YouTube has added a new Shorts feature that makes it easier to manage how much time you’re spending watching videos. Mobile users can now set a customizable daily limit that ... read more

Change is the watchword of marketing, but it is overrated, because the fundamentals of marketing are unchanging and nothing about digital or AI changes that. ... read more

Publishers, brands and agencies today are navigating a new landscape. With rising consumer expectations and evolving regulations, delivering personalized campaigns requires a fresh approach. The old model of broadly sharing consumer data has given way ... read more

"Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia" is surprisingly suspenseful and frightening in a way that these kinds of documentaries never are. ... read more

Yelp has unveiled its fall product releases, including AI-powered call and answer services and scheduling and the "Yelp Assistant" chatbot that now has a memory. ... read more

As it rushes to meet its pledge for “100 percent” of trips in electric vehicles by 2030, Uber is offering grants of $4,000 for drivers to swap their gas-guzzlers for ... read more

Marketing often gets unfairly pegged as a cost center. But that wouldn’t happen if marketers had access to better measurement that gave them clarity on what truly drives business growth, argues Henry Innis, CEO and ... read more

Prebid doing away with universal Transaction IDs is just the latest example of the ad industry’s counterproductive history of information asymmetry and obfuscation. When both sides of a transaction aren’t working with the same information, ... read more

Wouldn’t it be great to enact standards rather than talk about them?; Amazon wants to go fully automated; and revenue doesn’t seem to drop like search traffic does. The post Why Don’t Marketers Demand Better?; ... read more

With the Chinese government offering little indication it will sign off on TikTok’s proposed framework deal with Washington, ad execs are left addressing marketers’ concerns that the agreement could still unravel. They’ve spent recent weeks ... read more

Brands and media agencies rely on Google’s Ad Exchange (AdX) unit to buy programmatic ads from a wide range of publishers. But they’ve never had much luck negotiating the rates on that ad inventory. Given ... read more

This article was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. Free online returns — once a standard perk of e-commerce — are becoming the latest casualty of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. After years of ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how YouTube’s plan to enable creators to swap out sponsored segments normally baked into their videos may be the most disruptive development in the creator economy in ... read more

Among the many ways generative AI and its machine learning ancestors are helping media agencies do their jobs more efficiently, campaign optimization seems to be catching on in a bigger way. Essentially, more and more ... read more

As if ad execs didn’t already have enough to untangle when it comes to AI, OpenAI just threw another curveball: a browser called ChatGPT Atlas. Before panic sets in, take a breath. Digiday has the ... read more

Netflix's stock price was down 5.3% to $1,175 in after-market trading. Net income was at $2.55 billion vs. $2.36 billion in Q4 2024. ... read more

LinkedIn has been projected to see ad revenue surges through 2027, according to estimates from the World Advertising Research Center (WARC). ... read more

LinkedIn has been projected to see ad revenue surges through 2027, according to estimates from the World Advertising Research Center (WARC). ... read more

Watching the first few minutes of KPop Demon Hunters on Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, I think Apple's Vision Pro might be cooked. It's not because the Galaxy XR - which ... read more

In a livestreamed presentation to investors on Tuesday, co-CEO Greg Peters shared that Netflix had its “best ad sales quarter ever” in Q3, and more than doubled its upfront commitments for this year. The ... read more

The update was provided with the release of the company's third quarter earnings results that show an organic revenue gain for the period of 2.6%. ... read more

YouTube has begun to roll out its likeness-detection technology to creators in its Partner Program, enabling them to easily request that AI-generated content using their likeness be removed from the platform. ... read more

A screenshot from Lego Party!, which will be available on Netflix. Netflix has been investing a lot of time and energy into gaming, but the company sees its work on ... read more

iPhone 17 Pro owners are still waiting for Project Indigo support. | Photo: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The iPhone 17 series launched just over a month ago, but Adobe’s ... read more

Hello and welcome to Regulator. Of all the strange, unintended consequences stemming from major lawsuits, I never thought that the Trump administration's power to force Apple to remove ICE-tracking mobile ... read more

Starting today, creators in YouTube’s Partner Program are getting access to a new AI detection feature that will allow them to find and report unauthorized uploads using their likeness. As ... read more

