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

Today, I’m talking with Sean Fitzpatrick, the CEO of LexisNexis, one of the most important companies in the entire legal system. For years — including when I was in law ... read more

After last week’s major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage took Signal along with it, Elon Musk was quick to criticize the encrypted messaging app’s reliance on big tech. But Signal ... read more

Advertisers need to ensure that their products are visible on AI-powered search and shopping platforms. ... read more

The discount is available for every color, including the purple and orange shades. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you’re in the market for workout earbuds, now’s ... read more

New coach, new app. | Photo: Victoria Song / The Verge Fitbit's new Gemini-powered health coach is debuting in preview today, as part of an entirely new app experience that ... read more

Tesla’s board of directors issued a stark warning to shareholders today: approve Elon Musk’s unprecedented $1 trillion pay package or risk losing him as CEO. It’s a familiar threat, one ... read more

National linear TV will drop 10% to $4.65 billion, with national TV down 26% when including Olympic revenue, according to estimates from MoffettNathanson Research. ... read more

If donors are allowed to buy their way into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, what would I get? ... read more

Qualcomm is launching a pair of new AI chips in an attempt to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the market. On Monday, Qualcomm announced plans to release its new AI200 chip ... read more

C2PA has merit, but it isn’t enough to protect online users from being misled by OpenAI’s deepfake factory. OpenAI's new deepfake machine, Sora, has proven that artificial intelligence is alarmingly ... read more

Threads is launching a new feature called the “ghost post:” a post it will automatically archive after 24 hours. These posts will come in handy if you want to share a ... read more

Advertisers gain a new avenue to cost savings for audio in video through AI-generated music, but OpenAI's reported work with The Juilliard School of Music has a catch. ... read more

X is preparing to put Twitter.com out to pasture, and the official @Safety account posted on Friday warning anyone using physical security keys or passkeys for 2FA that they will ... read more

Estes succeeds John Mergen, who is shifting to a new, expanded role as managing partner, investments and partnerships. ... read more

A massive amount of broadcasting viewing came from sports in September, Nielsen says: 33% in prime time, up from 11% in August. Programming content can yield overall strong financial rewards down the road. ... read more

Between increased tariffs and price hikes, it’s not a great time to buy a PlayStation 5 console. That is, unless you head over to GameStop, which is selling the 825GB ... read more

Faking wealth has always been big business, from buying designer dupes to renting private jet “sets” for photoshoots. But these days, people are using AI to make it a little ... read more

Earlier this month, Lyra Health announced a "clinical-grade" AI chatbot to help users with "challenges" like burnout, sleep disruptions, and stress. There are eighteen mentions of "clinical" in its press ... read more

The OnePlus 15 has a redesigned camera with a rounded square module. After a steady stream of spec teases, OnePlus has launched its new OnePlus 15 flagship in China today. ... read more

The awards are based on what's been done during the past year demonstrating vision, innovation and industry leadership using media to connect brands with consumers. If you have anything to share, contact joe@mediapost.com. ... read more

Lifetime is bringing God to its Christmas-season movie slate with help from country star Kane Brown and his wife Katelyn. ... read more

A DSP, an SSP, an agency and a publisher walk into a room. Believe it or not, that isn’t the lead-in to a bad joke. It’s the model used by Medialive, a new AI startup ... read more

Next month, Samsung will start displaying ads for Samsung-related products and services on its Family Hub refrigerators in the US. Samsung warned us last month that ads were coming to ... read more

Prebid.org has established itself as a respected open-source software maker and standards-setter in online advertising. It has the necessary scale, leverage and momentum to help shape programmatic trading and drive interoperability across the ad tech ... read more

While the promise of agentic AI in advertising is intoxicating, autonomous systems optimizing campaigns and making real-time adjustments still face a sobering reality: The economics don’t work for everything – yet. Let’s look beyond the ... read more

Procter & Gamble is spending less on ads; OpenAI is spending more on ads; and guess which side of the scale Mondelez is falling on? The post Its Ads Or Innovation; And For OpenAI, It’ll ... read more

Related Insights Marketing on Platforms Amazon’s next frontier in advertising: the cloud infrastructure it runs on Read More Google and Facebook may be collectively referred to as “the ... read more

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince flew from to London last week and met with the U.K.’s regulator, Competition Markets Authority (CMA) — the one that just gave Google “Strategic Market Status.” That means the regulator can ... read more

