Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida, Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe, and Mitsubishi CEO Takao Kato. Honda and Nissan have announced they are calling off a $60 billion plan to merge their two companies. The ... read more

Alibaba has announced that it is partnering with Apple to provide artificial intelligence features to iPhones in China. Apple Intelligence features have not yet been enabled in China, which is thought ... read more

What else could it possibly be for? Apple has quietly released a new app that suggests it may soon allow third-party retailers to sell its Vision Pro headset. The “Vision Pro Demo ... read more

We’re likely still a long way out from Bethesda’s next Elder Scrolls game. But that wait isn’t such a big deal when the Xbox has other excellent roleplaying games like Avowed. ... read more

Apple’s Vision Pro is finally here. Tim Cook arrived at Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York City to greet the crowd of customers at the doors who were waiting to ... read more

YouTube keeps rising in usage - now representing 11.1% of all total TV viewing time, according to Nielsen metrics. ... read more

As Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have sought to gut and remake the federal government to their liking, federal workers have changed how they communicate with one another and with ... read more

Guess who’s back. Apple has resumed advertising on X for the first time since pausing ads more than a year ago.  The company was one of many to halt advertisements over concerns ... read more

The vastness of the Warner Bros. Discovery empire enabled the company to promote an HBO show on HGTV. ... read more

Gold Rabbit Sports was founded by Andre Schunk in 2020 after he spent nearly two decades at Interpublic experiential agency Octagon. ... read more

NewsNation has launched a new on-air promo ad in an effort to explain and counter a similar marketing tag line recently started up by Fox News Network - which aired during the Super Bowl. NewsNation ... read more

Instagram Reels might be the current closest social media experience to TikTok, but can it seize upon its competitor’s stumble in the U.S. to overtake a major rival? Reels is similar in user experience and ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing looks at media companies’ previous efforts to launch (or grow) their own social media platforms, in light of BuzzFeed’s plans to tackle big tech’s algorithms by creating its own social media ... read more

Brands often plan to extend their Super Bowl activity beyond game day, the better to maximize their time in the spotlight and the star power of celebrity talent. In the past, an advertiser might have ... read more

Rooster Teeth is officially free from its corporate overlords. Now owned by one of its original founders, the fan-favorite production company appears to be emulating the same independent approach that has paid off for some ... read more

"Morning Brew" CEO Austin Rief will step down to become executive chairman. ... read more

Associated Press was barred from an executive order signing for not using the Trump-designated name: Gulf of America. ... read more

Reddit released earnings on Wednesday, highlighting its search features. The company's performance revenue that drove more than half of its growth and licensing data to train open-source AI models will become the key to ongoing ... read more

Elon Musk’s X has agreed to pay President Donald Trump “about $10 million” to settle his lawsuit against Twitter, reports The Wall Street Journal. The settlement would come on top of ... read more

The Trade Desk saw its stock price plunge by as much as 26% after it issued its first-ever quarterly earnings miss, i.e., its market capitalization lost billions of dollars of value despite double-digit growth. ... read more

Housemarque, the PlayStation-owned studio that made the excellent sci-fi roguelike Returnal, has just announced its next game: Saros. The game will launch on PS5 in 2026. Here’s a brief description of ... read more

Apple has just added its redesigned Mac Mini to the Certified Refurbished store and is knocking as much as $210 off some base models. To begin with, you can get the ... read more

She’s totally different now, she promises. I have heard it said that fame is the most addictive of all drugs. I have been skeptical about this, but Elizabeth Holmes’ ongoing PR saga ... read more

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of disgraced blood-testing company Theranos, has been found guilty on three counts of wire fraud, as well as a count of conspiracy to commit fraud ... read more

Ross Intelligence infringed copyright by training its legal research platform on material owned by Thomson Reuters' Westlaw, a federal judge ruled this week. ... read more

The Beats Fit Pro have built-in wing tips so they won’t fall out while you’re working out. If you’re on the hunt for a good pair of new wireless earbuds or headphones, ... read more

