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

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Elon Musk is calling in another return on his investment in American politics: he's threatening Apple with a lawsuit because neither X nor xAI's Grok have been recommended on the ... read more

The Boox Palma 2 is currently on sale. If you want a convenient way to stay well read without amassing a library of physical books, an e-reader may be the ... read more

Georgia Schreiner will oversee media planning and buying. ... read more

Hue’s new Bridge Pro could turn your lights into motion sensors — and it’s black! Smart lighting company Philips Hue appears to be launching a new version of its bridge, ... read more

"Responsible advertising practices are essential to protecting children online," says Internet Watch Foundation CEO Derek Ray-Hill, which is providing the data to "Protected by Mediaocean." ... read more

ChatGPT head Nick Turley says it’s “good to preserve optionality.” OpenAI is considering ways to bring in additional revenue, and bringing ads to ChatGPT is one option on the table. ... read more

Kuxiu’s power bank can double as a charging stand for multiple devices. | Image: Kuxiu If you’re firmly in the Apple hardware ecosystem, Kuxiu’s K1 wireless power bank could be ... read more

Welcome to Decoder! I’m Alex Heath, your Thursday episode guest host and deputy editor at The Verge. Today, I’m talking to a very special guest: Nick Turley, the head of ... read more

Figures reported by BBC News show that popular pornography websites are seeing far fewer visitors from the UK since the country enforced mandatory age verification requirements for online platforms. Pornhub ... read more

Despite the overall growth, the Association of National Advertisers found considerable improvements in many programmatic areas, and also launched a new online tool for tracking it. ... read more

I’m liking this “berry” red color. With Meta, Google, Samsung, and maybe even Apple working on AI-powered glasses, smart spectacles are quickly becoming the hottest gadget in tech. Now, even ... read more

The partnership gives nonprofits access to generative AI ad creation tools and high-quality ad placements to run performance CTV campaigns that are often out of reach due to cost or resource constraints, according to AdGood ... read more

Sensitive Content Warnings that detect and blur images containing nudity are now rolling out to all Google Messages users on Android, according to 9to5Google. The feature gives users the option ... read more

Under its new $7.7 billion deal with Paramount Skydance, UFC is shifting its business model to a more open, accessible TV airings. ... read more

On the surface, Cadillac’s new Elevated Velocity looks like your typical concept car: gull-wing doors; a plush red interior; a retractable steering wheel for fully autonomous driving; and futuristic lighting ... read more

The new GuliKit ES and ES Pro controllers are potentially an affordable companion for the Switch 2. | Image: GuliKit After debuting its affordable $29.99 Elves 2 controller last month, ... read more

The Antigravity A1. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge I know my way around a pair of joysticks - but I'd prefer to soar. I don't want to ... read more

The update will be available today for Series 9, 10 and Ultra 2 owners in the U.S. Blood oxygen monitoring is returning to the Apple Watch — sort of. Starting ... read more

Pre-orders start at $399. Accessibility-focused tech provider Envision has partnered with eyewear company Solos to launch new smart glasses specifically designed for blind and low-vision users. Envision says the camera-equipped ... read more

Apple could add an A19 Pro chip to its upcoming iPad Mini. Apple appears to have inadvertently included details about several of its upcoming devices in code spotted by MacRumors. ... read more

Basic origami skills are needed to assemble Teenage Engineering’s new Computer-2 case. | Image: Teenage Engineering Teenage Engineering – best known for its electronic instruments and slick audio gear – ... read more

Sponsored by NexxenYou cannot target what you cannot see. Viewers are everywhere—bouncing among linear, streaming, and digital screens—which makes it harder than ever to know what is actually being watched. That is where automated content ... read more

"We recognize the concern this may cause for our stakeholders," CEO Hiroshi Igarashi writes in a letter to the holding company's shareholders. ... read more

Today’s developers face mounting challenges: heavier workloads, complex tech stacks and an increasingly fragmented advertising landscape demanding automation at scale. This complexity limits their ability to adopt new products and innovate. At the same time, ... read more

Brand safety isn’t always cut and dried. An alcohol brand, for instance, might look for content that other brands would instinctively steer clear of. But some media doesn’t leave room for nuance. On Thursday, Protected ... read more

Google has introduced a Temporary Chat function for Gemini users seeking private conversations without permanent storage, which excludes content from recent chat lists, Gemini Apps Activity records, and personalization training data for Google's AI models. ... read more

From the prolific pen of John Grisham comes another adaptation of one of his thrillers set in the no-holds-barred world of Big Legal. ... read more

Google has introduced a Temporary Chat function for Gemini users seeking private conversations without permanent storage, which excludes content from recent chat lists, Gemini Apps Activity records, and personalization training data for Google's AI models. ... read more

The step-through Cruiser ST model at the heart of the recall. | Image: Cowboy After months of speculation over the e-bike maker’s imminent demise, Cowboy says it now has the ... read more

As the AI revolution continues apace, one thing is clear.  Thoughtful human-made content will remain the most important source of information for consumers online. And our appreciation for human expression will only grow as we ... read more

