Brands are upping their creator marketing budgets, but creators say their branded content business isn’t growing as a result. It’s no secret that brands are hot for creators in 2025. Overall marketing spend on the ... read more

The PartyBox 720 can run on battery power, allowing you to blast music without being tied to an outlet. JBL has expanded its lineup of flashy Bluetooth speakers with three ... read more

It looks just like the current Predator Helios 18 laptop, but the new 18P model has a 4K screen and even higher-end graphics. Acer is refreshing some of its gaming ... read more

The Amadana 27ART0 P1. | Image: Acer Did you know Acer acquired a Japanese design firm called Amadana late last year that makes classy coffee gear, retro calculators, air purifiers, ... read more

There are laptops out there with power adapters heavier than this entire 16-inch laptop. Acer is announcing a new Swift Air 16 at IFA 2025, and it’s an absolute featherweight ... read more

I took the Spin 514 for an early spin, and I’m looking forward to testing it further. Acer's new Chromebook Plus Spin 514, announced at IFA 2025 in Berlin, is ... read more

This sure does look exactly like every other Nest Cam out there. Google is overdue an update to its smart home setup, and now we know when it’ll come: October ... read more

Cheese, red sauce, and a sprinkling of AI. Have you ever looked at your pizza oven and wished it was just a little bit smarter? Ooni has, and so its ... read more

You know the old adage “garbage in, garbage out”? Well, it applies to the walled gardens, too, even with all of their access to first-party data. The big ad platforms have been investing more in ... read more

In the 31 years since the first banner ad appeared, ad tech has become essential to global commerce, directly employing 1.54 million people and generating $974 billion in revenue in the United States. This contributes ... read more

Breaking news: Google doesn’t need to break itself up to resolve its search monopoly, CNN reports. Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Tuesday that Google must share search results and some other data with “qualified competitors,” ... read more

With Labor Day behind us, and Thanksgiving still 12 weeks away, the industry is headed for its most important quarter of 2025: the holidays. With the final stretch including Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas ... read more

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Glossy. The U.S. Open has long attracted commercial attention as brands seek to capitalize on the star power of tennis players like two-time champion Naomi Osaka or emerging contender ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing recaps a summer during which the future of TV began to bore many more shades of its past. The summer TV turned back the clock NFL flags Nielsen ... read more

Disney has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations from the Federal Trade Commission that it violated federal law by misleadingly labeling cartoons on YouTube so it could illegally ... read more

The remedies ruling in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google finally landed on Tuesday. Last year, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google was a monopolist in the search ... read more

The rise of generative AI this year seemed to be the biggest unknown for U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta's order released Tuesday following his decision in 2024 that Google created a search monopoly that ... read more

The rise of generative AI this year seemed to be the biggest unknown for U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta's order released Tuesday following his decision in 2024 that Google created a search monopoly that ... read more

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner fired by President Donald Trump without cause, can at least temporarily return to work while her legal case plays out. This ... read more

A judge has barred Google from making exclusive distribution deals, but rejects the government's request to force the divestiture of Chrome. ... read more

Judge bars Google from making exclusive distribution deals, but rejects government's request to force divestiture of Chrome. ... read more

Google won’t be forced to sell its market-leading web browser Chrome and Android mobile operating system, although its exclusive search deals with handset manufacturers and ISPs have been prohibited in a landmark ruling in its ... read more

Google will be able to keep making search deals like its $20 billion agreement to be the default option in Apple’s Safari browser, a federal district court judge ruled in ... read more

Amazon will now let you shop for products by pointing your camera at them. On Thursday, the company announced Lens Live, a new feature that uses your camera to scan ... read more

Google will not have to sell its Chrome browser in order to address its illegal monopoly in online search, DC District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Tuesday. Over a ... read more

A screenshot from Hollow Knight: Silksong. After years of development and pent-up anticipation from fans, Hollow Knight: Silksong, the full sequel to the indie classic Hollow Knight, will finally be ... read more

Following a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the company, OpenAI says it will roll out parental controls for its ChatGPT model, allowing parents to link their personal accounts with their teens' accounts and more. ... read more

Hello and welcome to Regulator. Today, I will attempt to regulate my own apoplexy. Recently, Wired published an article revealing the existence of a secret Democrat influencer incubator that trained ... read more

