New Kia vehicles at the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, US, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. It started last week with Tesla, followed quickly by General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo. Automakers ... read more

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wants to know whether Amazon founder Jeff Bezos received any “promises or favors” from President Donald Trump in exchange for his “subservience” after dropping all plans to ... read more

OpenAI rolled back a GPT-4o update for ChatGPT that caused the chatbot’s default personality to be “overly flattering or agreeable – often described as sycophantic” and that “sycophantic interactions can be ... read more

Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, took the stand on Wednesday during the remedies phase of the company's search antitrust trial, and offered a simple message. The US government's plan to rectify Google's ... read more

Google is close to striking a deal with Apple to integrate Gemini into the iPhone. During the search monopoly trial on Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed the company expects to ... read more

Ad recall and viewer engagement have reached new lows in today's second-screening landscape. ... read more

Meta announced a new WhatsApp feature it says is a private way to interact with Meta AI. Called “Private Processing,” the feature is totally optional, launches in the “coming weeks,” and ... read more

Within weeks of President Trump stepping into office, key health and environmental resources that doctors and farmers rely on started disappearing from federal websites. Trump was also quick to dismantle the ... read more

Channel performance reporting will enable advertisers to gain visibility into how individual channels like search, display and YouTube perform within Performance Max. Google also will add full search-term reporting and more detailed asset reporting that ... read more

Channel performance reporting will enable advertisers to gain visibility into how individual channels like search, display and YouTube perform within Performance Max. Google also will add full search-term reporting and more detailed asset reporting that ... read more

For several weeks, President Donald Trump and his administration have been grasping for evidence that a man his administration deported and imprisoned in error is a dangerous gang member, and the ... read more

Boox has upgrade its Mira Pro E Ink monitor with the same color screen technology found in e-readers. | Image: Boox Boox is debuting its first desktop monitor featuring a color E ... read more

This State of the Industry Report, sponsored by Warner Bros. Discovery, explores how marketers, retailers and agencies have used contextual commerce on CTV and streaming as shoppable advertising gains traction. Consumer buying and viewing habits ... read more

ADT and Yale have partnered on a new smart lock that adds biometric access to the security system. One of the best features of the now-discontinued Nest Secure security system was that ... read more

The multiyear agreement brings Taboola's News technology to more Samsung mobile devices and news channels worldwide. ... read more

Meta is making a few notable adjustments to the privacy policy for its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. In an email sent out on April 29th to owners of the glasses, the ... read more

Nvidia launched a new tool that lets developers generate AI images by first creating them in 3D. The awkwardly named Nvidia AI Blueprint for 3D-guided generative AI is available to download ... read more

The Advertiser Perceptions study also found a significant decline in organizations' actions or priorities to support quality news sites and credible journalism. ... read more

I once wondered whether law enforcement might stop Elon Musk's power grab. About a month ago, I got my answer: no. On March 17th, the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency ... read more

Rad Power Bikes’ bestselling RadRunner is getting a serious facelift. | Image: Rad Power Bikes Rad Power Bikes may be going through some turmoil in its upper ranks, but the e-bike company’s ... read more

Madhive, a unified operating system for local media, announced Wednesday the launch of its first "enterprise intelligence layer" designed to improve each aspect of an ad campaign from pitch to payment. ... read more

MIAMI — For Bill Koenigsberg, the color blue represents more than just a hue in the spectrum—it symbolizes a technological change reshaping his business from the ground up. The marketing intelligence engine known as “blu” ... read more

With press freedoms seemingly on the line, the show's longtime executive producer Bill Owens shockingly departed over editorial meddling by corporate higher ups. ... read more

Since the search industry added generative AI, it's an old problem with a new twist.This predictive model that improves navigation for better search ad visibility and engagement based on a landing page makes Unbounce CEO ... read more

First comes love, then comes biometric tracking. Imagine this. You wake up, roll over, take your smart ring off its charger, and slip it onto your finger. After eating breakfast and getting ... read more

