Apple finally showed us a good use case for its AI at WWDC 2025. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple's AI capabilities have been less than impressive to ... read more

This image is a display concept that Samsung showed off in March, but the leaked trifold design is pretty similar. Samsung may have inadvertently given us a first look at ... read more

In a 92-minute interview with Tucker Carlson on Monday, RFK Jr. drilled down on his vision for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Artificial intelligence - arguably, ... read more

Other holidays get a big hug and a kiss from TV, but not the one that celebrates the birth of our nation. ... read more

It's that time again: for a third year running, the summer is looking pretty great for streaming some science fiction. There's just something about cool fictional futures that's a good ... read more

Poorly constructed AI personas risk reinforcing assumptions or generating misleading narratives disconnected from genuine consumer needs. ... read more

Both custom and pre-made Gems will now be available to use via the side panel in Workspace apps. Google is giving Workspace users a way to access “Gems” — customizable ... read more

Practically everyone on Earth likes ice cream. (If you don’t, feel free to close this tab and reevaluate your tastes.) But for advertisers, reaching “practically everyone” is a challenge. It’s the classic “my customer is ... read more

Hey everyone! The AdExchanger team has gone grillin’ for July 4. The Daily News Roundup will return July 7. Enjoy the holiday! Green Light Amazon has used the presence of shady or unauthorized sellers on ... read more

Rising demand among marketers for AI search expertise is driving more agencies to create specialist units intended to help clients navigate the tech and its impact on consumer habits. In recent months media shops like ... read more

At first glance, Cluely reads like a parody of startup culture. A 21-year-old founder broadcasting viral videos about chatting on job interviews, dating with AI overlay and hosting parties shut down for “too much aura”.  ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing looks into Cloudflare’s new tool that lets publishers block all AI crawlers – at the click of a button – and why publishers are celebrating. An end to publishers’ AI ... read more

Condé Nast execs are pressured to retain ad dollars after Anna Wintour announced last week that she will no longer oversee the day-to-day operations of Vogue, the luxury brand she has led as editor-in-chief since ... read more

As younger cohorts flock to interactive gaming platforms like Roblox and Fortnite, streamers on Twitch and Discord become influencers, a report by Dentsu shows. Gaming is becoming inherently social. ... read more

Haring became the second artist to work with Absolut in 1986 upon the recommendation of artist Andy Warhol. ... read more

Racist videos that appear to be created with Google’s AI video generation tool Veo 3 have raked in millions of views across TikTok, according to findings from the nonprofit media ... read more

Microsoft’s layoff of roughly 9,000 employees is continuing to have downstream effects at the company’s subsidiaries. Aftermath reports that as many as 100 developers at Blizzard have been impacted, and ... read more

The brand keeps building on its "Stay Creative" positioning, inviting creators of all kinds to turn a child's artwork into something entirely new. ... read more

CANNES – PMG recently unveiled Alli Marketplace, a new app exchange designed to simplify how marketers access and activate emerging technologies, as highlighted in video interviews recorded by Beet.TV at a launch party at the ... read more

A mandatory update for Google’s mid-range Pixel 6A phones is coming next week that is meant to reduce the risk of the battery overheating on some devices. According to a ... read more

Mississippi says it will face "irreparable harm" unless it can enforce a law requiring social platforms to verify users' ages and restrict minors. ... read more

On July 2nd, Microsoft announced sweeping layoffs affecting as many as 9,000 employees, and they had a big impact on the company’s Xbox studios. Microsoft cancelled Perfect Dark from The ... read more

CANNES — For many modern agencies trying to prove their worth, the ultimate challenge lies in connecting the dots between a consumer seeing an ad and making a purchase. In that quest, manyare increasingly looking ... read more

CANNES — In the fractional seconds of a programmatic auction, the decision to bid on an ad impression is a high-stakes gamble. For advertisers under pressure to optimize every dollar, the challenge is separating the ... read more

CANNES – In early June, U.S. out of home ad spending posted its highest-ever Q1 revenue, hitting $1.98 billion. Just looking at that figure from an  Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) report, ... read more