This story was originally published on sister site, Glossy. At Glossy, Modern Retail and Digiday’s AI Marketing Strategies virtual event on Wednesday, Beekman 1802’s chief digital officer, David Baker, made one thing clear: AI isn’t ... read more

Glossy, Digiday and Modern Retail’s AI Marketing Strategies event, held on Wednesday, convened marketing leaders, who discussed how they’re using AI in meaningful ways. Speakers explored how large­‐language models, predictive analytics and automation are enabling ... read more

Two-thirds of marketers across the globe use AI tools in their daily work, according to HubSpot’s “2025 State of AI in Marketing Report.” It’s a notable percentage of the workforce — but it’s not nearly ... read more

With AI-generated content flooding every corner of the internet, the challenge for marketers like Bayer is producing ads that actually feel human. Which is why the pharmaceutical company is leaning on CreativeX, a creative data ... read more

“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere …” That famous line from the song New York New York resonates as much today in the agency landscape as when Frank Sinatra made it ... read more

In the detergent category, Tide's "boosted formula," plus the separate eco-friendly Tide EVO, pays dividends for P&G. ... read more

The Axel Springer publication says that all AI-generated content will be edited by human editors. ... read more

“AI really is reshaping every aspect of media,” said Neala Brown, senior vice president of strategy and insights at Teads, the global digital media platform known for its outstream video formats. Speaking with Beet.TV contributor ... read more

LAS VEGAS — The “too-late target” is a perennial problem of the programmatic age. And it’s particularly cringeworthy when an ad tech professional experiences a targeted ad after they have already purchased the item they’re ... read more

In an advertising landscape defined by economic uncertainty and fast-changing consumer behavior, flexibility has become a defining principle of modern media investment, said Marcy Greenberger, chief investment officer of UM Worldwide, during a Beet.TV interview ... read more

There are only a handful of albums that I think qualify as genuinely scary. You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters, and Swans To Be Kind both immediately come ... read more

Adobe’s computational photography app, Project Indigo, had a bit of trouble adapting to the new square-format selfie sensor in the iPhone 17 series. For the last month or so, the ... read more

"Sharp Dressed Man," by ZZ Top. Hard on a good day, Medium when my friends were over, Expert once and then never ever again. That was my Guitar Hero sweet ... read more

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the legal morass of AI, follow Adi Robertson. The Stepback arrives ... read more

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 103, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, sorry everything's so expensive this week, and ... read more

Audi will be the presenting sponsor of the Team of the Matchday series and an official partner of the MLS All-Star Game. ... read more

Robots will be flipping your burgers soon. Right now, there are robots stocking convenience store shelves in Japan. We haven't embraced that tech here in America yet, but it's hard ... read more

You can grab a four-pack of AirTags for just $64.99 right now. Apple’s AirTags have become one of my essentials while traveling, namely because they let me check whether my ... read more

MSI’s flagship is indeed titanic in stature, and certainly price. It's easy to get into the weeds on a hobby, especially if you're into PC gaming and dreaming of the ... read more

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement carries out raids across the country, the agency is working rapidly to expand an online surveillance system that could potentially track millions of users on ... read more

It took me a while to get into Ball x Pit. The new roguelike blends elements from games like Breakout, Vampire Survivors, and even city builders, creating a complex mix ... read more

During a recent all-hands meeting, Waymo's chief winter weather expert laid it out for all the company's engineers and product managers: if Waymo wants to expand to new cities and ... read more

When people sign up for a dating site like Tinder, they don't expect their profiles and personal information to be searchable - especially by a scorned lover, or worse. But ... read more

It's dusk, and bugs are chirping all around me. I'm wandering through the middle of a big, virtual swamp toward the sound of thumping bass off in the distance. There ... read more

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Sam Altman has tapped ... read more

Earlier this week, Jon Prosser, who is being sued by Apple for allegedly stealing trade secrets, told The Verge that he has been “in active communications with Apple since the ... read more

The company started a global review earlier this year and portions of that review outside the US are ongoing. Incumbent Mindshare won the business in 2017. ... read more

YouTube announced in a blog post that it paid out $8 billion to artists, songwriters, labels and publishers in the global music industry in the last year, naming ads and subscriptions as notable contributors. ... read more

Want to flex your Wordle habit beyond just keeping your streak? The New York Times has added badges to recognize certain achievements in Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections. “Have you ... read more