President Trump has further extended the deadline to sell off TikTok to an American buyer or fully ban the app in the U.S. by 75 days. For weeks, both Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance ... read more

President Trump has further extended the deadline to sell off TikTok to an American buyer or fully ban the app in the U.S. by 75 days. For weeks, both Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance ... read more

Four Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers have access to the government’s data on an untold number of immigrants, FedScoop reports.  US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency that handles ... read more

Meta’s US fact-checking program will come to an end by Monday afternoon. In a post on X, Meta’s global policy head Joel Kaplan said there will be “no new fact checks ... read more

In the second major disruption of today’s 50th anniversary event at Microsoft’s headquarters, another employee stood up and began yelling at Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer, and Bill Gates — the company’s ... read more

AI companies can’t figure out if the Trump tariffs are about to decimate them – and the fact that no one has a clear answer is sending them, and the tech ... read more

French satellite network company Eutelsat has been providing Ukraine with much-needed internet access for almost a year with the help of the German government, Reuters reports. Eutelsat’s OneWeb division operates low-orbiting ... read more

A divided appellate panel refused to revive a lawsuit alleging that Paramount violated a Reagan-era federal video privacy law by sharing data with Meta Platforms. The ruling could tee up a battle at the Supreme ... read more

Though few will cop to cutting media spend or halting campaigns in the short term, marketing execs across America and beyond are spooked about the impacts of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs. Wednesday’s (April 2) ... read more

Donald Trump’s 75-day delay of the TikTok ban law taking effect would’ve expired this weekend, but on Friday, he announced on Truth Social that “I am signing an Executive Order ... read more

A Microsoft employee disrupted the company’s 50th anniversary event to protest its use of AI. “Shame on you,” said Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad, speaking directly to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. ... read more

Two members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) were spotted at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week, sources tell The Verge. Gavin Kliger and Emily Bryant were seen ... read more

Sphere Entertainment has announced two new immersive experiences coming to its 516-foot wide spherical venue in Las Vegas. An enhanced version of The Wizard of Oz will premiere on the Sphere’s ... read more

Did the administration figure out its tariff formula by asking an LLM? ... read more

Sarah Wynn-Williams, the ex-Meta employee who authored Careless People, will testify before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee next week. On Wednesday, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Wynn-Williams will address Facebook’s “cooperation with ... read more

As it marks its 50th anniversary, Microsoft is updating Copilot with a host of new features all at once that bring it more in line with alternatives like ChatGPT or Claude. ... read more

Microsoft is bringing its Copilot Vision feature to Windows and mobile, moving it beyond the web. Copilot Vision was a big part of Microsoft’s Copilot redesign last year, but so far, ... read more

Microsoft is making changes to Copilot that will allow the artificial intelligence assistant to complete online tasks for you. Using “simple chat prompts,” these “Actions” can be performed in the background ... read more

In a multi-part interview with Nintendo about newly-announced Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods, director Hidetaka Miyazaki tried to dispel worries that developer FromSoftware is shifting focus away from single-player games. The ... read more

Microsoft Copilot Microsoft is holding a 50th Anniversary Copilot livestream today at 12:30PM ET / 9:30AM PT on April 4th, the same day Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen started the ... read more

Over the next 10 years, Gen X will continue to be at its peak earning power. Yet despite the purchasing power and influence it has and will have for years to come, it is frequently ... read more

New research shows advanced AI models, including popular LLM agents, routinely lie in pursuit of their goals, raising new concerns about the reliability of their outputs. ... read more

While it's not exactly the kind of crash Wall Street's financial markets have been experiencing recently, the U.S. ad market expanded at one of its lowest rates in February since the last ad recession -- ... read more

The invention of Matter was a grand kumbaya moment for the smart home. Built on the foundations of almost every concept smart home companies had dreamed up — from Apple’s HomeKit ... read more

Switch 2 Nintendo is pushing back preorders for the Switch 2 due to concerns about Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs. According to a statement sent to The Verge by Eddie Garcia on ... read more