Content moderators who comb through harmful material uploaded to online platforms have formed a global trade union alliance in a bid to improve working conditions. The Global Trade Union Alliance of ... read more

Raycast users have been asking the app's developers for an iOS app for a long time. It took a while, though, for the developers to figure out exactly what that app ... read more

A study by the IAB, Advertiser Perceptions and Guideline finds that 68% of media buyers/sellers and brand execs say CTV is a "must buy" and another 62% cite social media in the same vein, a ... read more

Since Neuromancer took the sci-fi world by storm in 1984, computing nerds have pined for a "cyberdeck" - the ultimate in personal, portable PCs for surfing and hacking the world. Usually, ... read more

Every year, many question whether the mid-May upfront presentations are still necessary or relevant. ... read more

The systems under development could alert the NYPD before any crime has been committed. | Photo by Eduardo MunozAlvarez / VIEWpress via Getty Images New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it’s exploring ... read more

Starting in March, parenting creator Tina Cartwright heard from three brand partners that they would be halting or pulling upcoming campaign spending (around Mother’s Day, for example), citing “budget freezes” and “tightening budgets” in the ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how mid-sized advertisers may be less inclined to make upfront commitments this year — which could have the effect of pressing larger advertisers to commit. The ... read more

The remedies phase of the Google search antitrust trial is forcing Google to contemplate the unthinkable: potentially parting ways with the world’s most popular browser, Chrome. Unsurprisingly, a crowd of would-be buyers is already lining ... read more

Another publisher is taking OpenAI to court. Ziff Davis is the latest media company to sue the tech company over copyright infringement, but the lawsuit highlights a broader reality: Publishers still have no reliable way ... read more

After just over 100 days in office, Donald Trump’s presidency has left U.S. advertisers’ heads spinning. The impact of his tariff policies, however, are being felt far beyond the 50 states. Global research outfit WARC ... read more

The original Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite. With just over a month to go before the Nintendo Switch 2 release date on June 5th, Nintendo has released a Switch 1 update that ... read more

CBS is set to win the prime time race - up 2% vs. a year ago to 5.72 million average Nielsen-measured viewers. This is CBS' 17th consecutive season as the leading prime-time broadcast network. ... read more

Gerard Barron, chairman and CEO of The Metals Company in San Diego, California on June 8, 2021. | Photo: Getty Images The Metals Company, which has been trying for years to exploit ... read more

France’s President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting with representatives of the sectors affected by US tariffs, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on April 3, 2025. | Image: MOHAMMED BADRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images ... read more

Electronic Arts is reportedly eliminating “between 300 and 400 positions” and scrapping a game set in the Titanfall universe, codenamed R7, that was in the works at Respawn Entertainment, according to ... read more

Lyft has launched “Earnings Assistant,” an AI chatbot tool for drivers seeking to “optimize their time on the road.” With it, drivers can create plans based on information about things like ... read more

Texas is asking the conservative 5th Circuit to lift a block on a state law that restricts social platforms' ability to serve content and ads to teens under 18. ... read more

It’s always a good time to lock in for a marathon watch of Alfred Hitchcock films, and Netflix is getting ready to make a bunch of the legendary director’s features a ... read more

A geologist with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency collects samples of treated Lake Michigan water in a laboratory at the water treatment plant in Wilmette, Illinois, on July 3, 2021. | Photo: Getty ... read more

OpenAI is rolling back its latest GPT-4o update after CEO Sam Altman said the company would be making fixes to address the chatbot’s “sycophant-y and annoying” personality introduced with recent updates. ... read more

Snap is backing away from plans to simplify the design of Snapchat as it reports losing 1 million users in North America. As part of its Q1 2025 earnings report on ... read more

Apple has quietly launched a new website called “‎Snapshot on Apple” that presents viewers with a carousel of celebrities and information on where you can find their work across the company’s ... read more

Poker Face’s Natasha Lyonne has a new project in the works that seemed poised to become a case study in the debate about how and whether Hollywood should be using generative ... read more

