Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has already used AI to replace himself during earnings reports, and now Klarna is using AI to clone him another way: through an AI-powered phone hotline. The ... read more

Snapchat is expanding the functionality included in its basic and premium subscription offerings by prioritizing its most unique in-app features, AR experiences and lenses. ... read more

It is the first time major Hollywood companies have sued over AI-generated images. ... read more

A screenshot of the Apple Home Energy tab. Apple’s smart home didn’t get a single nod during the WWDC keynote, but it turns out there are some interesting developments coming to the ... read more

Earlier this year, Google shipped a Pixel 4A update to some owners that lowered battery life to mitigate overheating risk, and soon, it’s going to do the same for the Pixel ... read more

Snap plans to launch its newly developed AR smart glasses in 2026, ahead of Meta's Orion AR glasses. Snap is now entering a highly competitive market, with anticipated AR wearables being developed by tech giants ... read more

Every morning, Federal Communications Commissioner Anna Gomez says she checks her email "to see if I'm going into work." At a time when the federal workforce has been slashed by Elon ... read more

A TrillerTV subscriber is asking a federal appellate court to reconsider her claim that the company violated a video privacy law by allegedly sharing information about her viewing history with Meta. ... read more

A TrillerTV subscriber is asking a federal appellate court to reconsider her claim that the company violated a video privacy law by allegedly sharing information about her viewing history with Meta. ... read more

Messaging and activations will span Amazon platforms, including Prime Video advertising for the movie, with the theme "Anyone Can Be Super." ... read more

Reddit's first-ever chief product officer, Pali Bhat, is leaving the company in "the coming months," spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt confirmed to The Verge. Bhat, a former Google executive, joined Reddit in October ... read more

This is apparently what it would look like if my parents’ dogs were digging a hole in the desert. | Screenshot by Emma Roth / The Verge Meta is launching new video ... read more

It's obvious that DEI is going through an evolution, and that most don't understand what DEI is. Brands that show up only when it's convenient risk losing trust and credibility amongst customers. ... read more

Domestic U.S. travel is set to outpace international tourism as economic headwinds continue to impact global mobility patterns. That shift is creating a significant opportunity in the U.S. Hispanic market, where travelers are showing outsized ... read more

Apple is introducing a suite of updated child safety features, including one that will give parents more control over who their kids can communicate with. The features are set to arrive ... read more

Gannett became the first publisher on Wednesday to use Taboola's DeepDive generative AI search engine, but the tool seems to be missing several important features. ... read more

California is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate portions of the state's Age-Appropriate Design Code, arguing that the law advances the government's interest in protecting minors' privacy. ... read more

They’re $750 each, but you can connect multiple versions of these Balloon Dog lamps and speakers together if you’ve got deep pockets. | Image: Lexon Design Jeff Koons, best known for his ... read more

Disney and Universal sued Midjourney on Wednesday for generating Shrek, Darth Vader, Buzz Lightyear, and a host of other copyrighted characters in the first major legal showdown between Hollywood and generative ... read more

DeeperDive will appear at the top of USA Today’s homepage. Taboola, the company best known for serving up those weird, clickbaity advertisements you often find beneath online articles, has created an AI ... read more

If you’re dealing with what appears to be poor battery life on the Nintendo Switch 2, the company has a support document with steps you can try to fix it. The ... read more

The Father’s Day deals have landed, with discounts on everything from Bluetooth speakers to streaming devices to help you (or your dad) make the most of summer. And if your plans ... read more

Gamers who missed out on a chance to get a Nintendo Switch 2 on launch day, or in the rare opportunities since, can buy one through Best Buy’s website or mobile ... read more

Retail media networks have figured out how to build successful businesses on their owned properties. Now they’re ready for something bigger, according to Jeremy Woodlee, GM for Enterprise at Infillion. “I would call the end ... read more

If you start an ad agency right now, you can begin from a position of immediate strength with the same tools large holding companies have. ... read more

PMG continues its expansion, acquiring Boston-based Momentum and adding its team of 45 retail media experts, as well as proprietary commerce media tech. ... read more

