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

The new Copilot virtual character. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s AI CEO, has a vision of Copilot that involves it being so highly personalized that “it will age.” Microsoft has been increasingly ... read more

Platforms like Reddit, Bluesky, Discord, and Pornhub have been rolling out mandatory age verification requirements in the UK over the past few weeks to comply with new online safety rules. ... read more

Meta is automatically applying its strictest message settings to help prevent unwanted messages for child-facing accounts, while also turning on "Hidden Words," a tool that filters potentially offensive comments. ... read more

Wristy business. I'm just getting acquainted with Gemini on the Pixel Watch I'm wearing when it tells me that there's a kind of pastry called "nun's farts." This relationship is ... read more

Apple has had two months to refine Liquid Glass since introducing the design language at WWDC. It's dialed the effect back, then amped it back up. It's addressed some of ... read more

Roku and Amazon Fire TV are major players - now with their own branded smart TV sets, after initial partnerships with TV set manufacturers. ... read more

Animals getting wasted is a new front in the war on drugs, according to a new series coming next week on Discovery Channel. ... read more

Turns out, Cheez-Its have antioxidants. If I were to believe the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, I don't eat enough fruits and vegetables. Normally, smartwatches don't make judgments about your ... read more

Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature, that automatically screenshots nearly everything on a Copilot Plus PC, is meeting resistance from app developers. Signal kicked off a trend of blocking Recall earlier this ... read more

A US district court judge has withdrawn his decision in a biopharma securities case after lawyers noted that his opinion referenced fake quotes and other erroneous case information — mistakes ... read more

The improved AI wallpapers now let you prompt with anything you like. Google has released a new version of ChromeOS that allows you to sync desktops between devices, ideal for ... read more

FC Barcelona is giving the beautiful game an AI-powered upgrade. Last year, the iconic football club started working with Qloo, a personalized recommendation and data enrichment startup, to better understand its global fanbase and optimize ... read more

Into every generation, a universally hated children’s television character is born. This, of course, poses a unique problem in a world of smart TV operating systems and content recommendation engines. The post How Kidoodle.TV Keeps ... read more

Enjoy this weekly comic from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem …  The post Comic: No Scale For You! appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more

Reddit is surging with advertiser demand; not everyone is Substack material; and Trump released his AI Action Plan. The post How Reddit Gets Credit; The Substackers Going It Alone appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more

This article was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. JanSport backpacks can be seen singing all over TikTok and YouTube this summer, with a back-to-school video strategy centered on absurd, cringey humor designed to ... read more

The story was first published by Digiday sibling Glossy. On Aerie’s TikTok, where it has 292,000 followers, content filmed in-store is posted regularly. It’s part of a series called “Associate Picks,” through which the retailer ... read more

As evidenced all over the upfront marketplace, which is wrapping up in entirety either this week or next, sports was the main attraction for any network lucky enough to have it to sell, and a ... read more

In the midst of escalating culture wars, brands seem more careful than ever to avoid political pitfalls and anything that could be considered a PR crisis. But it’s a monumental task: The lines are increasingly ... read more

Paramount agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit with President Trump earlier this month. Trump has said the deal is actually worth around $36 million -- coming from an additional $20 million in ... read more

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Skydance’s $8 billion purchase of CBS-owner Paramount after the companies agreed to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs but feature a “diversity ... read more

In a story published earlier this week, a site called “NYC Journals” claimed to have a bombshell: that Instagram had suspended the account of New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani ... read more

In April, Intel attempted to announce layoffs without announcing layoffs. “We have not set any headcount reduction target,” Intel spokesperson Sophie Metzger told The Verge. But the company has laid off ... read more

Google and Walmart have released tools that will prompt major changes to the way consumers shop and the way advertisers buy media. Walmart announced a series of agentic agents on Thursday, designed to handle everything ... read more

Since just after 3:30PM ET on Thursday, Starlink users have reported they can’t connect to SpaceX’s satellite internet service. The Starlink website confirmed the issue, with a banner message ... read more

The game, available exclusively in the Spotify app, invites players to conjure the right swing for each hole on the course, with options to use a hockey stick and other unusual accessories in gameplay. ... read more

The game, available exclusively in the Spotify app, invites players to conjure the right swing for each hole on the course, with options to use a hockey stick and other unusual accessories in gameplay. ... read more

For Snap Map users, the new feature, "Home Safe," lets friends and family know when they have made it home safely. ... read more

VShojo, the VTuber agency that billed itself as “talent first,” is shutting down. VShojo CEO Justin “Gunrun” Ignacio made the announcement today on X writing, “I take full responsibility for ... read more

On Thursday, Google launched Web Guide, a new AI-powered search feature that “groups links in helpful ways” for people who opt in to the test on Labs. Web Guide runs ... read more

After delivering a rambling celebration of tariffs and a routine about women's sports, President Donald Trump entertained a crowd, which was there to hear about his new AI Action Plan, ... read more

The "Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act of 2025" would prohibit companies from using artificial intelligence to set prices based on consumers' personal information. ... read more