CANNES – In early June, U.S. out of home ad spending posted its highest-ever Q1 revenue, hitting $1.98 billion. Just looking at that figure from an  Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) report, ... read more

X has announced that it will begin integrating "AI Note Writers" to the platform's controversial user-dependent content-moderation program, Community Notes. According to the company, however, humans are "still in charge." ... read more

Meta has announced several updates to its ad offerings, including centralizing the ad-creation process within Ads Manager, and providing new messaging ad options in WhatsApp. ... read more

There's always a reason why universal USB-C ports don't "just work" like you'd expect. In the early days, it was incompetence or naiveté. Later, manufacturers often cheaped out. But in ... read more

Microsoft says that Phil Spencer, Microsoft Gaming CEO and the head of Xbox, isn’t retiring “anytime soon.” The company has responded to rumors of Spencer’s retirement, which have spread online ... read more

Microsoft said it has laid off about 4% of its workforce, or about 9,000 employees. It appears that costs and efficiencies from AI could have contributed. ... read more

Banks are facing renewed pressure to protect their customers from scams on Zelle, the payment network owned by JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Capital One, and other big banks. ... read more

Georgina Bankier, vp, global platform partnerships, Dun & Bradstreet In today’s fractured media environment, connected TV and retail media are dominating advertiser attention — and their budgets. CTV ad spending is projected to reach $33.35 ... read more

The Prohibiting Social Media Manipulation Act, slated to take effect this month, would require social platforms to disclose their recommendation algorithms. ... read more

A court in France has sentenced three former Ubisoft executives for sexual and psychological harassment. Serge Hascoet, Tommy Francois, and Guillaume Patrux each received fines and suspended prison sentences for ... read more

With less than a week until Prime Day kicks off, we’re already seeing some exciting early deals pop up. And now we can add two more great discounts to the ... read more

The subtitles for one of Crunchyroll's newest anime series make it pretty clear that the company is going all in on ChatGPT. This week as viewers logged on to Crunchyroll ... read more

Neil Druckmann, co-creator of The Last of Us video game and co-showrunner on the HBO adaptation, will be stepping away from the television series moving forward. In a statement, Druckmann ... read more

Microsoft is canceling its Perfect Dark and Everwild games as part of sweeping cuts to its Xbox division. Matt Booty, Xbox president of game content and studios, revealed that Microsoft ... read more

Microsoft announced layoffs today affecting as many as 9,000 employees, and as part of the changes, more than 70 people will be let go at Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 ... read more

See this disc? Many CD players can’t. Lorde fans are clearly struggling to play the CD version of her new album. Customers who purchased the special edition of Virgin released ... read more

Paramount has been in the process of attempting to get FCC approval of its $8 billion merger with Skydance Media - a definitive agreement that was signed in July 2024. ... read more

"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." ... read more

The entire point of Jurassic World Rebirth is to get the franchise back into audiences' good graces with a new set of characters and a story meant to tap into ... read more

Amazon’s early Prime Day sale started off slow, but as the event draws closer to its official kickoff on July 8th, it’s beginning to pick up steam. Right now, for ... read more

Marketing struggles when it tries to be a trend-setter. We can sell culture -- and sell it well -- but marketing can rarely if ever can create culture, and certainly not create it out of ... read more

Yes, if the process to bring in news idea is filled with friction, and strategists find it easier to use variations of currently accepted solutions. ... read more

TV stations' bread-and-butter TV newscasts have seen declining usage and ever older audiences coming for a while. Can they adapt? ... read more

Baidu has restructured its search platform with AI, introducing the most features in years - including extended query-processing capabilities and multimodal inputs that include text, video and more. ... read more

ICEBlock is currently the number three app on the App Store. ICEBlock, an app that lets users anonymously report sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, has soared up ... read more

Europe’s popular Nuki Smart Lock has finally arrived Stateside.  The Nuki Smart Lock ($159) is the most advanced retrofit smart lock I've tested. It features a sleek, compact design ... read more

