European publishers are feeling pretty grim about the outcome of the Digital Omnibus, released on Nov. 19. For a moment, the European Union’s attempt at a legislative spring clean for Europe’s digital rulebook dangled a ... read more

Programmatic marketers may not understand AI but they’re even more unsure of themselves.  That was the undercurrent at this week’s Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit in New Orleans. This is a member-exclusive article from Digiday. Continue reading ... read more

A study conducted by a neuro-contextual ad company in partnership with a neuroscientist at Columbia University found neuro-contextual ads deliver 3.5x higher neural engagement than non-contextual ads. ... read more

The agency, based in London with offices in Lisbon and Sydney, will be aligned with Havas' experiential division Havas Play, part of Havas Media Network. ... read more

Following the recent retirement of former COO Jeff Williams, AI chief John Giannandrea stepping down, and the departure of head of design Alan Dye for Meta, Apple announced Thursday that ... read more

It has been months since a group of Trump administration officials put together a Signal group chat to discuss classified military intelligence ahead of a military strike in Yemen while ... read more

TikTok is launching a "Nearby Feed" focused on connecting users with content, creators, trending places, and brick-and-mortar businesses in their immediate area. ... read more

TikTok is launching a "Nearby Feed" focused on connecting users with content, creators, trending places, and brick-and-mortar businesses in their immediate area. ... read more

According to a report from Bloomberg, Meta will cut spending by up to 30% on Meta Horizon Worlds and Quest virtual-reality development as part of the company's annual budget planning for the new year. ... read more

According to a report from Bloomberg, Meta will cut spending by up to 30% on Meta Horizon Worlds and Quest virtual-reality development as part of the company's annual budget planning for the new year. ... read more

"The Act renders wide swaths of speech at the very heart of the First Amendment's protection presumptively off limits to minors when accessed through apps -- a critical channel of distribution for news organizations," news ... read more

This picture taken on August 31, 2017 shows Honda Motor's new N-BOX mini-vehicles at its headquaters in Tokyo. Tiny kei trucks from Japan have a new fan: President Donald Trump. ... read more

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is finally out after a long and difficult development - and despite some bright spots, the game really shows its age. Nintendo has a long and ... read more

School districts are paying extra for basic supplies thanks to unpredictable dynamic pricing on Amazon, which is costing them on average 17 percent more, according to a report by the ... read more

The Trump administration has ordered US consulates to consider rejecting H1-B visa applicants involved in content moderation or “censorship,” according to a report from Reuters. A State Department cable viewed ... read more

TikTok violates consumer protection laws by falsely promoting "an addictive and otherwise harmful social media platform," Hawaii attorney general charges in a new lawsuit. ... read more

Microsoft has been publishing data about the gender, race, and ethnic breakdown of its employees for more than a decade. Since 2019 it's been publishing a full diversity and inclusion ... read more

These aren’t real people! | Image: Nano Banana Pro I'm starting to understand where Google's visual AI model gets its name, because after playing around with it for a couple ... read more

The last-gen model costs $155 less than the new pair. It sounds weird to say it’s a good thing if you missed the Ray-Ban Meta deal on Black Friday, but ... read more

After over 30 years, Amazon may be cutting ties with the United States Postal Service as it looks to expand its own delivery network, as reported by The Washington Post. ... read more

Amazon’s new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft | Photo: Todd Haselton / The Verge Amazon has finally given a release date for its new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe: They’ll be ... read more

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Get ready for a lot ... read more

It turns out my parents were wrong. Saying "please" doesn't get you what you want-poetry does. At least, it does if you're talking to an AI chatbot. That's according to ... read more

The media agency appointment will propel NT'sx digital transformation and connect with audiences worldwide. ... read more

The 15 is available in this “sand storm” finish, along with black or violet. OnePlus has launched its delayed US preorders for the flagship OnePlus 15, almost a month after ... read more

Elevation Lab has announced a smaller version of its TimeCapsule battery-boosting case for the Apple AirTag. It’s about half the size of the original and uses a pair of smaller ... read more

