"Media consumption has reached its saturation point as digital device penetration rates having peaked in major developed markets, like the U.S.," PQ notes in its new report, adding, "Analysis of the 2024-2029 period indicates that ... read more

Microsoft has enabled a new “computer use” feature for Copilot Studio this week that lets AI agents interact with websites and desktop applications. Much like OpenAI’s Operator or Claude’s identically named ... read more

A quip made by Seth Rogen (left), who co-presented an award with Edward Norton (right) was edited out of the ceremony video. When the Breakthrough Prize, founded by Facebook, Apple, and Google ... read more

Steep hills? No problem for the BougeRV Electric Foldable Wagon, until you go down. Not to brag, but I’m somewhat of an expert in folding wagons. Huge flex, I know. But I’ve ... read more

Brands are increasingly feeling the impact of President Trump’s tariffs — particularly those sourcing from China, where U.S. tariffs have climbed to 145%, with more changes on the horizon. One such brand is Bogg Bag, the ... read more

In the measured language of quarterly earnings calls few phrases say more with less than “cautious but competitive”. That’s how Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun described the mood among advertisers as tariffs cast a long ... read more

They say the third time’s the charm. The owner of Possible — the conference, trade show and event that’s hitting its third year — certainly hopes so and has invested millions into its scaled but ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how TV network and streaming service owners like AMC Networks are placing bigger bets on outcome-based measurement heading into this year’s upfront and the potential for outcome-based ... read more

This is the first installment in Digiday+ Research’s 2025 CMO Strategies series that analyzes key marketer strategies and challenges across leading marketing channels, including ad-supported streaming, retail media, display advertising and social media. In this ... read more

AAM working groups formed last year have been instrumental in providing feedback for new initiatives, but spent several months creating the certification after hearing feedback from publishers, brands and agencies. ... read more

AP says its reporters were blocked from attending the meeting between President Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador. ... read more

Noting the increased macroeconomic uncertainties since the beginning of the year, the company widened the range of its organic growth outlook for the year from 3.5%-4.5% to 2.5%-4.5%. ... read more

The deal leverages Zenapse's AI-powered Large Emotion Model built to understand emotional and psychological drivers to help advertisers increase engagement, personalization and campaign performance. ... read more

Making Instagram a separate company. Buying Snapchat. Wiping everyone’s Facebook friends. Creating a feed of only ads.  These were some of the ideas that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered over the ... read more

The Method 360 ANC earbuds’ charging case uses a sliding design and can be clipped to a bag strap. | Image: Skullcandy Skullcandy has made a name for itself in recent years ... read more

Mohsen Mahdawi had a feeling his naturalization appointment would go awry. A week before his meeting with US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Mahdawi called his friend Chris Helali and told ... read more

OpenAI has revealed the “advisors” for its new nonprofit commission: Dolores Huerta, Monica Lozano, Dr. Robert K. Ross, and Jack Oliver. The company says the four advisors will help “inform OpenAI’s ... read more

TikTok is now integrating location reviews directly into the video comments tab, so places tagged by users can be rated by the video's creator, including user reviews and uploaded photos. ... read more

OpenAI is adding an image library to ChatGPT to make it easier to access your AI-generated images, the company announced today. It’s rolling out to all Free, Plus, and Pro users ... read more

Funding is about to run out for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program – a system used by major companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple, Intel, and AMD to identify and ... read more

SAN JUAN, PR – As the media landscape rapidly evolves, Nav Singh, vice president and managing director of programmatic at Horizon Media, said advertisers are entering a new era — one defined by data, customization, ... read more

More than 250 Democratic lawmakers are urging a judge to rule that President Donald Trump lacked authority to fire Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. ... read more

A PDF of Meta’s opening statement slides in its FTC antitrust hearing yesterday contains easy-to-remove redactions that make it possible to see everything the company didn’t want made public, The Verge ... read more

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a “potentially crazy idea” in 2022 to get people using Facebook more: deleting everyone’s friends’ lists. The possibility was discussed on Monday via internal emails shown ... read more

Tariffs are dissuading, not motivating, some companies to move their production to the US. Blackmagic Design, an Australia-based digital cinematography camera company, was gearing up to start making products in the United ... read more

