- Coding bootcamp Lambda School — now BloomTech — is finally getting punishedIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In 2020, we wrote how coding bootcamp Lambda School seemed like a bit of a bait-and-switch. Four years later and one rebranding to “BloomTech” later, ... read more
- Lady Gaga's Migraine SagaIn her second Nurtec ODT commercial, the singer focuses her camera on other migraine patients. ... read more
- Twitch is bringing its TikTok-style feed to everyone this monthIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge After nearly a year of testing, Twitch’s new TikTok-style discovery feed will finally roll out to all users later this month. During a Patch Notes ... read more
- Sega is turning Golden Axe into an animated seriesBleeeeeaaaagggghhhhh. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of Golden Axe, an animated show based on the fantasy beat ’em up sidescroller games. Deadline writes that ... read more
- TikTok to restrict users who repeatedly post problematic topics from ‘For You’ feedIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok will make entire accounts temporarily ineligible for its For You feed if users have a pattern of posting about extreme fitness, conspiracy theories, sexually ... read more
- Mobile Gaming Platform Skillz Defeats Shareholder Suit Over DisclosuresA federal appeals court has sided with mobile gaming platform Skillz in a dispute over whether it misled investors by allegedly failing to disclose information about potential weaknesses. ... read more
- TikTok Begins Launch of Instagram Competitor 'Notes' AppTikTok has begun rolling out its new photo-sharing app in select markets, including iOS and Android users in Canada and Australia. ... read more
- LinkedIn Testing Premium Company Pages With AI-Driven ContentLinkedIn has begun testing Premium Company Pages, which offer small and medium-sized businesses access to various features like AI-powered content creation and more for a monthly fee. ... read more
- Lawmakers Express Support For Bill That Could Outlaw Behavioral TargetingBipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday voiced support for privacy legislation that could potentially ban online behavioral advertising. ... read more
- A real privacy law? House lawmakers are optimistic this timeImage: Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images We might really do it this time. That was the takeaway that House lawmakers were eager to impart at a hearing ... read more
- TikTok Notes starts rolling out as a new rival to InstagramIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok has started rolling out its Instagram rival, TikTok Notes, to select Android and iOS users “for download and limited testing in Australia and Canada.” ... read more
- Dwarf Fortress goes on an adventureImage: Bay 12 Games Though you could always go on adventures in Dwarf Fortress, with the game’s Adventure Mode expansion entering public beta today, you can now sally forth with a full ... read more
- Bearing Down On DifferenceThe biggest challenge brands face is standing out from the crowd. Difference is rare because difference is hard. This challenge will become even harder in the future. ... read more
- NBA bans player for life over online sports betting
- Publicis Rethinks Governance StructureAt its upcoming annual meeting in May Publicis Groupe will ask shareholders to pass a resolution to do away with its two-tiered board set-up in favor of a single board of directors. ... read more
- The Pixel 7A is a knockout at its record-low $349The Pixel 7A is a standout midrange smartphone that nearly performs like a flagship, now for an entry-level price. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Google is expected ... read more
- With a new ‘answer engine,’ Brave browser adds another generative AI tool for searchBrave, a privacy-focused browser, is rolling out a new generative AI tool to give users enter a single query to get real-time information from multiple sources. “AI Answer Engine,” which debuted today, provides a synthesized ... read more
- The Ad-Supported Streaming Market Just Got RealNetflix and Amazon are currently hungry for early adopters to test out the kinks, and are willing to cut sweetheart deals to get them. ... read more
- Toyota Prepares For Olympics, Camry, Crown Signia LaunchesThe automaker is launching global executions under the "Start Your Impossible" banner from Saatchi & Saatchi (Los Angeles and Dallas) and Dentsu (Tokyo). ... read more
- Boston Dynamics’ new Atlas robot is a swiveling, shape-shifting nightmareImage: Boston Dynamics. It’s alive! A day after announcing it was retiring Atlas, its hydraulic robot, Boston Dynamics has introduced a new, all-electric version of its humanoid machine. The next-generation Atlas robot ... read more
- Apple TV Plus’ For All Mankind is getting a fifth season and a new spinoff seriesTyner Rushing as Samantha Massey in For All Mankind. | Image: Apple Folks hoping to see more of Apple TV Plus’ For All Mankind series are in for a treat, but the ... read more