I’m always on the lookout for deals on Philips Hue gear, in part because that stuff’s expensive and I’m not keen on paying full price. Still, it’s worth the money to ... read more

PayPal Ads based on privacy has launched in the U.K. The service allows brands and merchants to show personalized ads to consumers based on previous purchases. ... read more

I’ve always been fascinated by Microsoft, and it’s led me on a somewhat surreal path to covering the company for most of my life. It all started in my teenage years, ... read more

Paul Allen (left) and Bill Gates (right) developed Altair Basic nine years before posing for this photograph together in 1984. | Image: Corbis via Getty Images Bill Gates celebrated Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary ... read more

General Timothy Haugh was nominated as head of the NSA and Cyber Command in 2023. General Timothy Haugh, the director of the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, was fired on ... read more

In 2005, Microsoft’s leaders were starting to get worried. Windows and Office were doing well, but the company’s lead software architect, Ray Ozzie, warned them that an emerging trend threatened Microsoft’s ... read more

Microsoft cofounders Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. | Image: Microsoft Fifty years ago today, Micro-Soft was founded by friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen. As the name implies, Microsoft was ... read more

The original Microsoft logo | Image: Microsoft Microsoft was originally founded on April 4th, 1975 and the tech giant is now celebrating its 50-year anniversary. Microsoft started with a focus on personal ... read more

First things first, some exciting news: The Vergecast has been nominated for a Webby Award! This one means a lot to us, especially because it’s an award you get to vote ... read more

Samsung Ads research shows 75% of viewers cancel or pause their subscriptions at the end of the season - although they return when the season starts up again. ... read more

Honda’s regenerative fuel cell technology continuously produces hydrogen, oxygen, and electricity. | Image: Honda Honda is looking to the stars for its next hydrogen breakthrough. The automaker is teaming up with ... read more

Michael O'Leary, president/CEO of Cinema United, a trade group that represents major theater owners, said the movie-studio world needs to revert back to a longer exclusive period for theaters. ... read more

When you set up a new camera, or even go to take a picture on some smartphones, you’re presented with a key choice: JPG or RAW? JPGs are ready to post ... read more

China has responded to Donald Trump’s new trade tariffs with its own charges on US imports. After Trump announced the imposition of an additional 34 percent charge on Chinese imports into ... read more

Millions of eyes were no doubt glued to the nation's business channels and web sites on Thursday to watch their money drain away. ... read more

Last week, Digiday asked the question, “Is there any point in breaking up Google?”   Related Insights Member Exclusive Ad Tech Briefing: The futility of a Google breakup? Subscribe To Read ... read more

In a ruling that could rattle the scaffolding of digital advertising, France’s competition authority has fined Apple €150 million ($162 million) for what it deems an antitrust violation disguised as privacy reform. At the heart ... read more

Forget the standard job posting, Monks is auditioning its next AI leaders through an AI of its own creation: an AI recruiter personifying the agency’s co-founder. The S4-owned agency recently debuted a new chatbot called ... read more

Is there such a thing as over-preparing? It certainly feels that way in the case of TikTok’s ban, which has been playing out in the U.S. for months since its initial January 2025 deadline following ... read more

January’s TikTok outage has served as a wake-up call for brands, reinforcing the need to diversify their spending across multiple platforms to avoid over-reliance on a single channel. That’s meant marketers have spent more on ... read more

Though Superman is clearly going to get the living daylights beat out of him at some point in James Gunn’s upcoming DC Studios feature, the movie’s latest trailer puts a spotlight ... read more

The CEO of Steve Jackson Games, which makes board games and card games, says that the 54 percent tariff on goods imported from China that will go into effect on April ... read more

Yes, prices will likely go up though not right away. If you were wondering how President Trump’s tariffs may impact gadgets like smartphones, laptops, and smartwatches, there’s some bad, and perhaps slightly ... read more

The Pixel 9A’s main camera might go to the base Pixel 10. Google’s upcoming base Pixel 10 might come with primary and ultrawide cameras that match the hardware recently introduced in the ... read more

The card grading service PSA will no longer take direct submissions from outside the US in response to the Trump administration’s new far-reaching tariffs. In an update on Wednesday, PSA says ... read more