About a year before the Federal Trade Commission first opened its antitrust investigation into Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, CEO Mark Zuckerberg internally suggested “the extreme step of spinning Instagram ... read more

Anthropic is getting ready to introduce a new “voice mode” feature that could rival OpenAI’s similar option within ChatGPT, according to Bloomberg. The AI voice assistant will reportedly live within its ... read more

Hermès handbags, Birkenstocks, Tide Pods, Lululemon activewear, and mountains of luxury furniture — what if I told you you could cut out the middleman and buy it straight from the source ... read more

Google announced Tuesday that it’s going to redirect country code top-level domain names (ccTLD) for Google Search to google.com over the coming months to “streamline people’s experience on Search,” according to ... read more

Players looking to harness desert power will have to wait as Dune: Awakening has been delayed. Funcom, developers of the MMORPG based on Frank Herbert’s Dune sci-fi series, announced the news ... read more

If you want a mental escape from today’s constant bombardment of alarming news, one method is to lose yourself in a good book — and an excellent way to do that ... read more

Max Carranza, vp, technology and data partners, LiveRamp Partnerships have long been a growth engine for brands. For decades, companies have used co-branding to grow their customer base, foster loyalty and reduce marketing costs. Yet ... read more

Google, for the first time, inked an agreement to purchase geothermal energy for its facilities in Asia. The deal also marks the first geothermal power purchase agreement for Taiwan, according to ... read more

European allies who have reservations about working with Elon Musk’s Starlink will have more to worry about if they side with Chinese satellite internet services, Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr ... read more

Anthropic is launching two major features today: Research and Google Workspace integration. The company announced today that Claude can now connect directly to your Gmail, Google Calendar, and Documents, turning the ... read more

Google is letting Gemini Advanced subscribers try out Veo 2, its text-to-video AI model that it says is capable of creating high-resolution clips with “cinematic realism.” Starting today, subscribers can select ... read more

An emergency meeting has been called to announce Among Us 3D will launch on May 6th. The game was originally planned to be a VR-exclusive before the development crew at Innersloth ... read more

Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)  has ordered Google to stop making deals that give preference to Google Search and Chrome on Android devices. Nikkei Asia says that it’s the first time ... read more

As they do every year in mid-May, the major media companies are about to unveil their multi-platform strategies for the upcoming broadcast year, which includes their respective fall TV schedules. This marks the start of ... read more

TikTok is selling dependency as progress. But dependency, by definition, is a liability. Saying a business thrives because of TikTok is like saying alcoholics thrive on alcohol. It's not a healthy relationship - and certainly ... read more

After a light teaser trailer last month, we finally have our first proper look at The Life of Chuck. And while it doesn’t give too much away, the new trailer provides ... read more

A fitness company based in South Carolina has sued Meta Platforms for allegedly overcharging advertisers a collective $4 billion, starting in 2013 and continuing for at least four years. ... read more

Comcast has announced that new customers can choose a five-year, guaranteed price lock-in for its Xfinity internet plans. The plans won’t require an annual contract, and range in price from $55 ... read more

4chan appears to be down following a major hack that reportedly exposed its source code. A user on a competing messaging board claimed responsibility for the attack on Monday night and ... read more

Sam Altman. OpenAI is working on its own X-like social network, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. While the project is still in early stages, we’re told there’s an internal ... read more

An Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered announcement seems imminent. Images from the game were found in the website files of the developer Virtuous before being removed. The images, which can still ... read more

Alarmingly, the drop is most pronounced among Democrats, not Republicans, suggesting some kind of "information malaise" is setting in. Either that, or the party needs to reset itself fast. ... read more

Notion Mail is a lot of things — but, at first, it’s just nice to look at. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge Notion is launching the third app in its ... read more

The newest season of Doctor Who opens as the series often does — with an unsuspecting human stumbling into some alien strangeness that doesn’t make any sense until an odd yet ... read more

Buying a refurbished device rather than a new one can save you a ton of money. It can also be a savvy method of getting what you want during yet another ... read more

Gadgets get a second life when you buy refurbished. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Most people know that buying a refurbished tech product will save you money compared to ... read more

