- Windows is getting rid of the Blue Screen of Death after 40 yearsThe Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) has held strong in Windows for nearly 40 years, but that’s about to change. Microsoft revealed earlier this year that it was overhauling its ... read more
- Insta360’s new $110 Flow 2 gimbal sacrifices some useful pro featuresThe new Insta360 Flow 2 offers up to 10 hours of battery life and can even be used to charge your phone. | Image: Insta360 Insta360 has announced a new ... read more
- The BBC is launching a paywall in the USThe BBC wants to make people in the US pay for its content. The public broadcaster announced on Thursday that it will start offering US-based users an $8.99 per month ... read more
- Denis Villeneuve is directing the next Bond film for AmazonFirst, Amazon MGM secured creative control of the James Bond IP, then it brought Amy Pascal and David Heyman in to produce a new feature about the iconic spy. Now, ... read more
- Intel is closing its automotive chipmaking businessIntel is shutting down its business dedicated to making processors for cars. In a memo seen by The Oregonian, Intel tells workers that it plans to lay off “most” employees ... read more
- Google Gives Publishers New Ways To Monetize Content In Google Ad ManagerOfferwall, a monetization tool for publishers and developers in Google Ad Manager, rolled out Thursday in general availability to help publishers generate revenue while providing audiences with choices to access content. The product has been ... read more
- Google Gives Publishers, Developers New Ways To Monetize Content In Google Ad ManagerOfferwall, a monetization tool for publishers and developers in Google Ad Manager, rolled out Thursday in general availability to help publishers generate revenue while providing audiences with choices to access content. The product has been ... read more
- Bose SoundLink Plus review: here’s your new beach speakerI've been testing the $269 Bose SoundLink Plus, which is the company's latest portable Bluetooth speaker. It's durable, attractive, and designed to join you wherever you go, thanks to solid ... read more
- Dell’s new Premium laptops are here, for the XPS rebrand nobody asked forThe Dell 14 Premium (left) and Dell 16 Premium (right) look just like their XPS forebears. After scrapping its XPS branding earlier this year, Dell has now launched two of ... read more
- Holiday Media-Buying Strategies Will Look Different This YearIf advertisers want to connect with consumers this holiday season based on several new trends, they may want to rethink their media-buying strategies. ... read more
- Local TV Weather Reality Is Now 'Augmented Reality'Is reality still reality when it is "augmented" reality? ... read more
- AI is ruining houseplant communities online"Maybe you could organize your plants like this," my friend's text message said, with an attached photo of white pots of plants floating midair in front of a huge, sunny ... read more
- Lincoln Partners With Calm For In-Vehicle Meditation AppThe Elevated Journey app provides guided audio content designed to help drivers stay focused and peaceful behind the wheel. ... read more
- Retail media hits maturation curve, eyeing brand budgets with full-funnel makeoverIt seems the ad networks have finally hit their maturation curve, inking partnerships with ad tech and off-site platforms to prove their value beyond lower-funnel conversions. Last week, a flurry of product, measurement and partnership ... read more
- After third postponement, media buyers don’t believe TikTok is going to be bannedTikTok still faces a ban in the United States. But based on the signals they’re getting from the platforms’ agency reps and their own risk calculations, media buyers and brand marketers are willing to bet ... read more
- The Rundown: What CMA’s crackdown on Google really means for publishersThe U.K.’s Competition Markets Authority is taking up publishers’ fight against Google’s search grip. The watchdog said on Tuesday that it wants to set more binding rules around how Google operates search in the U.K. ... read more
- Media Briefing: As social platforms favor creators, publishers are left out of the referral loopThis week’s Media Briefing looks at how execs at BBC, The New York Times and Reuters are grappling with younger audiences turning to social platforms and news influencers for information. News publishing execs are ... read more
- Pitch deck: Pinterest’s Performance+ AI tool makes its caseEight months after quietly rolling out Performance+, Pinterest is now turning up the volume. The platform’s bid to automate more of its ad business is moving from test phase to full-throated sales pitch. CEO Bill ... read more
- Here are 14 of our favorite deals from Amazon’s early Prime Day saleAmazon’s next Prime Day event hasn’t officially kicked off yet, but in classic Amazon fashion, the retailer has already dropped a selection of early deals ahead of its four-day sale. ... read more
