Random access memory, or RAM, is in just about every piece of technology we use. But it’s also the technology that AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta are ... read more

The Google Photos app on Android and iOS is getting a video editing overhaul with a redesigned editor, templates for highlight reels, and options for adding custom text overlays and ... read more

A Microsoft data center under construction in Aldie, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images More than 230 groups including Food & Water Watch, Physicians for ... read more

Colorado Attorney Philip Weiser on Monday appealed an order blocking enforcement of a new law mandating cigarette-style warning labels for social media. ... read more

Claire Nance, head of gaming business success strategy, Activision Blizzard MediaWhat began three years ago as a forum to validate gaming’s potential has evolved into something more. This November, Gaming Day returned to New York ... read more

Here’s what the A/B testing interface looks like in YouTube Studio. YouTube is giving more creators a way to test how different titles perform on their videos. After rolling out ... read more

When Ikea announced its collection of 21 new Matter-over-Thread devices last month, it wasn't expecting the new hardware to be available in the US until January 2026. Over the past ... read more

This WTF guide, with partner insights from Talon.One, explores why brands should move away from a siloed approach to loyalty and promotions, and should instead implement a unified incentives marketing strategy to create long-term customer ... read more

The new members are Meg Runeari, executive vice president, North America, Teads, and Jackie Lyons, Chief Planning Officer, Havas Media Network North America. ... read more

Spotify is launching its beta music videos feature to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada today, over a year after it rolled out to Premium users in other regions. ... read more

Eric Migicovsky, the founder of Pebble and the person leading its recent comeback, is very much in the business of making gadgets for himself. And he seems extremely into the ... read more

Amazon is launching Alexa Plus shopping features that make it easier to track your orders and avoid missing out on deals. The AI-powered Alexa Plus assistant - like Amazon's Rufus ... read more

Ford is teaming up with France's Renault to design and produce affordable electric vehicles for the European market, with the goal of turning around the Blue Oval's struggling business on ... read more

Google announced a new "extended repair program" for the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL smartphones yesterday after it confirmed display issues with a "limited number" of devices, ... read more

When we look back on 2025, at least in tech, we'll remember it mostly as a year about AI. We had a race between OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others to ... read more

The Remarkable Paper Pro and Type Folio keyboard case is a surprisingly great combo. About a year ago, we said you probably don’t need the Remarkable Paper Pro. The e-ink ... read more

MediaPost has selected MRM's A.I. Relationship Management practice as our 2025 media agency of the year. Other winners include: independent agency of the year, PMG; holding company of the year, WPP Media; agency executive of ... read more

MediaPost has selected MRM's A.I. Relationship Management practice as our 2025 media agency of the year. Other winners include: independent agency of the year, PMG; holding company of the year, WPP Media; agency executive of ... read more

Bringing programmatic ads to AI chatbots marks a shift in the business model for AI search, while traditional publishers must find new ways to monetize. The post Programmatic Ads Are Coming To AI Chatbots appeared ... read more

On Tuesday, TV advertising company Cadent announced the acquisition of VuePlanner, which specializes in contextual advertising and media planning for YouTube. The post Cadent Acquires YouTube Advertising Company VuePlanner appeared first on AdExchanger. ... read more

A combined Paramount-WBD company could have more leverage over movie-theater chains in share of box-office revenue. And Paramount could command higher fees from TV/streaming distributors. ... read more

A combined Paramount-WBD company could have more leverage over movie-theater chains in share of box-office revenue. And Paramount could command higher fees from TV/streaming distributors. ... read more

It's now easier for friends and family who aren't tech savvy or are struggling with app fatigue to share images via your Aura digital photo frame. As the name of ... read more

Until the contract is signed, neither the government nor WPP are likely to comment on it. But barring any last-minute hitches, a contract is expected to be signed and go into effect early next year. ... read more

Marketers used to wait for obvious signals, like a product page view, a cart add or a keyword search, before triggering campaigns. But in today’s fractured landscape, those signals can arrive too late. Shoppers drift ... read more

