The new ad innovation gives brands top-level placement - the "A" positions" - in the first seven days of new episode premieres of shows such as "Tulsa King" and "Landman" and "Mayor of Kingstown." ... read more

Total TV ad impressions sank nearly 3% to $1.7 trillion, with national TV linear ad airings slipping 1% to 12.2 million. ... read more

Retro looks and limited functionality. | Image: Timex In 1972, Hamilton’s Pulsar Time Computer launched the first commercially sold digital watch, but its LED screen was power hungry and only ... read more

Just days after Tesla made waves with lower cost versions of its best-selling EVs that many complained were not lower cost enough, Chevy is making its own splash with some ... read more

Horizon Central, the town square of Meta’s metaverse, already runs on the new Meta Horizon game engine. This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of ... read more

"The proposed framework seemed more about transparency and disclosure and not about dictating practices," said Ron Pinelli, MRC senior vice president of digital research and standards. ... read more

This is a PS5 Pro, Sony’s $750 console that won’t get all of these new features. Sony’s next console (presumably the PS6) is coming in “a few years time,” according ... read more

Battlefield 6 is one of EA's most important launches in years. As the company becomes laser-focused on big, bankable franchises and looks to compete with the beast that is Activision's ... read more

Samsung showed off its Project Moohan headset at its Unpacked event in January. Samsung is expected to launch its Project Moohan XR headset as soon as this month, but a ... read more

The Rubik’s WOWCube introduces gameplay mechanics that are not possible on a smartphone. | Image: Spin Master and Cubios One of the most iconic puzzle toys of the last 50 ... read more

When Nintendo unexpectedly dropped a cute cartoon about a baby learning how to walk earlier this week, people understandably thought that the game studio might have been teasing a new ... read more

DJI Osmo Pocket 3, meet Xtra Muse. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge DJI's Osmo Pocket 3, the baby steadicam, is one of the most popular gadgets the ... read more

View Link A single-second pause over a social video can dismantle your algorithm. Even at my best, I can still hesitate over a poorly shot video demonstrating the "latest tech" ... read more

A court order will require Google to scale back some of its more aggressive tactics to get its search engine in front of as many users as possible, but it’s ... read more

Here’s another sign that it’s hard out there for digital publishers: People Inc., the former Dotdash Meredith, announced Thursday it is laying off 226 employees. Altogether, People Inc. is cutting about 6% of its headcount. ... read more

Streaming, gaming and social platforms dominate attention even as overall spending declines. ... read more

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into more than 2.8 million Tesla vehicles with the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. As reported earlier by Reuters, the ... read more

Major ad industry unsuccessfully urged California's governor to veto the bill. ... read more

Netflix is making good on its plan to bring co-op party games to your television. The company just outlined a quintet of multiplayer games that will be available to subscribers ... read more

Intel’s Panther Lake. Panther Lake is the most important chip Intel has made in years. It's the one that will tell the world if a smaller, more focused Intel can ... read more

Elgato first launched a USB-C-powered teleprompter two years ago, and I was impressed with the $279.99 package. Now, it’s launching an even bigger version, the Prompter XL, that’s targeted at ... read more

Over 100 Prime Day deals are still available Amazon’s October Prime Day event has ended, delivering a death blow to some of our favorite deals and discounts from the past ... read more

If agentic AI handles checkout, what happens to websites? They become the equivalent of physical storefronts: places for brand storytelling, engagement, trust-building, merchandising and inventory management. ... read more

You just launched a new campaign across multiple channels, from search to social. Perhaps you’ve gone out on a limb – maybe even against the recommendation of your CEO or board – and included streaming TV in ... read more

A new documentary about King Records of Cincinnati is hugely entertaining, fascinating and surprisingly moving. ... read more

DC wants Superman and other characters under the stewardship of human artists. DC Comics president and publisher Jim Lee said that the company “will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork,” ... read more

This isn’t the thinnest foldable phone around, but it is thin enough. Google's third foldable features plenty of improvements from its second, from a world-first IP68 rating to magnetic Qi2 ... read more