Disney allegedly uploaded cartoons and other child-directed clips to YouTube without designating them as "Made for Kids," the FTC alleged Tuesday. ... read more

President Donald Trump is moving US Space Command’s headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, he announced during a press conference on Tuesday. The change reverses former President Joe Biden’s 2023 decision ... read more

As President Donald Trump's August 29th deadline for new tariffs rolled around, the first thing that I thought of was 2026 planners. In July, Trump signed an executive order essentially ... read more

So much is false around us -- in our politics, in our media -- it's just too exhausting to hold everything to a burden of truth. ... read more

In July, Microsoft’s sweeping layoffs hit Xbox hard, and shuttered the entire game studio that was building Perfect Dark. Officially, the game was canceled. But unofficially, reports Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, ... read more

AMENIA, NY – Agentic AI and retail media are reshaping how consumers shop and how brands connect with them, said Amie Owen, global chief commerce officer at IPG Mediabrands. In this interview with Beet.TV contributor ... read more

OpenAI had a big holiday weekend: On Tuesday, the company confirmed it’s shuffling executive roles, bringing on a new CTO of applications, and acquiring a product analytics company for $1.1 ... read more

Other public figures have recently made MVNOs popular, including Ryan Reynolds and his company Mint Mobile. ... read more

"The Court should grant review without delay," the National Basketball Association says in its latest bid to convince the Supreme Court to intervene in a video privacy battle. ... read more

Critics of Big Tech and President Donald Trump are on high alert as Google and President Donald Trump’s legal teams are engaged in what look like potential settlement discussions. ... read more

Tesla’s Optimus robots briefly served popcorn at the company’s diner — before going offline. Tesla's latest "Master Plan" makes a few things clear right out of the gate: the company ... read more

Uber Eats is teaming up with Best Buy to offer deliveries of the store’s selection of tech products, like headphones, chargers, laptops, gaming gear and small appliances. Starting today, you ... read more

Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude and one of OpenAI’s chief competitors, emerged from the holiday weekend with big news: A completed funding round of $13 billion, awarding the company ... read more

I can't recall if Nielsen ever ran a commercial, but it just dropped an "explainer video" promoting why its new Big Data + Panel is a "new-and-improved" advertising currency. ... read more

Call of Duty is being adapted into a live action film as part of a new deal signed by Activision and Paramount. Paramount, the film studio behind Top Gun: Maverick, ... read more

The Zens Pro 3 USB-C charging cable includes additional inline wireless chargers. | Image: Zens It’s not an entirely new idea given Nomad’s Universal Cable from earlier this year can ... read more

Hooked on LinkedIn’s Queens? Gotta extend your Wordle streak in the New York Times games app before you start your day? You’re in good company on today’s Vergecast episode. Allison ... read more

The companies say their merger forms the second-largest independent media agency group in the U.S. by billings. Horizon Media in New York is number one. ... read more

The new exec will leverage Publicis Sapient's AI products and capabilities to aid clients. ... read more

YouTube experienced backlash after running an experiment on select Shorts to enhance the content, but many creators argued that this changes the artistic intent of the videos without permission. ... read more

If you’ve ever thought “it’d sure be nice to have just one controller to use between my phone, tablet, and TV,” then the Backbone Pro might be made for you. ... read more

Amazon is axing the program that lets Prime members share their free shipping perk with people outside their household. In an update to its support page, Amazon says it will ... read more

Spending on video and music streaming rose more than 10% year over year as of July 2025. ... read more

Malle joined "Vogue" in 2011. She will report to Wintour, who is global editorial director. ... read more

In his weekly note to investors last week, Stagwell CEO Mark Penn cited reports of Dentsu's possible sale of its international operations, framing the news as "another holdco unable to adapt to the demands of ... read more

The Thermomix TM7 is the next generation of one the most versatile cooking appliances you can buy. I’ve owned a Thermomix TM6 for about five years, and I use it ... read more

On Tuesday, Roqad, a company that now describes itself as “the LiveRamp of Europe,” announced its acquisition of Zeotap-Data, the third-party data division of Zeotap, a startup that once wanted to be the LiveRamp of ... read more

What expectations can we draw from the NFL for this coming season, now that the preseason games have grown 17% to average 2.2 million vs. a year ago? ... read more

This concept trifold was previously shown off by Samsung Display. We know officially that Samsung is planning to launch its first trifold phone this year, and recent rumors suggest that ... read more