Kinder Gardeners The Trade Desk’s disgruntled competitors and SSP antagonists sometimes complain that TTD is turning into a walled garden. And, to be fair, a handful of its platform products do claim performance benefits at ... read more

Amazon is looking to an unexpected partner in its push for more ad dollars: publishers. Once focused on its own sites and Prime Video, the company is now using shopper data, clean rooms and publisher ... read more

WPP Media might be light on new business wins, but it’s heavy on data.  That was the message from global chief Brian Lesser on the holding company’s latest earnings call (August 7). In a market ... read more

This article was first published by Digiday sibling Work Life. As AI goes global in the workplace, many of us grapple with questions that go far beyond productivity metrics — questions like: How do we ... read more

This story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. Jimmy Zollo, the co-founder of Joe & Bella, thought India could be a viable alternative for the online retailer’s China-made socks. The company explored moving ... read more

The shifting tectonic plates of the internet have focused attention on the leading publicly listed ad tech companies, with the fortunes of such entities considered a bellwether of the wider sector. Upon initial viewing, ... read more

Tesla’s in-car visualizations for features like Autopilot and Full Self-Driving might be getting an upgrade with a switch to Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. As reported by Not a Tesla App, ... read more

CANNES – What happens when an AI identifies a perfect customer persona that doesn’t actually exist? While AI models can optimize campaigns with breathtaking speed and efficiency, some theories suggest this could make knowing a ... read more

CANNES — In a noisy marketing environment, how does a brand cut through the hubbub and deliver truly personalized experiences? Mike Ng thinks they need a holistic, 360-degree view of their customers — and predictive ... read more

CANNES – Retail media was a hot topic at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, with experts from top brands and agencies discussing its growing importance and potential for innovation. Among the highlights, Jon ... read more

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In a regulatory filing on Monday, Kodak warned investors that the 133-year-old photography company didn’t have the financing it would need to pay around $500 million of debt obligations that ... read more

"The injunction will make it easier for scammers, foreign adversaries, and other malicious actors to take advantage of Android users," Google tells a federal appeals court. ... read more

Stripe, a financial services company that acts as a payment processor for millions of businesses including itch.io, has issued an apology following reports that members of its support team told ... read more

A Redditor has shared a few images of what they say is a prototype of a new color screen Amazon Kindle. | Image: u/Successful_Bear4855 / Reddit A Reddit user, writing ... read more

A close-up of artwork by Canadian artist, activist, and photographer Benjamin Von Wong, created for plastic pollution treaty negotiations, is seen in front of the United Nations offices in Geneva on August ... read more

The agent "is here and it's growing massively," said BrightEdge CEO Jim Yu. "Not only do you not want to block them, you want to put out a welcome mat." ... read more

The agent "is here and it's growing massively," said BrightEdge CEO Jim Yu. "Not only do you not want to block them, you want to put out a welcome mat." ... read more

Following the success of other platforms centered on users' shared interests, Instagram is testing an internal prototype called "Picks" designed to gather users around topics and tastes. ... read more

Apple is developing a bunch of products and features to deliver its vision of AI, including multiple robots, a smart home display, and a revamped version of Siri with new ... read more

We’re just one week away from Google’s Pixel 10 launch event, but the steady stream of leaks shows no sign of stopping. Now, new leaked images shared by Dutch outlet ... read more

California's Age Appropriate Design Code "provides the state with extraordinary power to censor speech on the internet," NetChoice tells a federal appeals court. ... read more

DoubleVerify research shows that agencies spend 26% of their time manually optimizing client campaigns, averaging out to about 10 hours per week for every employee worldwide. ... read more

The Starlink Mini in Denmark. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Starlink now charges $5 a month to pause its high-speed, low-latency internet service, a feature that used ... read more

Spammers and phishers do what most marketers have forgotten to do, which is test, test, test. ... read more

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the banks behind Zelle over claims that their payment platform enabled “massive amounts of fraud” that caused customers to lose more than ... read more

Leaked images reveal the Insta360 Go Ultra will once again be available in black or white color options. | Image: Roland Quandt It hasn’t been officially announced yet, but leaked ... read more

According to a post from CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Threads has reached 400 million monthly active users, marking an increase of 50 million people over the past four months. ... read more

Microsoft is adding the ability to download ARM64 compatible games to its Xbox app for Windows on Arm. Windows Insiders can now test a new update to the Xbox app ... read more

Streaming platforms grew 17.9% to $13.2 billion vs. a year ago, while broadcast networks slipped 2.5% to $9.1 billion and cable networks dropped 4.3% to $8.7 billion. ... read more

Any ebook reader will let you cram a Beauty and the Beast-sized library’s worth of books in your pocket, but so will your phone. An ebook reader offers a more ... read more

The measure of success is targeting, not the coherence of segments. Which is to say that many times, marketers rely on the statistical fit of segmentation solutions rather than the targeting fit of offerings to ... read more

Google is rolling out an update for Gemini that will allow the AI chatbot to “remember” your past conversations without prompting. With the setting turned on, Gemini will automatically recall ... read more