We already know that the next-gen Xbox console isn’t locked to a single store, will use an AMD chip inside, and will maintain compatibility with existing Xbox games. Now, Microsoft ... read more

With AI features becoming commonplace, the differentiator is the data. As artificial intelligence transforms media planning, Katy Varner, global chief growth strategy officer at IPG Mediabrands believes the true competitive advantage lies not in the technology ... read more

Siding against LinkedIn, a federal judge refused to dismiss a class-action complaint claiming that the company violated a federal video privacy law by allegedly sharing a subscriber's personally identifiable video-viewing history with Meta Platforms. ... read more

The Soundcore Sleep A30 sit flush in your ear and are comfortable enough to wear all night. | Image: The Verge If you’re a light sleeper who needs complete silence ... read more

OpenAI has launched "Atlas," its AI-powered web browser built around ChatGPT. The browser has a memory and offers agentic features that will help advertisers connect brands with consumers. ... read more

OpenAI has launched "Atlas," its AI-powered web browser built around ChatGPT. The browser follows the user across the web as the person traverses sites. It has a memory, and offers agentic agents to take action ... read more

Yesterday, we learned how Google plans to let 15 lucky fans try new Pixel phones while they're still in development, thanks to a Bloomberg scoop. We have now obtained copies ... read more

Although Apple said in a recent court filing that Jon Prosser “still has not” replied to the company’s July lawsuit against him for allegedly stealing trade secrets, Prosser tells The ... read more

Once upon a time, an advertiser once had a handful of channels across TV, radio, and print.  Modern fragmentation changed all that. For one measurement executive, the solution lies in focusing on attention as a ... read more

LAS VEGAS – Retail media’s rapid evolution has made data collaboration an essential tool for both advertisers and retailers, said Liz Roche, vice president of media and measurement at Albertsons Media Collective, during an interview ... read more

Google is testing the ability to automatically assign a "New Customer Value" in "New Customer Acquisition" campaigns - without advertisers' consent and with pushback from agencies supporting brands. ... read more

Google is testing the ability to automatically assign a "New Customer Value" in "New Customer Acquisition" campaigns - without advertisers' consent and with pushback from agencies supporting brands. ... read more

Losing Diane Keaton and Robert Redford felt sadder, more personal than other deaths. It was as if I had lost people I knew. ... read more

Empathy remains the strongest driver of brand loyalty and spending. ... read more

The ornament also plays the console’s startup sound. | Image: Hallmark The Halo 3 soundtrack could soon be joining classics like “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Deck the Halls” on your ... read more

"This case presents substantial questions of exceptional importance concerning the application of antitrust laws to agreements between dominant technology companies that affect competition in digital advertising markets," California Crane writes in new court papers. ... read more

Last month, my colleague Liz Lopatto explained how a gummy bear battery bank was taking over the ultralight backpacking world. I'm talking full-grown, outdoorsy adults nerding out about gummy bear ... read more

Dentsu's divisions are on a roll. The agency conglomerate is working with industry tech companies to guarantee and improve performance of ad campaigns. ... read more

OpenAI’s next move in its battle against Google is an AI-powered web browser. The tool, dubbed ChatGPT Atlas, is out today. The company announced it in a livestream after teasing ... read more

I promise I photographed the M5 model. But the M4 could stand in as a stunt double just fine. Last year's entry-level MacBook Pro was an impressive return to form ... read more

Google announced several upgrades and new features coming to its Google Fi Wireless phone plans, including an update to web calls and messages with a new interface that now fully ... read more

After raising prices on Xbox consoles and subscriptions, Microsoft is now turning its attention to Xbox developers. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that the company is significantly ... read more

Last year, TTD announced plans to launch a TV operating system, called Ventura OS, that powers the viewing experience on smart TVs with an open, ad-supported system. Now, SVP Matthew Henick has lofty goals for ... read more

The elephant-in-the-room moment at an industry ethics summit last week happened when someone asked about something not on the agenda: Dark DEI. ... read more

Across the media, marketing and advertising industries, organizations continue to embrace innovative uses of artificial intelligence — setting new standards for creative and ethical use of AI. The finalists for the 2025 Digiday AI Awards ... read more

