OpenAI is ending October with a new for-profit structure, a new deal with Microsoft, and an entirely new level of pressure to achieve artificial general intelligence. The generally accepted ... read more

AI writing aid Grammarly is now part of Superhuman, alongside Coda, Superhuman Mail, and a new AI assistant called Superhuman Go. The new Superhuman suite, including all those tools, will ... read more

One might suggest Comcast CEO Brian Roberts' donation could be part of the plan - especially now that Comcast is spinning off its cable TV networks. ... read more

Character.AI is gradually shutting down chats for people under 18 and rolling out new ways to figure out if users are adults. The company announced Wednesday that under-18 users will ... read more

Creators can avoid YouTube remastering their old, low-resolution videos. YouTube has announced several new features that aim to improve the viewing experience on TV screens, including an instant shopping tool ... read more

Uber has picked the first city for the launch of its new robotaxi service with Lucid and Nuro. No surprise, it’s San Francisco. The companies have already begun on-road ... read more

On Monday, a new online “encyclopedia” sputtered to life. Grokipedia is the brainchild of Elon Musk and his startup xAI, and the billionaire is promoting it as a supposedly less ... read more

Cameo is requesting a court order to block OpenAI from using the term “cameo.” | Image by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images Cameo is suing OpenAI over Sora 2’s “cameo” ... read more

Bill Gates at a Bloomberg Philanthropies meeting at the Plaza Hotel on September 23, 2025 in New York City. | Photo: Getty Images Bill Gates wants us all to be ... read more

The new Vision Pro with M5 offers some improvements over the original. Apple's Vision Pro remains the best VR headset by a mile, and there are many moments when it ... read more

It's been nearly two weeks since Microsoft, a multi-trillion dollar company, shipped a $600 handheld "Xbox" that can't be relied on to sleep, wake, or hold a charge while asleep ... read more

Publisher monetization choices are among the most covered and critiqued aspects of our industry. I’m as guilty as anyone; it has been the throughline of everything I’ve written about since 2023. If you’d prefer to ... read more

Prebid changes its mind on universal TIDs; streaming media takes advantage of live events; and short-form video clips are (still) all the rage. The post Never Mind About The Whole TID Thing; Live Sports Still ... read more

While publishers worry about the impact of AI search on web traffic, brand marketers are seeing a different picture altogether. Takeup of AI search tools is on the rise, disrupting user behaviors and the performance ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at a spate of recent studies that illustrate the out-of-whack supply-demand dynamics in the streaming ad market. In Graphic Detail WBD’s other suitor, Paramount’s WBD plans and ... read more

This story was first published by Digiday sibling WorkLife HR leaders know that perception shapes reality in the workplace. But what happens when half your workforce experiences the organization fundamentally counter to the other half? ... read more

British tabloid newspaper The Sun is building an AI agent for its programmatic advertising business, as it looks to prepare for when demand-side partners push agentic media buying at scale. The Sun’s evp and publisher ... read more

When Caroline Giegerich talks to marketers about AI-generated video, the discussion always seems to orbit the same point: risk. Not the dystopian kind — the reputational kind. Giegerich, the IAB’s vp of AI, recalled a moment ... read more

The Financial Times is building an AI that doesn’t just know who will pay — it’s learning who will stay.  After nearly a year of running its AI paywall, the publisher’s focus is shifting to ... read more

The U-Scan can be left installed in your toilet for up to three months between charges. | Image: Withings Withings first announced its U-Scan, a non-invasive device you install in ... read more

Netflix began testing real-time voting earlier this year with a live cooking show in August - "Dinner Time Live with David Chang." ... read more

With "access to credible data," the pharma industry could have "the antidote" to non-fact-based info, says healthcare agency. ... read more

A new piece of legislation could require AI companies to verify the ages of everyone who uses their chatbots. Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the GUARD ... read more

YouTube is updating its policy to age-restrict more content containing video game scenes with “graphic violence,” the company announced on Tuesday. The update will go into effect on November 17th ... read more