The Apple Watch SE 3 is on sale starting at $199. The Apple Watch SE 3 was one of the best smartwatches we tested in 2025, and you can still ... read more

Meta may slash its budget for metaverse projects by up to 30 percent next year, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources tell the outlet the potential cuts haven’t been ... read more

Proton has added a new privacy-focused spreadsheet app to its productivity suite to tempt users over from Google and Microsoft’s platforms. The new Proton Sheets tool provides real-time collaboration features ... read more

I'm convinced that whoever said it's about the journey, not the destination, has never traveled. Try sitting on a plane for 16 hours - plus delays, airport security, and a ... read more

Today, I’m talking with Verge senior AI reporter Hayden Field about some of the people responsible for studying AI and deciding in what ways it might… well, ruin the world. ... read more

Russia is restricting access to Roblox after the country’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor accused it of promoting extremism and “LGBT propaganda,” according to reports from Reuters and Meduza. As reported by ... read more

Nvidia launched its first RTX 50-series graphics cards earlier this year without support for PhysX, the GPU-accelerated technology that let games realistically simulate shattering glass, moving liquids, smoke, fog, and ... read more

It's about to be week 14 of the NFL season, and stakes and storylines abound across the league. In a new section of the Yahoo Sports app, Yahoo is hoping ... read more

The limited theater showing of the finale on December 31 will also be simultaneously aired on Netflix's streaming platform. ... read more

We all know that we’re supposed to eat our veggies and skip the junk food. But knowing isn’t the same as doing. Marketers instinctively know that better data and higher-quality media drive better outcomes. But ... read more

The film, "A Lion Never Gives Up,' blends live action and GenAI and was created by Publicis Conseil, the agency built by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, beginning in 1926. ... read more

Mobile apps are now at the center of the consumer relationship. They’re where customers browse, buy, stream, check balances and redeem loyalty rewards. However, app measurement remains one of the weakest links in modern marketing. ... read more

The episode, seen Monday night on NBC, was important because it shed light on the disease and the suffering it causes. ... read more

The European Union has launched a formal investigation into Meta over antitrust concerns with AI restrictions in WhatsApp. The probe aims to “prevent any possible irreparable harm to competition in ... read more

When songwriter Patrick Irwin moved to Nashville last year, he was entering a lottery. Each day hundreds of sessions take place where writers create a song demo to pitch to ... read more

iPhone 17 Pro models have been left in the dark. | Image: The Verge iPhone 17 Pro users have fewer ways to take photographs in low-light conditions compared to those ... read more

The people who know how best to market to college students are other college students – and that’s doubly true on a social media platform whose entire user base is college students. Teddy Solomon and Ashton ... read more

Three weeks ago, I tested something that completely changed how I think about organic traffic. I opened ChatGPT and asked a simple question: "What's the best course on building SaaS with WordPress?" The answer that ... read more

On Google and Meta platforms, AI search becomes the default; TTD might cut its costs; and apparently, toddlers like AI slop on YouTube. The post AI Mode, Activate; The Trade Desk Bends On Agency Incentives ... read more

As generative AI alters the algebra around advertising creative, more CMOs hope to lean on science, rather than art, to judge the value of campaign assets and drive media efficiency. British health and beauty retailer ... read more

01 Introduction Publishers entered 2025 facing many of the same economic uncertainties that they navigated in 2024. But in addition to grappling with the erosion of traditional income streams, publishers are ... read more

We may be closing out 2025, but publishers aren’t retreating from the battle of AI search — some are escalating it, and they expect the fight to stretch deep into 2026.  This week, a U.K. ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing looks at why publishers are adding vertical video feeds to their websites and apps in an effort to boost audience engagement and video advertising dollars. Another pivot to video Business ... read more

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail Guitar Center CEO Gabe Dalporto admits the chain’s store experience has had plenty of room for improvement. Some employees may know one genre or instrument ... read more

Snapchat is aiming to bring more small and-medium-sized brands to the platform via a global integration with Wix, which allows e-commerce businesses to build digital storefronts. ... read more