OpenAI has started teasing a livestream today that will likely be related to its rumored web browser. A mysterious teaser with a set of browser tabs appeared on OpenAI’s X ... read more

General Motors has parked many unsold BrightDrop electric delivery vans on vacant lots in Flint and in Canada. | Image: Getty General Motors will end production of its Chevy Brightdrop ... read more

Another day, another price increase for a streaming service, and this time it’s HBO Max, which has higher prices for everyone at the same time that its parent company puts ... read more

The Boox Palma 2 Pro is the first version of the pocketable e-reader to feature a color E Ink screen. | Image: Boox First teased at IFA 2025 in September ... read more

The first official look at the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome (pictured). Ricoh is developing a new addition to its GR compact digital camera series that’s designed specifically for black and ... read more

Warner Bros. Discovery has finally said out loud what has been obvious for months now: it wants to be acquired by another entertainment megacorporation. Today, WBD announced that it “has ... read more

The winner was announced at The One Club's "Where Are All the Black People" Conference in New York City last Friday (October 17). ... read more

Tapo’s new solar-powered pan-tilt camera adds a bright floodlight. | Image: Tapo TP-Link’s Tapo smart home brand announced a new solar-powered outdoor security camera with pan-tilt capabilities, 2K video recording, ... read more

Microsoft is now rolling out an out-of-band fix for Windows 11 to address a major bug the company introduced with its latest monthly Windows 11 update. The original update released ... read more

Stream and save live TV content, then jump into shows like Andor on Disney Plus. Hulu raised the price of its Live TV service to $89.99 today, October 21st, for ... read more

Sitting pretty. Aura, maker of digital photo frames beloved by grandparents everywhere, is introducing its first frame with a color E Ink display. The Aura Ink uses a 13.3-inch ... read more

There was almost a doubling rate of subscriber cancellation for Disney+ and Hulu - 8% and 10%, respectively, in September. This was mostly expected. ... read more

The Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses make me look like a sports dad. Slipping on the $499 Oakley Meta Vanguard, I feel the power of Patagonia-clad authority figures wash over me. ... read more

The Solar Cam Pan can be controlled remotely or use AI to track the movement of a person in your yard. | Image: Wyze Wyze has announced its first battery-powered, ... read more

What do you get the tablet that has everything? Last year, Apple debuted a massive overhaul to the iPad Pro, with a thin new design, a gorgeous new screen, a ... read more

This automatic litter box can monitor multiple cats’ toilet habits using AI-powered cameras. The Litter-Robot 5 Pro is the newest poop-scooping machine from Whisker, makers of the excellent Litter-Robot 4, ... read more

Your TV is an Xbox. Your computer is an Xbox. Your phone, your crummy Android tablet, your car's infotainment display, oops all Xboxes. If Microsoft is right about the future ... read more

The NBA on NBC has a message for local news and NBC late-night: Get out of the way! ... read more

While broadcast tied cable TV with a 22.3% share last month, broadcast was still down vs. its 22.6% share in September 2024. Cable was sharply lower vs. its 26.1% share a year ago. ... read more

Amazon has deployed over a million robots to its facilities, and is testing bipedal bots like Agility Robotics' “Digit” (pictured). | Image: Jason Redmond / Getty Images Amazon is reportedly ... read more

Yelp’s Host AI will speak to customers for restaurants. Yelp’s AI-powered solutions promise to answer calls, take reservations, and manage bookings for “understaffed” restaurants. Yelp Host and Yelp Receptionist are ... read more

Viamedia has transformed into Viamedia.ai, a next-generation ad tech company built to solve the challenges of today’s fragmented media ecosystem. The firm has rebranded as Viamedia.ai while also introducing a fresh AI-powered platform built from ... read more

Marketers today are tasked with delivering hyper-personalized messaging at scale. Luckily for them, AI has made it possible to reach individuals with uncanny precision (as we all know: right message, right time, right channel). But ... read more

Apparently, we're in for a hardware revolution; advertisers don't know what to expect from the US's new version of TikTok; and live sports should take better advantage of ad opportunities. The post The Things We ... read more