- Meta’s AI copyright win comes with a warning about fair useMeta won a major legal ruling in an AI copyright lawsuit brought by 13 authors alleging that the company illegally trained its AI systems on their work without permission. On ... read more
- Global Support For LGBT+ Corporate Initiatives, Rights Shows Signs Of DeclineJust 41% of people support brands actively promoting equality for LGBT individuals, down from 49% in 2021 and 44% in 2024. ... read more
- Anthropic now lets you make apps right from its Claude AI chatbotAnthropic is adding a new feature to its Claude AI chatbot that lets you build AI-powered apps right inside the app. The upgrade, launching in beta, builds upon Anthropic’s Artifacts ... read more
- Instacart Demands a Return on Premium Video, Just Like SearchCANNES — For many brands, premium video advertising occupies a specific role in the marketing mix, one focused on broad reach and the high art of storytelling. But for a performance-focused brand born in the ... read more
- The Nintendo Switch 2 webcam compatibility mystery is solved and updates are on the wayIf you plug the world's best-reviewed webcams into the Nintendo Switch 2 today, they won't work, while many comparatively ancient webcams do. Why? That's been a mystery for the nearly ... read more
- WhatsApp rolls out AI-generated summaries for private messagesWhatsApp can now call on Meta AI to summarize your personal chats. As shown in a GIF, you can access it by tapping the button to unfurl all of your ... read more
- 'Washington Post' Adds Feature That Will Allow Sources To Comment On StoriesThe new From the Source program will start with climate stories. ... read more
- Meta Launches Xbox-Branded Quest Bundle For VR GamingMeta's partnership to design a limited-edition Quest headset bundle is a strategic move to promote the addition of Xbox Cloud Gaming to Meta's Quest ecosystem. ... read more
- Dating App Bumble Plans To Lay Off 30% Of Its EmployeesDating app Bumble announced Wednesday that it plans to lay off 30% or 240 of its employees, highlighting a recent trend in the dating app ecosystem. ... read more
- 'The Portland Tribune' Eliminates Its Print EditionTwo Oregon sister papers owned by Carpenter are also halting print. ... read more
- Philips Hue lighting will be more expensive starting July 1st, but you can save on them nowSignify has announced price increases for its Philips Hue smart lighting and accessories starting on July 1st due to US tariffs. As for how much the products will go up ... read more
- Aaron Sorkin is making a sequel to The Social NetworkThe Social Network is finally getting a sequel courtesy of Sony. Deadline reports that Sony is moving forward with The Social Network Part II, a “follow-up” to David Fincher’s 2010 ... read more
- The Real Gulf Of America: Brand StrategyNearly two years after moving to the U.S., I've noticed something people in our industry don't often say out loud: American brand strategy talks about being global, but it rarely thinks that way. ... read more
- YouTube Increases Minimum Age To LivestreamAs of July 22, creators under the age of 16 will not be allowed to livestream on the platform unless accompanied by an adult. ... read more
- Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Omnicom In Flywheel Trade Secrets SuitA Maryland state court judge dismissed Compass Marketing's complaint against Omnicom. Compass plans to amend its allegations. ... read more
- Google Adds New Funding For The American Journalism ProjectThe support will be used to help local newsrooms scale up and grow their audiences. ... read more
- Apple’s more immersive CarPlay is dividing the auto industryApple’s next-generation CarPlay is splitting the auto world down the middle. Several automakers are eagerly lining up to adopt the newly immersive CarPlay Ultra, which takes over more screens and ... read more
- WPP Media Wants Rumble Ad Boycott Case Sent To New York"This case has nothing to do with Texas and there is no legitimate reason it should have been filed in this district, much less in the Wichita Falls Division," the agency says. ... read more
- Dbrand admits it had a ‘spectacularly terrible response’ to Killswitch Joy-Con grip detachment complaintsDbrand will send replacement Killswitch Joy-Con Grips for the Switch 2 to buyers after admitting it had a “spectacularly terrible response” to complaints that the controllers could detach from the ... read more
- Hundreds of data brokers might be breaking state laws, say privacy advocatesThe Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a nonprofit privacy rights group have called on several states to investigate why “hundreds” of data brokers haven’t registered with state consumer protection agencies ... read more
- The Trump Phone no longer promises it’s made in AmericaWhen the Trump Organization launched the Trump Mobile wireless carrier, it also launched a flagship phone called the T1 Phone 8002 (gold version). One of the phone’s main selling points ... read more