The wireless earbuds feature an over-the-ear hook style for a more secure fit. | Image: The Verge If you spend most of your time commuting, walking around, or exercising, the ... read more

TrillerTV on Monday urged the Supreme Court to turn away a streaming video subscriber who is seeking to appeal a lower court ruling that dismissed her video privacy suit against the service. ... read more

Bloomberg video news content is available on YouTube TV. ... read more

Pinterest is introducing new in-feed AI-powered product recommendations, in an effort to boost its in-app shopping presence ahead of the holiday season. ... read more

Hello and welcome to Regulator. When it comes to the news cycle, only the actual destruction of the White House could have overshadowed the slate of dubious pardons that President ... read more

Wall Street analysts at New Street Research have issued a report downgrading Snap's stock due to stagnant North American user growth and ad-revenue intake. ... read more

LAS VEGAS — Organizations struggling to move from siloed data to actionable cross-channel insights should start small and prioritize progress over comprehensive solutions that never launch. “It’s about simplification and everyone seems to be wanting ... read more

A screenshot from Throne and Liberty, one of Amazon’s MMOs. As part of Amazon’s mass layoffs announced today, the company is making “significant” changes to its gaming division, including halting ... read more

Apple’s 4K streaming device rarely goes on sale, but right now it’s available for its lowest price to date at Costco.com. Now through October 31st, Costco members can buy the ... read more

Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal said Tuesday they are introducing a bill that would prohibit companies from offering AI chatbot "companions" to minors under 18. ... read more

Despite its steady growth, digital audio still carries the reputation of an underachiever. In an attempt to close the gap between ad spend and time spent with podcasts and music, many of the big audio ... read more

This morning, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-0 to let itself retroactively ban gadgets and radio components that it previously approved for entry into the United States, if the ... read more

As new technologies make it easier than ever to place a “buy now” button in front of a consumer, the pressure to demonstrate immediate return on investment is immense. But could this short-term focus risk ... read more

Advertisers should rethink what “reach” really means, said Kelley Rapport, vice president and director of precision at Publicis Groupe’s Digitas North America. Instead of trying to reach everyone, Rapport said brands should prioritize quality interactions, ... read more

Robotaxi fever is back, baby! After a bunch of automaker-led autonomous driving projects shut down amid concerns over safety and costs, car companies are expressing a renewed interest in self-driving ... read more

After attending a hybrid conference in-person, I realize what made my experience better than a virtual attendee's. ... read more

Lucid says it will eventually sell “privately owned” autonomous vehicles with the help of Nvidia’s artificial intelligence technology. The company is the latest to declare its intention to sell Level ... read more

Though there’s still a new Doctor Who spinoff making its way to Disney Plus, Disney’s production partnership with the BBC has come to an end. The BBC announced today that ... read more

Hasselblad is still the camera partner on Oppo’s phones. Oppo has announced the international launch of its Find X9 and Find X9 Pro flagships, and both phones are going on ... read more

This year’s winners of the Digiday AI Awards demonstrate how artificial intelligence is reshaping industries through accessibility, accountability and innovation. From making complex tools available to broader audiences, to establishing ethical standards and transparency, these ... read more

(L to R) Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Jacob Romero as Usopp, Taz Skylar as Sanji. | Image: Netflix Attention, Straw Hats — Netflix’s surprisingly great One Piece adaptation ... read more

Upgrading Lego’s Game Boy using the BrickBoy kit will cost you a lot more than many handheld emulators that are far more capable. | Image: Kickstarter After being announced last ... read more

PayPal announced today that you’ll be able to use its wallet to make purchases directly through ChatGPT beginning sometime in 2026. The recently-added Instant Checkout feature in ChatGPT will have ... read more

GitHub is giving developers access to third-party AI coding agents with the launch of a new “Agent HQ.” Instead of just using GitHub Copilot, developers will get to try OpenAI’s ... read more

Microsoft will hold a 27% stake in OpenAI Group PBC, which will be controlled by the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation. The deal allows OpenAI to restructure into a public benefit corporation, valuing OpenAI at $500 billion. ... read more

