His promise to appoint only a black woman is the kind of quota the justices rejected in Bakke. ... read more

His promise to appoint only a black woman is the kind of quota the justices rejected in Bakke. ... read more

The state of the GOP and Democrats was encapsulated by two senators’ speeches. ... read more

Her bill won’t end Big Tech’s censorship of conservative views, but it would crush American businesses. ... read more

Nuclear accidents happen, but the risk of harm is minimal. ... read more

Today political protests, crime and personal choices always seem to hover at the edge of madness. ... read more

‘No vice president in our history has ever cast a tiebreaking vote to confirm an appointment to the Supreme Court.’ ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeNetflix keeps getting more expensive — and HBO seems to think that’s great news for its own business. During the earnings call for HBO Max parent AT&T on Wednesday, ... read more

You’ll have to wait even longer now. | Image: TeslaTesla’s Cybertruck and Roadster will be delayed to “hopefully next year,” the company’s CEO Elon Musk said in an earnings call Wednesday. The announcement confirms earlier ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeID.me, a facial recognition company that has been contracted by the IRS to verify taxpayers’ identity, uses a powerful facial recognition technique to match faces against a larger database, ... read more

Even Hollywood’s tolerance for bad ideas has a limit. ... read more

Photo by Gary Miller/Getty ImagesThis week, Neil Young published an open letter demanding Spotify remove his music because he didn’t want to share the platform with podcaster Joe Rogan. It appears Young is getting his ... read more

Image: TeslaTesla’s fourth quarter brought in a record windfall, as the company announced Wednesday that it turned a $2.3 billion profit. The automaker produced 305,840 vehicles in the fourth quarter, a 70 percent increase over ... read more

"Consumers receive virtually free access to massive amounts of information online in large part due to the ad-subsidized Internet," the ANA said in written comments. ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIntel is still feeling the burn from the chip shortage. It’s struggling to fully capitalize on tremendous pandemic-fueled demand for new PCs, because you can’t make a laptop with ... read more

Marni Levine, vice president, commerce operations, Meta In the wake of the pandemic, commerce underwent a rapid shift online, exponentially accelerating and forcing businesses of all sizes to adapt. Now moving into 2022, these trends ... read more

No “hey Google” required. | Photo: Dan Seifert / The VergeIf your Google Assistant-powered smart home display or speaker is rambling on and on after you asked it for the weather, you can now tell ... read more

Image: KiaThe pricing for Kia’s EV6, the company’s first all-electric model, has finally been revealed, and it ranges from $42,115 to $57,115 (including the mandatory destination fee), depending on the trim level, the company said ... read more

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeOn Tuesday, Apple quietly launched a Personal Safety User Guide to help “anyone who is concerned about or experience technology-enabled abuse, stalking or harassment.” The guide is a resource ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeDiscord is experiencing a widespread outage, preventing many users from connecting to the communications app. The outage started at around 2:45PM ET and prevents users from joining calls or ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIn the first half of 2021, Twitter received fewer user information requests from governments and law enforcement agencies than in the six months before — but increased its compliance ... read more

Image: FanhouseAfter pushing back against Apple’s App Store fees last year, creator platform Fanhouse is introducing in-app purchases to its iOS app — now with a 30 percent surcharge to pay Apple — to let ... read more

A leaked image, apparently of Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra. | Image: evleaks (Twitter)The Galaxy S22 will likely be the main event, but what else could there be? Continue reading… ... read more

Verizon owned TracFone said attackers gained access to customer accounts | Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesCustomers of Verizon-owned TracFone saw their numbers transferred to different carriers without their consent in recent ... read more

The VAB says 33 networks were affected, which in total undercounted 3.7 billion impressions per month -- 1 billion of which was in prime time.: ... read more

Uber faces a negligence lawsuit from a Massachusetts man left paralyzed in a crash | Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeA Massachusetts man is suing Uber for $63 million, claiming the ride-hailing company hired ... read more

The Appalachian Electric Power coal-fired Big Sandy Power Plant is seen June 3, 2014 in Cattletsburg, Kentucky.  | Photo by Luke Sharrett/Getty ImagesMajor tech companies are weighing in on a high-profile climate case in support ... read more

Image: ValveValve announced that the Steam Deck will go on sale starting February 25th. According to the company’s blog, customers who have reservations will get an email on that day and have three days to ... read more

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeApple is releasing iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3 for compatible devices today. It’s a fairly minor update, but it does come with an essential security fix to patch a ... read more

Illustration by William Joel / The VergeHBO Max reached 73.8 million subscribers at the end of 2021, 46.8 million of which are located in the US, marking a 5.3 million increase over a full year. ... read more

Not surprisingly, the No. 1 action is to simply discontinue buying the brand's product or service. ... read more

Cookieless tech is coming out of the woodwork. With third-party cookies on the road to nowhere, data management platform Audigent has been working to develop its own cookieless identifier, which it’s calling the Hadron ID. ... read more

It’s a major international expansion. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeDisney is planning to launch Disney Plus in 42 countries and 11 territories this summer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s a significant ... read more