Sony is starting out 2025 by sharing exactly what it has in store for the PlayStation 5 this year. The company will be streaming a 40-minute State of Play event on ... read more

Brands may have an opportunity to foster loyalty and drive purchase behavior by sharing more positive content on their social media accounts. ... read more

2026 Jeep Recon EV in orange. | Image: Jeep Jeep quietly launched a new landing website for its upcoming all-electric Recon and teased the vehicle in a Super Bowl ad last Sunday ... read more

Popcorn brand LesserEvil is the latest group caught up in the chaos of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s whirlwind of action over the past couple of weeks. The company recently ... read more

OpenAI is releasing a significantly expanded version of its Model Spec, a document that defines how its AI models should behave — and is making it free for anyone to use ... read more

Disney first added content warnings to movies in 2019 for racist scenes or depictions in Disney films from the 1940s and '50s. ... read more

Despite the way it seems, Amazon doesn’t sell everything. To fix this, the company is beta-testing a new shopping feature that will include products it doesn’t sell in search results on ... read more

LOS ANGELES, CA -- SoCom, hosted by Orca, attracted an eclectic mix of creators, agency leaders, brand executives, retailers, ecommerce platforms and marketers for a day of workshops and presentations that explored the potential promise ... read more

LOS ANGELES, CA -- SoCom, hosted by Orca, attracted an eclectic mix of creators, agency leaders, brand executives, retailers, ecommerce platforms and marketers for a day of workshops and presentations that explored the potential promise ... read more

Though the hype around Hulu’s adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale gradually faded as time went on, the show’s final season looks like it’s going to be a sobering and timely reminder ... read more

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman detailed plans for the company’s GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 AI models in a roadmap published on X on Wednesday. In the post, Altman also acknowledged that OpenAI’s product ... read more

Yamaha’s Helm Master EX Wireless Control looks like an upgraded version of the Nintendo Wii’s Nunchuk controller. | Image: Yamaha Yamaha has announced a new handheld controller that gives a captain full ... read more

Waste.gov, a new government website registered by the Trump administration, has been hidden and locked down after 404 Media reported that it mostly displayed an unedited WordPress template. The archived version ... read more

Is something rewiring your brain? Microsoft Research finds that humans who increasingly rely on generative AI in their work use less critical thinking that can deteriorate their cognitive abilities. ... read more

"Meta's unlawful practices deny Black users of Facebook and Instagram access to information about public colleges and universities," the Equal Rights Center alleges in a complaint filed Tuesday in District of Columbia Superior Court. ... read more

LAS VEGAS — Is connected TV advertising for the top or the bottom of the marketing funnel? Liz Roche thinks it excels across the gamut. Albertsons Media Collective announced its CTV product, Collective TV, at ... read more

The simple fact is, to market AI, first you have to give it away, so samplers can create buzz for the experience. ... read more

Apple is going to launch its Apple TV Plus app on Android phones as soon as today, according to Bloomberg. An Apple TV Plus app is already available for Android TV, ... read more

Overwatch 2 is getting quite the shakeup in 2025 as it faces growing competition from other online shooters. It starts with the season 15 update that’s coming on February 18th that’ll ... read more

The good news: the firm's principal buying unit is in full swing in the U.S. The proposed acquisition of the company by Omnicom would also help in that area (among others) as the latter has ... read more

Advertisers are demanding more evidence that their media spending is driving an outcome, making transparency into cross-platform measurement a greater priority. We are focused on “things like transparency with our partners and our suppliers. That’s ... read more

LAS VEGAS — Connected TV and streaming is abundant and streaming rates are exploding. So, why can showing the right ad to the right viewer be so difficult? For Peter Crofut, the problem is about ... read more

Google will soon use machine learning to estimate the age of its users. In an update on Wednesday, Google said it’s testing a machine learning model in the US to help ... read more

The OceanGate Titan submersible underwater. | Image: OceanGate On June 18th, 2023, a small sub called the Titan was lost about an hour and forty-five minutes into its voyage carrying five people ... read more

