Roblox is updating its policies prohibiting romantic or sexual content to also forbid “content, settings, or behavior that implies sexual activity,” according to a Friday post from chief safety officer ... read more

The Interactive Advertising Bureau announced actor Kevin Bacon will headline its Annual Leadership Meeting (ALM) in Palm Springs, CA early next year. ... read more

An appeals court has upheld a Federal Communications Commission order fining T-Mobile $92 million for sharing wireless customers' location data. ... read more

Prime Video has released new photos from season two of Fallout. Lucy (Ella Purnell), the Ghoul (Walton Goggins), and Maximus (Aaron Moten) return as a trio of Wasteland Wanderers whose ... read more

Just two weeks after raising the prices of its cameras by up to $800, Fujifilm is warning customers about another increase for US customers. In a statement provided to DPReview, ... read more

The bingo squares were a map of collective readerly sins and quirks: "I prefer audiobooks." "Dog-eared pages instead of using a bookmark." ... read more

Mastercard also announced that WPP creative agency Ogilvy will serve as global community management agency partner to engage online communities in key markets. ... read more

Welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of Platformer and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. I’ve had a lot of fun guest-hosting a few episodes of ... read more

Paramount Skydance wants to "redefine" its cable channels' "brands" -- not sell them off. ... read more

You can currently get an Apple Watch for $649.99 ($150 off). If you’re interested in a long-lasting smartwatch, and like to stay within Apple’s hardware ecosystem, the Apple Watch Ultra ... read more

What’s the point of a market research survey that could take weeks, when consumer sentiment is rollercoasting up and down every day? That’s the problem MX8 Labs aims to tackle. The new startup is trying ... read more

The new brand name will be MS NOW (My Source News Opinion World), according to an internal memo sent to employees under Versant, a new spinoff company that will house NBC cable TV networks. ... read more

Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot can now end conversations deemed “persistently harmful or abusive,” as spotted earlier by TechCrunch. The capability is now available in Opus 4 and 4.1 models, and ... read more

It's not just political leadership either. A majority of Americans lack faith in leadership across business, healthcare, education and government according to a new Harris Poll survey. ... read more

MSNBC is about to look a lot — and sound — a lot different. The cable news network will soon go by My Source News Opinion World (MS NOW) and ... read more

It’s been a decade since Spotify introduced podcasts to its app. Now, Spotify hosts millions of podcasts and, according to Edison Research, 26% of US podcast listeners use Spotify as their preferred service. And last ... read more

Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 3 FE. | Image: Samsung The Fan Edition Galaxy Buds 3 have ditched the blob for a stemmed design popularized by Apple and found in Samsung’s higher ... read more

Predicted score 78/100. | Image: Grammarly Grammarly is launching several new AI agents for specific writing challenges, from educators trying to detect plagiarism and AI-generated text to students looking to ... read more

Sponsored by SovrnBy 2027, the U.S. commerce media market is projected to top $100 billion, accounting for more than 20% of total advertising budgets. Retail media networks are a major driver of this growth, but ... read more

During the last half month, we've covered a lot of interesting gadgets and apps and thought we'd highlight a few that caught our attention the most. For example, we have ... read more

"The Biggest Loser" was the target of criticism practically from its start in 2004, but nevertheless ran for 18 seasons. ... read more

A federal judge has blocked the agency from attempting to force Media Matters to turn over information relating to a report about brand safety on X. ... read more

The six-year relationship extends with a new three-year contract starting in January 2026. ... read more

Microsoft first introduced a dark mode option in Windows 10 in 2016, but there were still plenty of areas of the operating system that looked like a mish-mash of light ... read more

In ad tech, group thinking is the silent killer.  It convinces great companies to keep playing the same game long after the rules have changed. Too many leaders keep reaching for the same playbook that ... read more

Neil Dhanowa, former global head of Display & Video 360, resigned in mid-August from Google to help build Microsoft's AI advertising strategy. ... read more