Oops! Somebody forgot to include the name of the host in a CBS description of the upcoming "48th Annual Kennedy Center Honors" scheduled to air later this month. ... read more

The iFixit app rolls together its guides, battery health tools, and a new AI chatbot. DIY repair site iFixit has launched its own app for iOS and Android, featuring its ... read more

This isn't just entertainment - it's cultural strategy. Bad Bunny brings youth, multiculturalism, and global appeal to a franchise seeking its next era of relevance. ... read more

The findings from a just-released study, benchmark LGBTQ spending at $2 million in 1925, and project it will have grown to $11.73 billion a decade later, despite the deceleration. ... read more

As he called the House Judiciary Committee into session on a cold and snowy February day in Washington, DC, Chairman Jim Jordan was ready to take a victory lap. American ... read more

Nvidia has received White House approval to start exporting its H200 AI GPU chips to "approved customers" in China and other countries, according to President Donald Trump. In a Truth ... read more

Some publishers are striking licensing deals with large-language model developers. Others are suing them. Some publishers are doing both. The Economist is doing none of the above. And that’s intentional, says Nada Arnot, EVP of ... read more

Memory suppliers just blew a hole in the PC gaming industry - and they're about to do the same to everything else. For weeks, PC enthusiasts have borne the brunt ... read more

Google is under investigation by the European Union over concerns that it breached competition rules by imposing restrictions on web publishers and YouTube creators to gain an unfair advantage over ... read more

Over two years after Fairphone introduced its first pair of modular and repairable wireless headphones, the company has announced an upgraded version. The new Fairbuds XL look similar to the ... read more

LONDON – Retail media is entering a new phase, shifting from a narrow focus on placements and proximity to purchase toward a broader, intelligence-driven role across the full marketing funnel, said Samantha Bukowski, global head ... read more

You are not immune to shopaganda; AI responses are more limited than retailers would like; and FIFA is forcing ad-mandated water breaks. The post Targeting The Influential; Who’s Doing The Shopping, Really? appeared first on ... read more

Demand for live sports TV ad opportunities is riding high among marketers and media buyers. In response, media companies are continuing their industry-wide effort to lower barriers to entry for smaller brands. The latest effort ... read more

PMG has taken a swing at one of the knottiest pasts of modern media buying: CTV. The independent agency has built its own buying platform, pulling a crucial layer of programmatic machinery in-house as marketers ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify The technical foundation of programmatic advertising is being updated to accommodate AI agents. But do ad buyers really want AI agents involved in their programmatic ad buying? Yes and ... read more

Snap, like the rest of the platforms, has spent the last year nudging marketers further toward automated advertising. Next year, it plans to keep pushing, with creative now squarely in its sights. It’s the next ... read more

It’s increasingly important for publishers to understand when, how and why their content is being used as a source inside AI tools and platforms (often without attribution or traffic). The search landscape has changed exponentially ... read more

In an era when the major internet platforms’ share of advertising spend looks set to increase, and no media plan is (seemingly) complete without the slightest hint of AI, there’s a growing curiosity to probe ... read more

TV and video-focused ad-tech company Cadent says it has acquired certified YouTube measurement company VuePlanner, which specializes in optimizing ad spend and contextual targeting for YouTube. ... read more

Following the rollout of its recent "Nearby Feed," TikTok is continuing to experiment with its home feed experiences, announcing "Shared Feed," a way for users to take part in communal scrolling. ... read more

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA – Mobile gaming is emerging as a powerful complement to connected TV, giving advertisers new ways to combine premium storytelling with programmatic scale and measurable performance, according to Zynga executives speaking ... read more

The developer of ICEBlock, Joshua Aaron, has sued the Trump administration for allegedly making "unconstitutional threats and demands" that coerced Apple into removing the app from its marketplace. ... read more

Havas Monday announced the acquisition of Australia-based independent media agency Kaimera, which will join the Havas Media Network, bringing Havas ANZ's local staff to 450. ... read more

After The European Commission issued a fine of EUR120 million to X - its first significant fine under the Digital Services Act - X CEO Elon Musk, X shut down the Commission's ad account. ... read more

