Netgear has launched the Orbi 370, the latest and most affordable addition to its Wi-Fi 7 mesh router portfolio. At $349.99 for a three-pack (which includes a router and two ... read more

"King of the Hill" remains the best show produced in the last 28 years about contemporary America. ... read more

Comcast/NBCU is considering starting up a sports network as a supplemental platform for sports programming that originates on its Peacock streaming platform. ... read more

A report from NP Digital reveals that AI-driven search overviews are not diminishing website traffic, with marketers seeing stable or increased site visits. Marketers are increasingly monitoring brand visibility in AI search platforms and prioritizing ... read more

The Trump administration put out its vision for AI infrastructure in the US last week. It's a dream for the fossil fuel and chemical industries - and a nightmare for ... read more

Prior to being appointed to the position in January 2023, Meranus was Chief Media Officer at both Dentsu X and sibling agency 360i. ... read more

The summer isn’t halfway over, and Home Depot already wants you to start thinking about Halloween. After introducing a limited-edition animated version of its 12-foot-tall skeleton decoration last year, the ... read more

“In the year of the lord 2025 we do not use ROAS.” That was the position of one agency media buyer during a conversation about the Marketing Efficiency Ratio (MER). The data-driven advertising metric has ... read more

Google’s AI search tools are creating a paradox; Amazon pulled its Google ad budgets; and now’s a great time for indie commerce ad tech startups. The post If It Was Real, It Wouldn’t Be ... read more

Brie Olson, CEO of Pacsun, recently discussed how they are working with creators long-term on TikTok to reach fans digitally. The fashion retailer’s success with TikTok dates to November 2023 in a big way when ... read more

As brands crank up their influencer marketing spend, creators are leaning into in-person events to sweeten the deal for potential sponsors. In 2024, YouTubers Sam Golbach and Colby Brock held seven in-person events. So far ... read more

Meta has the industry whispering again. Word among marketers is that it’s quietly laying the groundwork for a bigger move into search. It’s vague, yes — but it’s not just smoke either.  Three agency execs ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify The creator economy is only getting bigger and everybody—from agencies to tech platforms—want their piece of the pie. Nothing has made that more apparent than a look at how ... read more

Google-parent Alphabet was the first large platform business to issue earnings in the current round of quarterly calls, with the latest disclosure indicating the online ad giant’s core priorities. More tellingly, the subsequent line of ... read more

Unauthorized merch promoting Donald Trump - from hats and mugs to signs and T-shirts - is everywhere online. Go to a Trump rally or other MAGA political event and you're ... read more

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 ships with One UI 8. Samsung’s One UI 8 update seems to prevent users from unlocking their device’s bootloader to load custom ROMs, as spotted ... read more

A screenshot from Light of Motiram. Sony is suing Tencent to attempt to stop the release of Light of Motiram, which Sony describes as a “slavish clone” of its Horizon ... read more

This time next year, the corporate entity known as Warner Bros. Discovery will be no more, and the two companies it’s splitting into have some very inspired names. Today, Warner ... read more

In this week's "3.know" Shelly Palmer breaks down the implications of the White House AI Action Plan and answers the question: Is Google AI Overviews making us stupider? ... read more

CANNES – In an advertising landscape flooded with more than 250 retail media networks, how will contenders stand out? CVS’ own retail media division believes pairing online community conversation with purchase history can unlock high-intent ... read more

Another user has reported their Pixel 6A catching fire — but this time, it appears to have occurred after applying Google’s recent battery performance update that was intended to prevent ... read more

An app designed to help women spot the "red flags" of men they date has incidentally put its users at risk. 404 Media reported that Tea was hacked by 4chan ... read more

The Mississippi law imposes "an impermissible bar for minors and a significant burden on adults seeking to engage with protected expression online," the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Student Press Law Center and others ... read more

Beginning in October, Meta will no longer allow political, electoral or social issue ads on its platforms in Europe. While the EU says its obligations will not affect the content of political ads, platforms must ... read more