I love sudoku, so I just couldn’t resist checking out LinkedIn’s new Mini Sudoku game that it launched this week. Two puzzles in, I can already tell you that I ... read more

When The Trade Desk sneezes, ad tech catches a cold. That’s been the case since TTD reported its Q2 earnings on Thursday and Wall Street investors, nonplussed by the DSP’s performance, seemingly downgraded the entire ... read more

A new company is launching today that claims to have developed “the first volume-produced, consumer-ready autonomous vehicle — designed from the ground up for private ownership at scale.” The company ... read more

We’ve heard about upskilling and re-skilling due to AI — but how about de-skilling? A new study published this week found that doctors who frequently use AI to detect cancer ... read more

It’s not every day you come across a wall charger that can both power and help you keep track of your devices, but that’s the beauty of Twelve South’s 120W ... read more

Carrera Hybrid is reminiscent of Anki Overdrive. | Image: Carrera Carrera, a German company that has been making slot car toys since the ‘60s, has announced a new scaled racing ... read more

Wake up, babe! A new LG Ads lawsuit just dropped. Lampros Kalampoukas, one of the co-founders of TV data measurement startup Alphonso, is suing risk and financial advisory services firm Kroll for allegedly deliberately undervaluing ... read more

The client has more than 1,000 U.S. dealerships nationwide. ... read more

Hidden Door’s character creator. Years before ChatGPT jump-started the generative AI wave, OpenAI technology powered a game called AI Dungeon 2 that essentially let you improvise an open-ended, anything-goes story ... read more

Advances in large language models have enabled Google to detect and block invalid traffic from non-human sources across its platforms. What's next? ... read more

Advances in large language models have enabled Google to detect and block invalid traffic from non-human sources across its platforms. What's next? ... read more

Here it is, the Pebble Time 2’s final look. | Image: Eric Migicovsky, Core Devices Now that Pebble is Pebble again, we’re getting an official look at the new Pebble ... read more

There's a micro-genre of film called "screenlife movies," where all of the action takes place on a desktop computer. In 2014, Unfriended made a horror movie out of video chat ... read more

Following Samsung’s announcement of the company’s first Micro RGB TV yesterday, Hisense has finally revealed the price tag for its 4K TriChroma TV that uses similar technology and was first ... read more

On Monday, xAI's Grok chatbot suffered a mysterious suspension from X, and faced with questions from curious users, it happily explained why. "My account was suspended after I stated that ... read more

Today’s biggest retail events are noisy, fast-moving and fiercely competitive. From back-to-school time and Prime Day to Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the entire holiday shopping season, success comes down to securing attention before the ... read more

American Girl made only 6,000 of its 18-inch Wednesday doll, which was part of the Mattel-owned company's limited edition "Collector Dolls" series. ... read more

Current monthly consumer costs range from $68 for one service to $98 for five or more services. At the top level of five or more, consumers are only willing to spend one dollar more ($99). ... read more

When Nintendo announced Drag x Drive, a Joy-Con mouse-controlled wheelchair sports game, for the Switch 2 I was tentatively excited. I have a lot of time for developers trying new ... read more

If you’ve enjoyed Elon Musk’s ongoing beef with Sam Altman and OpenAI, get ready for a whole new chapter: soon they’ll be rivals not just in AI, but in brain-computer ... read more

The downgrade is due to tougher economic factors that lie ahead, lower consumer sentiment, tariffs, high interest rates and tight credit. ... read more

After the backlash to replacing its 4o model with GPT-5, OpenAI will no longer get rid of old models without a heads up. "In retrospect, not continuing to offer ... read more

Hide And Go Seek California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants people in the state greater autonomy over how their data is used and monetized. State residents can opt out of their data being used for ... read more

Referral traffic is drying up — but what’s more striking is how the industry is responding. Search engines, once reliable pipelines for traffic, now behave more like competitors than conduits stripping content for snippets that keep ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing features a Q&A with YouTube creator Jonathan Katz-Moses and Slow Ventures’ Billy Parks on the investment market for creators operating standalone businesses. The rise of the CEO-creator NFL+ESPN, ... read more

Related Insights Member Exclusive Pitch deck: Why Google believes its latest AI Max product is a game changer for search campaigns Subscribe To Read Read More Google’s AI-powered ... read more

Whether you’re a large holding company agency or an industrious independent, if you’re not digging deep into the wells of possibility with generative AI, you’re likely to be out of business before too long. The ... read more

Related Insights Member Exclusive Ad Tech Briefing: Lines are being drawn in Amazon and Google’s evolving rivalry  Subscribe To Read Read More When The Trade Desk’s CEO Jeff ... read more

Just a few days after administrators announced that the “federal Judiciary is taking additional steps to strengthen protections for sensitive case documents in response to recent escalated cyberattacks,” the New ... read more

Google’s next Pixel launch event doesn’t happen until next week, but the company has already announced the Pixel 10 Pro Fold with a brief video teaser published on Tuesday. Based ... read more

Companies have violated Internet Archive policies and scraped data from the Wayback Machine, Reddit contends. ... read more