"It's getting harder to determine what is real and what is performative. Reaching consumers in a way that is tangibly authentic is going to be the difference-maker," an anonymous ANA member explained about picking two ... read more

If you're tired of seeing Instagram posts with a seemingly endless list of hashtags, Instagram is making a change to stop that. In a post today, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri ... read more

Current events are not unlike those that triggered the Korean War in 1950. ... read more

LG says it will let users delete the Microsoft Copilot shortcut it installed on newer TVs after several reports highlighted the unremovable icon. In a statement to The Verge, LG ... read more

Google expanded Gemini's AI verification feature to videos made or edited with the company's own AI models. Users can now ask Gemini to determine if an uploaded video is AI-generated ... read more

Kassan has been a fixture in the industry for over three decades, first at media agency Initiative in the 1990's where he rose to president, COO and vice chairman. ... read more

You can save $50 on the latest AirPods Pro and still have it arrive in time for Christmas. You don’t need to deal with long mall lines or crowded parking ... read more

Universal Music Group must face a privacy lawsuit over its alleged failure to honor web users' request to reject tracking cookies, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. ... read more

Riot Games says a security flaw in many recent motherboards could be exploited by cheaters undetected, and now companies including Asrock, Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI have released BIOS updates to ... read more

Netflix is bringing ESPN host Elle Duncan onboard to become the voice of its growing roster of live events. Duncan, who has appeared on SportsCenter, College GameDay, and WNBA Countdown, ... read more

Kia and Hyundai will offer free repairs for millions of cars that lack anti-theft technology as part of a settlement with dozens of US states. The automakers agreed to outfit ... read more

The Roomba maker will continue to operate but will be owned by Picea Robotics. The news that the maker of the Roomba robot vacuum, iRobot, filed for bankruptcy this week ... 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. Atlas Obscura has been crowdsourcing ... read more

The rise of AI-powered commerce changes everything for advertisers - moving brands' focus from capturing human attention to optimizing for machine-readable information and AI recommendations. ... read more

Microsoft is at it again with another round of ads showing people talking to Copilot AI on their computers. This time it's holiday-themed, including a cameo from the big man ... read more

Micron, one of the three biggest memory suppliers in the world, forecasts rough months ahead for the global RAM supply. As part of its earnings report released on Wednesday, Micron ... read more

Welcome to our end-of-year Decoder special! Senior producers Kate Cox and Nick Statt here. We’ve had a big year, including nearly 100 episodes, a new YouTube channel, an ad-free podcast ... read more

Early next year, Apple will begin running additional ads in search results where 65% of downloads begin. The move is intended to help developers and advertisers reach consumers. ... read more

The deal with nuclear fusion power developer TAE Technologies would create a merged company valued at $6 billion, the companies said. ... read more

Broadcast radio inventory is coming to programmatic. Viant struck a deal with iHeartMedia and its Triton Digital advertising platform that will make iHeart’s broadcast radio inventory available through Viant’s DSP, the companies announced Thursday. Viant’s ... read more

Amazon has boosted impressions by over 60.7% to 18.2 billion in a two-month period from Oct. 1- Nov. 30, leading into the last month of the holiday season. ... read more

If you have $400 and want an iPad, your options are usually kind of limited to either just the base iPad, or better yet, the latest iPad Mini — if ... read more

Lionsgate is ready for its ad tech close-up. The film and TV studio has chosen Comcast’s FreeWheel as its exclusive ad server to help manage and sell the growing volume of ad inventory Lionsgate creates ... read more

Much like the audio industry's compression-driven loudness war, which reached its distortion-fueled apex (and not the good kind) with Metallica's Death Magnetic in 2008, the television industry has been having ... read more

The most poignant split-screen moment during FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's testimony before Congress Wednesday happened when Senator Ed Markey gave new meaning to the agency's acronym. "You are now the chairman of the Federal Censorship ... read more

Trump Media, the company that runs social network Truth Social, is pivoting to nuclear fusion. It has announced a merger with California-based fusion power company TAE Technologies, and plans to ... read more