Local TV stations are upping distribution fees they charge to pay TV providers because of nonstop cord-cutting. The bottom line is that ad revenues continue to drift lower. ... read more

Nanoleaf’s Pegboard Desk Dock illuminates your desk, wall, and organized accessories. | Image: Nanoleaf The latest addition to Nanoleaf’s lineup does more than just light up a room. Like the company’s Expo ... read more

Nvidia is announcing its RTX 5060 family of GPUs today, just a day before it releases the RTX 5060 Ti on April 16th. Two variants of the RTX 5060 Ti are ... read more

(Before we get started, a reminder: The Vergecast is nominated for a Webby Award! Voting is only open for a few more days, and the award is decided by your votes. ... read more

During its upfront pitch this morning, the networks-owned data and technology developer announced new data integration deals with DeepSync, Experian, LiveRamp and TransUnion, as well as a pre-existing one with Interpublic's Acxiom. ... read more

Apple has built a complicated plan to rely on user data to train it large language models. The goal is to "understand aggregate trends for Apple Intelligence," the company's AI technology, while promising to protect ... read more

This is a guest post from Vlad Chubakov at Programmatic 101. He is doing “UI Breakdowns” of some of the most popular tools in advertising.Previous break-downs are available here and on X:What’s wrong with TTD ... read more

It should go without saying, but companies and presidential administrations should not ban news organizations because they don't like how reporters cover them. ... read more

The Polaroid Flip is available in black and white color options. | Image: Polaroid Polaroid’s new Flip camera can prevent unwanted surprises when an instant photo develops. Using a new scene analysis ... read more

Android is launching a new security feature that will force devices to reboot themselves if you haven’t unlocked them for a while, making it harder for other people to access the ... read more

Organic growth was 4.9% globally while the U.S. was up 4.1%. Media and creative were drivers offset somewhat by technology/digital transformation operations. ... read more

Hertz says it’s “not aware of any misuse of personal information” stemming from the breach. | Image: Getty Images Car rental giant Hertz is alerting customers that personal information including credit card ... read more

WPP has already unleashed more than 28,000 agents across its business. Now, it’s racing to keep them in line. That’s the job of Daniel Hulme, the holdco’s chief AI officer. He’s not focused on flashy ... read more

Negotiations in the upfront and NewFronts cycles can seem at odds with the fast-paced, individual-focused creator business model. But new sales presentations from creators and brands centered around the creator economy have agencies optimistic that ... read more

A new addition to the S&P 500 officer class has emerged in recent months: the chief AI officer, a position defined not by control of key budgets or the size of their team, but their ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Despite the threat of losing her 10 million-plus TikTok followers, McKay typically receives 250 million views per month on Snapchat and has lately been garnering 50 million monthly views ... read more

If the last five years have taught us anything, it’s that chaos may be tough, trying and certainly worrisome — but it’s ultimately manageable. That’s the general sentiment among brand marketers, ad agency execs and ... read more

Streaming platform Kick is on a mission to onboard as many creators as possible in 2025. So far, the push appears to be succeeding — but the platform’s edgy reputation represents a challenge as it ... read more

Nielsen says the top 10 most-watched streaming titles came from seven different platforms: Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Paramount+, Max, Netflix and Apple TV+. ... read more

“Your honor, the FTC calls Mark Zuckerberg.”  Flanked by two bodyguards, Meta’s CEO solemnly strode into a Washington, DC courtroom. Despite his last-ditch efforts to avoid a trial, he was there, ... read more

The dating app launched an "Ex Day" campaign celebrating letting go and moving on. ... read more

The connected TV (CTV) advertising space is at a critical juncture, with performance advertisers demanding greater visibility into their investments. According to David Nyurenberg, director, video product development and innovation, Rain the Growth Agency, transparency ... read more

Despite a range of recently launched child-safety tools, Roblox may be a dangerous platform for children. New research depicts "deeply disturbing" evidence of adults easily preying on underage users. ... read more

Despite a range of recently launched child-safety tools, Roblox may be a dangerous platform for children. New research depicts "deeply disturbing" evidence of adults easily preying on underage users. ... read more

