Last week's wild stock market ride meant tension and drama for many TV network hosts - but it was calm at some conservative-leaning cable TV networks, with messaging on how President Trump was keeping his ... read more

Microsoft is working on a new Windows 11 Start menu design that’s bigger and more customizable than what exists today. Windows watcher phantomofearth discovered the new design in recent builds of ... read more

Honestly, Motorola is making some of the best-looking phones in the game right now. Motorola is refreshing its budget-oriented stylus phone with the 2025 edition of the Moto G Stylus in two ... read more

In most ways, Nintendo’s Switch 2 is exactly what we wanted: a Switch, only better. Nintendo has an occasional tendency to follow its best and most successful consoles with some of ... read more

With the demo accreditation in hand, Comscore measurement chief Frank Friedman says it's now going for the "hot sauce" -- persons-level accreditation. ... 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 on X:What’s wrong with TTD Kokai?It’s 2025, ... read more

Instagram is adding new restrictions for teens, while existing protections get baked into Facebook and Messenger. Meta is broadening Instagram restrictions that prevent minors from being exposed to inappropriate contact and content, ... read more

How strange it was this week to feel so emotional over the news that Jay North had died. ... read more

Generative AI digital customer experiences are promising, but hallucinations remain a challenge with 49% of customers in a survey experiencing AI hallucinations leading to widespread skepticism about the tech. ... read more

In this saturated market, brands are hoping new mascots will tickle consumers’ nostalgia and help them stand out from the competition. In the last few months, Domino’s pizza launched Mac Scott, a penne-shaped mascot, fast-casual ... read more

After years of lamenting the decimation of Facebook referral traffic, some publishers are starting to see that traffic return this year. It’s nothing like the heyday of Facebook referral traffic in the late 2010s. But ... read more

Something is amiss in India, when it comes to the media agency landscape.  By now you’ve most likely heard of mid-March raids by the Competition Commission of India’s on the offices of all of the ... read more

Marketers have to move on from their  “decision paralysis.” With President Trump’s sweeping tariffs taking effect last week, and an additional 50% tariff threat to China yesterday plunging the stock market, companies are now tasked ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify For an industry expected to rake in nearly $62 billion U.S. ad dollars this year, or about 18% of digital ad spend, per eMarketer’s reporting, only one thing seems ... read more

As client demands grow more complex and timelines shrink, agencies are turning to new AI-powered research tools to streamline workflows and supercharge insight development. In recent months, tech giants and startups alike have released new ... read more

Gieselman will head growth marketing and sales efforts for Comcast's Connectivity & Platforms unit, which extends to more than 64 million homes and businesses in the U.S. ... read more

Sam's Club's spent about $175 million on measured media in 2024, according to COMvergence. The award followed a review, overseen by MediaLink that began early in the year. ... read more

Over the weekend, Meta dropped two new Llama 4 models: a smaller model named Scout, and Maverick, a mid-size model that the company claims can beat GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash ... read more

Framework says it’s “temporarily pausing” US sales on some of its laptops due to the Trump administration’s tariffs that went into effect on April 5th, according to a post on X. ... read more

Just press the cooresponding button in Gemini Live to activate video or screenshare. Google’s Gemini Live camera and screenshare functions, which let the conversational AI chatbot answer questions about the stuff you’re ... read more

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke sent a memo to employees saying that before they ask for more headcount or resources, teams must show why they “cannot get what they want done using ... read more

TikTok creator @pwinpudding specializes in ‘haul videos,’ specifically all things pink, pastel, and cute. Her videos show a collection of packages received from sites like the Chinese retailer AliExpress, as well ... read more

Tesla’s battery range extender accessory for Cybertruck, which promised to give the electric pickup the capability to drive about 445 miles on a single charge, was removed from the online configurator ... read more

Using suction cups, sticky putty, and even Lego plates, Marblelous marble runs can be built on flat vertical surfaces. | Image: Marblelous Marble run toys typically rely on just gravity to send ... read more