The alien invasion continues, as Apple just confirmed the next season of Invasion will be streaming this summer. The new season will premiere on Apple TV Plus on August 22nd, ... read more

Tesla is still struggling to shift its vehicles amid rising competition and backlash against Elon Musk. Tesla sales hit a new low, with the company reporting a 14 percent drop ... read more

Microsoft confirmed that it’s laying off as many as 9,100 employees, or about four percent of its workforce, in yet another round of cuts this year, reports the Seattle Times. ... read more

When you hear the word “crystal,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For some, it might be healing and chakras. Others might think of the champagne brand or the Chilean pilsner Cerveza Cristal, ... read more

A headline on Nielsen's Insights newsletter web page asked this question: "What is a Designated Market Area (DMA), and why does it matter?" ... read more

On a daily basis, 63% of the global online population consumes social media video content, with broadcast and streaming daily usage at 47% and 46%, respectively, followed by video games (34%) and podcasts (19%). ... read more

10 expansion batteries connected to a single Power 2000 power station for 22kWh of home backup capacity. | Image: DJI After launching its first portable power stations last year, DJI just ... read more

Honor has announced the Magic V5, which it says is the thinnest foldable phone in the world right now — though only if you ignore the raised camera module, and ... read more

Start planning on how to mark America's upcoming - and likely very fraught - 250th birthday one year from now. ... read more

Several actions have been shuffled to new menus, and images will clearly display where and when they were taken. The Google Photos app has been updated to make it easier ... read more

CMO Craig Brommers shares the brand's shifting media strategy and why older customers are sticking around longer than expected. ... read more

Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against its subsidiary CBS, clearing a path for the administration to approve the media giant’s multibillion-dollar merger ... read more

Talking about outcomes is practically a mandate, especially in the CTV space, where ad buyers and vendors alike are heavily invested in streaming television’s potential as a lower-funnel, performance-driving channel. The post When Did Ad ... read more

Have agency holdcos put too many eggs in the AI basket?; Temu has come back to us now at the turn of the tariff tide; and Cloudflare wants to help sites from getting scraped. ... read more

AI bots scraping publishers’ sites for real-time information are now scraping publishers’ sites more than the bots used to train large language models. And they’re harder to detect. That’s according to the latest report from ... read more

Future is betting on AI to boost recirculation – and make that stickier audience more appealing to advertisers. The publisher’s new proprietary AI-powered content categorization engine, called Advisor, acts like a “brain” trained on Future’s ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how mobile still accounts for an overwhelming majority of YouTube video views and why some Gen Z viewers aren’t tuning into YouTube on TV screens. Screen ... read more

As Substack invests in video content, the platform’s smaller creators stand to gain the most subscribers and advertisers by embracing the medium. Over the past year, Substack has considerably expanded its video tools for both ... read more

Costs, data accuracy, security and privacy remain some of businesses' biggest concerns around generative artificial intelligence, according to a new report. ... read more

Figma, the platform that specializes in collaborative interface design, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO). The company will trade under the ticker symbol “FIG” as it prepares to ... read more

X is launching a way for developers to create AI bots that can write Community Notes that can potentially appear on posts. Like humans, the “AI Note Writers” will be ... read more

X has named Nikita Bier as its head of product, hoping that Bier can help steer the struggling social media platform toward success using his skills as a viral app designer. ... read more

Google Home’s latest update will make it easier to decide who in your household can control your smart home. It comes with a new feature, which Google first started testing ... read more

Bank of America's Chris Curtin joins the Walmart division amid strong membership and retail media growth. ... read more

T-Mobile is bringing some of its Uncarrier energy to Ultra Mobile, the carrier’s international-focused MVNO that operates on its network. It announced that its plans now have slightly higher data ... read more

Senate Republicans today passed a sweeping spending bill that narrowly avoided punitive tax measures on renewable energy but still threatens to stall its growth in the US.  After wrangling over ... read more

