reasons, chief among them is the ability to connect data and content from 35,000 feet up in the air on down ... read more

CANNES — For years, the advertising industry has often viewed data privacy compliance as a cost of doing business, a limiter on marketers’ ambitions. But could privacy be a competitive advantage? This was the consensus ... read more

A California resident who recently lost his privacy battle with Paramount will ask the Supreme Court to decide whether the company violated a Reagan-era video privacy law. ... read more

Apple’s latest MacBook Air is one of the best laptops on sale. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you want a great laptop, you’re going to have ... read more

A federal appeals court should decide whether Anthropic has a valid defense to claims that it infringed authors' copyright by training its chatbot Claude on books downloaded from piracy sites, the company says. ... read more

Google rolled out a new tool within its Gemini AI chatbot that lets you create an illustrated story by simply describing it. The feature, called “Storybook,” generates 10-page stories, each ... read more

Mom creators are now a critical part of the AI-driven search landscape. Their content naturally mirrors the way consumers phrase their questions. ... read more

OpenAI is releasing a new open-weight model dubbed GPT-OSS that can be downloaded for free, be customized, and even run on a laptop. The model comes in two variants: 120-billion-parameter ... read more

With back-to-school season in full swing, it feels like we’re stumbling on great deals for students every day. From Kindles to MacBooks, many of our favorite gadgets are currently receiving ... read more

The CS-8 looks straight out of the ‘70s, but captures footage to an SD card, not film. | Image: Camp Snap Camp Snap, a brand known for its budget-friendly screen-free ... read more

Grok Imagine will happily generate images like this using Taylor Swift’s likeness that can be used to make ‘spicy’ videos. The "spicy' mode for Grok's new generative AI video tool ... read more

The discount is available for all the colors, including the vibrant pink “peony.” The Google Pixel 9A is a midrange phone done right, offering a great balance of hardware, features, ... read more

WhatsApp is adding another feature designed to protect you from group chat scams. Now, when someone you might not know invites you to a group chat, the app will display ... read more

Late last week, a federal jury in Delaware found in favor of HyphaMetrics, a measurement startup Nielsen was suing for allegedly infringing on two of its patents. The post Measurement Startup HyphaMetrics Cleared In Nielsen ... read more

Today, Roku announced the forthcoming arrival of Howdy, a new monthly subscription service that will give its users access to a massive catalog of on-demand films and series. Like other ... read more

Fox has finally revealed more information about its new streaming service that will offer access to news and sports across the media company’s channels. The service, called Fox One, will ... read more

OpenX filed a suit against Google alleging anticompetitive practices that manipulated auctions, destroyed its ad server business, and hurt its ad exchange. ... read more

This is still apparently what the phone looks like, even though its specs keep changing. When a Trump-branded phone on a Trump-branded mobile network launches sometime this year (if all ... read more

The companies did not disclose details, and it was unclear at presstime how WPP's new deal differs from other agency holding companies. ... read more

Fox Corp. also announced the launch of its major streaming platform "Fox One" -- a wide, diverse programming entertainment, sports and news service -- on August 21 for $19.99 a month. ... read more

First campaigns launch this fall, showcasing the brand's new technology. ... read more

A 2026 General Motors Chevy Silverado electric vehicle (EV) during a Great American Road Trip Expo hosted by the Department of Transportation (DOT) in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, May 29, 2025. ... read more

Google DeepMind is releasing a new version of its AI “world” model, called Genie 3, capable of generating 3D environments that users and AI agents can interact with in real ... read more

In retail media, like many trends in advertising, all roads right now are leading to AI. For Uber Advertising, that intersection represents a unique opportunity to capitalize on high-intent moments. The transportation and delivery giant ... read more

Google is set to take the wraps off the latest additions to the Pixel lineup in just a couple of weeks, but some devices might not be available at launch. ... read more

Let’s be real: the internet is full of a lot of the same stuff. From derivative content on social media to websites that all look the same, what was once ... read more

Not to be confused with the DUMBO-based agency, Huge.com is a free, video generating platform providing the best AI models for creators to make, share and build their portfolios for brands and agencies to see. ... read more

The Windows XP Crocs. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft isn't done celebrating its 50th anniversary just yet. Multiple employees tell me that Microsoft has created limited edition Windows XP-themed Crocs. They ... read more

Amazon says it will offer several Project Kuiper terminal models, but pricing hasn’t yet been announced. Amazon’s unproven Project Kuiper satellites will be put to work next year, supplying internet ... read more