The Antigravity A1. With DJI facing an imminent import ban in the US and its flagship drones disappearing from shelves, the new Antigravity A1 didn’t need to be a groundbreaking ... read more

"This would make Walmart the first retailer to scale drone delivery across five states," according to "Chain Store Age." ... read more

BMW has been peppering us with teasers and bits and pieces about its next-gen EV platform, Neue Klasse, for so long - fully two years now - that I confess ... read more

A court has thrown out X Corp's claim that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act overrides the state's deep fake law. ... read more

It’s getting harder and harder for the Hubble and other telescopes orbiting Earth to capture pristine images thanks to the sudden surge in satellite launches. Satellite trails could mess up ... read more

Andrew Ross Sorkin and Dario Amodei speak onstage during The New York Times DealBook Summit 2025 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 03, 2025 in New York City. | Image: Getty ... read more

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman. Reddit is “moving away” from r/popular, the default feed for new users, and plans to replace it with “better, more relevant and personalized feeds,” according to ... read more

Motorists drive on Interstate 210 during the morning commute on December 03, 2025 in Pasadena, California. President Donald Trump announced a new plan that lets carmakers pollute more by making ... read more

This WTF guide, sponsored by The Weather Company, digs into what weather targeting is — how it differs from other contextual signals, common misconceptions and misunderstandings and how advertisers across industries can maximize its effectiveness. ... read more

Alan Dye, who has led Apple’s UI design team since 2015, is leaving to join Meta as its chief design officer, Bloomberg reports. He’ll join Meta on December 31st, and ... read more

The JBL Charge 6 portable Bluetooth speaker is currently down to an all-time low of $129.99 ($70 off) at multiple retailers. REI took a hike during Black Friday, but the ... read more

This is a screenshot from the PS5 version of MLB The Show 25. MLB The Show is coming to iOS and Android. Sony has revealed MLB The Show Mobile, which ... read more

Woojer is best known for its vibrating vests and belt straps that let you feel the sounds from games, movies, and music. Now the company has taken that same haptic ... read more

NBCU is bringing back its creator program for the 2026 Winter Olympics, with exclusive on-the-ground coverage from influencers in partnership with YouTube, Meta and TikTok. The media company's "Milan Cortina Creator Collective" is a "multi-platform ... read more

Micron is retiring the Crucial brand, marking the end of its line of budget-friendly solid-state drives (SSDs) and RAM kits, as reported earlier by VideoCardz. In an announcement on Wednesday, ... read more

ORLANDO, FL — Artificial intelligence functions as a tool that handles mechanical and repetitive tasks, freeing human creators to focus on imagination, storytelling, and artistic expression that only humans can deliver. “AI is an enhancer, ... read more

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA – As the advertising industry grapples with budget pressure, rising channel complexity and an ever-widening tech stack, the familiar mandate to “do more with less” has become an exhausting refrain. At ... read more

The booming retail media sector’s greatest strength lies not just in its expanding footprint but in its foundation of actual sales data. Unlike traditional programmatic channels where marketers append third-party data and push it downstream, ... read more

"Meta waged a seven-year campaign of litigating this case in two federal courts, and took full advantage of the procedures available in the court system, while staying silent about the arbitration agreement," U.S. District Court ... read more

"We continue to believe that a large share of legacy pay TV spend can still migrate without increasing total household spending," says Brian Wieser, media analyst/founder of Madison and Wall. ... read more

Smartwatches have become health gadgets. Over the last five years or so, Apple, Garmin, Google, Samsung, and practically every other company wanting to strap their wares to your wrist have ... read more

Elon Musk envisions Grokipedia - xAI's AI-generated, anti-woke spin on Wikipedia - as a definitive monument to human knowledge, something complete and truthful enough to etch in stone and preserve ... read more

Spotify may have popularized the Wrapped user recap trend, but more companies are jumping on that bandwagon every year. From rival music streaming providers like Apple, Amazon, YouTube, and Deezer, ... read more

The X8S is a premium thermostat that supports Matter and works as a video doorbell intercom. Resideo’s newest thermostat looks like a compelling alternative to Nest or Ecobee if you’re ... read more

