Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to approve Elon Musk’s staggering new pay package, in a move aimed at retaining the controversial CEO’s leadership during a time of great upheaval for the ... read more

Grand Theft Auto VI is being delayed again: it will now launch on November 19th, 2026. “We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a ... read more

Amazon is making it easier for self-published authors to release their ebooks in multiple languages with Kindle Translate, a new AI translation tool that launched in beta on Thursday to ... read more

The win is the second recent major win for WPP - in August it won Mastercard's $180 million global media account. Those wins partially offset several big losses for WPP Media this year including The ... read more

The win is the second recent major win for WPP - in August it won Mastercard's $180 million global media account. Those wins partially offset several big losses for WPP Media this year including The ... read more

AI Overviews seem to significantly affect click-through rates for organic and paid search - but the impact varies based on query type and whether brands receive an AI citation, as shown by data collected from ... read more

A group of senators is urging President Donald Trump to preserve the US’s edge in AI development by denying China access to its most advanced chips and models. The bipartisan ... read more

The K1 Ultra splits and swivels like its predecessor, but now supports Qi2.2. | Image: Kuxiu Last August, Kuxiu debuted a MagSafe battery that can do more than just wirelessly ... read more

Apple’s latest MacBook Air is $250 off in the lead-up to Black Friday, which is the steepest discount we’ve seen. Black Friday is the most anticipated day of the year ... read more

Nintendo has released a new store app on Android and iOS giving users the ability to purchase hardware, accessories, and games for the Switch and Switch 2. When I open ... read more

It’s been a turbulent year for AppLovin. The Securities and Exchange Commission launched an investigation last month into its data collection practices, which include allegedly using device fingerprinting to target ads. Short-sellers accused the company ... read more

The FBI is attempting to track down the identity of the owner of Archive.today and its numerous mirrors, like Archive.is and Archive.ph. As reported by 404 Media, the FBI subpoena, ... read more

If you’ve ever wanted to make your own Wordle puzzle to challenge (or annoy) your family and friends, The New York Times has announced an official tool that lets you ... read more

Alan Cohen, who pioneered network TV/big marketer promotional tie-ins, and later went on to lead big media agencies, died Tuesday. He was 67. ... read more

The new team is part of the broader Microsoft AI division led by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, who announced its formation today in a blog post. Superintelligence is the hypothetical idea that AI systems ... read more

The new team is part of the broader Microsoft AI division led by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, who announced its formation today in a blog post. Superintelligence is the hypothetical idea that AI systems ... read more

The latest Blink Video Doorbell offers higher resolution and a wider field of view than its predecessor. | Image: Blink With Black Friday and the holiday season approaching, packages will ... read more

While Stranger Things's upcoming fifth season will bring the Hawking gang's story to a close, Netflix's new Stranger Things animated spinoff series is about to send the crew on a ... read more

While announced today, the companies have been working together for months and the partnership is already seeing client adoption in the US through Stagwell's media company Assembly. ... read more

While announced today, the companies have been working together for months and the partnership is already seeing client adoption in the US through Stagwell's media company Assembly. ... read more

On Thursday, Google gave advertisers increased transparency and data in Performance Max by introducing "channel performance" across Google's channels and search partners. The move addresses opening the black box and broadening limited access to data ... read more

Google’s well-honed strategy of adding AI to absolutely everything continues: the company announced on Thursday that Google Finance is getting a Deep Search feature to turbocharge its AI chatbot, as ... read more

Microsoft AI wants you to know that its work toward superintelligence involves keeping humans “at the top of the food chain.” In a lengthy blog post on Thursday, Microsoft AI ... read more

Before Warner Bros. Discovery’s Q3 earnings call even began on Thursday, the investor relations team made it clear that leadership did not want to talk about the company currently trying to sell parts of itself ... read more

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. This week, JJ Watt finally ... read more

Five parents of young children have sued Paramount Skydance and its streaming service Pluto TV for allegedly sharing children's video-viewing information with Google and Microsoft. ... read more