Perplexity didn’t just try to buy Chrome; product placement in TV and film is on the rise; and the FCC is on one again. The post Less Perplexing Offers; Product Displacement Deals appeared first ... read more

From an area of the industry that wasn’t really taken seriously, to an area now seen as more mature and a core business function, the creator economy has already expanded bigger and far quicker than ... read more

2025 is shaping up to be the year of the VTuber — and as audience interest in this nascent category of creator grows, advertisers are starting to buy in. Although VTubers — livestreamers or video creators ... read more

This story was first published by Digiday sibling ModernRetail After seeing “tremendous success with brick-and-mortar” retail in Canada, the intimates brand Knix is honing in on the U.S. market, its founder Joanna Griffiths told Modern ... read more

The promise of generative AI was to make marketing faster and cheaper, optimizing everything from media operations to creative. But in Silicon Valley’s push to give marketers a one-stop-shop with AI, marketers say AI has ... read more

As users adopt AI search tools like Google’s AI Overviews or ChatGPT in lieu of traditional search engines, clients are worried about what exactly generative AI search tools are saying about their brands and whether ... read more

AMENIA, NY — First-party data has earned its valorization the last few years, particularly among the brands that tend to own it. But that doesn’t mean third-party data, which has had its ups and downs ... read more

CANNES – The scramble for first-party data may have been a necessary reaction to signal loss, but it has left many brands with a new problem: a trove of information they don’t fully know how ... read more

CANNES – Connected TV audiences have raced far ahead of the infrastructure meant to support them, ad and media leaders said in this panel discussion hosted by Beet.TV at the Cannes Lions International Festival of ... read more

CANNES – Connected TV audiences have raced far ahead of the infrastructure meant to support them, ad and media leaders said in this panel discussion hosted by Beet.TV at the Cannes Lions International Festival of ... read more

In a recent episode of Post Games, host Chris Plante explores how video games can help players understand death. He's interviewing Kaitlin Tremblay, who is working on Ambrosia Sky, a ... read more

How it started I carry a lot of different phones around, and I rarely get questions about them because most people stopped talking about which phone they own around 2017. ... read more

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 94, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, did you hydrate today, and also you ... read more

Some people like to stay on the cutting edge of technology. If that’s you, you already know that Google is going to officially unveil its Pixel 10 phones (including a ... read more

Dead Take, the second game from Tales of Kenzera: Zau developer Surgent Studios, is a quiet horror game where the monster is ambition and the lengths a person will go ... read more

At the end of July, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) convened a three-day public hearing to investigate January's mid-air collision over Washington, DC that killed 67 people. After the ... read more

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – SEPTEMBER 10, 2024: Laura Loomer arrives at Philadelphia International Airport on The Trump Organization’s Boeing 757. | Photo: Getty Images For all the power she wields with ... read more

The state of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, alleging that the company has “permitted and perpetuated an online environment in which child predators thrive, directly contributing to the ... read more

There's a meme currently going around Bluesky where people are posting their first purchases on Steam. Taking a look presents a neat time capsule, offering a glimpse of who we ... read more

Now that Congress has passed a bill that will defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS is taking drastic measures to stay alive. In an email sent out to PBS ... read more

If you’ve ever juggled a phone, a smartwatch, and a pair of wireless earbuds, you know the struggle of keeping them all charged. Rather than go through the process of ... read more

Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez, Special Representative for Climate Change, Panama, speaks at a press conference ahead of the final INC-5.2 Negotiation plenary Session, warning negotiators that a weak treaty will fail the ... read more

Anthropic has updated the usage policy for its Claude AI chatbot in response to growing concerns about safety. In addition to introducing stricter cybersecurity rules, Anthropic now specifies some of ... read more

Lamborghini makes fast cars; this is an indisputable fact. So when the iconic Italian automaker says it’s new plug-in hybrid is both “the most powerful V12 every built” and “the ... read more