The most recent presentation of Apple's WWDC event has come and gone, during which Apple introduced the developer beta of the newly renamed iOS 26 - which is accessible to everyone, ... read more

Though Steven Universe‘s time on Cartoon Network has come and gone, Amazon is stepping in to keep the story going. During a Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe panel at ... read more

"This is absurd." That's all Amba Kak, co-executive director of the AI Now Institute, recalls thinking when she first heard about the proposed moratorium on state AI regulation tucked into ... read more

Capcom had an interesting showing at Summer Game Fest with three titles that will carry the developer into 2026 and beyond: Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Resident Evil Requiem, and Pragmata. ... read more

President Donald Trump says he has reached a deal with China that will ensure the US receives rare earth materials, keeps tariffs at a total of 55 percent, and allows American ... read more

Current’s smart pizza oven can cook a 12-inch pizza in two minutes. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge I am an excellent home cook, if I do say so myself. ... read more

"The economic pressures force brands to keep their heads down and just scramble to execute," says a respondent to the WFA's just-released "Risk Barometer," speaking specifically about DEI and geopolitical concerns. ... read more

The first teaser for season 3 of Apple TV Plus’ Foundation hinted at some of the changes coming with the series’ massive timeskip. But the show’s latest trailer really hammers how ... read more

The appointment is another blow to WPP, which was the primary media incumbent. It's the company's third major account loss in recent months where Publicis picked up the accounts. ... read more

Dia, the new browser from The Browser Company, is almost nothing like the company's last product. That app, Arc, was a total rethink of how browsers work: it moved tabs to ... read more

I look much more like myself in the visionOS 26 persona. For several months, my Slack avatar was a screenshot of my incredibly cursed Vision Pro persona. My virtual avatar's head was ... read more

Nintendo introduced a new hardware button to the Switch 2 specifically for chatting with your friends, and it's undoubtedly my favorite feature on the console. Instead of using a smartphone app ... read more

Dave Taylor, Chief Product Officer, Alliant The days of influencer marketing as an auxiliary tactic, rather than an integrated part of a broader omnichannel marketing mix, are over. Now, with industry power player Omnicom Media ... read more

Only half of Gen Z respondents believe tariffs will harm the economy, compared with nearly two-thirds of Gen X. ... read more

"Until now, it just wasn't possible to scale live sports advertising programmatically for local advertisers," said Daniel Spinosa, president of Premion. ... read more

Despite massive cord-cutting, Iger says Disney has enough subscribers to generate "significant revenue." The benefits come from aggregating advertising and subscription fee revenues and program/production savings. ... read more

InMobi Advertising will introduce a Buyer Hub Wednesday to support agentic, programmatic mobile services for media buyers, to include agencies, media owners, direct brand teams, curators, retail media networks, and demand-side platforms. ... read more

The Pura 80 Ultra has more lenses than it initially appears. Huawei has just announced the Chinese launch of its Pura 80 flagship phones, and the Ultra comes with a clever trick: ... read more

The dead rise from their graves and mortuary drawers in a new series on Syfy that represents a new take on the undead. ... read more

A new study says advertising on free streaming/FAST platforms can result in the same "attention" level or higher than those airings on ad-supported paid streaming platforms. TVision finds the viewability rate is 75% for free ... read more

Sponsored by PayPal AdsFor more than two decades, PayPal has been building a digital payments brand that has become synonymous with secure transactions and seamless checkout experiences. With a presence in nearly every corner of ... read more

HP has become the first company to preview hardware built with Google Beam, the 3D video communication technology formerly known as Project Starline. It’s launching the HP Dimension, a device that ... read more

Founded in 2020, the rebranding accompanies expanded capabilities including channel management, business outcomes dashboards, and closer alignment with Horizon's retail media and digital experience platform NEON, which the firm said is at the core of ... read more

Nintendo was expecting the Switch 2 would be just as successful as the original, and it’s already become the fastest-selling game console of all time after a strong launch. Nintendo revealed ... read more