The digital music service launched what it called a "bigger and bolder" version of its "Spotify Wrapped" campaign. ... read more

"It's important to bring clarity to some of the players," he said, alluding to what many believed was an uncertain future for IPG prior to its acquisition by Omnicom. ... read more

The discount brings the price down to $299 ($100 off). | Image: The Verge We thought Black Friday and Cyber Monday would bring the lowest prices of the year, but ... read more

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in two separate disputes over how a Reagan-era privacy law applies to streaming video. ... read more

Slack users can now access Anthropic's Claude Code directly in Slack by tagging Claude on coding-related messages and threads. The new feature is launching today in beta as a research ... read more

Lenovo has already demonstrated its ability to put rollable OLEDs into laptops by graduating last year from demo concept models to shipping the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, an actual device ... read more

At their biggest and most expensive, video games all sort of look the same. The reason often comes down to simple economics: More resources means more costs that need to ... read more

Joshua Aaron, the developer of the ICEBlock app, is suing Attorney General Pam Bondi, US Homeland Security Secretary Kirsti Noem, acting director of ICE Todd Lyons, White House "Border Czar" ... read more

Google provided this photo of Project Aura, as we were not allowed to take our own. | Photo: Google, Xreal Teased at Google I/O, Project Aura is a collaboration between ... read more

That vivid OLED display is one of the OmniBook’s biggest draws. You know what I love more than OLEDs? Cheap OLEDs. And that's exactly what drew me to the 14-inch ... read more

When cameras left the studio and entered people's hands, journalism changed. We are in another version of that moment. ... read more

As if the Analogue 3D wasn't nostalgic enough, the 4K N64 emulator will soon be available in a handful of transparent "Funtastic" limited editions going on sale on December 10th ... read more

Skate Story is two very different things simultaneously. On the one hand, it's a visceral take on skateboarding, providing a tight, fast, ground-level view as you brute-force your way through ... read more

Months after benchmarking the future of AI-enabled advertising via primary research, WPP Media has released a new, methodologically-grounded framework to operationalize it. ... read more

Meta will soon give Instagram and Facebook users in the European Union the option to limit personalised ads, in an effort to comply with the bloc's tech rules. The European ... read more

We're one year into the experiment of running The Verge with subscriptions, and so far things are going quite well - but we've heard a lot of feedback so far, ... read more

The Paramount deal is an all-cash, $30-a-share offer for all of WBD, including the company's financially troubled cable TV networks group that includes CNN, TNT and HGTV. ... read more

Power strips are generally pretty boring. You plug stuff into them, then you try your best to hid the strip along with all of the cables feeding into it. But ... read more

OpenAI has turned off some promotional app messages in ChatGPT after users complained that the chatbot was showing them ads. In a post on X, OpenAI's chief research officer, Mark ... read more

The Boys' fifth and final season is headed to Amazon Prime Video on April 8th, 2026. In addition to a release date, Prime Video revealed the trailer for season five ... read more

Today, I’m talking with Willem Avé, who’s head of product at Square. You know Square — it was started by billionaire Jack Dorsey, of Twitter fame, more than 15 years ... read more

Paramount has launched a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, calling Netflix’s $83 billion arrangement to purchase the entertainment giant’s studios and streaming service “inferior.” The Paramount ... read more

"The global economy has had something of a reprieve this year," writes WPP Media Business Intelligence President Kate Scott-Dawkins in the new report, characterizing 2025 as a "year of two halves." ... read more

Segway’s modest e-bike lineup is about to gain a new entrant. The Ninebot-owned brand, once known for its pioneering self-balancing scooters, currently only sells two e-bikes: the moto-styled Xyber ... read more

The client said that it will be the only telecom operator to access Publicis' AI-driven content creation platform Leona in selected European operating markets. ... read more

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has the most popular YouTube account with over 450 million subscribers, or a little over 1 in 16 people in the world. His success ... read more