"Google charges the customer for alleged clicks on keywords that Google refuses to disclose and for which the customer is unable to tell what it paid for," PVC Fence alleges in a class-action complaint filed ... read more

The permission and payment model marks a significant shift with major implications for the advertising and digital ecosystem. It blocks AI scrapers from accessing content from sites Cloudflare supports, about 24% across the internet, and ... read more

Grammarly plans to acquire the buzzy email app Superhuman, according to a press release.  Email is already the “number-one use case” of Grammarly for professional users, the company says, with ... read more

Earlier this year, Sonos permanently dropped the price of its Era 100 speaker to $199, making it more affordable for people looking to build a multiroom wireless speaker setup. Now, ... read more

The MLS Season Pass grants access to this summer’s All Star-Game and Leagues Cup tournament. Major League Soccer (MLS) is now nearly halfway through its 2025 season, and Apple is ... read more

When WhatsApp began serving ads in mid-June, there were two main reactions. One, didn’t the founders always insist there would never be ads on WhatsApp? And two, what the heck took Meta so long? It ... read more

Supposedly, adding a link directly into your post will tank your reach. So what do we do? Bury the actual content we want people to read somewhere less visible -- just to appease the algorithm. ... read more

Laptop Mag is shutting down after nearly 35 years of providing consumers with in-depth information about laptops and other technology. In a staff meeting seen by The Verge, Faisal Alani, ... read more

CANNES – With more than 100,000 active communities, social platform Reddit has become a digital ecosystem where authentic conversations thrive, and where marketers must tread carefully if they want to connect with consumers. “People come ... read more

The headphones lay flat in their case, which is pretty slim. | Photo: Owen Grove / The Verge Nothing's first pair of over-the-ear headphones has arrived, bearing the company's signature ... read more

Nothing has launched its first pair of over-ear headphones, imaginatively named the Headphone 1. At $299, these are priced to compete with flagship fare, distinguished primarily by their distinctive Nothing ... read more

“The Glyph interface is not a gimmick,” Nothing founder and CEO Carl Pei told the press as he revealed the Nothing Phone 3 for the first time, shortly before announcing ... read more

CANNES — In a media landscape flooded with fleeting trends and fragmented audiences, Fandom’s Chief Revenue Officer Jeremy Steinberg says the wiki platform offers something marketers crave: direct access to the heart of pop culture, ... read more

CANNES – YouTube presents a unique challenge for marketers. It’s television, radio, retail media, and creator commerce all rolled into one platform. As John Cobb, CEO and co-founder of VuePlanner, most advertisers aren’t set up ... read more

Apple is suing a former employee for allegedly stealing confidential Vision Pro headset research before leaving to join Snap’s product design team. In the complaint filed in Santa Clara County ... read more

AT&T is launching a new Account Lock feature that’s designed to protect wireless users against SIM swapping attacks. The feature, which you can enable from the myAT&T app, prevents unauthorized ... read more

Michelle Urwin, Chief Marketing Officer of Skai, joined Sarah Sluis at Cannes Lions 2025 to share the biggest shifts in commerce media . From Amazon’s expanding DSP and full-funnel capabilities to the rise of Agentic ... read more

Threads has officially launched direct messaging for everyone. You can now privately message other users on the Meta-owned X rival, though Threads will only allow DMs between your followers or ... read more

It will be interesting to see how Canada celebrates Canada Day this year. What's happening south of the border caused Canadians to have a renewed burst of patriotism and pride. ... read more

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington in March. | Image: Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s dysfunctional cycle of fighting ... read more

According to Ignition, the objective of the survey was to investigate agency challenges like pricing and packaging services, managing billing and out-of-scope work, and how cash flow "unpredictability" affects the ability to grow and scale. ... read more

Casio’s $120 CRW001-1 (AKA the Ring Watch) is back in stock on Casio’s website for the first time since it launched — then swiftly sold out — in December. The ... read more

As previews for Donkey Kong Bananza come in ahead of the game’s July 17th release date, one tidbit has stood out on the development of this game. It’s been several ... read more