The tool provides Amazon sellers with six AI-generated clips to choose from, among other features. Amazon is making it easier for sellers to quickly create generative AI ads on its platform, sometimes ... read more

Samsung’s latest smart fridges now support multi-voice recognition powered by the company’s Bixby assistant, which can be used to bring up personalized information on the built-in smart displays based upon which ... read more

There's a fight for control going on inside the cockpits of many modern cars. Enable all the active safety systems in a Tesla, and it'll do most of the steering for ... read more

The Flip Folio is compatible with 11- and 13-inch iPad Air and Pro models. | Image: Logitech Logitech has announced a new keyboard case for iPad Pro and iPad Air models that ... read more

Last year at the Cannes Lions festival, TikTok execs were peppered with questions about the app’s future in the U.S. This time, advertisers want to know about its future, full stop. Whether it’s querying TikTok’s ... read more

This article was first published by Digiday sibling ModernRetail With the NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder in full swing, brands are getting in on the excitement.  Athletes and sporting events ... read more

The Mark Read era at WPP is winding down with little spectacle. The company announced he’ll exit at year’s end, closing a chapter on a tenure marked by quiet pragmatism and market erosion. Read inherited ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how the transition to Nielsen’s big data plus panel measurement currency is complicating price negotiations in this year’s TV and streaming ad upfront market. Currency exchange ... read more

Index Exchange’s investment arm, IX Labs, has announced a “multimillion-dollar” partnership deal with investment fund First Party Capital, a further sign of scaled ad tech companies looking to startup investments to future-proof their strategies. The ... read more

In March, Apple delayed its upgraded Siri, saying that “it’s going to take us longer than we thought to deliver” the promised features. At WWDC this week, Apple’s SVP of software ... read more

Spotlight and themes are in the limelight. | Screenshot: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge At WWDC, Apple announced its new Liquid Glass design language, which is coming to all of ... read more

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in a blog post published Tuesday, says an average ChatGPT query uses about 0.000085 gallons of water, or “roughly one fifteenth of a teaspoon.” He made the ... read more

Google rolled out a bunch of new features with Android 16 on Tuesday, but the company appears to be saving its big Material 3 Expressive redesign for a future update. The ... read more

Google is starting to offer buyouts to US-based employees in its sprawling Search organization, along with other divisions like marketing, research, and core engineering, according to multiple employees familiar with the ... read more

Alexa Plus was announced in February 2025 and is now rolling out to users in an Early Access program. While a smarter Siri may have been a no-show at WWDC, Alexa Plus, ... read more

The company is partnering with healthcare ad-tech firm DeepIntent on the project. ... read more

There's a line in showbiz that goes, "There's no such thing as bad publicity." Ian Proulx, CEO of 1047 Games and creator of Splitgate 2 has recently learned the hard way ... read more

Widgets surround me, and I am happy. | Image: Google Google has launched a bevy of noteworthy additions to its Home app, most of which are available now in public preview (which ... read more

Nothing’s next major phone is going to be revealed next month, but it might be missing the company’s signature Glyph lights. Leaker Max Jambor shared a picture of what he says ... read more

Former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, one of two Democrats ousted by Trump in March, has officially resigned from the agency. ... read more

Ninja Gaiden 4 was one of several games that Xbox showed off in its games showcase over the weekend. And during its Summer Game Fest-adjacent in-person preview event, I got the ... read more

President Trump is expected to sign another executive order to push back the June 18 expiration date set with the previous 75-day extension, according to a report from "The Wall Street Journal." ... read more

President Trump is expected to sign another executive order to push back the June 18 expiration date set with the previous 75-day extension, according to a report from "The Wall Street Journal." ... read more

All the important information about your close contacts, now in one place. Google is rolling out a new feature to Pixel devices that makes it easier to connect with people you’re close ... read more

Android 16 is officially here, and it includes Google’s take on the iPhone’s Live Activities. On Tuesday, Google announced that Live Updates are rolling out first with ride-share and food delivery ... read more

Sonos is discounting many of its home theater products for Father’s Day, including the Sonos Ace headphones. Father’s Day is on Sunday, June 15th, and if you’re after a last-minute gift that ... read more