A letter from the WBD board to shareholders seems to indicate that when all is said and done, the board does not want to do business with the deep-pocketed Ellison family. ... read more

The cringe comes for us all, and for all our hot new turns of phrase. "Rizz" lost its luster when grandparents started asking about its meaning. Teachers who dressed up ... read more

Apple has announced the changes it's making to the iOS App Store in Japan in order to comply with recent legislation in the country. It will allow third-party app stores ... read more

The Kuxiu S3 simultaneously charging an iPhone wirelessly and an older Android phone via the integrated USB-C cable. Kuxiu is back with a new S3 portable battery that addresses most ... read more

Another independent rides off into the sunset. | Image: Cowboy The Brussels-based electric bike company has officially closed its deal to be acquired by ReBirth Group Holding, which also owns ... read more

The open internet is at a turning point.  Our ecosystem needs transparency, accountability and collaboration from the buy side and the sell side if we are to truly thrive.  Industry leaders recognize this reality, including ... read more

Attribution measurement is still a mess; video podcasting struggles with effective advertising; and NIL deals are taking off for student athletes. The post The Attribution Goldilocks Problem; Video Is No Escape Pod appeared first on ... read more

The most telling point (so far) of Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, HBO and streaming businesses came from the company itself. In pushing back on claims that the deal would be anti-competitive, Netflix ... read more

In January, Nick Pugh will take on a new role at Ebiquity, one that quietly reflects how unsettled the business of marketing has become. He will become the media management firm’s chief marketing effectiveness officer, ... read more

Over the past year, Roblox has become harder for brands to ignore — not because it has resolved the challenges of digital commerce, but because of the scale at which younger consumers already use it. The ... read more

There will not be a Media Briefing next week due to Digiday’s holiday break. This week’s Media Briefing takes a look at the top trends from 2025, from digital advertising revenue performance to AI licensing ... read more

On Wednesday evening, OpenAI launched an App Directory to browse all the tools currently available and opened its SDK for developers to build new interactive experiences that operate within the ... read more

In July, Sony sued Tencent to prevent the release of Light of Motiram, a game Sony alleged was a "slavish clone" of its popular Horizon series. But the legal battle ... read more

Dolby Atmos FlexConnect technology debuted this year with the TCL Z100 speakers, and now we're getting our first FlexConnect soundbar thanks to LG. The new H7 soundbar - which runs ... read more

Snap just launched a new Quick Cut video editing tool right inside Snapchat that "helps Snapchatters turn their favorite Memories into beat-synced, ready-to-share videos in seconds." With Quick Cut, you ... read more

The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman's appointment as the head of NASA on Wednesday, a decision that comes just months after President Donald Trump pulled his nomination before picking him yet ... read more

LONDON – Connected television and ad-supported streaming are moving firmly into the mainstream, creating rapid growth opportunities and new challenges for advertisers and the programmatic ecosystem, said Cadi Jones, SVP, EMEA, at Index Exchange. Speaking ... read more

In-store retail media is maturing beyond pilot programs toward enterprise-wide networks as national brands commit repeat investments and standardized measurement becomes urgent rather than aspirational. “We’re seeing that national brands are shifting real media dollars ... read more

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIF. – Could the narrative around connected TV be shifting? Once seen as a pure-play brand-building medium, a growing chorus of vendors and agencies now pitches CTV as a bottom-funnel conversion driver. ... read more

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIF. – Linear TV ad budgets have gone from a steady migration to connected TV to a full-on deluge after two decades of industry predictions. The shift has followed linear viewership rates ... read more

The change would directly affect business accounts using Facebook to promote their products and brand, effectively forcing them into paying to be verified on the platform. ... read more

The change would directly affect business accounts using Facebook to promote their products and brand, effectively forcing them into paying to be verified on the platform. ... read more

A defiant Brendan Carr testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday in his first public appearance before lawmakers since threatening broadcasters who aired comedian Jimmy Kimmel's show. Over ... read more