TikTok has introduced updates to its Community Guidelines, providing clearer language regarding its policies, while presenting new rules and standards addressing concerns about the continued spread of artificial misinformation. ... read more

On the spectrum of nice-, want- and need-to-have, there's now academic proof that ethics can make you a better advertising pro. Who would have thought? ... read more

The deal is backed by JP Morgan and several private equity groups. Ad.com, which has extensive experience in advertising, acquired Search.com in July. ... read more

As economists speculate whether the stock market is in an AI bubble that could soon burst, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has just admitted to believing we're in one. "Are we ... read more

Investors use The Trade Desk as a proxy for the health of the entire open web advertising ecosystem, which means TTD’s recent run of concerning earnings is devaluing the entire ad tech sector. Doubts about ... read more

What makes consumers stick around after big sports franchises end their respective seasons? That may be something streamers continue to worry about. ... read more

Last week, we ran into an issue: no one on the show had ever vibe coded. So for today's episode, we set out to fix that. Everyone came prepared with ... read more

Even if you've never played a Pokémon game before, you can probably figure out how the type chart works. Fire types are weak to water types, water is weak to ... read more

On Friday, Lucid Motors introduced an off-road version of its Gravity SUV, a few hours after shooting down a report that it had only sold 9 of the luxury EV ... read more

Last week, on GPT-5 launch day, AI hype was at an all-time high. In a press briefing beforehand, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said GPT-5 is "something that I just ... read more

On Thursday, I had dinner with Sam Altman, a few other OpenAI executives, and a small group of reporters in San Francisco. Altman answered our questions for hours. No topic ... read more

In his appearance on "Fallon" last week, Greg Gutfeld did what great late-night guests are supposed to do - entertain. ... read more

Home Assistant’s new Z-Wave antenna is designed to improve range and reliability for Z-Wave devices I recently installed the biggest smart home antenna I've ever seen, and it helped open ... read more

The Pixel 10 Pro Fold is set to launch on Augst 20th. Google gave us the first official look at its upcoming Pixel 10 Pro Fold on Tuesday, but now ... read more

According to Adam Paul, executive director of media alliances at LiveRamp, the old-school programmatic ads – the ones bought across multiple platforms without regard to context or audience – are underperforming on CTV these days. ... read more

Enjoy this weekly comic from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem …  The post Comic: AI Slop appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more

Up Against The Wal(mart) The Trade Desk has had a rough couple of weeks. Shares are down by some 40% since its earnings last Thursday, and investors are worried about the prospects of Amazon Advertising ... read more

The late summer back-to-school sales period has long been a vital one for brands like Old Navy, Amazon and Target hoping to capture the high school and college-age dollar. This year, the National Retail Federation ... read more

Publishers are well-accustomed to Google’s familiar PR playbook — offering placating promises of more traffic and better-quality clicks to defuse backlash whenever it rolls out major search changes, even as the numbers often tell a ... read more

This story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. The end may be near for at-home try-on programs. Warby Parker, the eyewear brand that helped pioneer online glasses sales in the 2010s, said last ... read more

AI companies keep forgetting they’re brands — and it’s costing them. A week apart, OpenAI and Perplexity reminded everyone that in 2025, AI isn’t just about technology. It’s about brand. From user outrage over latest ... read more

While most AI companies have headquarters in Silicon Valley, U.S. federal lawmakers have not yet broached regulating the sector. President Donald Trump has even gone so far as to encourage the tech’s development and removal ... read more

Telemundo has launched FAST service Telemundo Deportes Ahora, while TV set manufacturer Hisense launched FAST service Hisense Channels. ... read more

Epic Games is looking into a Fortnite login issue that’s “preventing players from getting in reliably,” according to a 6:39PM ET post on the company’s status website. I currently can’t ... read more

Tech companies promise a golden age of productivity. Billions later, and years into the hype cycle, companies are still waiting. ... read more