The agency found two-thirds of industry experts believe most brand/consumer interaction will be bot-to-bot by 2030, twice the percentage my Outfront panel of experts said a couple of months ago. ... read more

Bridging the gap between social media and QSR, Snapchat is inviting customers to exchange their MyMcDonald's Rewards points for a free month-long subscription to Snapchat+. ... read more

Apple’s next major software updates are getting a huge new feature for playback speed sickos like me: you’ll be able to listen to shows on the Podcasts app at as much ... read more

The new $84.99 Pro Controller for the Switch 2 may not be your idea of a pro-grade controller - perhaps not by a long shot. But it's certainly more of one ... read more

A new software update is bringing a long anticipated features to the Sonos Ace headphones. Sonos has released a major software update for its Ace wireless headphones bringing performance improvements and a ... read more

"It would be reasonable to infer that Google, out of anyone, would be able to use an IP address to connect information to an identifiable person," a federal judge in California wrote. ... read more

Snap’s 2024 version of Spectacles for developers. | (Photo by Nalani Hernandez-Melo for The Verge) Snap plans to start selling its first pair of augmented reality glasses to the public in 2026. ... read more

The Future Leader Awards, presented by Digiday, Glossy, Modern Retail and WorkLife, honor the next generation of leaders leaving their mark in their industry, with 10 years of experience or less. The winners demonstrated an ... read more

The Future Leader Awards, presented by Digiday, Glossy, Modern Retail and WorkLife, honor the next generation of leaders leaving their mark in their industry, with 10 years of experience or less. The winners demonstrated an ... read more

All sequels have to live up to their predecessors in some form, but few have as daunting a task as Mario Kart World. It's a follow-up to the best-selling game across ... read more

The Trump administration is working on an “AI.gov” website and API to “accelerate government innovation with AI,” 404 Media found based on code posted to Github and an early version of ... read more

Meta is close to finalizing an almost $15 billion investment in Scale AI, the tech giant’s largest-ever external investment, which would give Meta a 49% stake in the company, according to ... read more

An inflection point may have arrived for commerce media, as the confluence of digital shopping transformation, privacy changes, and the deprecation of traditional identifiers forces brands to rethink their conversion strategies. This evolution is creating ... read more

The upfronts have traditionally been about the stars of coming content and big brand plays. But to Craig Spirelli, GM, Business Development at The Trade Desk, programmatic has transformed the 60-year-old TV marketplace into something ... read more

Amazon Ads has launched an upgrade to its video generator for U.S. advertisers as it takes the company's ad model deeper into generative AI-powered tools. ... read more

Top brass at DDB hosted a screening at Tribeca's Fouquet's New York that showcased ads that flipped the script on perceptions of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Paralympians; how McDonald's brightens Polish winters and more. ... read more

What will life be like the day after AI exceeds our own abilities? ... read more

It’s interesting that Threads is using an envelope symbol — like X — and not the paper airplane used by Instagram. Threads users will soon be able to send direct messages to ... read more

The proposed live, linear cable TV networks group WBD Global Networks will own up to 20% of WBD Streaming & Studios. Bernstein Research calls this a "stroke of genius." ... read more

A customer refuels a car at a Chevron gas station in San Francisco on Thursday, May 22nd, 2025. | Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images Things are getting nutty in the world of ... read more

American Screen Actors Guild members have reached a “tentative” contract agreement with major gaming companies that could potentially end the 11-month-long video game actors’ strike. SAG-AFTRA announced the tentative contract on ... read more

This State of the Industry report, sponsored by PadSquad, explores how brands and agencies deploy interactive videos for more relevant and engaging advertising experiences. The digital video advertising market surpassed $191 billion in 2024, yet ... read more

Xbox has revealed its new handheld line, the ROG Xbox Ally and the Ally X, made in partnership with Asus. And I got the chance to play it during Summer Game ... read more

Microsoft isn’t planning to host its Build developer conference in its home city of Seattle next year. The conference is being relocated, and Microsoft has reportedly canceled all its holds for ... read more