- Google Search Remedies Stirs Ad Industry ReactionsGoogle will need to carefully balance security with innovation, but is expected to "retain a significant advantage from data it's unlikely to be compelled to share," Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst Andrew Frank said. Ad industry ... read more
- Why I love my Kenmore canister vacuumEmma Roth is a news writer here at The Verge, “and for me,” she explains, “that means every day is different. During the four years I’ve been here, I’ve covered ... read more
- Garmin’s Fenix 8 Pro series finally lets you leave your phone at home — sort ofThere are a few caveats to the cellular and satellite connectivity, however. Garmin just announced its Fenix 8 Pro series of smartwatches, which adds both cellular and satellite connectivity via ... read more
- Addressing Addressability, With ID5 CEO Mathieu RocheWhen Google reversed its decision to deprecate third-party cookies, the first word in ID5 CEO Mathieu Roche’s mind was an expletive. But it doesn’t really matter what happens with cookies on Chrome anymore. “Most of ... read more
- Appeals Court Reinstates Slaughter To FTCIn a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said a 1935 Supreme Court case limits Trump's ability to fire FTC commissioners. ... read more
- Crossmedia Taps WPP's Singh As CFOAfter nearly 16 years with WPP, Bobby Singh joins Crossmedia as CFO, succeeding Thomas Lee, who is no longer with the agency. ... read more
- Streaming investments are rising, but media buyers drive hard bargains over CPMs and feesRising overall investment isn’t translating into consistent margin growth for CTV operators and streamers. While Netflix and Amazon continue to increase their streaming ad revenues (given how young their businesses still are), Paramount recorded a ... read more
- Netflix will let you make your own highlight clips
- The UK’s largest energy supplier has created its own EV chargerThe UK’s larger energy supplier, Octopus Energy, is launching its own EV charger. The Octopus Charge is designed to pair with the Intelligent Octopus Go tariff, which offers up cheaper ... read more
- Midterm Political TV Ad Spend Up 22% To $10.8BFor next year, AdImpact sees broadcast TV still commanding a dominant 49% share of political spend - $5.28 billion, a slight dip from $5.36 billion in the 2024 political year. ... read more
- Microsoft’s PowerToys are about to add two big missing Windows featuresHave you ever wanted Windows 11 to automatically switch between light and dark modes based on a schedule, or help you find keyboard shortcut conflicts? Well, Microsoft is about to ... read more
- Angry and disappointed, if not surprised: The ad industry reacts to the Google search remedies ruling Related Insights Google on Trial Google won’t have to sell Chrome, after ruling in search antitrust trial Read More “Even when they lose, they win.” That summarizes the ... read more
- Comscore Debuts A Way To Turn Consumer Profile Data Into ID-Free AudiencesAccommodating the demands of consumer privacy and data-driven ad targeting can feel like the Heisenberg uncertainty principle of the marketing world: The more attuned you are to one, the less attuned you can be to ... read more
- 'The Paper' On Peacock Is Death Knell For NewspapersIn "The Paper," the employees of a newspaper in its death throes take the eccentricity and incompetence of workplace comedies to new heights. ... read more
- News Audiences In United States Split Sharply By Age, Survey SaysUnivision draws the youngest audience, while politically conservative outlets Newsmax and Breitbart have the oldest. ... read more
- Old-School TV Behavior: More Coming To Streaming?Walmart+, which allows members to purchase individual premium streaming video platforms, will allow subscribers to switch from Peacock Premium to competitor Paramount+ Essential every 90 days. ... read more
- Remarkable’s new digital notepad is smaller than a paperbackThe Paper Pro Move is similar in size to the iPad Mini but about an inch narrower. | Image: Remarkable A year after Remarkable introduced its Paper Pro digital notebook ... read more
- Samsung’s new party speakers are less subtle than everThe ST50F may have wheels, but can it do a kickflip? Samsung may be partly to blame for unleashing the party speaker upon the world — its Giga line launched ... read more
- IFA 2025: the biggest tech and gadget announcementsIFA, the European tech trade show equivalent to CES in the US, is just around the corner. Companies are gearing up to showcase their latest innovations, bringing us the latest ... read more
- AI could bring us a smarter home — if we can trust itLG’s FURON AI Agent powers the company’s smart home AI ambitions. | Image: LG The holy grail of the smart home is ambient computing - technology that disappears into the ... read more
- More money is flowing into creator marketing — just not directly to creatorsBrands are upping their creator marketing budgets, but creators say their branded content business isn’t growing as a result. It’s no secret that brands are hot for creators in 2025. Overall marketing spend on the ... read more