- Pollen Season Meets 'Polin' Season As Flonase Teams With 'Bridgerton'The partnership is having fun with "Bridgerton" characters Penelope and Colin having become "Polin" in Internet talk. ... read more
- The OnePlus Watch 2 is what redemption looks likeOnePlus could be a strong alternative to Google or Samsung for Wear OS smartwatches. Continue reading… ... read more
- Samsung’s art-inspired Frame TVs are up to $1,000 off right nowLike most people, I’d prefer to stare at a bunch of cacti in my living room rather than an uninspired black rectangle. | Image: Samsung Everyone may like watching movies on a ... read more
- Amazon insists Just Walk Out isn’t secretly run by workers watching you shopImage: Amazon Amazon is pushing back on claims that its cashierless Just Walk Out technology is run by humans in India — not AI. In a blog post on Wednesday, the e-commerce ... read more
- Third-party iPhone app store AltStore PAL is now live in EuropeThat €1.50 per year subscription does not include tax but does offset Apple’s Core Technology Fee. | Image: AltStore PAL After we recently tested it in beta, the third-party iOS app store ... read more
- The free Delta game emulator for iPhones is coming to Apple’s App StoreImage: Riley Testut The Delta emulator is coming to Apple App Store — for free — outside of the European Union, where it’s available via the third-party AltStore PAL app marketplace that ... read more
- Nine Google employees arrested after eight-hour sit-in protestDante D’Orazio / The Verge Nine Google employees who occupied the company’s offices in New York and California were arrested Tuesday night after an eight-hour sit-in. The workers were protesting Google’s involvement ... read more
- Visible’s new annual plans cut the price on a full year of serviceImage: Visible Visible has just launched its first annual plans, letting customers lock in a year of mobile service all at once for either of the company’s two tiers. The Verizon-owned prepaid ... read more
- Netflix’s Sweet Tooth returns for season 3 in JuneImage: Netflix Gus and his friends are coming back to Netflix very soon. The streamer just announced that the post-apocalyptic series Sweet Tooth is returning on June 6th, and as part of ... read more
- Comcast rolls out ‘Now’ prepaid phone and internet plansImage: Comcast Comcast announced today that it’s expanding its “Now” branding to include two prepaid services: Now Internet and Now Mobile. Of the two, the mobile plan appears to be genuinely new, ... read more
- Sony might have perfected Mini LED TVs with its new 2024 lineupImage: Sony At the premium end of home theater, Sony TVs are about as good as it gets — and have been for several years now. The company is lauded for its ... read more
- IPG Mediabrands Steps Up Misinformation GuardrailsThe effort includes new custom algos developed by its Kinesso unit, as well as an expansion of an ongoing relationship between its Magna unit and safety platform Zefr. ... read more
- Stability AI is giving more developers access to its next-gen text-to-image generatorIllustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos: Getty Images The next generation of the text-to-image AI model Stable Diffusion is still in preview, but Stability AI is making it available to ... read more
- NBA CMO Henault: How the league added music and fashion to its bench strengthDay two of the Possible conference in Miami on April 16 is in the books, and among a series of interviews Digiday conducted with C-suite executives who took the stage, Tammy Henault, CMO of the ... read more
- Agency Groups Meet The People And True Independent Holdings Join ForcesTIH will assume responsibility for general media services for the group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ... read more
- ANC Named Lucas Oil Media AORThe AOR appointment expands a 10-plus-year relationship between the companies. ... read more
- ANC Names Lucas Oil Media AORThe AOR appointment expands a 10-plus-year relationship between the companies. ... read more
- Retail media’s evolution: How retailers are finding a way to break in and stand out
- NASA has greenlit plans to send a giant drone to Saturn’s largest moonThis artist mockup of Dragonfly soaring over Titan’s dunes has... well, Dune vibes. | Image: NASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Steve Gribben NASA has been given the go-ahead to send a ... read more
- All the announcements from Nintendo’s spring Indie World eventIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge New year, new Nintendo indie showcase. Continue reading… ... read more
- Sony’s new PlayStation PC overlay and shared Trophies arrive with Ghost of TsushimaIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony is introducing a new PlayStation PC overlay and shared Trophies with its upcoming release of Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut on May 16th. It’s ... read more
- Tesla is putting Elon Musk’s pay package up for another vote after a judge voided the first oneIllustration: Lille Allen / The Verge Tesla is asking shareholders to vote for a second time on Elon Musk’s massive compensation package, after a Delaware judge voided the first one earlier this ... read more