MSI’s Mag 271QP X28 is on sale for $519.99 ($130 off). Black Friday is one month away, but MSI didn’t wait to drop the price of its 27-inch Mag 271QP X28 ... read more

EA announced today that Battlefield Redsec, the free-to-play battle royale that the company says is “built on Battlefield’s iconic DNA,” is available now. Here’s how EA describes the mode in ... read more

Engagement with ads does not always correspond with conversion rates, and viewability doesn't mean the ads got attention. A study by Human Security finds that marketers are challenged by confusion and concern about how generative ... read more

Available in white and black, full-size or tenkeyless. Razer is announcing a new Huntsman V3 Pro 8kHz keyboard for esports-level competition and speed-obsessed PC gamers. The newest version of Razer’s ... read more

When Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it was open to the possibility of a sale, the entertainment giant was careful to mention that it has already received multiple unsolicited offers ... read more

With Meta's new range of smart glasses, Mark Zuckerberg is pitching a vision of the future that sci-fi authors have been warning about for decades - one where privacy is ... read more

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L), speaks with OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, who joined by video during the Microsoft Build 2025 conference. OpenAI’s controversial for-profit ... read more

Govee’s new accessory can make two power outlets more functional. | Image: Govee Did you know you should be replacing your surge protectors every three to five years to avoid ... read more

When Tony Stubblebine became CEO of Medium in 2022, the online publishing platform was losing more than $2.5 million each month, shedding subscribers and struggling to find a clear product-market fit. The situation was dire, ... read more

The firm said law enforcement authorities have been notified, and cybersecurity experts have been brought in as part of the investigation. ... read more

Adobe has kicked off its annual Max design conference, where it’ll be giving us a first glimpse at the latest updates coming to its Creative Cloud apps and Firefly AI ... read more

If you know how to set it up, it can almost seem like your phone can read your mind. The minute you walk out of the office, a text gets ... read more

When fully open, the trifold is essentially a 10-inch tablet. | Photo: SeongJoon Cho / Bloomberg via Getty Images After long insisting that it will release its first trifold phone ... read more

Zillow is trying to make it easier to share listings by putting a messaging feature directly in its app. Instead of sharing a link to your dream home over a ... read more

Tech products that are packaged and ready for sale aren't launching in the US as planned right now, thanks to the government shutdown. Earlier this month, Leica delayed its M ... read more

Senate Democrats are urging the Federal Communications Commission to enforce a rule that would lower the price of prison phone and video calls. In a letter to FCC Chair Brendan ... read more

My Marketing Pro has set out to automate the entire marketing process, from brainstorm to launch, via conversations with an agent. The post This Startup Wants To Automate The Entire Marketing Process Via A Conversation ... read more

Disney, in second place, rose nearly two share points vs. August to 10.7%, while industry leader YouTube added growth year-over-year to 12.6% vs. 10.6% in Sept. 2024. ... read more

The trackball’s scroll dial is now flanked by a pair of scroll wheels on either side of the mouse. | Image: Kensington Kensington has announced a new version of its ... read more

The new Insta360 X4 Air also has a larger sensor than the older X4. | Image: Insta360 Insta360 debuted its new X5 360-degree action camera just six months ago, but ... read more

Project Moonlight As Adobe builds AI assistants into each of its applications, the company is also building an AI agent on its Firefly platform to act as a centralized creative ... read more

The AI Assistant is designed to be used without needing professional design experience. A new generative AI experience is coming to Adobe’s cloud-based Express design platform, enabling you to transform ... read more

Generate Soundtrack is like Mad Libs for backing instrumentals. Adobe is giving filmmakers new generative AI audio tools that can quickly add thematically appropriate backing tracks and narration to videos. ... read more

Photoshop’s Generative Fill tool can now use third-party AI models. | Image: Adobe Adobe has kicked off its annual Max event, giving us a first look at new and upcoming ... read more

Amazon is planning to axe around 14,000 corporate jobs. The mass layoffs were expected as part of the company’s cost-cutting drive, but are smaller than the 30,000 job losses previous ... read more