- I tested 12 Switch 2 cases and these are the bestYou might find it kind of sad to put a hard-earned gadget into a protective case. To me, it's freeing. Using a case relieves me of the worry that it ... read more
- Comcast’s Todd Arata on Building Trust, Balancing Brand with Performance, and the Future of Big-Screen Storytelling
- Dear Media Buyers: You'd Better Get An AgentThat is, get an AI agent, which creates massive efficiency for the foundation of advertising. But where does its role begin -- and end? ... read more
- Anker’s versatile travel charger is on sale just in time for summerIf you’re planning on traveling internationally this summer, Anker’s Nano Travel Adapter is one of the most essential — and probably cheapest — items you can pack to level up ... read more
- When DeepMind Robotics Improve Performance Advertising In StoresGoogle DeepMind has released a Gemini Robotics AI model that can run on local devices. It is designed for controlling robots, but its capabilities have implications for advertising, particularly performance advertising. ... read more
- The photographer using AI to reconstruct stories lost to censorshipAlmagul Menlibayeva’s Map of Nomadizing Reimaginings. | Image: Almagul Menlibayeva Video screens glow softly from the floor, looping footage of salt lakes, steppe villages, and decaying nuclear test sites. Suspended ... read more
- Apple’s sports app now shows tennis scoresApple Sports, the company’s sports app for iPhone, now shows scores for tennis matches. “Tennis fans can access live scores for Grand Slam and 1000-level tournaments, and can track every ... read more
- Meta Defeats Huckabee Claims Over Fake CBD Ads On FacebookA federal judge rejected Mike Huckabee's attempt to revive claims against Meta Platforms over ads that misappropriated his identity to sell CBD gummies. ... read more
- How to safely maintain, use, and dispose of your power banksThe lithium-ion battery inside your power bank isn't designed to run forever. After years of use and hundreds of charges, its performance and capacity will decline, while the risk of ... read more
- Should AI Judge Cannes Lions Awards?Cannes should be a time for networking, absorbing interesting conversations at content sessions and celebrating work, not judging it. And Partying (responsibly of course). ... read more
- Madison Avenue's Big Law MomentOmnicom's and Interpublic's capitulation comes just months after some of the nation's top law firms caved in and agreed to onerous, partisan terms to avoid oversight by the Trump Administration. ... read more
- Sam Altman takes his ‘io’ trademark battle publicOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has put a spotlight on private conversations leading up to a rival company suing OpenAI over its upcoming device, io. On Tuesday, Altman posted screenshots of ... read more
- iPhone users on Google Fi will now get all their voicemails in the Phone appGoogle is making a big change to how Fi users on iPhone access their voicemails: instead of getting voicemails from a dedicated tab in the Fi app, iPhone users will ... read more
- Remedy is in controlControl. In the quiet suburb of Espoo, a short drive west from Helsinki in Finland, is an unassuming building that's home to one of the most confounding studios in games. ... read more
- Here’s a running list of all of Tesla’s robotaxi mishaps so farA vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Tesla’s robotaxi rollout has been rockier than the fanboys ... read more
- Insta360’s new wireless mic looks no bigger than an Apple AirTag
- The Nintendo Switch 2 will be available for Walmart Plus subscribers today at 9pm EasternMost restocks are free to participate in, but not the latest one at Walmart. The retailer will stock both the $449.99 standalone Nintendo Switch 2 and a $499.99 bundle that ... read more
- Discord is working on a Windows on Arm appDiscord is working on a native Windows on Arm version of its communications app. An early development preview build is available for testers, ahead of a full Arm64 release for ... read more
- Solving Pain Points: A Conversation With Accountability's Judd RubinIf you've never heard of agency tech developer Accountability, I recommend you listen to my conversation with new CEO Judd Rubin on why some big agencies are been coming on board. ... read more
- Russia frees REvil hackers after sentencingFour members of the REvil ransomware group have been released from custody despite pleading guilty to fraud and malware distribution charges. The Dzerzhinsky Court of St. Petersburg allowed Roman Muromsky, ... read more
- AI Shopping Assistant Links Cashback Rewards ProgramsConsumers can interact with product suggestions from Gemini, Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity to to receive cashback through Wildfire's browser extensions. Partners can integrate loyalty rewards directly into AI-influenced recommendations through programs like Microsoft Rewards. ... read more