Google has been penning tetchy blog posts ever since Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with a group of more than a dozen other state AGs, filed the first version of their antitrust lawsuit in ... read more

Today Snap Inc. rolled out catalog-powered shopping lenses to improve Snapchatters' augmented reality ecommerce experience. ... read more

GameStop has just restocked the Xbox Series X, with one caveat: it’s only available as part of a bundle. The $648.98 bundle includes an extra controller, a three-month subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and ... read more

Vaccines were wasted on those who didn’t need them, and people who posed no risk lost jobs. ... read more

Washington is right to consider activating an emergency force allies have been reluctant to use. ... read more

Araya Doheny/Getty ImagesIsabelle Fuhrman’s performance as Esther in Paramount Pictures’ first Orphan film stunned audiences in no small part because of what the movie’s disturbing twist revealed about its titular child murderer. 12 years later, ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThe White House released a new cybersecurity strategy Wednesday aimed at reducing the risk of cyberattacks against government infrastructure. The strategy outlines the administration’s vision for moving government agencies ... read more

The acquisition of CoreMedia Systems will provide direct and brand response analytics, attribution and media management software to ad agencies and marketers. More than 500 employees at the combined company will support more than 1,500 ... read more

Advertising can be cheap. But acquiring new users is almost always expensive. Which is why the Instacart ads team is focused on creating new advertising opportunities to reach the customers it already has. On Wednesday, ... read more

"More broadly, we are expanding our opportunity in advertising," boasted CEO Satya Nadella. ... read more

"More broadly, we are expanding our opportunity in advertising," boasted CEO Satya Nadella. ... read more

Substack’s video feature is now in a private beta. | Screenshot: Andrew Zimmern via SubstackSubstack, the platform where creators can share free or paid newsletters, has announced a new video feature that’s currently in a ... read more

In partnership with Epic Magazine She was known, back then, as Susan Thunder. For someone in the business of deception, she stood out: she was unusually tall, wide-hipped, with a mane of light ... read more

Akili Interactive’s first product is a video game for ADHD. | Akili InteractiveAkili Interactive, the company behind the first video game to get approved as a medical treatment, announced today that it will go public ... read more

Boston Dynamics is synonymous with four-legged robots, particularly its consumer model Spot. But in the past few years, the company has been expanding into logistics — one of the most challenging and potentially lucrative sectors ... read more

Digitas has promoted Jen Faraci to Chief Data Officer, Caroline Winterton to President, New York, Melissa Levy to President, Boston and Morgan Carroll to President, Chicago.  These executives represent a combined 37 years at the agency. ... read more

The agency report cites regulatory action to formally ban advertising linked to fossil fuels, raising sustainable ad initiatives to a compliance level, as well. ... read more

In-housing is in a state of evolution.  Over the past 12 months, in-house teams have adapted to remote and hybrid work models, and are measuring changes in ROI, tracking the impact of technology on ... read more

It is sheer coincidence that for the second day in a row, a Syfy channel show is turning up here in the "TV Blog." ... read more

A moon set can make for dramatic photos of the night sky.I always thought that taking a photo of the night sky meant mounting expensive cameras onto heavy telescopes and having extensive knowledge of the ... read more

A few years after P&G’s marketing chief called for a massive clean-up of the advertising ecosystem, how is the multi-national; company faring? In this video interview with Zach Leonard for Beet.TV, the company’s senior director ... read more

Rows of composting grape pomace are covered for the winter in Sonoma County’s Alexander Valley on December 13, 2015, near Geyserville, California.  | Photo by George Rose/Getty ImagesScaling up composting, tree-planting, and other sustainable agricultural ... read more

Microsoft is planning to launch a public preview of its Android apps for Windows 11 next month, alongside some taskbar improvements and redesigned Notepad and Media Player apps. Windows chief Panos Panay outlined the upcoming ... read more

OAN and Newsmax were dropped by various operators. Financial considerations were critical. ... read more

Initially, LG Ads will offer campaign performance guarantees on key performance indicators -- reach and frequency, demographics, video completion rates, and conversion metrics. In terms of video completion, buyers only pay for ads that are ... read more

TV set maker and now connected TV sales operation LG plans to offer advertisers guaranteed outcome-based ad avails through its LG Ads Solutions group, the company announced this morning. It claims to be the first ... read more

The Chaparral and its cargo pod in front. | Image: Elroy AirElroy Air, a startup that wants to make cargo deliveries using autonomous hybrid-electric aircraft, has unveiled its pre-production craft: the Chapparral. Described ... read more

By going back in time, the game moves the series forward Continue reading… ... read more

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeIn case you were looking for a deal on the Oculus Quest 2, Amazon has you covered. Its “Renewed Store,” where refurbished and used products are sold, will ... read more

Technology will keep changing the way marketers tell stories about their brands as they seek to engage consumers on digital platforms. Social commerce, metaverses and blockchain systems are three trends whose importance will become more ... read more