Horses, a first-person narrative horror game, was banned from the Epic Games Store just hours before it was set to launch on December 2nd. Then, a day after launch, the ... read more

Prepare to grease those elbows for wrestling AI browsers into submission. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge All I wanted was a pair of New Balances. I was done ... read more

Prepare to grease those elbows for wrestling AI browsers into submission. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge All I wanted was a pair of New Balances. I was done ... read more

Last year, the House of Representatives was the place where a leading kids online safety bill came to die. On Tuesday, a powerful House committee positioned itself as the place ... read more

Billionaire Elon Musk — who’s long used his X (formerly Twitter) platform to stoke anger at immigrants and support antisemitic conspiracy theories — has spent the past day spreading and praising ... read more

After finally passing the three percent mark in October, Linux usage on Steam has peaked again in the November Steam Hardware & Software Survey. As of last month, Linux users ... read more

Garmin announced a new version of its inReach satellite communicator with major upgrades that expand and improve the ways you can keep in touch while you’re adventuring outside cellphone coverage. ... read more

When ChatGPT burst onto the scene, one of the first questions on everybody's minds was what this new paradigm shift could mean for Google's dominance in search advertising. If users turned to their friendly LLM ... read more

The new Sony A7 V may be slightly smaller than Canon’s also-new EOS R6 Mark III, but it doesn’t feel smaller in the hand — just less comfortable. I was ... read more

Google has added some new features to its end-of-year Photos app throwback experience, including a selfie count, CapCut integration, and photo curation capabilities. The Google Photos Recap includes insights and ... read more

Earlier this year, a mysterious new company called Tensor announced itself to the world by claiming it would be the first to sell fully autonomous vehicles to customers at scale. ... read more

Amazon has launched a new AI-powered feature for Fire TV that lets you jump to specific moments of a movie by describing the scene to Alexa Plus. The feature, which ... read more

The forecast, one of two remaining agency holding companies issuing one for the year ahead - WPP Media will do so Monday - comes as other Interpublic sunsets, and Publicis bowed out. ... read more

India’s government retreated less than a week after sending a private order to smartphone manufacturers instructing them to preload a state-backed app on all phones in the region. The reversal ... read more

The effort is to bring more viewers to engage with content and also for longer periods of time - especially on what traditionally have been lower viewing days/nights. ... read more

Look at that trackball! That’s ZSA’s Navigator, an accessory for its Voyager keyboard. Do you love to tinker with your keyboard layout? Do you love trackballs and think that one ... read more

There’s a paradox at play in how marketers are adopting artificial intelligence. Eighty-seven percent of US advertisers say they plan to increase AI usage over the next 12 months. But only 45% feel confident in ... read more

Dick Van Dyke published a new book just last month, "Dick Van Dyke: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life, 100 Rules for Living to 100." ... read more

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is one of those games that been a long time coming. Fans have been waiting almost a decade for the next entry in Samus' first-person adventures. ... read more

Wait, is 78,432 minutes supposed to be a lot? It’s time for year-end lists, annual roundups, and, of course, Spotify Wrapped. The usual suspects are here, like your most listened ... read more

Agency buyers who manage portfolios of Google Ads and Merchant Center accounts are being targeted by sophisticated scam artists who hijack those accounts, drain client funds and sometimes lock out admins for weeks or even ... read more

Unlike a robovac, Mirumi will never eat a sock or get stuck under furniture. | Image: Yukai Engineering Among a sea of new TVs, robovacs, and smart glasses, Yukai Engineering’s ... read more

Gardner previously served as COO of the Harris Poll, which he joined in 2017. Earlier he was APAC CEO and global COO of Penn Schoen Berland. ... read more

One of The Trade Desk’s longest-tenured leaders on the product side has left the company. Jud Spencer, who served as one of TTD’s lead engineers for the past 12-plus years, confirmed to AdExchanger that his ... read more

Broadsign’s acquisition of Place Exchange last week is a defining moment for programmatic out-of-home (OOH).  But it is not the endgame; it is merely the setup. The OOH stack is being rebuilt from the inside ... read more