The Supreme Court will let Mississippi’s social media age verification law take effect while the case is being argued in court. In an unsigned ruling on Thursday, the court declined ... read more

Drew Mader, director, account management, Adstra After years of fragmentation, companies across the marketing and media industry are rethinking the way they manage identity to determine the best future business approach to consolidation. Some marketers ... read more

An internal Meta document acquired by Reuters shows Meta allows its chatbot personas to flirt and engage in romantic role play with children. ... read more

An internal Meta document acquired by Reuters shows Meta allows its chatbot personas to flirt and engage in romantic role play with children. ... read more

The advances in mobile ad formats using AI-powered tools and privacy-centric measurement solutions provide iOS app advertisers with three ways to improve mobile campaign performance. ... read more

The advances in mobile ad formats using AI-powered tools and privacy-centric measurement solutions provide iOS app advertisers with three ways to improve mobile campaign performance. ... read more

To expand its Thought Leader Ads offerings and boost engagement around created-made content, LinkedIn is making it possible for advertisers to sponsor member posts that link directly to an event page. ... read more

Justice Brett Kavanaugh said in a written concurrence that the law is "likely unconstitutional," but that NetChoice "has not sufficiently demonstrated that the balance of harms and equities" justifies an emergency order. ... read more

MicroSD cards are tiny but slow; the M.2 storage sticks in your PC are blazing fast but bigger and fully enclosed. Now, a new type of SSD out of China ... read more

Nanoleaf’s Lines let you unleash your creativity as you can arrange them in all kinds of fun patterns. Some cool decor can help a new dorm or apartment feel like ... read more

Nobel Prize-winning "godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton proposed earlier this week that humans need to give AI maternal instincts. Here's why the concept of machines nurturing humans walks a dangerous path. ... read more

Airbnb has introduced a new “reserve now, pay later” option that lets users in the US book a reservation without paying right away. Instead, users can put off their payment ... read more

A new letter to the Federal Trade Commission, and US attorneys general for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, calls for an urgent investigation into Elon Musk's Grok ... read more

"None of the allegations that gave rise to this lawsuit occurred in Texas," U.S. District Court Judge Jane Boyle in Wichita Falls said in a ruling issued Wednesday. ... read more

"None of the allegations that gave rise to this lawsuit occurred in Texas," U.S. District Court Judge Jane Boyle in Wichita Falls said in a ruling issued Wednesday. ... read more

In an internal policy document, Meta included policies that allowed its AI chatbots to flirt and speak with children using romantic language, according to a report from Reuters.  Quotes from ... read more

Two of the recalled power bank models featured built-in kickstands. | Image: ESR ESR has issued a recall for 33,000 HaloLock wireless power banks, in 6,000mAh and 10,000mAh versions, because ... read more

What’s black and white and RGB all over? HP-owned HyperX is announcing a slew of new gaming headsets and streaming-friendly microphones. The HyperX Cloud Alpha 2 is the new flagship ... read more

Acura is bringing back the RSX sedan as a premium, dramatic-looking, all-wheel drive electric crossover that’s also the first model engineered in-house on Honda’s new global EV Platform. This is ... read more

One of the most-discussed subjects among many of my friends and colleagues are headphones: specifically, what provides the best sound, the best noise cancellation, and are the most comfortable to ... read more

Traditional media allocations remained stable, with national and local TV showing little movement, while OOH/DOOH and print also held steady. ... read more

It seems like Google is looking for a way to put AI into everything these days, and now its efforts have reached its airfare-booking service, Flights. On Thursday, Google announced ... read more

Netflix said its results were in line with expectations. Growing brand categories include retail, consumer package goods, telecommunications, health & wellness, entertainment and technology. ... read more

Microsoft originally encouraged its employees to work from home amid the coronavirus outbreak in 2020. This new flexible working arrangement then became an official "hybrid workplace" policy several months after ... read more

It's game time for streaming services: a growing number of streamers are betting on casual games as a way to keep viewers hooked when they've run out of things to ... read more