Brands and politics are a bad match. Politicians win with one more vote, so divide-and-conquer is a good strategy. Brands only win by selling to everybody. ... read more

Scarlett Johansson is calling on the government to pass a law limiting the use of AI after a video featuring an AI deepfake of the actress circulated online. In a statement ... read more

An independent ad agency notified Microsoft it has encountered significant challenges with invalid traffic and junk leads that impact the performance of its clients' campaigns. ... read more

Deja vu. Samsung’s Galaxy S-series is in its software era. Maybe the whole smartphone industry is, too, save for a few phones with hinges (Samsung’s included). But overall, we have exited the ... read more

A common problem I’ve come across with decades-old analog media — particularly VHS — is mold that develops inside the cassette cartridge. The white fuzzy glaze on black magnetic tape often ... read more

It’s still relatively early in the year, but 2025 has already been a pretty busy one for gaming announcements. Nintendo officially unveiled the next Switch (with more details on the way), ... read more

Amazon said it is experimenting with helping customers find products from other brands' sites when they search in the Amazon Shopping app. ... read more

The Switzerland-based insurance group cited data -- especially Omnicom's OMNI operating system -- as part of the decision. ... read more

The Switzerland-based insurance group cited data -- especially Omnicom's OMNI operating system -- as part of the decision. ... read more

Adobe’s text- and image-to-video AI generator has been released for anyone to try online. Generate Video is available starting today in public beta following a limited early access testing period last ... read more

The Apple Health Study is designed to be broad in scope and holistic in its approach. | Image: Apple Apple announced today it’s launching a brand-new research study — the Apple Health ... read more

It’s inaccurate and reductive to call Elden Ring Nightreign a Dark Souls take on Fortnite. And yet, if pressed for an extremely brief elevator pitch — say, the kind you’d give ... read more

Reddit is providing Intercontinental Exchange - which owns the New York Stock Exchange - with "anonymous conversations" from its social platform to create new data and analytics products for the finance industry. ... read more

Reddit is providing Intercontinental Exchange - an American financial-services company that owns the New York Stock Exchange with "anonymous conversations" from its social platform to create new data and analytics products for the finance industry. ... read more

it was more of a statement than a typical crowd-pleaser. And as with most breakthroughs, it was threatening to the audiences not familiar with Lamar or rap. ... read more

The company is undertaking an accelerated business transformation and cost reduction plan this year as it simultaneously prepares to be acquired by Omnicom. That transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of ... read more

The long-awaited game launches in early access in October. | Image: Blizzard Overwatch 2, the sequel to Activision Blizzard’s hit hero shooter Overwatch, is finally launching in October after first being announced ... read more

The advertising world is undergoing a massive shift in audience understanding — but, according to one industry veteran, the future lies not in knowing who customers are, but what they want. Amid data privacy concerns ... read more

Trump is threatening his perceived enemies in the news media - most notably CBS for the way editors at "60 Minutes" cut an interview with Kamala Harris. ... read more

Roku's substantial market share of U.S. streaming devices could give Disney an immediate connection with a big user base - nearly 85.5 million monthly active users, who come with valuable user data. ... read more

Crytek is laying off around 15 percent of its 400 employees, affecting development teams and shared services. The announcement comes months after Crytek put the development of its next Crysis game ... read more

New look, new dial. Wacom has completely overhauled its Intuos Pro drawing tablets to make them more compact, convenient, and customizable for creative professionals. This is the biggest redesign for the Intuos ... read more

Leaker Evan Blass has shared a set of spinning GIFs of Samsung’s midrange Galaxy A56 that show the phone in four colors and a host of different angles. The Galaxy A56 ... read more

The Center for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on August 06, 2022. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration brought webpages back online, meeting a court-ordered deadline at 11:59PM ... read more

In Q4, Netflix pulled on average 34 cents of subscriber fees for an hour of content viewed by its subscribers - lower than all other competitors. ... read more