AMENIA, NY – At the Beet Retreat Berkshires, Maureen Bosetti, chief investment officer at Interpublic Group’s IPG Mediabrands, shared her insights on how data, automation and AI are transforming the media landscape, and what keeps her ... read more

Tractive is offering Whistle users a free replacement pet tracker. | Image: Tractive Tractive, an Austrian company that makes smart location and activity trackers for dogs and cats, is expanding ... read more

For decades, television advertising has largely been the preserve of a thousand or so major brands with the budgets and know-how to navigate its complex buying landscape. Now, one of the industry’s biggest players is ... read more

Many adults say protecting both teens and aging parents online adds to daily pressure. ... read more

Despite President Donald Trump's insistence that the White House will save TikTok before the September 17 deadline, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the app will disappear in the U.S. if China does not approve a ... read more

Another San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone, and while there were no explosive reveals like last year's surprise appearance of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, there were quite ... read more

Meta, YouTube, Reddit and others can't be sued for allegedly radicalizing a mass murderer by showing him posts about the "replacement theory," an appellate court ruled. ... read more

Microsoft is starting to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act by prompting Xbox players to verify their age today. The prompts will be shown to Xbox players who indicate ... read more

Warner Bros. will house its studios and streaming businesses including Warner Bros. Motion Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, HBO and HBO Max. Discovery Global will be the home global networks including: Discovery Channel, CNN, TNT, and ... read more

People across the United Kingdom have been faced with a censored and partially inaccessible online landscape since the country introduced its latest digital safety rules on Friday. The Online Safety ... read more

Microsoft is starting to test a new experimental Copilot Mode inside its Edge browser today. The AI-powered mode allows Copilot to search across all your open tabs and handle tasks ... read more

Sony’s Project Defiant PlayStation fight stick is now called the FlexStrike. | Screenshot: YouTube Sony has shared more details about its arcade-style controller for the PlayStation that was first teased ... read more

The first trailer for Avatar: Fire and Ash is finally here, and it looks like James Cameron might have made another banger. Though Avatar: The Way of Water ended on ... read more

The Media Rating Council has released a draft of "Phase 2" of its controversial out-of-home media audience-measurement requirements, adding requirements for measuring demographics/persons-based audience exposure and also providing "comparability to other measured media." ... read more

Eyeo has a new head and a brand-new bag. On Monday, the ad blocking and filtering company, announced a change in leadership, with Frank Einecke stepping down as CEO after roughly three years in the ... read more

Want to know if that video is real? That'll be $9.99 a month. ... read more

I wasn’t expecting to see any deals on Switch 2 games for a while. Even though the console is currently much easier to find in stock, game discounts — especially ... read more

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Jon Fortt — CNBC journalist, cohost of Closing Bell: Overtime, and creator of the Fortt Knox streaming series on LinkedIn. This is the last ... read more

Temu users in the European Union are at “high risk” of coming across illegal products while shopping on the platform, as reported earlier by The Financial Times. Preliminary findings from ... read more

Microsoft will let Gamescom attendees play a demo of the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong on the new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds. It’s part of more than 20 titles that will be available at ... read more

There’s understandable anxiety about generative AI handling tasks that people used to do. But just because someone is using generative AI to churn out marketing copy or creative doesn’t necessarily mean the results are any ... read more

In the wake of the FCC granting its approval last week of the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media, indications are that CBS News will still not be totally free to work autonomously. ... read more

Newsmax wants to keep around a decades-old restriction that seems to fly in the face of conservative business mindset of letting the free market decide - with no or little regulatory oversight. ... read more

Search engines will do this all the time, but now Aleyda Solis, SEO consultant and founder of the boutique consultancy Orainti, sees it happening with OpenAI ChatGPT. ... read more

On July 18th, a federal judge in Texas scheduled what will likely be the final hearing in the case of United States v. The Boeing Company. After five years of ... read more

You can point your phone camera at Sam to pass age checks. Enforcement of the UK's new online safety rules started on Friday, forcing a variety of platforms to roll ... read more