Microsoft is getting ready to release a new OneDrive app on Windows next year that will include a photo gallery, people view, AI-powered slideshows, and editing features. It’s part of ... read more

The Meta Rab-Ban Display has some seriously fancy glass. iFixit has broken down Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses, revealing that the tech inside isn’t what makes them special — it’s the ... read more

A screenshot of the Dia browser. The wait(list) is over for The Browser Company’s Dia, its AI-powered follow-up to Arc. If you have a Mac, that is. The Browser Company, ... read more

The AdExchanger Commerce Media Newsletter has been on a brief hiatus due to some in-court legal issues (Google’s, not my own) and the call of the conference circuit (Programmatic IO and Advertising Week). But there’s ... read more

Social Butterflies The employees who know Meta’s platform best work there, right? Wrong. The CMO of Meta believes the people who know the platform best are the marketers using the platform. In 2012, when people ... read more

When the peer-to-peer site Napster unleashed digital audio on the web, the record industry couldn’t move fast enough. It took about a year and a half for the first major lawsuit to shut the service ... read more

Brand safety was never just about steering clear of violence, nudity or hate speech. It was always about brand suitability — and that threshold isn’t fixed. It’s only gotten worse as phrases like diversity, equity ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing looks at the catch-22 publishers face when deciding whether or not to block AI crawlers, especially as they seek more leverage in negotiations with AI marketplaces and platforms as more and ... read more

Advertisers are spoiled for choice in the CTV market. It’s good news for buyers, but the sheer quantity of supply makes it difficult for streaming players to get their share of ad spend. A deepening ... read more

Advertising Week New York often functions like a mirror held up to the industry — its agenda is less a self-help pamphlet than a barometer of where adland believes it’s headed.  If you’re watching the ... read more

While the WH-1000XM6 are the top dog in Sony’s lineup, the discount for Prime Big Deal Days is relatively modest at just $21 off. If you don’t need the latest ... read more

Nathan’s immaculate desk layout is priceless, but you can obtain a AW2725Q of your own for $700. | Photo: Nathan Edwards / The Verge Amazon is hosting a lot of ... read more

At just 1.7mm thick, it’s easy to slot into even the slimmest of wallets. | Image: Nomad I used to misplace my wallet all the time, which always led to ... read more

Sharb Farjami is leaving the firm for what's described as a non-competitive and not yet disclosed opportunity. ... read more

The Inspire 3 can’t do it all, but for a budget band, it handles the basics quite well. The sheer volume of deals available for Prime Big Deal Days can ... read more

Discord has identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had their government ID photos exposed as part of a customer service data breach announced last week, spokesperson Nu Wexler tells ... read more

The Switch 2 is continuing to set sales records. Americans are spending more on game consoles in 2025, compared to August of last year, and that’s mostly thanks to the ... read more

You can grab Samsung’s 65-inch Frame Pro for an all-time low of $1,797.99 ($400 off) for Prime Big Deal Days. Samsung’s 65-inch Frame Pro TV is around $1,797.99 ($402 off) ... read more

The Palisades fire burned through more than 23,000 acres. | Photo by David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images Federal law enforcement has arrested a suspect in connection with starting what became ... read more

Kiosks are stocked with a "curated inventory of medications based on the prescribing patterns of the One Medical office where they're located." ... read more

The GE Profile Stand Mixer knows when your meringue is whipped. Regular readers of The Verge will know that my favorite room in my smart home is my kitchen. As ... read more

TikTok is making updates across its AI-powered ad features and tools including Smart+ campaign creation, Symphony creative tools and GMV Max, which automates the selling process for TikTok Shop vendors. ... read more

TikTok is making updates across its AI-powered ad features and tools including Smart+ campaign creation, Symphony creative tools and GMV Max, which automates the selling process for TikTok Shop vendors. ... read more

OMD Worldwide execs approached the Media Rating Council nearly two years ago and then began developing standards to bring transparency to the ad industry. Now the agency wants the ad industry to adopt them. ... read more