Google is urging a federal appeals court to reject the Republican National Committee's attempt to reinstate claims that its messages to Gmail users were wrongly flagged as spam due to partisan bias. ... read more

Google is urging a federal appeals court to reject the Republican National Committee's attempt to reinstate claims that its messages to Gmail users were wrongly flagged as spam due to partisan bias. ... read more

The launch of its stand-alone AI app, which includes a Discover feed and a place to share and explore how others use AI, positions Meta Platforms alongside many others that have made the move. ... read more

Since Slate Auto came out of stealth mode last week, the internet has been abuzz with speculation about the finer details of the ultra-barebones electric Truck, which is set to cost ... read more

Last week, the US Department of Transportation announced a major change to the Biden-era rule that requires automakers and tech companies to report crashes that involve fully or partially autonomous vehicles. ... read more

Image: Brandon Widder / The Verge Amazon’s annual Gaming Week sale might be the big focus this week as far as deals are concerned, but gaming peripherals and games aren’t the only ... read more

Isuzu has started mass production of an all-electric version of its mid-sized D-Max pickup truck in Thailand, featuring a dual-motor four-wheel-drive system with 140kW of power that can “match the performance ... read more

If you were hoping to get your hands on the “compact” phone OnePlus launched in China last week, you’re going to have your work cut out for you. OnePlus spokespeople have ... read more

Cybersecurity firm Oligo has detailed a set of vulnerabilities its researchers found in Apple’s AirPlay protocol and software development kit that could serve as a point of entry to infect other ... read more

Commenters on the popular subreddit r/changemymind found out last weekend that they've been majorly duped for months. University of Zurich researchers set out to "investigate the persuasiveness of Large Language Models ... read more

President Donald Trump called Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to complain after a Punchbowl News report suggested the online marketplace planned on displaying the cost of tariffs next to product prices. White ... read more

The finalists for this year’s Digiday Media Awards showcase how brands push boundaries by smartly integrating emerging technologies. Each entry highlights a commitment to deepening audience engagement with interactive formats, inviting participation and building community. ... read more

Blue Shield began notifying members this month about the data breach. ... read more

Blue Shield began notifying members this month about the data breach. ... read more

It was founded in 2021 by Lebron James' agent Rich Paul and former Nike executives David Creech and Josh Moore. ... read more

Audio Overviews, the AI tool that turns your research into podcast-like conversations in Google’s NotebookLM app, is expanding beyond English. Now you can generate and listen to Audio Overviews in more ... read more

Here's some dumb stuff that just happened: Punchbowl News, a new-ish DC publication which has an excellent record of political scoops but hasn't done much tech reporting, published a single-sourced ... read more

The release date for Borderlands 4 has been moved up by two weeks, shifting from September 23rd to September 12th. This is according to a video posted by Randy Pitchford, CEO ... read more

Meta's standalone ChatGPT competitor is mostly what you'd expect from an AI assistant. You can type or talk with it, generate images, and get real-time web results. The biggest new ... read more

The only thing clear at the moment in forecasting economic conditions across the marketing ecosystem is that you pretty much can’t. At least that’s the message being delivered by executives who swung by the ... read more

The first teaser for New Line Cinema’s upcoming horror Weapons was already unsettling enough, but the movie’s latest trailer makes it seem like writer / director Zach Cregger is about to ... read more

A former Disney employee will serve three years in federal prison for logging into the company’s servers to make changes to its restaurant menus’ allergen information, as well as carrying out ... read more

The generally accepted way to launch your new car company is by building something fancy and expensive. Call it Founder's Edition or name it after a precious metal, hope people pay ... read more

The death knell for American TikTok should have been on March 13th, 2024, when Congress voted on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis to force its parent company to sell the app or ... read more

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called Amazon “hostile” based on a rumor that its site will adjust to show how tariffs affect the total cost of a product. The statement ... read more

Giegerich will lead IAB's strategic initiatives that incorporate AI. Known for her work in AI, gaming, augmented and virtual reality, near field communications and experiential media, she brings more than 20 years of experience in ... read more