- Microsoft Makes Another Large Investment In An AI CompanyWith the infusion of funds, Microsoft gains a minority stake in the company and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith gains a seat on G42's board. ... read more
- ‘Beginning to be the practical’: GE global CMO Linda Boff on the evolution of AI in marketingWith over 20 speaking sessions hinging on generative AI, the Possible conference in Miami this week addressed the challenges and opportunities associated with the technology head on. Veteran marketer Linda Boff, global CMO at GE, ... read more
- YouTube Introduces More Ad Targeting Options For ShortsYouTube announced a new feature that allows advertisers to buy ads within YouTube Shorts specifically for particular content categories. The post YouTube Introduces More Ad Targeting Options For Shorts appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more
- Formlabs’ new pro 3D printers claim 2–5x speed by ditching lasers for an LCD screenFormlabs was one of the early Kickstarter success stories, and its laser-blasting 3D printers are now used by model makers, prototypers, dentists, and maybe even action figure companies around the globe. But ... read more
- Google Maps will use AI to help you find out-of-the-way EV chargersPhoto by Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge Google Maps is rolling out some new updates designed to make locating an electric vehicle charging station less stressful. And to accomplish this, it ... read more
- QVC Debuts 'Age Of Possibility' With 50-Plus CelebsThe new campaign includes "The Quintessential 50," kicking off with events, new programming and different product offerings. ... read more
- Olympics Will Give Brands Massive Live Audience on Streaming: NBCU’s Peter BlackerMIAMI – The Summer Olympics in Paris will be another sign that the world has moved past the isolation of the pandemic as millions of people travel to France to see the global sporting event. ... read more
- Yahoo Brings Identity Solution To CTV, Starting With Paramount, Tubi, NBCU, FreeWheelYahoo is bringing its cookieless identity solution to Connected TV, to meet an “explosion” in CTV ads, in the latest example of identity technology finding application in TV advertising. According to its announcement: “With Yahoo ... read more
- Clean Rooms Are A Game-Changer: TransUnion’s RudichSAN JUAN, PR — One of the hottest software trends in ad-tech has been the emergence of “clean rooms”. The software helps companies combine and overlay data sets in a privacy-compliant manner, allowing for deduplication, ... read more
- Conan's New Travel Show: May The Norse Be With YouIn "Conan O'Brien Must Go," Conan travels to these other countries - ostensibly to meet one or two of his fans. ... read more
- Will The Upfront TV Market Be Softer Vs. A Year Ago? Prime Video To Blame?Upfront TV media buyers expect a soft overall marketplace again, according to media agency execs at the MediaPost Outfront event this week. ... read more
- Indie agency group Meet The People to add True Independent Holdings to expand media offeringsIndependent agency group Meet The People (MTP) intends to acquire marketing and advertising group True Independent Holdings, Digiday has learned. MTP, parent of five different subsidiaries, will expand its media services through this deal with ... read more
- Privacy Watchdogs Urge Congress To Pass Data Broker Opt-Out BillAdvocacy organizations are urging federal lawmakers to pass a bill that would enable people to easily request the removal of personal information that was collected by data brokers. ... read more
- Owner of Grand Theft Auto to layoff hundreds and cut projectsThe company expects to complete its downsizing efforts by the end of this year. | Image: Take-Two Interactive Take-Two Interactive, the gaming company behind franchises like Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K, and ... read more
- Logitech wants you to press its new AI buttonLogitech’s new Signature AI Edition M750 with a dedicated AI button to launch its Prompt Builder | Logitech Tomorrow’s AI PCs may not only have a Copilot key on their keyboards — ... read more
- T-Commerce Vs. Shoppable TVTelevision commerce, or T-commerce, is similar to shoppable TV: both refer to buying something you see on television. But shoppable TV is far more nascent – and also has different implications on attribution. The post ... read more
- To Make Auctions Greener, Publishers Need More Data – And A Guarantee They Won’t Go Broke In The ProcessIt’s not that publishers aren’t keen to do their part to reduce media-related carbon emissions; they just don’t want to make changes without understanding the impact on their revenue. That was the vibe at Sharethrough’s ... read more
- How The ‘Privacy By Default’ Internet Will Reshape Ad Industry PrioritiesChange is coming quickly in the digital advertising industry. With Google holding fast to its vow to phase out all third-party cookies by end of year, industry stakeholders are rethinking product road maps, business models ... read more