Louisiana can't enforce a law that would have required social platforms to verify users' ages and ban minors under 16, without parental consent. ... read more

A small group of YouTube creators have agreed to allow Google Labs to develop and showcase their likeness in the form of in-app AI avatars via YouTube's experimental "Portraits" feature. ... read more

Meta has "paused" its program to license its VR operating system to other hardware companies so they could build their own headsets using the platform, as reported by Road to ... read more

A Meta data center in Ashburn, Virginia. | Photo: Getty Images Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) fired off a letter on Tuesday to ... read more

If you’re looking for a gadget to get as a last-minute Christmas gift, we’ve got your back. The Beats Solo 4 are among the best on-ear headphones we’ve tested in ... read more

Meta Platforms is urging a federal appeals court to reject former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's bid to revive claims over CBD gummy ads that misappropriated his name and image. ... read more

Amazon's head of artificial general intelligence (AGI), Rohit Prasad, is leaving the company next year as it reaches an "inflection point" in its development of the technology, CEO Andy Jassy ... read more

Spending on video game hardware during November totalled $695 million, a drop of 27 percent compared to last year, according to market analyst company Circana, "This is the lowest video ... read more

Bluetooth trackers come in all shapes and sizes. | Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge Some people rarely lose things. Wallets are always exactly where they’re supposed to be, keys ... read more

In his intro to the report, 4A's CEO Justin Thomas-Copeland asserts that the organization sees "two powerful, plausible futures coming into view" for agencies, including "marketing purveyor" and "strategic partner." ... read more

Peter DeSantis will lead the new group, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a letter to employees, which also posted on the company's blog. Jassy has been spearheading the push into everything AI. ... read more

Mozilla's new CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo laid out his strategy to push AI with safeguards into the company's products, from paid advertising to its privacy-centric browser Firefox. ... read more

Sexual fetish content. How to light a match. Where to find knives in the home. These are all conversation topics that recently-recalled children's toys - built atop AI chatbots ... read more

According to the company, the appointment marks the brand's embrace of a "more modern, data-informed media strategy rooted in social, creators, and real-time cultural behavior." ... read more

The Oscars are headed to YouTube - in a few years. "Beginning in 2029, the Oscars will broadcast exclusively on YouTube for free globally and on YouTube TV in the ... read more

After more than five decades on Disney's ABC unit, the Oscars will move to YouTube and YouTube TV beginning in 2029. ... read more

If technology can replace workers, how could workers form a strong enough union that would give them any leverage or power? ... read more

As we tuck into Fallout season 2, eager to see Amazon bring New Vegas to life, there's one person who stands out - and not just because of his power ... read more

Tesla and other automakers working on Level 2 and higher driving systems would be required to restrict their vehicles to specific road types or clearly defined operational domains under a ... read more

Tech billionaires have been obsessed with space for a long time. Now, as the largest AI companies race to build more data centers in a frenzied pursuit of profitability, space ... read more

A new Monday Night Football broadcast will offer an alternate telecast that presents the game live from the All-22 camera angle that shows the entire field, coupled with on-screen analytics ... read more

Mercedes-Benz sent out a notice to customers recently announcing its plans to discontinue MBUX Sound Drive, an interactive audio feature that syncs music to the car's actions. The feature was ... read more

The Selfix case is expected to launch on Kickstarter early next year. | Image: Dockcase Smartphones with secondary screens on the back aren't a new idea. Most recently the Xiaomi ... read more

Though Paramount Skydance was trying to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for much more money than Netflix is offering, David Zaslav and the rest of WBD's board are urging their shareholders ... read more

Wikipedia will be 25 years old in January. During that time, the encyclopedia has gone from a punchline about the unreliability of online information to the factual foundation of the ... read more

Internet connectivity for audio streaming in the select models will now be free for eight years. ... read more

2026 is going to be a big year for NBCUniversal. Not only will it play host to the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, it’s also going to broadcast the Super Bowl, the NBA Playoffs, ... read more