Waymo has “no plans” to use footage from cameras inside its robotaxis to train AI models for targeted ads, spokesperson Julia Ilina said in an email to The Verge. Ilina ... read more

Game-key cards will also allow games larger than 64GB to be sold in retail stores. Following the reveal of Nintendo’s new game-key cards during its Nintendo Switch 2 event last week, we’re ... read more

The ANA is urging House Republicans to endorse a nationwide opt-out privacy standard that would override state laws. ... read more

The ANA is urging House Republicans to endorse a nationwide opt-out privacy standard that would override state laws. ... read more

So many shows, so little time. The proliferation of content options across numerous platforms has created a paradox of choice that’s both empowering and overwhelming. This fragmentation has made content discovery a critical battleground in ... read more

Microsoft has fired one of the employees who disrupted the company’s 50th-anniversary event. In an email seen by The Verge, Microsoft told Ibtihal Aboussad that their employment has been terminated due ... read more

Lol, and additionally: lmao Sure, the stock market is melting down after the US declared a global trade war. But have you considered that crypto is also melting down? Starting around April ... read more

See that big, blue button? | Image: Walmart Google TV streaming devices will be required to have a “Free TV” or “Live TV” button on their remotes that opens up the Live ... read more

A Vermont resident has sued Yahoo for allegedly violating consumer protection and privacy laws in New York and California with ConnectID. ... read more

Soon after President Donald Trump announced another extension of the deadline to sell off TikTok to an American buyer, or fully ban the video-sharing app in the region, he cited the recent U.S. tariffs imposed ... read more

SAN JUAN, PR – Retail media networks’ rich seams of shopper data don’t just help retail operators – they can also help advertisers cut through today’s digital noise. But now the technology exists to apply ... read more

LinkedIn is pushing its in-app video-sharing capabilities further by organizing video content by trends, allowing users to detect the top emerging content trends in real-time. ... read more

Hundreds of publishers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Verge parent company Vox Media, are running an ad campaign this week urging the government to ... read more

National security advisor Mike Waltz at the White House on March 25th. | Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images Last month, Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal group ... read more

The step-up Studio Buds sound as great as they look. Apple’s AirPods Pro are some of the best wireless earbuds money can buy, but only if you’re embedded in Apple’s ecosystem. If ... read more

A series of videos include appearances by "Office" stars Melora Hardin, Andy Buckley, Kate Flannery and Brian Baumgartner. ... read more

Nintendo’s hoping to relieve some of the sticker shock it gave fans with its game pricing with the news that the Switch 2 upgrades for both Legend of Zelda games will ... read more

The Corvette concept model. General Motors is revealing a futuristic new electric-powered Corvette concept imagined by a new UK-based design team in Birmingham, England. The team developed a hypercar design inspired by ... read more

Google is adding multimodal capabilities to its search-centric AI Mode chatbot that enable it to “see” and answer questions about images, as it expands access to AI Mode to “millions more” ... read more

The first season of HBO’s The Last of Us wasn’t just one of the most impressive video game adaptations to date, it was also one of the most faithful. The show ... read more

The Death Stranding movie, an adaptation of Hideo Kojima’s supernatural UPS delivery guy walking simulator, has its director. A24 has announced that Michael Sarnoski will both direct and write the project. ... read more

Search for “SimCity 4” on YouTube, and you’ll see players constructing multilevel highway interchanges and intricate railroad networks, or maybe even a swooping flyby of a sprawling metropolis. None of these ... read more

Alienware’s 27-inch 4K QD-OLED, the AW2725Q, hit shelves about a month ago. It was the first of several faster, better models to launch after being announced at CES 2025, with a ... read more

Nintendo hasn’t confirmed what joystick technology the Switch 2 is using, but its not Hall effect sensors. After several days of not providing a direct answer about the technology used in the ... read more

After multiple delays, Chris McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is finally making its way into theaters this summer, and Ethan Hunt is giving his all in the movie’s new ... read more