The folks at media consultant ID Comms have been thinking a lot about the issue and dispense some advice to the industry via the firm's podcast #MediaSnack. ... read more

The potential regulations "would harm consumers, the economy, and small businesses by hindering data services companies' practices that provide valuable and desired offerings to the marketplace," Privacy for America says. ... read more

The potential regulations "would harm consumers, the economy, and small businesses by hindering data services companies' practices that provide valuable and desired offerings to the marketplace," Privacy for America says. ... read more

Maybe the iPhone 16E’s higher price had tariffs in mind. The US smartphone market is weird. Most of us buy our phones through some combination of installment plans, trade-in offers, and carrier ... read more

TikTok is shutting down Notes, its photos-sharing app that rivaled Instagram. In a notification to users, the TikTok Notes team says the app will stop working starting May 8th, and “all ... read more

Microsoft is testing out resizable taskbar icons in Windows 11 that can shrink as you open more apps or stay at a smaller size for good. The new options are included ... read more

"Google effectively embedded a live mic in tens of millions of individuals' private lives," the consumers argue in new court papers. ... read more

The biggest threat to the Steam Deck in 2025 won’t be the arrival of other Windows-based handheld gaming PCs. Instead, it’ll likely be the Nintendo Switch 2, which arrives on June ... read more

Amazon has introduced a new Recaps feature on several Kindle models. | Image: Amazon Amazon is comparing a new feature for the Kindle to the “Previously on…” segments that TV shows frequently ... read more

Amazon has entered an era of automation that allows its systems to find and then make a purchase for consumers through agentic AI platforms. The Buy for Me experience integrates into Amazon's shopping experience so ... read more

Famed American entrepreneur Mark Cuban has funded a pre-seed round for Skylight, a decentralized TikTok alternative built on the AT Protocol, Bluesky's open-source ecosystem. ... read more

Enrollment is automatic, but companies can opt out through Merchant Center settings. ... read more

Amazon is testing a new “Buy for Me” button that will let you purchase products from third-party websites without leaving the e-commerce giant’s mobile app. The feature is powered by agentic ... read more

Even with all the self-induced turmoil that Sonos has been through over the last year, if you’ve been eyeing any of the company’s products, it might be wise to buy sooner ... read more

We must raise our voices in support of those targeted by the administration -- and against the targeting of legal advocates for those targeted. ... read more

WPP surprised the marketing and media worlds today with the least-surprising news possible. The agency holding company said it is purchasing InfoSum — the data firm once run by its current global CEO of GroupM, ... read more

Genki’s Energy Pack powers up the Switch 2 using a short USB-C cable. | Screenshot: YouTube With every new portable console comes a mountain of new third-party accessories. We’ve already seen Hori’s ... read more

The assignment includes supporting the brand's loyalty program known as "World of Hyatt." ... read more

Just about everything with the Nintendo Switch 2 is more expensive than the original Switch.  It’s perhaps not unexpected that the console itself costs more money than the first Switch. That ... read more

Spotify expanded its programmatic ad partnerships with Google and Magnite aimed at providing access to the music app's ad exchange. Advertisers can now reach Spotify's logged-in users via real-time auction with full addressability and measurement ... read more

Work for the brands, which include Buddig, Old Wisconsin, Kingsford and others, will break this summer. ... read more

The 2026 Ioniq 6 N Line. Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 electric sedan already had a polarizing “streamliner” design that only owners seem to love. Now the automaker has massaged the front a bit ... read more

At Home Depot, Orange Apron Media wants to prove that buyer intent - not just impressions - is retail media's most potent metric. ... read more

Two leading AI labs, OpenAI and Anthropic, just announced major initiatives in higher education. It’s the constant one-upping we’ve all become familiar with: this week, Anthropic dropped their announcement at 8 ... read more

With President Donald Trump’s new tariff plan, your online shopping packages coming directly from China are about to get much more expensive. In February, the Trump administration moved to get rid ... read more

Fiber internet providers are worried they won’t see the funds promised under a Biden-era initiative that would bring reliable internet service to rural areas. Louisiana fiber internet provider Cajun Broadband was ... read more