- Sweetgreen Wants A Healthy PMax Diet; The MRC’s MFA QuagmireHere’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Not-So-Sweet Deal A campaign without reporting is like an undressed salad. But Sweetgreen has to eat it anyway. “I’ve been pushing my Google reps,” ... read more
- Future of TV Briefing: Media Rating Council identifies ‘the problem of our time’ for measurementThis week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how the industry’s measurement arbiter is looking at ensuring measurement systems are able to reliably identify audiences across channels in a privacy-compliant manner. IDing measurement’s privacy ... read more
- Q1 ad rundown: there’s cautious optimism amid impending changesAs the first quarter becomes a memory, the outlook for the rest of the year is sharply divided between two things: the positive conditions for the ad market, and the growing unease about its impending ... read more
- Publishers test new TikTok feature that adds links to organic videosTikTok is testing a way for publishers to attach links to organic videos, according to three publishers. The test seemingly comes at an opportune time, given the decline in social referral traffic from platforms like ... read more
- Omnicom Off To A Good Start With 4% Q1 GrowthThe company altered its outlook slightly for the year - indicating that it now expects organic growth to be in the 4% to 5% range versus the earlier, more cautious estimate of 3.5% to 5%. ... read more
- Ad Industry, Cable Lobby And Consumer Advocates Criticize New Privacy Bill"The bill could significantly limit the ability of advertisers in every Congressional District (businesses, nonprofits, political campaigns, and the government alike) to reach their customers at the most relevant time and with the most relevant ... read more
- TikTok presiona a las marcas a publicar fotos en lugar de vídeosEsta historia fue reportada por primera vez en Modern Retail una publicación hermana de Digiday en Español. TikTok está avanzando para convertirse en una plataforma fotográfica de pleno derecho, y las marcas le siguen el juego. Aunque ... read more
- The Boring Phone is a nostalgic branding exercise by HMD and HeinekenThe phone is boring so you can focus on good times with your friends, get it? | Image: HMD HMD really wants us to have more fun. Earlier this year, it ... read more
- Drake muddies the ‘Push Ups’ AI debate with a deepfakeDrake performing in Atlanta, Georgia in 2022. | Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Last year, a few AI voice clone tracks went viral using Drake’s voice. His label, Universal Media Group, responded to ... read more
- Smoove Operator: JB And AT&TCreated by BBDO Los Angeles, the campaign does a couple of smart things. For one, it's all about the authentic voice of JB. ... read more
- Boston Dynamics Atlas robot, 2013-2024Image: Boston Dynamics The robotics company has retired the dancing bot after more than a decade. Continue reading… ... read more
- A new NES emulator was briefly available on the Apple App StoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Just two days after Apple removed the iGBA emulator from the iOS App Store, an NES emulator called Bimmy briefly appeared before being taken down. ... read more
- Report: TikTok’s efforts to silo US data are ‘largely cosmetic’Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Since 2022, TikTok has undertaken a massive, expensive effort to silo off its US operations — and American users’ data — from its Chinese parent ... read more
- Motorola’s new $130 earbuds are a Bose collabImage: Motorola A new wooden Edge phone isn’t all that Motorola announced today. The company also introduced two pairs of earbuds: the higher-end set is called the Moto Buds Plus and costs ... read more
- DoubleVerify Confirms Misrepresentation Of X's Brand Safety MeasurementFrom October 24, 2023-March 14, 2024, DoubleVerify's dashboard showed the wrong data for X advertisers, resulting in a brand-safety score as low as 70%, whereas the company says X actually deserved a score of 99.9% ... read more
- People are afraid of self-driving cars — can the industry change that?Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Self-driving cars have an image problem. They stumble into construction zones, block ambulances, run red lights, and even injure the occasional bicyclist or pedestrian. ... read more
- IPG CEO Krakowsky Received 9% Pay Bump In 2023That's more growth than the company delivered last year. Full-year organic net revenue climbed just 0.1%. ... read more
- Take it slow in this stop-motion sci-fi adventureImage: Slow Bros. Harold Halibut moves at its own pace. A point-and-click adventure built with real-world materials and then animated with stop-motion, Harold Halibut tells a story that’s at times slow and ... read more
- Humane AI Pin launch: the reviews are in, and they’re not goodPhoto by Amelia Holoway Krales / The Verge At the least the only way to go from here is up... right? Continue reading… ... read more
- Kickstarter is adding the ability to collect money indefinitelyPhoto Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Creators fundraising for projects on Kickstarter will soon be able to collect money even after their campaign ends. Currently, ... read more