Key players in UK commercial TV are gearing up to adopt NBCUniversal’s CFlight currency metric for cross-platform advertising. Sky, ITV and Channel 4 will each adopt the standard. In this video interview with Beet.TV, Olivia ... read more

Roku had the ad space, now it has the ability to fill them. It is 10 months since the TV platform launched Roku Brand, Studio, a team helping produce new creative ad formats and programming ... read more

Xiaomi has announced the Redmi Note 11 series, continuing its popular line of budget-friendly handsets that sell in huge numbers in India and various other markets. There are four phones in total, but they ... read more

Crytek has teased a new entry in its long-running Crysis series in a short trailer posted from its Twitter account. “Join the journey. Become the hero,” the trailer reads as it displays a large “4.” ... read more

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeSo long, Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets; hello, Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association! The AV industry’s top lobbying group in Washington, DC is rebranding, dropping the reference to “self-driving” in ... read more

The pandemic has spurred a shift in the rationale for fitness, with 54% or respondents caring more about fitness than in the past. ... read more

Television and video content remains the most pirated -- totaling 67 billion global total visits by users to piracy websites. ... read more

Twitter is the first social platform to have integrated NFTs seamlessly into user profiles. ... read more

Huawei’s P50 Pocket. | Image: HuaweiHuawei, the embattled Chinese tech giant that continues to be the target of strict US sanctions, has announced that its flagship P50 Pro and foldable P50 Pocket will be sold ... read more

Globally, Dentsu is among the most conservative for 2022, but it's the most bullish for U.S. ad growth this year (+13.7%). ... read more

"The Sell Sider" is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today's column is written by Eric Bozinny, senior director of marketplace quality at PubMatic.  After this exclusive first look ... read more

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. You Got Peltzed Unilever will cut jobs and reorganize to fend off activist investor Trian Fund Management, led by Nelson Peltz, The Wall ... read more

It has been a slow road to recovery from the so-called “Shecession.” The phenomenon, as previously reported by Digiday, was spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, leaving women shouldering the brunt of housework and childcare ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how TV news networks like CBS News are adding programming featuring their top TV talent to their standalone streaming services. Anchors in the streamCreators to platforms: Show ... read more

With mobile gaming activity at an all-time high, Turkey has emerged as a leader in hyper-casual game development. Mobile gaming has exploded in popularity during the pandemic, with millions of users turning to hypercasual games ... read more

Amid inflation and plummeting stock prices, Microsoft managed 20% gains in revenue to reach $51.7 billion for fiscal Q2 results. ... read more

Over 20 million people have played Halo Infinite.Microsoft seems to have had a lot of success getting people to try out its games. During the company’s earnings call on Tuesday, CEO Satya Nadella said that ... read more

Illustration by William Joel / The VergeMore than two years after it was first announced, the Facebook-sponsored cryptocurrency formerly known as Libra appears to be coming to an end. The Diem Association set up by ... read more

You can now auto-upload your PS5 captures from your console to your phone | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeSony is making it a lot easier to share your PS5 screenshots outside of your ... read more

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeActivision plans to release at least the next three Call of Duty games on both Sony and Microsoft consoles, Bloomberg reports. The new report should be a sigh of ... read more

College students weigh anti-Semitism from the left and right. ... read more

Rules were bent, GOP voters defected, and real fraud hasn’t turned up. ... read more

Cops are increasingly a target, as two more die in the line of duty. ... read more

The Justices take up the excesses of the administrative state. ... read more

The U.K. leader’s big government agenda is a political flop. ... read more

An answer to President Biden’s question from the conservative philosopher Roger Scruton. ... read more

A California state court goes too far in a ruling against Scientology’s arbitration agreement. ... read more

Many trained for races, but some took on extreme challenges. ... read more

After equivocating for decades, will the Supreme Court finally declare that discrimination is illegal? ... read more

One view of the Ukrainian showdown: Russia’s ‘godfather’ is losing it. ... read more

The Galaxy S22 leaks are coming in hot ahead of the upcoming Unpacked event scheduled for February. | Image: SamsungSamsung has confirmed a date and time for its next Galaxy Unpacked event: Wednesday, February 9th ... read more

Photo by Tom Warren / The VergeIf you’re hunting for an Xbox Series X, you might want to check your email inbox. As we noted last fall, Microsoft has occasionally been contacting Microsoft Store customers, ... read more

The FTC fined a fashion website for allegedly blocking negative customer product reviews | Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Fashion Nova, a California fast-fashion retailer, $4.2 million ... read more

Raven’s QA workers have formed a union — now what? Continue reading… ... read more

The Arizona attorney general can proceed to trial against Google on claims that the company misled consumers about the privacy of their location data. ... read more

Email open rates have increased as a result of Apple's MPP, while email click-through rates decreased by .3% to 2.3% YoY due to a shift in pandemic communications. ... read more

Image: Netflix | NIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIXDon’t Look Up is Netflix’s second most popular film debut to date, coming in around 4 million viewing hours short of Netflix’s crown jewel Red Notice. The new film racked up ... read more