- The PartyBox 720 is JBL’s largest battery-powered party speakerThe PartyBox 720 can run on battery power, allowing you to blast music without being tied to an outlet. JBL has expanded its lineup of flashy Bluetooth speakers with three ... read more
- Acer gives its 18-inch Predator Helios gaming laptop a 4K screen and top GPUIt looks just like the current Predator Helios 18 laptop, but the new 18P model has a 4K screen and even higher-end graphics. Acer is refreshing some of its gaming ... read more
- Acer’s new Amadana and CE270 monitors are unusually, strikingly stylishThe Amadana 27ART0 P1. | Image: Acer Did you know Acer acquired a Japanese design firm called Amadana late last year that makes classy coffee gear, retro calculators, air purifiers, ... read more
- Acer’s 16-inch Air weighs even less than a 13-inch MacBook AirThere are laptops out there with power adapters heavier than this entire 16-inch laptop. Acer is announcing a new Swift Air 16 at IFA 2025, and it’s an absolute featherweight ... read more
- My brief hands-on with Acer’s new convertible Chromebook has me cautiously optimisticI took the Spin 514 for an early spin, and I’m looking forward to testing it further. Acer's new Chromebook Plus Spin 514, announced at IFA 2025 in Berlin, is ... read more
- Google will reveal its Gemini smart home plans (and hardware) next monthThis sure does look exactly like every other Nest Cam out there. Google is overdue an update to its smart home setup, and now we know when it’ll come: October ... read more
- Ooni’s newest pizza oven adds AI to your sliceCheese, red sauce, and a sprinkling of AI. Have you ever looked at your pizza oven and wished it was just a little bit smarter? Ooni has, and so its ... read more
- Conversion APIs Are Becoming Table Stakes – But Not All Brands Have Bought InYou know the old adage “garbage in, garbage out”? Well, it applies to the walled gardens, too, even with all of their access to first-party data. The big ad platforms have been investing more in ... read more
- The 7 Traits Every Ad Tech Leader Needs To Thrive In The Age Of AIIn the 31 years since the first banner ad appeared, ad tech has become essential to global commerce, directly employing 1.54 million people and generating $974 billion in revenue in the United States. This contributes ... read more
- Breaking Up Google is Hard To Do; Eyes On EpsilonBreaking news: Google doesn’t need to break itself up to resolve its search monopoly, CNN reports. Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Tuesday that Google must share search results and some other data with “qualified competitors,” ... read more
- Platform and agency execs recommended must-watch films, series heading into fallWith Labor Day behind us, and Thanksgiving still 12 weeks away, the industry is headed for its most important quarter of 2025: the holidays. With the final stretch including Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas ... read more
- With tennis fandom on the rise, the U.S. Open and sponsoring brands put the focus on fansThis story was first published by Digiday sibling Glossy. The U.S. Open has long attracted commercial attention as brands seek to capitalize on the star power of tennis players like two-time champion Naomi Osaka or emerging contender ... read more
- Future of TV Briefing: How the TV, streaming and digital video industry spent its summer (2025 edition)This week’s Future of TV Briefing recaps a summer during which the future of TV began to bore many more shades of its past. The summer TV turned back the clock NFL flags Nielsen ... read more
- Disney will pay $10 million to settle FTC claim it used cartoons to collect YouTube data on kidsDisney has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations from the Federal Trade Commission that it violated federal law by misleadingly labeling cartoons on YouTube so it could illegally ... read more
- Google critics think the search remedies ruling is a total whiffThe remedies ruling in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google finally landed on Tuesday. Last year, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google was a monopolist in the search ... read more
- Google AI Created Unknowns In Judge's Search RemediesThe rise of generative AI this year seemed to be the biggest unknown for U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta's order released Tuesday following his decision in 2024 that Google created a search monopoly that ... read more
- Google GAI Created Unknowns In Judge's Search RemediesThe rise of generative AI this year seemed to be the biggest unknown for U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta's order released Tuesday following his decision in 2024 that Google created a search monopoly that ... read more
- Ousted Democratic FTC commissioner can return (again) for nowRebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner fired by President Donald Trump without cause, can at least temporarily return to work while her legal case plays out. This ... read more