This is a story about how generative AI helped a media agency CEO do the job of several people over the course of a few days. It’s the experience that Dave Gaines, the CEO of ... read more

It looks like Snapchat’s hard efforts to win over small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are finally starting to pay off. The platform has been really focused on improving its direct response business, which includes expanding ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing features an interview with Tubi CMO Nicole Parlapiano about the Fox-owned free, ad-supported streamer’s Super Bowl broadcast. Tubi’s big game YouTube’s TV inflection point, Netflix’s video podcast plans ... read more

Uncertainty over the evolution of the ad tech sector has defined its public conversations in the 2020s, but amid talk of strategic pivots some of the sector’s leading names are turning to startups. Sources ... read more

Doritos revived its “Crash the Super Bowl” contest to mark its 25th year advertising during the Big Game. The move wasn’t intended to simply put together a user-generated Super Bowl spot, as it has been ... read more

Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr has asked his agency to investigate Comcast’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices, reports Newsmax. “We have received an inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission and ... read more

AI brings real value -- and also real challenges, the BBC reports in a study. ... read more

The firm hopes to help readers bypass "algorithm-driven doomscrolling." ... read more

On Tuesday, US District Court of Delaware judge Stephanos Bibas issued a partial summary judgment in favor of Thomson Reuters in its copyright infringement lawsuit against Ross Intelligence, a legal AI ... read more

The Trump administration breached a federal privacy law by letting workers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access information on millions of government workers, privacy advocates including the Electronic ... read more

Tons of devices are on sale right now, including some of our favorite products from Apple, Sony, and Samsung. Valentine’s Day and President’s Day are happening on the same weekend this year, ... read more

Entries can be submitted in multiple categories, but no more than one entry per category per agency. ... read more

Apple is renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its Maps app. The company started rolling out the name change for US users this afternoon, and Bloomberg ... read more

Siding against Google, a federal judge ruled Monday that the company must face privacy claims over the Google Cloud Contact Center AI -- an artificial intelligence service used by businesses including Hulu, GoDaddy and Home ... read more

Are TV viewers really watching the screen anymore, or do they have their phones in their hands? This is the question facing TV manufacturers. But, if viewers are shopping for the things they’re seeing on ... read more

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — TV used to be a mass-reach medium whose stock in trade was top-of-funnel brand awareness. But CTV has changed all that. “Personalized, scalable CTV is absolutely paramount to drive performance,” Liz ... read more

The high-stakes world of Formula 1 racing just became the latest battleground for AI companies. AI-powered search startup Perplexity has been in negotiations to sign a sponsorship deal with Red Bull Racing, worth ... read more

Mark your calendars for Google’s next developer conference. Google’s next I/O developer conference will take place on May 20th and May 21st, the company announced today. The event will be “open to ... read more

Nearly two years ago, Framework announced one of the most ambitious laptops ever live on a San Francisco stage, plus an AMD upgrade for its modular Intel machines. On February 25th, ... read more

On Tuesday, Shopify shut down the Yeezy store run by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) after it listed shirts with swastikas for sale. Ye advertised the site in a commercial ... read more

BuzzFeed wants to fight the addictive nature of social media platforms. BuzzFeed plans on launching a new social platform “built specifically to spread joy and enable playful creative expression.” In a blog ... read more

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals won't immediately halt a proceeding that could end Apple's multi-billion dollar partnership with Google. ... read more

Apparent official renders of the Pixel 9A. | Image: <em><a href="https://www.androidheadlines.com/google-pixel-9a-renders-colors">Android Headlines</a></em> A new set of leaked Pixel 9A renders appears to confirm months of rumors that Google is virtually ditching the ... read more

"The case raises important issues regarding the antitrust laws, their application to firms in the digital economy, and the value of data," counsel for Facebook users says in papers filed with the 9th Circuit. ... read more

Ninja just announced a new ice cream maker that does something its existing Creami model can’t: make soft serve. The Ninja Swirl packs the option to create both regular scooped ice ... read more