The "Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing Act of 2025" would prohibit companies from using artificial intelligence to set prices based on consumers' personal information. ... read more

Despite being under fire from the U.S. Secretary of HHS, pharma ads are here to stay. ... read more

Google's Q2 earnings show AI Overviews continue to increase search activity, with new data suggesting they drive over 10% more queries. AIO now has 2 billion monthly users and apparently, has not reduced the need ... read more

The Nintendo Switch 2 is here, but we can’t just forget about the original Switch. We’ve still got love for the console, and its many millions of owners, so we’ll ... read more

An Illinois resident is asking a federal appellate court to revisit a decision that shut down his video privacy lawsuit against the National Football League. ... read more

People with Apple developer accounts have had all the fun with the iOS 26 beta so far (and yes, if you missed it, there's a new naming system now), but ... read more

In an earnings call Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk "let the cat out of the bag": The new, more affordable electric vehicle the company has been touting for over a ... read more

The Trade Desk has been public about wanting all users to migrate to the new Kokai user interface for its DSP by the end of this year. It’s what CEO Jeff Green told investors in ... read more

The Glass-ification will continue until morale improves. | Screenshot: macOS Tahoe 26 Apple's macOS Tahoe 26 public beta is finally available, and with it the same Liquid Glass design language ... read more

Embrace the glass. If you want to give Liquid Glass - Apple's new design language in iOS 26 - an uncharitable nickname, well, it's right there for the taking. The ... read more

I've gone back and forth over the years on whether or not I can actually work from an iPad. The answer has always been: sort of. I can write on ... read more

Liquid Glass is also on watchOS 26, and you can see a Smart Stack notification because I’m using my iPhone camera. Apple just launched the watchOS 26 public beta, which ... read more

Apple has officially released the first public betas for its next major software updates. The list of new betas includes iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, watchOS 26, and ... read more

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. | Image: Getty Images Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella didn’t send a company-wide memo when the software maker laid off as many as 9,000 employees earlier this ... read more

Marketers and agencies strive to reach captive audiences in ways that enhance, not harm, their experience, but that’s often difficult to achieve. In its modern form, in-flight advertising has emerged as an ideal environment for ... read more

Let’s be honest: the world didn’t need another SSP. The market has been crowded for several years, and while buyers already had a plethora of options, Media.net chose to launch its SSP five years ago. ... read more

Google’s rumored Pixel Watch 4 may charge on its side rather than on its back, based on leaked official renders of the watch published by Android Headlines. The watch may ... read more

Earlier this year, I heard that Microsoft engineers were preparing server capacity for OpenAI's next-generation GPT-5 model, arriving as soon as late May. After some additional testing and delays, sources ... read more

Monahan joins from Dentsu where he served as global client president and head of retail media solutions for the last seven years. ... read more

Google will officially deprecate links generated with its URL shortening tool next month. On August 25th, 2025, all links in the “https://goo.gl/*” format will no longer work and return a ... read more

This is the one Pixel 10 image Google has released officially, and we think it’s the Pro. Google is readying its next set of hardware announcements, and has already confirmed ... read more

Most advertisers use MMM in combination with other methods like attribution modeling and experiments. ... read more

Ad agency hold cos have broadcasted their earnings. As AI and acquisitions transform their businesses, there are clear winners and losers. With media as a strong spot, we discuss the paradox of “transparent nontransparency.” The ... read more

It’s been a long time coming, but EA is finally ready to show off the next Battlefield. The new game, dubbed Battlefield 6, takes place during some kind of wide-ranging ... read more

Apple’s over-ear headphones are rarely discounted this deeply. It’s annoying to think about school starting in the middle of summer, but we’ve already begun to see glimpses of back-to-school deals, ... read more

On July 21st, 6,669-year-old demon queen Ironmouse,  posted an 11-minute video explaining that she is leaving her talent management agency, VShojo. Ironmouse is a VTuber, or “virtual YouTuber” — a ... read more

Figma Make, the prompt-to-app coding tool that Figma introduced earlier this year, is now available for all users. Similar to AI coding tools like Google’s Gemini Code Assist and Microsoft’s ... read more

If you’re like me, then lately you’ve scrolled past something on social media and thought, “Wait, was that real?” Deepfakes are everywhere, and they’re getting a lot more convincing.  That ... read more

Indiegogo is being acquired by the board game crowdfunding platform Gamefound, which plans on “integrating Indiegogo’s global community of 38 million members with Gamefound’s state-of-the-art crowdfunding technology,” the companies announced ... read more

Right now, there are five Fujifilm cameras that are using the exact same 40MP sensor. So picking the right one for you can be confusing, but fret not. Most Fuji cameras offer similar results, and ... read more

The robovac automatically shields its mop so it can clean carpets. iRobot’s first roller mop-equipped robovac has a unique trick to help keep your carpets dry. Announced this week, the ... read more

Compass Marketing's newest complaint against Omnicom "rehashes the same old theories this court already dismissed," the ad holding company argues in papers filed Tuesday. ... read more