AI-native digital ad platform Metadata.io recently launched a new agentic ad platform that spans processes from buying to creative, running and analyzing campaigns - alongside a sponsorship with F1 Academy driver Nicole Havrda, the first ... read more

In the process of absorbing Warner Bros., Netflix passed on the basic-cable side of Warner Bros. Discovery. ... read more

For political news, most young adults say it reaches them passively, and they tend to be more trusting of the information they see on social media. ... read more

Innovation from Google this year positioned brands to tackle what comes next with greater transparency and capabilities, including global ad expansion in AI Overviews, AI Max for Search, controls for Performance Max, Gemini-powered creative tools, ... read more

In 1914 Joseph Pilates was sitting in a World War I-era internment camp watching his fellow inmates waste away when he had an idea. As he later recounted to a ... read more

Back around 2015 through early 2018, telcos were very excited about ad tech. They spent billions of dollars betting that they could monetize their rich subscriber data and compete with the walled gardens by acquiring ... read more

AI has changed content creation overnight. What once required time, skill or a production budget can now be spun up in seconds.  That’s led to an explosion of low-quality, made-for-advertising (MFA) content, not just across ... read more

People want news, but not from news outlets; X’s blue checkmarks are coming home to roost; and Meta is finally paying publishers (kind of). The post When News Becomes Entertainment; Check That Off The ... read more

The open internet didn’t grow opaque because of a single bad actor or decision. Marketers chased cheap scale, and the ecosystem expanded around that demand. New intermediaries, auction layers and resellers piled on, creating complexity ... read more

Criteo is betting that ChatGPT-style agents will become a major source of product discovery. Through experiments with LLMs, it wants to use its commerce data infrastructure to power recommendations that sit behind them. Related ... read more

Advertiser spending on retail, travel and financial services media channels will surpass the amounts spent globally on television this year, according to new projections from WPP. The company’s latest global ad spend forecasts predict that ... read more

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. With fierce competition moving in from bigger companies, brands are trying to calibrate their podcast advertising strategy to fit today’s listener habits.  Acast, a podcast ... read more

It can sometimes be a fine line between a promise and a threat — but that’s where generative AI stands in its application to the media agency world today. At least that’s the biggest takeaway ... read more

Universal spent a very modest $4.64 million with just 149 airings yielding 301.7 million impressions, according to estimates from EDO Ad EnGage, for the entire "Five Nights" campaign so far. National TV ad spend for ... read more

There's an argument to be made that "the real monster is trauma" has become an overused trope in modern horror. Hereditary, The Babadook, and, much less effectively, Smile, are just ... read more

Thanks to mitigated tariff effects and the AI boom, WPP Media's 2025 ad spend forecast has good news for marketers. The post WPP Raises Its Ad Growth Forecast Thanks To The AI Boom – But ... read more

In November, Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s co-CEO made a trip to the White House for a lengthy meeting with Donald Trump. According to Bloomberg, the two discussed a number of topics, ... read more

Friday, the EU slapped X with a €120 million fine (about $140 million) for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA). It was the first time that a company had been ... read more

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA – Uber Advertising is redefining what contextual and commerce media can deliver as brands look to connect more meaningfully with consumers in moments that matter. In this conversation at the Beet ... read more

It's easy to think about AI as a sort of existential battle between human and machine. Maybe it will be, someday, in a Skynet sort of way. But there are ... read more

Google didn't invent the concept of smart glasses, but it did help make them mainstream. In retrospect, 13 years after their launch, this is both a good and bad thing. ... read more

For all the talk about artificial intelligence complicating the business of advertising and media, there’s an argument to be made about how it simplifies the challenge of content discovery. For Gracenote, the path to easing ... read more

Is the potential for machine learning and artificial intelligence to revolutionize premium video advertising is being held back by an unglamorous problem? Some in the industry think of a common identity framework is needed to ... read more

Year Walk. | Image: Simogo It may be hard to believe now, but the App Store was once a thriving place for inventive indie games. The ubiquity of the iPhone ... read more

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how to work anywhere, follow Thomas Ricker. The Stepback arrives in ... read more