- AI Shopping Assistant Powers Cashback Rewards ProgramsConsumers can interact with product suggestions from Gemini, Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity to to receive cashback through Wildfire's browser extensions. Partners can integrate loyalty rewards directly into AI-influenced recommendations through programs like Microsoft Rewards. ... read more
- Google is bringing Gemini CLI to developers’ terminalsGoogle has launched a new open-source AI agent that brings Gemini’s coding, content generation, and research capabilities directly into developers’ terminals. Gemini CLI provides a “fundamental upgrade to your command ... read more
- Ring camera alerts are about to get a lot smarterRing’s new video descriptions can now tell and show you what’s happening at home. Ring cameras are getting an AI upgrade that can tell you what’s happening at your front ... read more
- The Right Sports TV Mix – Market Size, Storylines, UnderdogsThe NBA Playoffs generated 31.4 billion viewing minutes for the month across WBD and Walt Disney platforms, "with nearly a quarter of the viewing total attributable to New York Knicks games." ... read more
- Mediaocean Taps McGrory To Head Prisma Media-Buying PlatformSince joining Mediaocean as Chief Revenue Officer in 2016, McGrory has played a key role in its expansion, diversification and major acquisitions including 4C, Flashtalking and Innovid. ... read more
- HDMI 2.2 will support 16K video at 60HzCables that support the HDMI 2.2 specification will include an Ultra96 label so they’re easier to identify. | Image: HDMI Forum After first announcing it at CES 2025, the HDMI ... read more
- Mourning Anne Burrell As New Season Of 'Worst Cooks' NearsAnne Burrell died just weeks before the premiere of a new season of her long-running Food Network show "Worst Cooks in America." ... read more
- Young/Old TV Consumers' Divergence: AVOD Vs. FASTFASTs are familiar channels for boomers, especially when it comes to channel-surfing of legacy TV. Younger demographic groups all give higher performance to AVOD, but FAST also gets decent results. ... read more
- Veloretti just made one of the best e-bikes lighter and cheaperThe Veloretti Ace Two Lite. | Image: Veloretti Dutch bicycle brand Veloretti just announced a slimmed-down version of its excellent Electric Two series of electric bikes for European commuters. The ... read more
- Death Stranding 2 is bigger and more ambitious — and that includes its musicDeath Stranding 2: On the Beach is an expansive, captivating sequel filled with huge environments to explore and a big story from Hideo Kojima to try and wrap your head ... read more
- Ads.txt for CTV ExplainedAds.txt has helped protect the programmatic ecosystem from fraud and bad actors for nearly eight years now. The IAB Tech Lab published the original Ads.txt specification in 2017. Since then, it has enabled publishers to ... read more
- The smaller Fairphone 6 introduces swappable accessoriesYou can access and swap out several components in the Fairphone 6, including its battery, with a single screwdriver. | Image: Fairphone Fairphone has announced its latest repairable smartphone, nearly ... read more
- In the race for ad dollars, platforms seek to redefine themselves as AI companiesPlatforms are having an identity crisis. Or maybe, it’s a rebrand. Whether they built their businesses on social graphs, short-form video or niche communities, the story from Cannes last week was the same: they’ve always ... read more
- Why employees are so secretive about using AI at work — and why they shouldn’t be
- The ad industry is obsessed with AI — but what about its energy use and sustainability?As the ad industry barrels head first into AI for its efficiency, scale and automation, the topic of sustainability — or even the energy it takes to use AI — seems to be forgotten. Artificial intelligence has ... read more
- Future of TV Briefing: YouTube gives a peek at how its recommendation algorithms workThis week’s Future of TV Briefing recaps a VidCon session during which YouTube executives and creators unpacked the video platform’s recommendation engine. The “You” in YouTube Let’s talk CTV in NYC Netflix’s traditional TV ... read more
- Here are some of the big questions left unanswered by the FTC’s Omnicom-IPG neutrality decreeOmnicom and Interpublic Group’s (IPG) $13.5 billion super-merger took a giant leap toward completion this week, following a qualified approval granted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The conditions attached to the FTC’s green light ... read more
- Ironheart believes the children are the futureBefore the multiverse, magic, or any of Marvel's streaming series were important parts of the studio's cinematic universe, there was Iron Man. After years of so-so movies, Iron Man reminded ... read more
- DJI ‘remains committed to the US market’ as shelves go bare of dronesThe Mavic 4 Pro, folded, with a DJI RC2 controller. Is DJI exiting the US drone market? The company says no - but it would not explain to The Verge ... read more