Apple says it’s found a way to make its AI models better without training on its users’ data or even copying it from their iPhones and Macs. In a blog post ... read more

The FTC is urging the public to weigh in on "how federal regulations can harm competition in the American economy." ... read more

The FTC is urging the public to weigh in on "how federal regulations can harm competition in the American economy." ... read more

President Donald Trump wants to expand his already chaotic and cruel mass deportations. On Monday, he told reporters that he’s looking into the possibility of sending US citizens to a megaprison ... read more

So, you’re thinking of buying a smart ring. Well, some good news. Picking the best of the lot is incredibly easy right now. The “bad” news is that, as far as ... read more

After Temu discontinued Google Shopping ads in the U.S. last week, its App Store ranking fell from between No. 3 or No. 4 to No. 58 within three days. ... read more

After Temu discontinued Google Shopping ads in the U.S. last week, its App Store ranking fell from between No. 3 or No. 4 to No. 58 within three days. ... read more

The California Attorney General will ask an appellate court to revive the state's Age-Appropriate Design Code -- a 2022 law that regulates online companies' ability to display content to minors and harness their data. ... read more

Sony’s XM5 combine great sound with top-notch noise cancellation. Want a premium pair of earbuds without having to pay a premium price? Right now, Sony’s noise-canceling WF-1000XM5 are on sale at Amazon ... read more

SAN JUAN, PR – Connected TV advertising is providing a sweet spot for brands in the early stages of building awareness, offering them the benefits of television with the precision of digital. The medium gives ... read more

Intelligent AI agents with access to online chat history, critical information and tools to run campaigns and process other actions launched Monday through the automation development platform Make. ... read more

By leveraging IAS's AI-powered brand suitability technology, advertisers are now able to exclude unsuitable content on a frame-by-frame basis across all videos on TikTok. ... read more

OpenAI has introduced GPT-4.1, a successor to the GPT-4o multimodal artificial intelligence model launched by the company last year. During a livestream on Monday, OpenAI said GPT-4.1 is better than GPT-4o ... read more

The Star Wars strategy game announced in 2022 finally has a name: Zero Company, as EA revealed today. A website about the game describes it as a “single-player turn-based tactics game,” ... read more

Meta has announced that it’s preparing to train AI on the data of EU users of its apps, including Facebook and Instagram. The company says that includes things like public posts, ... read more

Publishers now have access to a tool that monetizes ads in Copilot with Microsoft's release of its latest version of Monetize, now generally available to all. ... read more

The Tab Active5 Pro S Pen stylus improves the tablet’s usability in wet conditions when wet fingers may not be recognized by its touchscreen. | Image: Samsung Samsung has announced new versions ... read more

The Dow Jones U.S. Broadcasting & Entertainment Index closed down 12% to 1,010.97 since April 2, while the Dow Jones U.S. Media Agencies Index fell 11% to 385.41 and the U.S. Media Index lost 12% ... read more

Harry Potter Cast (from left to right): John Lithgow, Janet McTeer, Paapa Essiedu, Nick Frost, Luke Thallon, and Paul Whitehouse. After weeks of speculation, Warner Bros. Discovery has officially announced the first ... read more

Nvidia has brought some of its chip production stateside. On Monday, Nvidia announced that it has started producing its Blackwell AI GPUs at TSMC’s plant in Phoenix, Arizona, while companies within ... read more

As easy as it has been for some people to downplay the covid-19 pandemic as part of putting it behind them, Ari Aster’s next feature looks like a sobering reminder of ... read more

I'm sure becoming part of a shocking pina-colada family-death-pact scenario was not in the plan for the Nestle-owned creamer. ... read more

Due to the fluctuating tariff situation, a lot of people are seriously mulling over tech purchases they might otherwise be content to put off for a while. And it makes sense. ... read more

Pedro Pascal and Catherine O’Hara in The Last of Us. Joel is a troubled guy. Throughout the first Last of Us game (and subsequent TV adaptation on HBO, where he’s played by ... read more

Today, I’m talking with Vlad Tenev, the cofounder and CEO of Robinhood, which is one of the most well-known consumer finance apps in the world. It started as a way to ... read more