- PepsiCo, Innovid and Paramount+ are 2024 Digiday Video and TV Awards winnersThis year’s Digiday Video and TV Awards winners found success with emotional stories and meaningful experiences that foster connections and drive brand affinity. This storytelling extended to social video campaigns, emerging technologies and offerings to ... read more
- TikTok Expands Ticket-Selling Integrations Through AXS PartnershipTikTok is expanding its in-app ticket-selling integrations through the partnership with U.S. ticket outlet AXS for live sports and entertainment events. ... read more
- Amazon Music’s Maestro lets listeners make AI playlistsIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon Music may soon let you create playlists with a text prompt using Maestro, its new AI playlist maker. Maestro, which is currently available ... read more
- Former Canoe Ventures CEO David Porter To Lead WBD Ad Sales ResearchFormer Canoe Ventures CEO David Porter has been hired as head of ad sales research, data, and insights of Warner Bros. Discovery. ... read more
- Dove's Takedown Of AI: Brilliant But Troubling Brand MarketingI can't help worrying when complex issues like AI and GMOs are broad-stroked by the same brush, especially when that brush is in the hands of a marketer. ... read more
- Truth Social says it’s building a live TV serviceIllustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Brandon Bell, Getty Images Truth Social, the media firm owned by Donald Trump, has announced plans to create a live TV streaming ... read more
- Telehealth firm Cerebral fined $7 million over ‘careless’ privacy violationsPhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing a $7 million fine against Cerebral, a mental telehealth firm that it says not only was careless ... read more
- Spotify bought Parcast — now its founder is launching a new entertainment studioImage: Getty Images Parcast founder Max Cutler left Spotify last February as part of a wave of high-profile departures from its podcast vertical, and he’s now launching Pave Studios to create content ... read more
- Babies born this year face a $500,000 climate billA sign warns of elevated fire danger in the Oakland Hill area of Oakland, California, on Thursday, October 29th, 2020. | Photo by Philip Pacheco / Bloomberg via Getty Images Hate to ... read more
- Google Advertisers Gain Generative Image Tools For Demand GenGenerative image tools in Demand Gen will roll out to advertisers around the world in English starting today, with more languages to come later this year. ... read more
- How Campbell’s and GSK’s multi-platform campaigns achieved authentic audience responsesSponsored by A+E Quality content is always a must for marketers, no matter the format, channel or campaign. However, several factors must be considered when the marketing team ventures into video. For example, key challenges ... read more
- How lack of motivation could be seen as a hindrance to solving programmatic fraudThe Possible conference got underway on Monday from Miami Beach, as did the Digiday studio. One of the day’s guests, Index Exchange president and CEO Andrew Casale, outlined some of the main challenges to ... read more
- The 1970 Let It Be Beatles documentary is coming to Disney PlusThe Beatles in the United Kingdom, circa 1960. | Photo by Keystone-France / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images It has been hard to find physical copies of director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 Beatles documentary ... read more
- GMC Sierra EV Denali gets range boost while showing off its crab walkImage: GMC The 2024 GMC Sierra EV is almost here, and to celebrate, the automaker is giving it the gift of more range. When it was first announced two years ago, ... read more
- Broadcast TV still exists, and now it’s sort of getting a built-in DVRPlease note the pause button. Yes, that will really appear on your TV, no DVR or app required. | Image: Roxi Broadcast TV is in trouble, and for a long time now, ... read more
- The internet really is a series of tubesImage: Alex Parkin / The Verge Hundreds of cables. Hundreds of thousands of miles. The internet runs, in vastly more ways than we realize or think about, through a series of garden-hose ... read more
- The Echo Pop is down to one of its best prices to date with a free smart bulbYou can buy Amazon’s entry-level smart speaker in a wide array of fun colors for just $5 shy of its all-time low. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge From ... read more
- UTA Stays Pat On MediaLink Management TeamThe press release was timed to take some thunder from former CEO and Founder Michael Kassan's keynote interview at the Possible conference on Wednesday. ... read more
- March TV Viewing: YouTube And Netflix Post More Gains, Streaming Up 12%YouTube, Netflix, and Hulu posted viewing gains in March vs. February contributing to streaming's continuing virtual dominance -- up 12% in viewers age 18+ year-over-year, according to Nielsen. ... read more