The United Kingdom has banned “outrageous fake reviews and sneaky hidden fees” to make life easier for online shoppers. New measures under the Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumer Act 2024 came ... read more

Google claims it has developed ways through artificial intelligence to fight online fake reviews, identify fraudsters, and catch scammers. ... read more

Google claims it has developed ways through artificial intelligence to fight online fake reviews, identify fraudsters, and catch scammers. ... read more

WhatsApp is testing a new “advanced chat privacy” option that lets you control whether others you’re chatting with can easily export your chats or automatically save media you send them, reports ... read more

The agency has a new space in London and large offices in Brighton. Last year, it opened a Dallas hub. ... read more

Spare laptop accessories stacked inside a Nehru Place shop that specializes in laptop and mobile repairs. In a dimly lit, cluttered workshop in Delhi’s Nehru Place, the air hums with the sound ... read more

Today, I’m talking with Daniel Dines, the cofounder and, once again, the CEO of UiPath, a software company that specializes in something called robotic process automation (RPA). We’ve been featuring a ... read more

Promotional art for World of Peppa Pig on Netflix. Netflix is adding a Peppa Pig game to its roster of available titles for subscribers in June, the company announced on Monday. World ... read more

Newly appointed Vidmob president Mark Mannino believes creative data has found a new home in generative AI and agents as brands and agencies continue to use tools that build these platforms. ... read more

In addition to a new console and lineup of games, Nintendo also revealed some sticker shock at its Switch 2 event last week. The console will cost $449.99 — a big ... read more

One of the stranger details that came out of last week’s big Nintendo Switch 2 event was the existence of game-key cards. They won’t be used for all releases, but essentially ... read more

For the second time in a row and possibly for the near future, a Television Critics Association meeting held in the summer and the winter isn't happening. Its July/August summer event, which happens before the ... read more

Hallmark is continuing a partnership with the NFL going into this year's Upfront that appears to be unique in TV. ... read more

Publishers are perpetually staring down an armada of obstacles. But the challenges they contend with are constantly changing. During the spring 2025 edition of the Digiday Publishing Summit, executives from Dotdash Meredith, Punchbowl News, TelevisaUnivision ... read more

On March 31, YouTube changed how it counts views for short-form videos. So far, brands and agencies are celebrating — but creators’ reactions range from indifferent to openly skeptical.  The update — which means YouTube now ... read more

For years, the dominant platforms of the internet have treated content moderation as both shield and scalpel — eulogized as “trust and safety,” enforced by a mix of algorithmic blunt force and human discretion, and ... read more

Advertising industry professionals have been eyeing the creator economy — not only to understand it for their work with clients but also for themselves, as more agency employees consider becoming creators. Agency-based creators aren’t limited ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify For working moms, the rising cost of raising a family isn’t just a financial burden — it’s a daily source of stress that impacts careers, well-being, and the ability ... read more

One of Wall Street's most bullish Tesla analysts slashed his price target for the stock by 43%, citing a brand crisis created by Musk. ... read more

Thornton founded the Texas Tribune and co-founded the American Journalism Project. ... read more

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is planning to hold a “hackathon” next week in order to create a “mega API” for accessing Internal Revenue Service data, reports Wired. The ... read more

ResponsiveAds debuts tool for moving beyond standard ad slot placements. ... read more

If you’re taking your laptop away from the safe environs of your home or office desk and still want to stay online, you’ve got a couple of choices (assuming it doesn’t ... read more

Hundreds of thousands of people signed up to attend over 1,300 “Hands Off!” protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk yesterday. Today, estimates from groups involved in planning the protests ... read more

My home network is a small miracle of backward compatibility, slinging data across 60-plus devices that span five generations of Wi-Fi. Everything on it, from my iPhone 15 Pro all the ... read more

Microsoft launched Copilot Search in Bing on Friday to offer AI-powered summaries with links to sources and conversational answers. Most consumers do not want to admit they like advertising or marketing, but new products from ... read more