NBCUniversal is introducing LIVE Total Impact, which the media giant is billing as industry’s first cross-platform tool designed to leverage real-time viewership of live tentpole moments and extend engagement across the company’s full ecosystem beyond ... read more

Google is upgrading its Gemini app with Gemini 3 Flash, a more efficient version of its flagship AI model that's still capable of fielding complex requests. The new model will ... read more

A data center under construction in Phoenix, Arizona in 2024. | Photo: Getty Images AI created as much carbon pollution this year as New York City and guzzled up as ... read more

Peacock has found a new place to stuff ads. Starting next year, the streaming service will greet you with an ad alongside your profile icon on the "Who's watching?" screen ... read more

Gary Danks, GM, AIM by Kochava For years, app marketers have leaned heavily on last-touch attribution as the foundation of their measurement strategy. It’s fast, familiar and baked into most performance workflows. But as privacy ... read more

The Trade Desk is cutting its workforce. A company spokesperson confirmed the news with AdExchanger. The layoffs affect less than 1% of the company. The Trade Desk’s current headcount is approximately 3,900. TTD is hosting ... read more

Consumers spent $187.3 billion from Nov. 1-Dec. 12, which represents 6.1% growth year-over-year, according to Adobe Analytics data. Online spending is set to reach $253.4 billion - up 5.3% YoY - but will there be ... read more

The K11 Plus offers 6,000Pa of suction power and a mop that does a decent job of wiping floors. Small robot vacuums that fit into tight spaces rarely deliver strong ... read more

In all the chaos of 2025, The Verge was able to see through the fog and focus on the consumer technology that really made an impact this year: robot vacuums, ... read more

Years often go by between new seasons of big streaming shows - just ask fans of Severance or Stranger Things - but with Fallout the wait hasn't been so bad. ... read more

US defender Tim Ream looks to pass during the international friendly match between Paraguay Men's national team and the US Men's national team. The World Cup is happening next year, ... read more

Take note. The OnePlus 15R's battery life is exceptional. It's a smidge better than the very impressive OnePlus 15's, and the 15R costs two hundred dollars less. So why am ... read more

Following the demise of two of the Big 4 hold co.'s public ad forecasts, this is my first attempt at generating a new composite mixing the remaining two - Dentsu and WPP - with other ... read more

Rad Power Bikes, the once dominant electric bicycle brand in the US, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week as it seeks to sell of its company. The move ... read more

From pervasive layoffs to continued price hikes, things didn't go so well for Xbox in 2025. But even though Game Pass, the Xbox subscription service, isn't quite the deal it ... read more

Apple's streaming service got a new name this year - it dropped the "plus" and is now just Apple TV - but its actual programming didn't change all that much. ... read more

Disney Plus and Hulu had an eventful year. Not only did the streaming services release a swath of exciting original shows and new seasons, but they're also in the midst ... read more

Analysts figured Paramount and Comcast - longtime legacy media movie-studio/TV network competitors - were in a likely position to acquire WBD. Now Comcast seems to be out of the hunt. ... read more

2025 could have been a pretty disastrous year for Google. The company came in knowing it had three major legal battles to fight, increasing competition in the burgeoning AI market, ... read more

The year 2025 has been, to put it mildly, eventful. If you’re like me, you’ve felt as if it’s pretty much impossible to keep up with things; every day brings ... read more

Bluesky is finally letting you find people you already know, one of several common features on other social platforms, like notifications and bookmarks, that have been notably absent at the ... read more

Years from now, I'll look back at 2025 as the year when a fundamental shift happened in wearable technology. Over the last decade, the category has been synonymous with health ... read more

Magnum's brands include Ben & Jerry's, Magnum, Wall's, Cornetto and others. Magnum was previously Unilever's ice cream division, which was spun off into a separate company earlier this month. ... read more

Matt Kalish had long been frustrated by the lack of growth in creator media on channels like Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok. The DraftKing co-founder and long-time leader of the company’s North American business saw creator ... read more