- YouTube Once Again Dominates TV Usage In MayDisney, in second place, continues to lead all legacy TV-network based companies with a 10.7% share followed by NBCU with 8.0%; Paramount, 7.9%; Netflix, 7.5% and WBD and Fox Inc. each with 7.0%. ... read more
- 12 Countries Have Approved The Omni-IPG Deal; 6 More To GoNew Zealand gave the go-ahead last week when everybody was focused on Cannes. The approval came with no strings attached, unlike this week's Consent Order from the US Federal Trade Commission ... read more
- A nasal spray company wants to make it harder for the FTC to police health claimsIn the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, a health products company called Xlear began advertising its saline nasal spray to people desperately searching for ways to protect themselves from a ... read more
- MindsEye developer undergoing layoffs less than a month after launchBuild a Rocket Boy has confirmed previous reports from IGN that it is undergoing layoffs less than a month after the tumultuous release of its first game MindsEye. The Verge ... read more
- Anthropic Gets Partial Win In Battle With Authors"The use of the books at issue to train Claude and its precursors was exceedingly transformative and was a fair use," a federal judge ruled this week. ... read more
- 'Inference,' Google's Latest Ad-Targeting FocusAdvertisers will soon have faster hardware and software support to run all types of features being built in artificial intelligence. ... read more
- The US is stripping its forests of decades-old protectionsThe Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, Friday, July 2, 2021. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration wants to open up tens of millions of acres ... read more
- Buzz and Substance: A Historic Cannes for Beet.TVFrom the promotion around the #WakeMeInCannes sleep mask giveaway with United Airlines, to the Beet art surrounding the Palais (video on this page) to our sunset beach party with Yahoo, Beet.TV was the subject of ... read more
- Roblox To Reward Creators For Attracting PlayersRoblox will reward creators for persuading players to partake in and return to the platform. Two new "Creator Rewards" programs and new creator analytics tools, will begin rolling out on July 24, replacing previous creator ... read more
- Media Matters Sues To Block FTC Investigation"Media Matters faces an ongoing campaign of retribution for exercising its First Amendment rights," the group says in a lawsuit filed Monday. ... read more
- The Titan 2 is a modernized BlackBerry with 5G, Android, and a second screenIt might look like a BlackBerry Passport, but this keyboard phone runs Android. | Image: Unihertz Despite the demise of the BlackBerry, there’s still a demand for smartphones with physical ... read more
- This 55-inch QLED TV is on sale for $565 and looks like a picture frame when it isn’t being usedWith Amazon’s Prime Day just a few weeks away, we’re already starting to see deals on TVs ahead of the four-day event. If you want to get a head start ... read more
- Interface Friction, Not Cost, is Holding Back Premium Video Ads: Marpipe Dan Pantelo
CANNES – The biggest barrier preventing advertisers from investing more in premium video isn’t pricing. It’s clunky technology, said Dan Pantelo, founder and chief executive of creative automation platform Marpipe.
Speaking ... read more
- OtterBox Reinvents Brand Story with ‘Made for Yes’ Campaign, New Consumer Focus: Otter’s Samantha QuaglianoNEW YORK – OtterBox is stepping out from behind its rugged reputation to tell a new story about its phone-protection products – one built not just on durability, but on connection, emotion and evolution. After years ... read more
- Apple Wallet notifications for an F1 movie promotion ticked off iPhone owners
- Paramount Plus with Showtime is getting a rebrand“Paramount Plus with Showtime” has always been one of the more awkward bits of branding to come out of the streaming era, but soon subscribers will know the tier by ... read more
- The state of DTC marketing in 2025: How brands and agencies are leveraging data and automation to fuel ROIThis State of the Industry report, sponsored by Klaviyo, explores how DTC brands and agencies are responding to rising costs and tech complexity by renewing their focus on data and ROI. The direct-to-consumer landscape has ... read more
- Netflix is letting go of some of its best indie gamesIf you’ve been enjoying Hades on mobile via Netflix, you better get in those last few runs while you still can. First spotted by Engadget, and confirmed via the Netflix ... read more
- The Presidential Post-A-Palooza ProblemTrump's social media platform, Truth Social, is not the place for thoughtful policy statements or carefully crafted communication. ... read more
- Hideo Kojima sees Death Stranding 2 as a cautionary taleFor once, the unflappable Hideo Kojima was overwhelmed. Even close to four decades of game-making experience didn't prepare him for his biggest tribulation so far: developing Death Stranding 2: On ... read more