The new "no social socials" campaign from Publicis' LePub is inspired by new research revealing the average adult is stuck six hours daily scrolling on their phone. ... read more

The format is pay-per-view and younger viewers in particular are big fans because they like the content and avoid ads. ... read more

TelevisaUnivision CEO Daniel Alegre in a recent earnings phone call talked about how TV shows are not "physical goods" and that tariffs "probably" will not affect things. Still, we have seen that in tariff-land things ... read more

The campaign features MLB stars Dustin May, Dansby Swanson, and Christian Yelich, who realize they can get DirecTV without a satellite dish, and fantasize about that idea. ... read more

The Petal camera offers over a month of battery life that can be extended nearly indefinitely using a solar panel. | Image: Wonder Bird Buddy’s camera-equipped smart feeders helped make bird-watching more ... read more

2024 was shaping up to be the year Congress regulated how kids engage with social media, particularly through one bill, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). A debate about its risks ... read more

On Tuesday morning, the social media platform Bluesky experienced back-to-back outages that prevented feeds from loading for many users around the world. An initial outage started at about 6AM ET, as ... read more

The LG Wing (pictured) was one of the last phones released by the company before it exited the industry in 2021. Time is running out for people who are still using LG ... read more

On the evening of April 28th, Amazon embarked on its latest venture to rival SpaceX Starlink: the first launch of its Project Kuiper satellites. With 27 satellites now in orbit around ... read more

Scott Pelley faced the camera on "60 Minutes" Sunday and calmly reported that Paramount Global, parent company of CBS, is meddling in the production of "60 Minutes" for business reasons. ... read more

The 27 Project Kuiper satellites were carried into LEO by a United Launch Alliance rocket on Monday. Amazon’s Kuiper broadband internet constellation is starting to take shape, with its first batch of ... read more

Nvidia has released another hotfix driver that primarily addresses bugs and crashes with its RTX 50-series GPUs. The 576.26 hotfix driver is based on the 576.02 driver release earlier this month, ... read more

Consumers used 9.9 different big-screen video platforms in Q4 2024 compared to 11.1 services in Q4 2023, according to a TiVo survey. ... read more

Hearing about a product in the trusted, familiar environment of broadcast radio increases the legitimacy of the advertiser. ... read more

SpaceX is now offering 12-month residential service plans that bring the price of the dish and router — normally $349 in the US — down to $0 in select markets, without ... read more

Jacki Kelley does not want to attract attention. In fact, the evp and chief client and business officer of Interpublic Group does not want to be written about during this sensitive time in the holding ... read more

Was last quarter a fluke or is this a legitimate turning point for the business? That’s what industry analysts will want to clarify during Snap’s Q1 2025 earnings results later today. As W Media Research’s ... read more

TikTok is aggressively courting creators and agencies to showcase the revenue potential of its livestreaming tools. TikTok says its creators are now collectively generating $10 million in revenue daily through livestreaming — a figure the ... read more

Earnings season can be windows into what major marketers’ are thinking — especially amid the ongoing economic uncertainty caused by President Trump’s tariffs. In recent weeks, marketers have experienced decision paralysis; been expecting chaos (and regularly ... read more

Now that the dust has settled from Google’s gut punch — being called out not just for monopolizing how people access information online but how that information is monetized — the hot takes are flying. In ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify In the age of the retail media network boom, retailers have been all too happy to strike a deal with marketers, selling off ad space on their own platforms ... read more

Creators attempting to fund projects on Kickstarter will soon be able to address rising shipping costs and delayed timelines while providing backers with a clearer explanation of why their original monetary goals may have changed. ... read more

After code was spotted in OpenAI ChatGPT that would enable consumers to shop, the company confirmed Monday it has begun to roll out a shopping experience without the need to serve ads. ... read more

After code was spotted in OpenAI ChatGPT that would enable consumers to shop, the company confirmed Monday it has begun to roll out a shopping experience without the need to serve ads. ... read more

The old top-down family models no longer apply. Young people have more influence over purchasing decisions than their parents did at that age. ... read more