Pebblebee will be making its Clip 5 tracker available in limited edition colors that change every 12 weeks. | Image: Pebblebee Pebblebee has announced new versions of its AirTag-like Clip ... read more

Spotify has introduced a new “listening stats” feature that gives you a weekly overview of your recent music streaming habits. It essentially acts like a mini version of Spotify’s annual ... read more

"For over four years, Facebook systematically overcharged advertisers, reaping billions of dollars in illicit profits," Iron Tribe alleged in a revised complaint filed this week with U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer in the Northern ... read more

Here on Decoder, we’ve talked a lot about generative AI, which is a very big idea that is causing quite a few problems. One thing we keep hearing about over ... read more

"What did Ilya see?" Two years ago, it was the meme seen 'round the world (or at least 'round the tech industry). OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had been briefly ousted ... read more

ESPN Bet is winding down in favor of a new integration with DraftKings. In an announcement on Thursday, ESPN revealed that it will shutter the standalone betting app in December, ... read more

At the end of November, we’ll gather friends and family to dine on our favorite foods. And once our stomachs settle, the real feast will begin. This year, the ... read more

You want your power system to be portable when this is home for only part of the year. Last year I did the thing I'd been dreaming about for a ... read more

Though my 100-plus-hour completed save file would beg to differ, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an unfinished game. Think of it like Korean barbecue. Without the ... read more

Typically, the long-running MAGA influencer feud between white supremacist streamer Nick Fuentes and Jewish conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro - who despise each other for obvious reasons - would have been ... read more

Ring is introducing a new AI-powered feature that consolidates multiple alerts from a camera about a single event into one notification. Single Event Alert is launching on November 6th and ... read more

Net revenue for the first nine months was 495 GBP, down 10.8% and the organic decline was 8.2%. Company shares were down more than 7% in midday trading. ... read more

Net revenue for the first nine months was 495 GBP, down 10.8% and the organic decline was 8.2%. Company shares were down more than 7% in midday trading. ... read more

Weeks after it burst on the scene staging the ad industry's first agentic media buy, Swivel is unveiling a new brand identity, representing the company's second pivot so far this year. ... read more

Pokémon Legends: Z-A‘s upcoming expansion finally has a release date and a new trailer revealing what we’ll find as we step into the Mega Dimension. Today, Nintendo and The Pokémon ... read more

Peloton is recalling roughly 833,000 of its original Bike Plus machines, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The reason being that the seat post can break and detach ... read more

On Thursday, AdGood, a nonprofit that helps other nonprofits buy premium streaming inventory at a discount, announced a partnership with Samsung Ads, which is donating ad space from its Samsung TV Plus service to AdGood’s ... read more

One of telehealth's first ED marketers aims for a subtle brand awareness play that doesn't hit viewers over the head. ... read more

Hi everyone! I'm John Higgins, the new senior reviewer of TVs and audio here at The Verge. I joined the team just over a month ago, and am raring to ... read more

Lego boldly goes where the company hasn’t gone before. | Image: Lego Lego’s Star Wars partnership helped the company endure financial uncertainty in the late ‘90s, but for the first ... read more

In a race to grab market share, Perplexity announced it will pay Snap $400 million over one year to integrate its AI answer engine into Snapchat. Exact terms of the Snap-Perplexity data-use agreement were not ... read more

Netflix wants to take care of the future - and comes with a focus on Gen Z and Millennials - with a move into video podcasts, an area of growth among young consumers. ... read more

Travelers in terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. The government shutdown-spurred airport chaos is about to get a ... read more

The BeeBot app is only available for iOS users in the US. After teasing its development last year, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley has now launched BeeBot: an AI-powered social app ... read more

The new missing-child drama "All Her Fault" gets right down to business from the very first scene. ... read more

It’s a thin phone, but still packs a triple rear camera. Huawei is the latest phone manufacturer to release a thin phone: the Mate 70 Air. That’s our third Air ... read more