The Romo P robot vacuum from DJI is now available in Europe for €1,899. Of all the companies that could have launched a robot vacuum in 2025, I didn't have ... read more

Rhea Seehorn in Pluribus. Now he's best known for the crime-fueled duology of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, but when Vince Gilligan was first starting out in television, it ... read more

Condé Nast doesn’t think advertising will save it; AWS strikes a blow against Google’s cloud service; and Paramount+ is going to have to pivot. The post Condé At A Crossroads; The Cloud Wars Heat ... read more

For the most part, it’s nearly impossible to find advertisers that are spending a substantial amount of their social budgets on X. But more niche industries, such as crypto, see X the same way traditional ... read more

Ad tech has always lived in a world where money moves slower than the ads it sells. Everyone’s floating — fronting payments to publishers while waiting weeks, sometimes months, for agencies and advertisers to settle ... read more

This story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. After OpenAI revealed a new feature where users can purchase products directly inside ChatGPT and landed partnerships with Etsy, Shopify and Walmart, other retailers are ... read more

As Ringier rethinks what its future newsrooms should look like, a provocative idea is on the table: future editors-in-chief might come from audience development, not traditional journalism.  The idea is being pushed by Dmitry Shishkin, ... read more

The digital ad industry’s latest power struggle doesn’t just pit buy-side vs. sell-side; in fact, given the timing, it’s an analogy for the larger battle for the digital media industry’s finances.  To clarify, the above ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify As the line between politics and culture becomes more blurred, creators and influencers more often find themselves caught in the crosshairs.  Those crosshairs are something Kalen Allen, actor and ... read more

The ad campaign, aimed at reversing declining trust in news media, celebrates "facts," "clarity" and "calm." ... read more

Every December for the past few years, Frans Riemersma and I have published a deeply researched report on what’s actually happening in martech as the New Year approaches. These aren’t the crazy fever-dream “predictions” ... read more

xAI’s Grokipedia, its Wikipedia-like online encyclopedia, is now live. The similarities go deeper than expected. Grokipedia’s design is pretty basic right now; like Wikipedia, the homepage is mostly just a ... read more

Darren Woods, chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corp, during the Summit on Methane and Other Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases on day three of the COP28 climate conference at Expo City ... read more

The cuts mark its largest-ever downsizing as AI, automation reshape work. ... read more

After using the original Pokémon theme song in a montage of ICE raids, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using another popular video game franchise to promote itself on ... read more

AMD has sealed a $1 billion deal with the US Department of Energy to develop two supercomputers, Lux and Discovery, in collaboration with Oracle and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Both ... read more

The integration enables advertisers to use closed-loop optimization - an automated process that allows a system to use feedback from its performance to make continual adjustments. ... read more

TikTok and parent company ByteDance have agreed to resolve a class-action privacy complaint alleging that they wrongly gathered sensitive health data from Hey Favor, a now bankrupt telemedicine company and direct-to-consumer pharmacy. ... read more

You can now watch your favorite video podcasts on your big screen with Spotify’s new tvOS app update. | Image: Spotify Spotify has announced a redesigned version of its Apple ... read more

Less than a year into his role as X's ad chief, John Nitti has left the company, according to a report from the "Financial Times." ... read more

Less than a year into his role as X's advertising chief, John Nitti has left the company, according to a report from the "Financial Times." ... read more

The White House expects to reach a final deal with China later this week with regard to TikTok, according to a recent "Face The Nation" interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. ... read more

Analytics company Adalytics is pressing a federal judge to dismiss DoubleVerify's defamation and false advertising lawsuit over a March report regarding invalid traffic. ... read more

Analytics company Adalytics is pressing a federal judge to dismiss DoubleVerify's defamation and false advertising lawsuit over a March report regarding invalid traffic. ... read more

The last-gen Kindle is a great budget-friendly e-reader. In case you didn’t know, the last-gen Kindle is nearly just as good as the current model. Not only is the reading ... read more

Last week, General Motors CEO Mary Barra caused a stir when she said that the company would eventually kill Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in all of its gas cars. ... read more