Advertising loves to talk about transformation. It’s less fond of actually doing it. The latest case in point is the Ad Context Protocol, or AdCP. Billed as a shared, standardised language for how AI agents communicate ... read more

Farewell Privacy Sandbox, we barely knew ye.  At its launch, Google heralded it as a bold declaration of the end era of the third-party cookie — the connective tissue that helped build the digital marketing ecosystem ... read more

This story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. In 2021, Walmart said it would create a fintech startup with venture capital firm Ribbit Capital, which has backed companies such as BNPL loan provider ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify The wheeling and dealing of the creator economy is changing as its maturation continues. The space is growing up as brands like Blue Apron are in-housing their influencer strategies ... read more

What’s in a name, you ask? In the case of MMA, a lot, given that those three letters have worked hard to reinvent themselves over the last 15 years.  The marketing organization known as MMA ... read more

Two days from today, October 22nd, was Google’s deadline to begin opening up its app store, stop forcing developers to use Google Play Billing, let them set their own prices, ... read more

Actors, studios, agents, and the actors union SAG-AFTRA have all expressed their concerns about appearing in Sora 2’s AI-generated videos ever since the deepfake machine was released last month. Now ... read more

When the first 3D Ninja Gaiden came out on Xbox in 2004, I really wanted to play it; though the game looks a little antiquated now, at the time, teenage ... read more

As retailers look to bridge the gap between digital and physical shopping, T-Mobile Ad Solutions is betting big on the rise of in-store retail media. Cherian Thomas, senior director of retail media and digital out-of-home ... read more

MADRID — For years, contextual advertising has largely been a game of matching keywords on a page to the topic of an ad. But as the technology improves, so does the ambition to move beyond ... read more

Television advertising for pharmaceutical brands has evolved beyond general demographic targeting to enable condition-specific audience layering that eliminates wasted impressions while maintaining the mass reach needed for awareness campaigns. “Where we used to do a ... read more

California's wiretap law "was a mess from the get-go," U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria wrote, adding that courts "are issuing conflicting rulings, and companies have no way of telling whether their online business activities ... read more

Companies that use virtual influencers to advertise to children should ensure that the ads carry "clear and meaningful disclosures," the BBB National Programs' Children's Advertising Review Unit recommended Monday. ... read more

Companies that use virtual influencers to advertise to children should ensure that the ads carry "clear and meaningful disclosures," the BBB National Programs' Children's Advertising Review Unit recommended Monday. ... read more

Apple’s latest iOS 26.1 beta has a new option that lets you tint Liquid Glass elements of iOS 26 so that they are more opaque. Since announcing Liquid Glass at ... read more

Startup AdsGency AI raised a $12 million seed investment round led by XYZ Venture Capital to build out what its CEO describes as an agentic AI operating system and agency for advertisers. The company's CEO ... read more

The Media Rating Council (MRC) has revoked Meta's brand-safety accreditation due to the tech giant's decision to opt out of the MRC's annual auditing program. ... read more

Patients wore these smart glasses that paired to a retinal implant in their eye. Several dozen patients regained some of their vision thanks to an implant inside their eye paired ... read more

X will soon begin inviting Premium subscribers to request or purchase inactive usernames in a designated in-app marketplace, with some handles listed for as much as seven figures. ... read more

There are but three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Google’s next Pixel phone getting thoroughly leaked before the company can even announce it. (Multiple generations of Pixel have been ... read more

New research suggests that as companies disclose less, mistrust increases. ... read more

Short-form scripted "micro dramas" look like a regular TV show in setup and story arc but are one to three minutes long. Apps that have started up for this include ShortMax, DramaBox, FlickReels, GoodShort, Reel ... read more

The suit alleges that WPP issued misleading statements about the company's projected performance prior to a profit warning this summer, including expressing "confidence in the company's continued efforts to revitalize and simplify its media division ... read more

Small power banks are a dime a dozen, but Iniu’s Pocket Rocket P50 stands out for its combination of size, capacity, and features. We saw this model drop in price ... read more

If you live in NYC, there’s almost no way you’ve missed the Friend AI pendant subway ad fallout — whether you’ve taken pictures of the most inspired graffiti on the ... read more