Microsoft launched Copilot Search in Bing on Friday to offer AI-powered summaries with links to sources and conversational answers. Most consumers do not want to admit they like advertising or marketing, but new products from ... read more

The Nintendo Switch may be remembered as much for repopularizing portable gaming as it will for a hardware issue that affected millions of gamers: joystick drift. Drifting is the most common ... read more

Your House is a visual novel that is the closest game I’ve played to reading an actual book. In Your House, you play as Debbie, a girl who receives a mysterious ... read more

Surrounding the Washington Monument Saturday were thousands of signs with messages spanning innumerable topics. “Support Ukraine,” “Beware of DOGE,” “Protect Trans Lives,” were just a few of them. Others struck a ... read more

In a sobering assessment of the advertising industry’s near-term prospects, Brian Wieser, principal at consulting firm Madison and Wall, warned that escalating global tariffs and growing policy uncertainty are creating a drag on the ad ... read more

New U.S. tariffs could trigger a wave of economic disruption and stall the advertising technology sector’s recovery, warns Terence Kawaja, founder and chief executive of investment bank LUMA Partners. The Trump administration’s announced tariffs and ... read more

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 78, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, sorry everything’s about to get so expensive, and ... read more

Breaking down the confusing world of color spaces. The best method that we have for defining color is by using math. Specifically, mind-boggling mathematical models called color spaces that use geometry to ... read more

SAN JUAN, PR – In 2025, media agencies are striving to concertedly adopt AI across their workflows. EssenceMediacom is attempting to combine practical AI applications with culturally relevant moments to engage employees and transform client ... read more

Meta has announced the release of Llama 4, its newest collection of AI models that now power Meta AI on the web and in WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram Direct. The two ... read more

“Hands Off” protesters in Manhattan. People are gathering in cities all over the United States and globally to protest an “illegal, billionaire power grab” by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. They’re ... read more

Microsoft unveiled its Xbox AI era earlier this year with a new Muse AI model that can generate gameplay. While it looked like Muse was still an early Microsoft Research project, ... read more

Get ready for slick light strips and futuristic lightcycles. Disney just released the first trailer for Tron: Ares, the long-planned Tron: Legacy sequel. The minute-and-a-half trailer doesn’t say much about the story ... read more

There’s a famous two-decade-old Paris Review interview with Haruki Murakami in which he, one of the world’s most celebrated novelists, details his daily routine. He wakes up at 4AM, works for ... read more

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says it’s delaying shipments to the US this month while it works out how it will deal with the wide-ranging tariffs President Donald Trump announced this week, ... read more

Views are the most visible metric on the internet. You can see, in more or less real time, how many views something got on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and most other ... read more

Earlier this week, when it seemed as though TikTok’s fate in the US would actually be decided by April 5th, everyone — from Amazon to the founder of OnlyFans — was ... read more

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has infiltrated the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an agency that has a say over resources Musk needs or could benefit from for some of ... read more

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff returned to Amazon this week, coming back to the company just about two years after he left, Bloomberg reports. He’s now a vice president at the company, ... read more

Nice economy you have there, said President Donald Trump’s administration. It would be a shame if something happened to it. The something, announced earlier this week, is a set of globally ... read more

President Donald Trump’s additional 75 day delay to TikTok’s sale-or-ban deadline leaves service providers like Apple, Google, and Oracle on shaky ground, and, according to one influential Democrat, is straight-up “against ... read more

President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on all auto-related imports have been called “a debacle of epic proportions” and a sure-fire way to tank the auto market by crushing demand. Analysts ... read more

Robot vacuums are impressive devices that will clean your floors well and — thanks to bigger batteries and better robot brains — rarely get tired of doing their job. Over the ... read more

Ross Intelligence can immediately seek appellate review of a ruling that it infringed copyright by training its legal research platform on material published by a competitor. ... read more

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was rudely interrupted during a 50-year celebration livestreamed at the company's headquarters by a protestor slamming the company's use of AI tools by military forces involved in the Gaza war. ... read more