- Google Barred From Exclusive Distribution, Must Share DataA judge has barred Google from making exclusive distribution deals, but rejects the government's request to force the divestiture of Chrome. ... read more
- Google Barred From Exclusive Distribution Deals, Must Share User DataJudge bars Google from making exclusive distribution deals, but rejects government's request to force divestiture of Chrome. ... read more
- Google won’t have to sell Chrome, after ruling in search antitrust trialGoogle won’t be forced to sell its market-leading web browser Chrome and Android mobile operating system, although its exclusive search deals with handset manufacturers and ISPs have been prohibited in a landmark ruling in its ... read more
- Google and Apple’s $20 billion search deal survivesGoogle will be able to keep making search deals like its $20 billion agreement to be the default option in Apple’s Safari browser, a federal district court judge ruled in ... read more
- Amazon’s Lens Live AI shops for anything you can seeAmazon will now let you shop for products by pointing your camera at them. On Thursday, the company announced Lens Live, a new feature that uses your camera to scan ... read more
- Google gets to keep Chrome, judge rules in search antitrust caseGoogle will not have to sell its Chrome browser in order to address its illegal monopoly in online search, DC District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Tuesday. Over a ... read more
- Silksong: all of the updates about the Hollow Knight sequelA screenshot from Hollow Knight: Silksong. After years of development and pent-up anticipation from fans, Hollow Knight: Silksong, the full sequel to the indie classic Hollow Knight, will finally be ... read more
- OpenAI Says It Will Roll Out Parental Controls For ChatGPT Following Teen SuicideFollowing a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the company, OpenAI says it will roll out parental controls for its ChatGPT model, allowing parents to link their personal accounts with their teens' accounts and more. ... read more
- How the Democrats keep copying the MAGA influencer playbook (and failing)Hello and welcome to Regulator. Today, I will attempt to regulate my own apoplexy. Recently, Wired published an article revealing the existence of a secret Democrat influencer incubator that trained ... read more
- FTC Fines Disney $10M Over Children's PrivacyDisney allegedly uploaded cartoons and other child-directed clips to YouTube without designating them as "Made for Kids," the FTC alleged Tuesday. ... read more
- Trump is moving Space Command to AlabamaPresident Donald Trump is moving US Space Command’s headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, he announced during a press conference on Tuesday. The change reverses former President Joe Biden’s 2023 decision ... read more
- The tariff apocalypse is hereAs President Donald Trump's August 29th deadline for new tariffs rolled around, the first thing that I thought of was 2026 planners. In July, Trump signed an executive order essentially ... read more
- The Credibility CrisisSo much is false around us -- in our politics, in our media -- it's just too exhausting to hold everything to a burden of truth. ... read more
- Microsoft gave Perfect Dark’s developers a chance to save the game — after it was already canceledIn July, Microsoft’s sweeping layoffs hit Xbox hard, and shuttered the entire game studio that was building Perfect Dark. Officially, the game was canceled. But unofficially, reports Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, ... read more
- Agentic AI Drives Smarter Commerce for Brands: IPG Mediabrands’ Amie Owens
- OpenAI shuffles executive roles, acquires Statsig for $1.1 billionOpenAI had a big holiday weekend: On Tuesday, the company confirmed it’s shuffling executive roles, bringing on a new CTO of applications, and acquiring a product analytics company for $1.1 ... read more
- Famed YouTuber MrBeast Plans Mobile-Phone Service LaunchOther public figures have recently made MVNOs popular, including Ryan Reynolds and his company Mint Mobile. ... read more
- NBA Presses Supreme Court To Hear Video Privacy Appeal"The Court should grant review without delay," the National Basketball Association says in its latest bid to convince the Supreme Court to intervene in a video privacy battle. ... read more
- Google is having ‘productive discussions’ with Trump lawyers about his deplatforming suitCritics of Big Tech and President Donald Trump are on high alert as Google and President Donald Trump’s legal teams are engaged in what look like potential settlement discussions. ... read more
- Tesla’s new ‘Master Plan’ sounds like AI slopTesla’s Optimus robots briefly served popcorn at the company’s diner — before going offline. Tesla's latest "Master Plan" makes a few things clear right out of the gate: the company ... read more
- Uber Eats partners with Best Buy to deliver your techUber Eats is teaming up with Best Buy to offer deliveries of the store’s selection of tech products, like headphones, chargers, laptops, gaming gear and small appliances. Starting today, you ... read more