Dentsu-owned media agency Carat wants to understand audiences better, and its solution is an introvert’s dream: cut down on human conversations and bring in the bots. On Thursday, Carat announced a partnership with Vurvey Labs ... read more

Estimates from iSpot.TV showed linear TV growing 3.3% in overall ad spend to $21.9 billion for the first six months of the year. Linear TV prime time was up 13% to $4.2 billion. ... read more

After launching the Kindle Colorsoft last year — its first Kindle with a color screen — Amazon is adding two new iterations of the e-reader to its lineup today: a ... read more

Now your friends don’t have to monitor your live location data in Snap Maps. Snapchat is launching a new Home Safe feature that makes it easier to inform your loved ... read more

Google is injecting more generative AI into its online shopping experience in Search. An upcoming feature for AI Mode will generate images of outfits and decor ideas based on user ... read more

With settlements by Paramount and Disney resulting from Trump lawsuits, New Street Research media analyst Blair Levin believes a "Trump Transaction Tax" awaits many other media companies. ... read more

Stephen Colbert must have been kidding when he said "the gloves are off" and he can now "finally" say what he really thinks about Donald Trump. ... read more

With settlements by Paramount Global and Walt Disney as a result of Trump lawsuits, New Street Research media analyst Blair Levin believes a "Trump Transaction Tax" awaits many other media companies. ... read more

In its move toward an AI-assisted, agentic commerce platform, Criteo created the role of senior vice president, head of product, performance media, and hired an entrepreneur to complete the task.ad of product and activation and ... read more

Apple announced some big changes to its device protection plans this week with the introduction of AppleCare One. The new service lets you protect three devices for $19.99 per month. ... read more

The indie-focused open gaming marketplace Itch.io has abruptly deindexed adult content from its browse and search pages, warning that some games will be permanently removed from the platform. In a ... read more

Every April, something fascinating happens in the desert. Brands spend millions activating around Coachella. Then they spend the next three months trying to figure out if any of it actually worked. This isn’t just a ... read more

Busy Little Bees Amazon has quietly acquired AI-based wearable device maker Bee. “Quietly,” by the way, because the deal was only announced by Bee Co-Founder and CEO Maria de Lourdes Zollo in a LinkedIn post. ... read more

Last month’s Google core update was no cake walk for some publishers. Several publishers told Digiday that unlike the March Google core update — which had minimal effects on publisher search traffic — the latest ... read more

With the influencer sector now reaching maturity, marketers across the board are prioritizing accountability and control in their approach to creator marketing. One symptom of that shift is advertisers launching or expanding affiliate creator programs. ... read more

Sir Martin Sorrell has never lacked for sharp opinions. That’s expected from the architect of the holdco company era. But lately, his commentary has gone from reflective to biting. In recent months, he dismissed WPP’s ... read more

In creator marketing, disclosure has long been treated as optional by some influencers. Now, that loose approach may be catching up with them.  A wave of lawsuits and watchdog scrutiny is digging into undisclosed or ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing looks at newly-created, AI-focused executive roles at publications like The Washington Post and Forbes, moves that reflect how news organizations are making the new technology a core part of their business ... read more

Google’s AI Overviews — those AI-generative summaries that sit above traditional search results — now reach over 2 billion users every month, up from 1.5 billion just last quarter. It’s the latest sign of how ... read more

We asked for the perfect Lego Nintendo Game Boy… did Lego deliver? After revealing this January that it would take up the challenge, it has revealed a most impressive take ... read more

Not long ago, President Donald Trump hadn’t even heard of Nvidia, the most valuable tech company in the world. But once he found out about the AI chip giant, he ... read more

The web is hurting. Google is doing splendidly. The second quarter was a “standout,” Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai told investors on Tuesday, with “robust growth across the company.” Pichai’s use of the word “the company” ... read more

A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Tesla wants to bring its robotaxi service to new ... read more

The White House on Wednesday released its AI Action Plan, a set of proposals developed by the Trump administration to meet the United States' goal for dominance in AI. Here is what we know so ... read more

The White House on Wednesday released its AI Action Plan, a set of proposals developed by the Trump administration aimed at boosting the United States' goal for dominance in artificial intelligence (AI). This is what ... read more

Genesis vehicles are along for the ride in body-swap comedy "Freakier Friday," which hits theaters Aug. 8. ... read more

Android Authority isolated the image of the four phones it found on the Play Store banner. | Image: Android Authority Google seems to have revealed its entire Pixel 10 lineup ... read more

Alphabet reported total revenue of $96.43 billion - up 14% - and net income of $28.2 billion, up 19%. TV is the largest platform for YouTube viewing, according to the company. ... read more

xAI is attempting to secure $12 billion in funding from private investors - looking to jump ahead of industry competitors like OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Google and Anthropic. ... read more

You’re getting a lot of TV at the discounted price. | Image: The Verge Finding a quality budget TV isn’t as hard as it used to be, with numerous deals ... read more