And additional channels will follow in 2026, iHeartMedia says. ... read more

Countless cars have received military-grade marketing over the years, their performances likened to some form of ordnance or another. Saab was notorious for leaning on its aeronautical origins, and it's ... read more

The collection includes a new two-button wireless remote that can be used to control more than just lights. | Image: Ikea Ikea announced 21 new Matter-over-Thread devices that can “connect ... read more

On Thursday, Tesla shareholders will vote on whether to grant Elon Musk an enormous pay package, the largest ever awarded to a chief executive by orders of magnitude, or risk ... read more

Ikea is making the smart home cheaper and easier with a new line of low-cost Matter-over-Thread smart home staples, including bulbs, buttons, and sensors. Ikea just announced a bunch of ... read more

Tinder is testing an AI-powered “Chemistry” feature that learns about your interests and personality by analyzing your camera roll. In its latest earnings report, the dating app’s parent company, Match ... read more

Nodules containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese rest atop these core samples taken from the deep ocean floor. | Photo: Getty Images The race to mine battery minerals from the ocean ... read more

Perhaps you know the supplement brand AG1. Or maybe you know it by its original name, Athletic Greens. Regardless, the company is one of the great ecommerce adapt-and-survivors of the past 15 years. AG1 was ... read more

Canon is announcing the EOS R6 Mark III camera, its latest jack-of-all-trades full-frame mirrorless model for both stills and video. The new camera has a 32.5-megapixel sensor, improved autofocus, up ... read more

Meta’s decision to withdraw from the Media Rating Council’s brand-safety audits and its subsequent loss of accreditation have sparked important questions for advertisers that depend on transparency and accountability to protect their brands online.  When ... read more

Netflix announces a new way to measure viewership; streaming and smart TV companies face data collection investigations; and Polymarket ads incentivized losing bets. The post Netflix Ditches MAUs; Streaming Into Trouble appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. American Eagle. Rare Beauty. The RealReal. These are some of the biggest brands that have, within the past year, launched their own Substack newsletters. They’re ... read more

News Corp is scoping out the potential for a multi-licensing LLM portfolio strategy, according to sources familiar with the matter.   The media group, which struck its first licensing deal (reportedly to the tune of $250 ... read more

Zero-click search adoption has critically affected web traffic from search engines to publishers in the year since Google first introduced its Overviews and AI Mode features. In 2026, advertisers may very well respond by cutting ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing looks at The Associated Press’ deal with Microsoft to join its pay-per-use AI content marketplace, as the tech company seeks to strengthen relationships with media companies and compete with Google. ... read more

“Shall we play a game?” That chilling question came from one of the first modern movies to delve into AI — War Games. GSD&M is taking a decidedly less dystopian approach to learning and adopting ... read more

Netflix has spent three years convincing advertisers it was serious about building an ads business. Now, it’s talking like one that expects to be on every major media plan – not as a novelty but ... read more

Magnite says it’s not mad at The Trade Desk for prioritizing OpenPath or labeling all supply-side platforms as “resellers.” The post Magnite Remains Unbothered By The Trade Desk’s SSP Policies appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. At 8PM on election ... read more

Rode’s new console is slightly smaller and more than half the price of last year’s version. | Image: Rode Rode has announced a new version of the Rodecaster Video portable ... read more

If you logged into your Movies Anywhere account in the past few days, you might have noticed some titles missing from your library, specifically content purchased on Google Play and ... read more

"It's like having Amazon Prime delivery right in the store," noted one shopper on social media. ... read more

Last month, at the ANA Masters of Marketing conference in Orlando, we spoke with Adobe’s Denise Colella.  A breast cancer survivor and industry leader, she stressed the importance of industry support for awareness for a ... read more

The Motion Picture Association has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Meta, warning the tech giant to stop using the term "PG-13" to describe a new content-moderation initiative on Instagram. ... read more