- Anthropic is now valued at $183 billionAnthropic, the AI startup behind Claude and one of OpenAI’s chief competitors, emerged from the holiday weekend with big news: A completed funding round of $13 billion, awarding the company ... read more
- Big Data + Explainer VideoI can't recall if Nielsen ever ran a commercial, but it just dropped an "explainer video" promoting why its new Big Data + Panel is a "new-and-improved" advertising currency. ... read more
- A Call of Duty movie is comingCall of Duty is being adapted into a live action film as part of a new deal signed by Activision and Paramount. Paramount, the film studio behind Top Gun: Maverick, ... read more
- You can charge your Apple Watch, phone, and laptop all at once with this 240W USB-C cableThe Zens Pro 3 USB-C charging cable includes additional inline wireless chargers. | Image: Zens It’s not an entirely new idea given Nomad’s Universal Cable from earlier this year can ... read more
- Why are online puzzle games having a moment?Hooked on LinkedIn’s Queens? Gotta extend your Wordle streak in the New York Times games app before you start your day? You’re in good company on today’s Vergecast episode. Allison ... read more
- Empower Merges With Ocean To Form $1.5 Billion Indie Media PowerhouseThe companies say their merger forms the second-largest independent media agency group in the U.S. by billings. Horizon Media in New York is number one. ... read more
- Gaveau Joins Publicis Sapient As First Chief Client OfficerThe new exec will leverage Publicis Sapient's AI products and capabilities to aid clients. ... read more
- YouTube Alters Creators' Vision Without PermissionYouTube experienced backlash after running an experiment on select Shorts to enhance the content, but many creators argued that this changes the artistic intent of the videos without permission. ... read more
- The Backbone Pro controller is $20 off for a limited timeIf you’ve ever thought “it’d sure be nice to have just one controller to use between my phone, tablet, and TV,” then the Backbone Pro might be made for you. ... read more
- Amazon ends shared Prime free shipping outside your homeAmazon is axing the program that lets Prime members share their free shipping perk with people outside their household. In an update to its support page, Amazon says it will ... read more
- Americans Spend More On Streaming Than Ever As Cable Loses GroundSpending on video and music streaming rose more than 10% year over year as of July 2025. ... read more
- The Coronation Of Chloe Malle: She Succeeds Anna Wintour On 'Vogue U.S.'Malle joined "Vogue" in 2011. She will report to Wintour, who is global editorial director. ... read more
- Stagwell Positioned As The 'Goldilocks' Of Modern Marketing CompaniesIn his weekly note to investors last week, Stagwell CEO Mark Penn cited reports of Dentsu's possible sale of its international operations, framing the news as "another holdco unable to adapt to the demands of ... read more
- My favorite cooking gadget is getting a big upgradeThe Thermomix TM7 is the next generation of one the most versatile cooking appliances you can buy. I’ve owned a Thermomix TM6 for about five years, and I use it ... read more
- Roqad Acquires Zeotap’s Third-Party Data Arm To Get A Leg Up On Identity In EuropeOn Tuesday, Roqad, a company that now describes itself as “the LiveRamp of Europe,” announced its acquisition of Zeotap-Data, the third-party data division of Zeotap, a startup that once wanted to be the LiveRamp of ... read more
- Can The NFL Gain Dominance – And Sports Rights Money – In Future Years?What expectations can we draw from the NFL for this coming season, now that the preseason games have grown 17% to average 2.2 million vs. a year ago? ... read more
- Samsung’s trifold might be launching pretty soonThis concept trifold was previously shown off by Samsung Display. We know officially that Samsung is planning to launch its first trifold phone this year, and recent rumors suggest that ... read more
- Dolby Vision 2 goes beyond HDR with more AI and ‘authentic motion’ smoothingMore than 10 years after the launch of Dolby Vision, the next generation of the HDR format is here, and it aims to do more than just optimize tone and ... read more
- Summer Box Office Weakens On Lower Theatrical Ad SpendingMovie studios overall are spending less on TV marketing for theatrical releases this year. U.S./Canadian theatrical movie business is virtually flat compared to box-office revenue a year ago - down 1.1% to $3.59 billion, according ... read more
- Story Of Trump's Pardon Of Chrisleys Told On LifetimeTrump's pardon of reality-TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley is the likely centerpiece of Lifetime's sprawling eight-hour docuseries about the couple. ... read more
- AI-Powered DSPs And The Future Of Direct-To-Publisher BuyingDSP strategies are moving beyond automation with support from agentic technology. This sparked a discussion during the weekend about optimizing bid strategies through predictive algorithms and real-time optimization across the entire ad buying process. ... read more