1Password’s browser extension fills in your passwords automatically when you browse, and now the company has built a similar tool for AI bots browsing the web on your behalf, but ... read more

PayPal has introduced PayPal Ads Manager, which helps small and medium-sized businesses generate new revenue streams by creating billions of ad impressions. It is set to launch in early 2026. ... read more

Eufy’s X10 Pro Omni is a terrific robovac / mop hybrid with a great all-in-one dock. Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days brought a ton of great robot vacuum deals — ... read more

The MetaKey connects to iPhone models through their USB-C port, but includes a passthrough port for charging and syncing. | Image: Akko Akko, a company best known for keyboards, keycaps, ... read more

The MX Master 3S for Mac comes in a light grey or space grey. While it lacks the haptics of the newer MX Master 4, Logitech’s MX Master 3S is ... read more

This Switch 2’s screen is covered with a glossy screen protector, which is an add-on I recommend to everyone. | Image: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Amazon’s October Prime Day ... read more

In August, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that adjudicates and grants immigration benefits like visas, residency, and naturalization, put out a bizarre three-page policy alert. Among other ... read more

Gaming advertising represents a still untapped opportunity for marketers facing television supply constraints as streaming migration reduces ad inventory while offering the scale, engagement, and demographics that traditional channels struggle to deliver. “Gaming provides an ... read more

Starting next year, Texas will require companies like Apple and Google to verify the ages of people that use their app stores, and Apple shared today how it’s going to ... read more

Pew released another in its ongoing series of studies about the media usage of American kids, finding 8% now regularly use AI chatbots. The real question should be how much AI they're consuming across all ... read more

Verizon is acquiring Starry, the ISP that delivers home internet using antennas and millimeter wave technology. The acquisition “advances” Verizon’s ability to offer high-speed internet in apartments, condominiums, and other ... read more

The Wonderboom 4’s compact design makes it easy to toss in a backpack before heading out the door. | Image: Ultimate Ears If you know someone who always has the ... read more

Some magnets and a boosted IP rating make for a sizable update. It's one thing to know that the folding phone you're using is fully dust resistant. It's an entirely ... read more

I didn’t think I’d be saying it in 2020, but Google’s got the wearable juice. Five years ago, I used to groan when it came time to review an Android ... read more

The current state of headphones is a bummer. In one sense, the market has never been so good: from Bose to Sony to Apple to Google to Samsung to Sennheiser ... read more

Turn this option on to prevent other wireless devices from stealing audio from your headphones. If you’ve ever found yourself in a situation where the music you’re enjoying in your ... read more

The second day of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days is here, providing you with an additional opportunity to save on a range of Verge-approved gadgets. We’re continuing to highlight hundreds ... read more

Media engineer is the next evolutionary step up from media strategist, media planner and media buyer. ... read more

Last week, Amazon and Google kick-started what could be the next chapter of the smart home. Their new voice assistants, Alexa Plus and Gemini for Home, have been rebuilt from ... read more

Asaf Shamly, co-founder and CEO, Browsi If you ask someone in ad tech what makes an ad “quality,” chances are they’ll fire off a familiar answer: “Viewable.”Continue reading this article on digiday.com. Sign up for ... read more

Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018 for $7.5 billion, in a move that was nervously received by the developer community at the time. The company has mostly remained independent at Microsoft ... read more

If your phone doesn’t natively support the hi-res aptX Adaptive codec, Sennheiser has a solution. | Image: Sennheiser Sennheiser has announced a new pair of headphones that support high-res audio ... read more

Google will now use AI to help you “try on” shoes while sitting at home. Now, when you browse through shoes on Google Shopping, you can hit the “try it ... read more

For the AI era, Seedtag engineers developed a model that thinks like a human. The neuro-contextual AI model, "Liz," combines natural-language processing and advancements in neuroscience principles to deliver relevant real-time ad targeting. Other companies ... read more

Elon Musk has agreed to settle with four top Twitter executives he fired after purchasing the company in 2022, after they sued the billionaire over more than $128 million in ... read more