A couple of weeks ago, regulators settled with health and wellness publisher Healthline over alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) involving unauthorized user data sharing and opt-out failures. It’s a pretty big ... read more

ChatGPT will google that for you; the Canadian TikTok shutdown gets real; and Elon’s crusage against media ratings organizations goes on. The post Is The ‘G’ For Google?; The Canadian Revolution appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more

TikTok’s commerce play may be stalling but its search ambitions are only picking up speed.  Just over a week ago, senior product strategy lead at TikTok, Nathan Barbagallo posted on LinkedIn that the platform is ... read more

Sponsorships are considered one the most reliable ways for a brand to get in good with sports fans. But most marketers are in the dark about the real commercial impact of their partnerships with franchises, ... read more

For as quickly as it has been adopted, generative AI is still largely considered the Wild West, especially when it comes to regulatory oversight. Last week, The White House unveiled its AI framework, that some ... read more

After years of scraping and stonewalling, Google is beginning to talk AI licensing with publishers. The shift has triggered a familiar mix of caution and resignation among media execs. They’ve seen this before: overtures of ... read more

Today’s column was supposed to be an upfront marketplace wrap-up story — but the reality is, the market continues to trudge along, heading to the muggy summer’s cauldron called August. Although it’s happened before, it’s ... read more

While Amazon has slowly reduced its presence in Google Shopping during the past year, the sudden stop raises questions about the company's motives. ... read more

While Amazon has slowly reduced its presence in Google Shopping during the past year, the sudden stop raises questions about the company's motives. ... read more

Domestic theatrical revenue is up 12.4% vs. a year ago year-to-date to $5.02 billion, but still down 8.4% vs. 2023. This summer, in-theater revenue season-to-date is at $2.7 billion - still below the same pre-pandemic ... read more

Domestic theatrical revenue is up 12.4% vs. a year ago year-to-date to $5.02 billion, but still down 8.4% vs. 2023. This summer, in-theater revenue season-to-date is at $2.7 billion - still below the same pre-pandemic ... read more

The Fujifilm X-E5 has a familiar but gorgeous new look. The X-E5 is Fujifilm's tiny powerhouse. It's part of a line of cameras that has often been described as similar ... read more

CANNES – In a move that bridges health and wellness shopping data with community conversations, CVS Media Exchange (CMX) used Cannes Lions to announce a partnership collaboration connects CVS’s 90 million ExtraCare members with Reddit’s ... read more

CANNES – The explosive growth of retail media is creating new opportunities for brands to harness first-party data, but that growth depends on trust, privacy, and evolving the consumer experience, says Shawn McGahee, head of ... read more

Back-to-school season is closer than you might realize, especially for college students, many of whom are set to return to campus in a matter of a few short weeks. And ... read more

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 91, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, how is summer more than a month ... read more

We’re in the heart of summer fun, but it’s already time for back-to-school planning, especially if that involves buying a new laptop. The dizzying number of different laptops and configurations ... read more

When it comes to defending Donald Trump from the worst accusations, the MAGA influencer-industrial complex, whether out of loyalty or self-preservation, often defaults to whataboutism, arguing that the Democrats are ... read more

Point-and-click adventure games often tell silly, lighthearted stories. For me, the mishaps of the pirate Guybrush Threepwood in the Monkey Island series come to mind. The nature of the genre ... read more

The OnePlus Nord 5 does exactly what the company's Nord phones have always done: deliver strong specs at a relatively low price. It's one of the more powerful phones at ... read more

When new employees start at Weta Workshop, they're herded into a meeting room with a long, unassuming conference table. On the walls, behind panes of glass and in between statues, ... read more

Dentsu exec brings Walmart and Pinterest chops as grocer plays catch-up, and pilots in-store tech network ... read more

Yesterday, I mentioned how GPD is teasing the most potent handheld yet made — a GPD Win 5 that will house the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip, with AMD’s most ... read more

DJI barely sells drones in the United States anymore. The shelves are bare; resellers are jacking up prices. It appears an unofficial ban at US customs is to blame. But ... read more