Cable and subscription-based streaming platforms function as "required utilities" for most U.S. households. ... read more

The top three cable TV networks' total prime-time viewing is up 17% to 4.59 million, vs. 3.91 million in the first quarter of 2024. ... read more

Nintendo’s Switch 2 tech specs yesterday vaguely said that the console is powered by a “custom processor made by Nvidia,” but in a new blog post, Nvidia has shared a little ... read more

Though Blumhouse’s first M3gan feature was a near-perfect blend of techno-horror and ridiculous comedy, the sequel looks like it’s going to blow its predecessor out of the water. Set a couple ... read more

“Liberation Day” has arrived. Get ready to be liberated from affordable vehicle prices.  As promised, President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs for imported vehicles went into effect Thursday, sending the auto ... read more

The vibes at seven39 feel distinctly like the internet of the late ‘90s and early 2000s. | Image: The Verge For the past few weeks, every day at 7:38 PM ET, I ... read more

YouTube is adding new features to Shorts that aim to make it easier for creators to edit short-form videos. There are five new tools “coming this spring” according to YouTube’s announcement, ... read more

Democrats are calling on Treasury Department and General Services Administration watchdogs to investigate a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee’s access to sensitive data. In a letter to Deputy Inspectors General ... read more

According to a report from Bloomberg, TikTok will be fined by Ireland's Data Protection Commission by the end of the month. The fine, equivalent to about $553 million, stems from an investigation that found a ... read more

According to a report from Bloomberg, TikTok will be fined by Ireland's Data Protection Commission by the end of the month. The fine, equivalent to about $553 million, stems from an investigation that found a ... read more

LinkedIn, part of Microsoft, spends an estimated $250 million on annual measured media globally, according to agency research firm COMvergence. ... read more

One of the games I had on my personal Nintendo Switch 2 bingo card was a new 3D Mario. We didn’t get one at the Switch 2 hands-on, and at first ... read more

On today’s episode of Decoder, we’re talking about AI, art, and the controversial collision between the two — a debate that, to be honest, is an absolute mess. If you’ve been ... read more

Twelve South’s HiRise 3 Deluxe can power up MagSafe-compatible iPhones, a set of AirPods, and an Apple Watch. If you’re trying to declutter your desk space, a versatile charger that won’t eat ... read more

When President Donald Trump began yesterday’s announcement of the White House’s latest trade policy brandishing a novelty-sized cardboard sign labeled “Reciprocal Tariffs,” the immediate and nearly unanimous response was bafflement. Trump ... read more

A screenshot from Possessor(s). | Image: Devolver Digital Heart Machine, the studio behind games like Hyper Light Drifter, Solar Ash, and the upcoming platformer Possessor(s), launched a Patreon last December. Like many ... read more

Ad fatigue, competition, and platform changes are making it more difficult to sustain performance. ... read more

Though the last season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ended on a perilous note, when the Paramount Plus series returns, it’s going to lean into the whimsical energy that made ... read more

Shares of Apple, Amazon and other tech stocks are getting walloped on Thursday as the markets digest the impact of Trump’s new round of tariffs announced on Wednesday evening. Shares of ... read more

The Nikon Z5 II includes an upgraded LCD touchscreen that can now flip out sideways and rotage. | Image: Nikon Five years after Nikon released its entry-level and more affordable alternative to ... read more

Before rejoining GroupM as CEO late last year, Brian Lesser was chairman and CEO of data cleanroom. Terms were not disclosed. ... read more

Microsoft’s business-oriented “Link” mini-desktop PC, which connects directly to the company’s Windows 365 cloud service, is now available to buy for $349.99 in the US and in several other countries. Windows ... read more

The value proposition of the Nintendo Switch 2 may seem pretty clear, but it’s much more obvious when you use one. Nintendo’s new console is the Switch but slightly bigger and ... read more

A new Mario Kart is usually built around some kind of notable feature. Double Dash added co-op play, while the DS iteration let you play other people online. With Mario Kart ... read more