Gemini can now draw from your emails and documents while performing “deep research” queries. Google’s announcement blog called this “one of our most-requested features” for Gemini Deep Research, which is ... read more

Welcome to “remedy-palooza.” While that specific term may not take off, it’s not a bad way to describe the vibe right now. We recently got a final remedy decision in the DOJ v. Google Search ... read more

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit accusing Amazon's Audible of sharing information about users' audibook browsing and listening with Meta Platforms, via its analytics pixel. ... read more

ORLANDO, FL — United Airlines uses real-time operational data to hold connecting flights for delayed passengers. The airline, which is about to celebrate its centennial year, does so when the delay won’t impact final arrival ... read more

Apple’s slim laptop is the best of the best. | Image: The Verge If you’ve been holding off on getting a new laptop, now’s a great time to pick one ... read more

Pinterest's latest performance report shows a boost in revenue as the company added users across every region, reaching 600 million monthly actives for the first time in its 15 year history. ... read more

If you’ve ever watched a synth video on YouTube, there’s a decent chance you’ve seen the Arturia KeyStep at some point. The affordable keyboard and controller has been a steady ... read more

With the swing of a bat, another October came and went for those of us who love baseball. As languid and habitual as the rest of the season can feel, ... read more

The open internet continues to serve as a powerful channel for advertisers seeking scale and accessibility. But the advent of generative AI is rapidly reshaping how that potential is realized. The technology is ushering in ... read more

Apple is preparing to power its AI-upgraded Siri with a custom version of Google’s Gemini AI model, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The iPhone maker will reportedly ... read more

Last week, Nintendo surprised everybody with an announcement: Over four years after its "last major free content update," Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a Switch 2 upgrade and a ... read more

Lance Wolder, head of strategy and marketing, PadSquad For over a decade, “the right person, the right message, the right time” has been a guiding principle in digital advertising. It has been cited in decks, ... read more

The Pro 3 and Ultimate 2 can now shake-to-wake the Switch 2. Third-party controller makers that have figured out how to wirelessly wake the Switch 2 from its standby mode ... read more

Customers at a Pennsylvania Whole Foods can order Kraft Mac & Cheese while they shop. | Image: Amazon Amazon built a portal to Kraft Mac & Cheese, Goldfish crackers, and ... read more

Unfair Flips is a game about flipping a coin. And despite being designed around random chance, it has a vibrant speedrunning community, racing to see who can get to 10 ... read more

The Baseus PrimeTrip VD1 Pro is both a great dash cam and rear cam that’s $60 off. If you’ve ever had to leave your car parked for a few days ... read more

Google and Fortnite developer Epic Games have agreed to resolve a high profile battle over Play store policies, the companies said late Thursday in a joint filing with U.S. District Court Judge James Donato in ... read more

Nintendo is stepping further away from its original Switch console, with the company now planning to dedicate most of its attention to its successor. In a financial results briefing on ... read more

Discord is expanding the safety controls parents and guardians have access to in its Family Center, including increased visibility of their teens’ activity, allowing guardians to control sensitive content filtering ... read more

If you’ve been reluctant to update to the new Apple Home architecture, you now have a few more months before Apple forces your hand. Apple has pushed back the deadline ... read more

Another AI-powered wearable is coming to market. It’s not a pendant like Friend, nor a wristband like Amazon’s Bee. This time, it’s a smart ring called the Stream Ring from ... read more

Black Friday will bring huge discounts on all sorts of tech. But sometimes you just can’t wait, especially if you just lost your last pair of earbuds, or perhaps they ... read more

Ensuring that ads enhance rather than interrupt the viewing experience should be a priority for every brand, said Alex Stone, senior vice president and managing director of enterprise partnerships at Horizon Media. Speaking with Beet.TV ... read more

T-Mobile is opening up access to its Starlink-powered emergency texting service. The carrier announced on Wednesday that anyone with a compatible phone — even AT&T and Verizon customers — can ... read more