Activewear brand Rhone has named Kepler its media agency of record.   Kepler’s remit includes full funnel strategy, digital activation, and measurement across all major platforms.  Rhone was ... read more

This week, I take a look at the surprisingly strong state of Google, Meta gets a new chief AI researcher, and more. If you haven't already, be sure to check ... read more

Unless the Supreme Court intervenes, streaming video users likely can't proceed in New York, Vermont or Connecticut with claims that companies violate the video-privacy law by using analytics tools like Meta's pixel. ... read more

Streaming has become a tangled web of subscriptions, and now Comcast says it can help by putting all your services into one hub. Comcast is launching a new hub on ... read more

As promised, Apple has finally revealed Pluribus, a new show from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan that’s coming to Apple TV Plus. In addition to a very brief teaser involving ... read more

Activists around the world are calling attention to harassment they’ve faced on Meta’s platforms. More than 90 percent of land and environmental defenders surveyed by Global Witness, a nonprofit organization ... read more

In March, charging giant Anker announced it would spin out its 3D printer business into an "independent sub-brand," stating that the new EufyMake would "continue to provide comprehensive customer service ... read more

New iPhones for the AI era. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The wait is over — kind of. Apple’s iPhone 16 series is now widely available, including the ... read more

The Nintendo Switch 2 is easier to find than ever. Perhaps we've been thinking the same thing, you and I. That there won't be a long-standing drought of Nintendo Switch ... read more

"The record here strongly supports the conclusion that Commissioner Slaughter's service promotes the public interest," her lawyers argue in papers filed Friday with a federal appeals court. ... read more

According to a new Harris Poll report one important way that brands can engage with fans is with athlete partnerships that "authentically magnify athletes' personalities while driving brand awareness." ... read more

James Gunn knows that most people are familiar with Superman's origin story, which is why DC Studios' new feature about the Man of Steel opens at a point when he ... read more

US national debt currently exceeds $36 trillion, but if you want to toss a few extra dollars of your own money to try and help bring that down, you can ... read more

The Core 2 Duo is now the Pebble 2 Duo. | Screenshot: Youtube Good news for Pebble fans. Not only are the Pebble watches coming back, they’ll also officially be ... read more

Warning: This post contains sensitive content, which some people may find offensive or disturbing. It's about taking the gloves -- and pants -- off in satirical responses to a vindictive and and incompetent presidency. ... read more

Netflix seems to have finally settled on something resembling a strategy for its gaming efforts, and one of the key pillars is games tied to its shows and movies. That's ... read more

Lyft is partnering with Benteler Mobility to launch a self-driving shuttle service. In late 2026, Lyft plans to deploy the company’s all-electric Holon Urban shuttles in airports and cities around ... read more

The Bluetti AC2P is perfect for camping trips and unexpected power outages. | Image: The Verge We’re in the middle of prime camping season, when the days are longer and ... read more

Trusted and established brand GOATS are no longer safe. American consumers are actively changing their purchasing behaviors. ... read more

It's all part of the Disney+ Throwback campaign, which runs through August. ... read more

Back in 2024, we described how the then-new iOS 18 enabled you to tint your homescreen icons, allowing you to tweak the look of your iPhone's display. Now, with Apple's ... read more

Elden Ring Nightreign is finally getting a two-player mode. FromSoftware announced on Friday that it’s adding “Duo Expeditions” in a patch coming on July 30th, allowing you to take on ... read more

The introduction of Direct Access is intended to strengthen connections between advertisers and ad platforms like the one from LG Ad Solutions, for a new era of addressable CTV advertising ... read more

Battery not included. I get a lot of odd pitches in my inbox, but “9V battery-flavored corn chips” still stopped me in my tracks. My mind was ringing with questions ... read more

US President Donald Trump displays an executive order, which is about AI, in Washington, DC, on July 23rd. | Photo: AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump's plan to promote America's ... read more

This deal is on the platinum white model only. | Image: The Verge The Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 has long been a Verge-favorite gaming laptop, and we consider it to ... read more