- Google Play Games is about to show people what you playThe update starts rolling out globally in September. Google is updating user profiles for its Play Games service on Android devices to display gaming stats, achievements, and social features. The ... read more
- How A Specialized CRM Platform Is Helping Restaurants Dig Into Audience InsightsImagine if your favorite restaurant didn’t just know your usual but how many times you’ve ordered it, your spending habits at that establishment and what you’ve looked at on its website. A little creepy? Perhaps. ... read more
- Scout Motors Applauds Workers, Factory HometownShot entirely in Blythewood, South Carolina without any actors, the ad aims to capture the spirit that drew Scout to this town. ... read more
- GAM Goes Direct To Buyers; Perplexity’s Ad Lead ExitsGet Out Of Jail Free? We’re in the age of spinoffs. “Young Sheldon,” “How I Met Your Father,” “House of the Dragon” and maybe Google Ad Manager (GAM). Google has spent the past several months ... read more
- Three signs the creator economy is at an inflection point for marketersFollowing years of explosive growth, the creator economy has become a foundational element in any marketing strategy, but is reaching an inflection point, according to seven influencer marketing experts. There are countless indicators that ... read more
- Fortnite advertising friction: creators say brands are wasting money on custom mapsFortnite’s creators and creator studios are increasingly at odds over how to properly advertise on the platform. Metaverse marketing is heating up in 2025, and brands’ activity in Fortnite is no exception. Advertisers’ spending on ... read more
- Overheard during the Digiday publisher town hallDigiday gathered a group of ad-supported publishing execs for a virtual town hall session on Aug. 22 to discuss top-of-mind issues as we head deeper into the latter half of the year. On top of ... read more
- Digiday editors recap the top stories and developments from summer 2025Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify There’s no such thing as a summer slowdown. While members of the media and marketing industries may have tried to take a break from the daily grind, the news ... read more
- Ad Tech Briefing: One last row before back to schoolThe role of Transaction ID (TID) in programmatic advertising has become one of the most contentious topics in recent weeks, as buyers, sellers and technology intermediaries debate its implications for transparency, control and revenue. The ... read more
- The New AI Battleground: Why AEO Demands Serious AttentionBrands are no longer competing for links on page one; they're fighting to be cited the definitive answer in generative AI results. ... read more
- Taiwan Can Spend on Weapons, but It Still Needs the U.S.The price of resolving one war can’t be the commencement of another. ... read more
- Digitas’ Cagen: Keywords are ‘Archaic,’ Brand Mentions are the New LinksThe long-established rules of search engine optimization are changing fast. In an advertising world increasingly shaped by conversational AI, the efficacy of familiar tactics of keyword stuffing and link-building is coming under pressure. Instead, a ... read more
- Is AI the end of software engineering or the next step in its evolution?The first time I used ChatGPT to code, back in early 2023, I was reminded of "The Monkey's Paw," a classic horror story about an accursed talisman that grants wishes, ... read more
- Silksong is only $19.99Hollow Knight: Silksong, Team Cherry’s sequel to Hollow Knight that has been in development for seven years, is releasing later this week for just $19.99. Silksong’s highly-anticipated launch on September ... read more
- Hell Is Us is a cryptic and ambitious meditation on the horrors of warThe opening hours of Hell Is Us are brilliantly confusing. The game tasks you with getting up to speed on a complicated civil war between the Palomists and Sabinians. A ... read more
- How resell platforms like ThredUp, Depop are navigating the tariff economy
- The creator economy wants to be a mature media channel, but measurement is holding it backThe creator economy is growing into a fully formed media channel — complete with dedicated ad spend and marketing playbooks. But according to seven influencer marketing experts, the creator economy has measurement issues that could stunt ... read more
- WPP’s new boss Cindy Rose starts today: Here’s what will be on her to-do listLabor Day means a welcome 24-hour pause for Madison Avenue. Even though the holiday isn’t a fixture across the pond, it’s one of the quieter working Mondays on Britain’s calendar. But for Cindy Rose, it’s ... read more
- How The Wall Street Journal is strategizing for ‘Google zero’In a “Ask Our Editors” Digiday virtual event last Thursday, Ed Hyatt, director of newsroom SEO at The Wall Street Journal, shared what his team is focused on amid the threat of “Google zero,” or ... read more