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A new ad tech company wants to use AI to make advertising analytics quicker and more efficient. A little clichéd? Perhaps. But there’s nothing wrong with a ... read more

As the advertising industry races forward, core technology providers – particularly ad servers, dynamic creative platforms and attribution or measurement companies – play an increasingly critical role in powering the infrastructure that enables targeted, data-driven ... read more

Some, if not many, of PBS's approximately 350 local station affiliates operate on a shoestring, so for them, losing CPB's vital source of funding might mean the difference between life and death. ... read more

It’s not always easy to understand the difference between Assistant and Gemini on the wrist. Gemini has arrived on the wrist. It's now in the latest Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 ... read more

In an age of digital media, there is nothing more physical than so-called brick-and-mortar, and a new deal between real estate brokerage REMAX and supply-side platform Magnite enables planners and buyers to use first-party home-buyer ... read more

The English word “yield,” derived from old English, is a relic of a time when a ruling class might demand anything cultivated by those beneath them. So the word encapsulates two seemingly opposing definitions: there ... read more

Grok’s video generator will spit out sexualized clips at the tap of a button. xAI’s new Grok Imagine tool is an AI image and video generator that encourages users to ... read more

IAB Tech Lab has developed a Live Event Ad Playbook with leadership at Amazon, FreeWheel, Index Exchange, and NBCUniversal around live streaming services for all companies across the ecosystem. ... read more

Google’s former SSP practices are the legal gift that keeps giving; Perplexity has been disregarding robots.txt files; and ads prop up a large chunk of the US economy. The post OpenX Sues Google; Cloudflare Says ... read more

The influencer marketing playbook is getting a rewrite—or at least a few new chapters added—as the lines between search and social continue to blur, creating a new frontier for brand discoverability. To be sure, influencers ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify On July 23 more than 80 publishers and industry trade group IAB Tech Lab gathered together to get on the same page for how to deal with generative AI ... read more

The article was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. A recent report that OpenAI is developing a checkout system within ChatGPT is garnering mixed reactions among founders of retail startups, with some worrying that ... read more

Related Insights Member Exclusive Ad Tech Briefing: Alphabet’s Q2 hints at ad tech’s declining profile in Google’s future Subscribe To Read Read More Uncertainties over the impact of ... read more

Talk to any expert in the AI field, and they’ll tell you that the agentic web is coming. It’s a vision of the internet where AI agents make decisions and perform tasks on behalf of ... read more

Ziff Davis-owned IGN Entertainment has laid off staff, including eight members of the IGN Creators Guild. Those cuts represent 12 percent of the bargaining unit. The layoffs are the latest ... read more

Digital growth hit 9% in the quarter, and the firm expects it to see a similar uptick for the full year. ... read more

The news comes as OpenAI is set to release GPT-5 sometime this summer. ... read more

Amazon has killed the cloud-based skill that connects Sengled bulbs to Alexa. Some Sengled bulbs that use local protocols, like this Matter one, can still work with Echo devices. After ... read more

Valve founder Gabe Newell is setting out on a new adventure — and it doesn’t involve Half-Life 3. Instead, Newell is acquiring Oceanco, the yacht-building company that’s creating his $400 ... read more

The latest Kindle Paperwhite starts at $124.99, which beats its Amazon Prime Day price. A Kindle lets you carry an entire bookshelf while on the go, which is why almost ... read more

OpenAI, which is expected to launch its GPT-5 AI model this week, is making updates to ChatGPT that it says will improve the AI chatbot’s ability to detect mental or ... read more

The verdict stems from allegations that Meta collected ad-targeting data from the menstrual tracking app Flo. ... read more

Using Grok Imagine, SuperGrok and Premium+ X subscribers on xAI's iOS app can now use text or image prompts to generate 15-second videos with a "spicy mode" trained for sexually explicit content. ... read more

The AR launch is designed to engage Snap users ahead of Bettany Hughes' new documentary series, "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World with Bettany Hughes," which follows her book of the same name. ... read more

The AI search startup Perplexity is allegedly skirting restrictions meant to stop its AI web crawlers from accessing certain websites, according to a report from Cloudflare. In the report, Cloudflare ... read more

As audiences fragment across platforms, the industry is grappling with how to monetize and measure in a cohesive way, a challenge that is forcing a fundamental rethink of long-standing business models. For one industry executive, ... read more