MacKenzie, a 25-year industry veteran, will serve as chief investment officer, Havas Media UK starting in January. ... read more

On Tuesday, Twitch streamer Fandy took a break from streaming games like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and League of Legends, to broadcast herself giving birth. The eight-hour-long stream captured the ... read more

Everything Everywhere All At Once is a must-buy on 4K Blu-ray. | Image: A24 Movie streaming services are fine, but as their respective libraries and monthly rates change, nothing compares ... read more

The detachable speakers can be positioned closer to a wall or screen. | Image: Anker Anker’s Soundcore brand is expanding its portable projector lineup with a new all-in-one model that ... read more

When I received pitches - days apart - this week from two agencies claiming to be the ad industry's first end-to-end AI agency platforms, I did what I increasingly do these days: I turned to ... read more

Yesterday Nintendo released a mysterious video called “Close to You” that set internet sleuths into action. The video depicted a cute baby seemingly moving objects around a nursery. Some thought ... read more

WSG will maintain its brand and operate as WSG, part of M+C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment. Rachel Knight and Steph Harries will become co-MDs of the division, reporting to Robin Clarke, Global CEO, M+C Saatchi ... read more

Another industry research report is raising the alarm about invalid traffic (IVT), exposing glaring vulnerabilities in the programmatic CTV supply chain. A report released Wednesday by curation startup CleanTap claims to have proof that CTV ... read more

The installation of Bari Weiss at the top of the pecking order at CBS News has elicited a predictable outcry. ... read more

Amazon says that prescriptions will be available to collect from kiosks “in minutes.” Amazon is adding vending machines stocked with prescription drugs to its One Medical clinics, allowing patients to ... read more

Remember Pepper, the overhyped “emotional robot” that flopped hard a few years ago? Well, one of its makers, SoftBank, is getting back into the bot business with a $5.4 billion ... read more

Now’s a good time to snag a multi-port charger or battery to power your gadgets on-the-go. Let’s face it: Many of us use shopping events like Prime Big Deal Days ... read more

Apple’s standard AirPods 4 offer reliable performance and excellent sound. There’s a new pair of AirPods Pro on the scene, but Apple’s latest entry-level buds — the AirPods 4 — ... read more

"This is consistent with management's optimism on the 2Q earnings call (position of strength) that engagement growth would improve in the back half of the year given the strong content slate." ... read more

Optable introduced AI agents this week, allowing clients to improve their workflows with the help of AI and integrate with multiple tech platforms. The post Optable Rethinks Data Collaboration With The Introduction Of Autonomous AI ... read more

Of 172,000 U.S. titles, 67,000 appeared on two or more services as of July 2025, Ampere Analysis says - up vs. 2020, when there was 27% sharing of content on two or more services. ... read more

Amazfit’s Active 2 is surprisingly stylish for a watch that retails for less than $100. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Smartwatches from big brands like Apple, ... read more

When OpenAI released its new AI-generated video app Sora last week, it launched with an opt-out policy for copyright holders - media companies would need to expressly indicate they didn't ... read more

He will focus on driving client growth and strong financial performance, guiding global strategy, and ensuring consistency and excellence across Edelman's worldwide network. ... read more

The Touch looks like a squat, blocky smartphone from a decade ago. The new HMD Touch 4G — only available in India for now, and unlikely to ever come to the ... read more

Profiles can be customized with different avatars and themes to make them easier to select at a glance. Mozilla is introducing profiles to its Firefox web browser that make it ... read more

Many of you see the value in having a charger that can charge three devices at once, as Twelve South’s HiRise Deluxe 3 can. We put a lot of deals ... read more

The Ear 3 combine Nothing’s signature design language with a novel microphone setup. | Photo by Dominic Preston / The Verge Nothing's Ear 3 buds remind me more than anything ... read more

We’re now in the second and final day of Amazon’s October Prime Day sale. That means it’s time to squeeze as much value out of your Prime subscription as you ... read more