More than 10 years after the launch of Dolby Vision, the next generation of the HDR format is here, and it aims to do more than just optimize tone and ... read more

Movie studios overall are spending less on TV marketing for theatrical releases this year. U.S./Canadian theatrical movie business is virtually flat compared to box-office revenue a year ago - down 1.1% to $3.59 billion, according ... read more

Trump's pardon of reality-TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley is the likely centerpiece of Lifetime's sprawling eight-hour docuseries about the couple. ... read more

DSP strategies are moving beyond automation with support from agentic technology. This sparked a discussion during the weekend about optimizing bid strategies through predictive algorithms and real-time optimization across the entire ad buying process. ... read more

The update starts rolling out globally in September. Google is updating user profiles for its Play Games service on Android devices to display gaming stats, achievements, and social features. The ... read more

Imagine if your favorite restaurant didn’t just know your usual but how many times you’ve ordered it, your spending habits at that establishment and what you’ve looked at on its website. A little creepy? Perhaps. ... read more

Shot entirely in Blythewood, South Carolina without any actors, the ad aims to capture the spirit that drew Scout to this town. ... read more

Get Out Of Jail Free? We’re in the age of spinoffs. “Young Sheldon,” “How I Met Your Father,” “House of the Dragon” and maybe Google Ad Manager (GAM). Google has spent the past several months ... read more

Following years of explosive growth, the creator economy has become a foundational element in any marketing strategy, but is reaching an inflection point, according to seven influencer marketing experts. There are countless indicators that ... read more

Fortnite’s creators and creator studios are increasingly at odds over how to properly advertise on the platform. Metaverse marketing is heating up in 2025, and brands’ activity in Fortnite is no exception. Advertisers’ spending on ... read more

Digiday gathered a group of ad-supported publishing execs for a virtual town hall session on Aug. 22 to discuss top-of-mind issues as we head deeper into the latter half of the year. On top of ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify There’s no such thing as a summer slowdown. While members of the media and marketing industries may have tried to take a break from the daily grind, the news ... read more

The role of Transaction ID (TID) in programmatic advertising has become one of the most contentious topics in recent weeks, as buyers, sellers and technology intermediaries debate its implications for transparency, control and revenue.  The ... read more

Brands are no longer competing for links on page one; they're fighting to be cited the definitive answer in generative AI results. ... read more

The price of resolving one war can’t be the commencement of another. ... read more

The long-established rules of search engine optimization are changing fast. In an advertising world increasingly shaped by conversational AI, the efficacy of familiar tactics of keyword stuffing and link-building is coming under pressure. Instead, a ... read more

The first time I used ChatGPT to code, back in early 2023, I was reminded of "The Monkey's Paw," a classic horror story about an accursed talisman that grants wishes, ... read more

Hollow Knight: Silksong, Team Cherry’s sequel to Hollow Knight that has been in development for seven years, is releasing later this week for just $19.99. Silksong’s highly-anticipated launch on September ... read more

The opening hours of Hell Is Us are brilliantly confusing. The game tasks you with getting up to speed on a complicated civil war between the Palomists and Sabinians. A ... read more

This story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. When President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs were announced earlier this year, retail executives predicted that thrifting and secondhand shopping companies would be unexpected winners. Now, ... read more

The creator economy is growing into a fully formed media channel — complete with dedicated ad spend and marketing playbooks. But according to seven influencer marketing experts, the creator economy has measurement issues that could stunt ... read more

Labor Day means a welcome 24-hour pause for Madison Avenue. Even though the holiday isn’t a fixture across the pond, it’s one of the quieter working Mondays on Britain’s calendar. But for Cindy Rose, it’s ... read more

In a “Ask Our Editors” Digiday virtual event last Thursday, Ed Hyatt, director of newsroom SEO at The Wall Street Journal, shared what his team is focused on amid the threat of “Google zero,” or ... read more

As if there wasn’t enough consolidation in agency land — and the marketplace confusion that comes with it — this week is going to be another game-changer as Cindy Rose officially takes over running WPP ... read more

Generally, AI chatbots are not supposed to do things like call you names or tell you how to make controlled substances. But, just like a person, with the right psychological ... read more

What do you gift somebody who loves books? The obvious answer is "a book," but since true bibliophiles are probably sitting on a stack already, it's worth getting a little ... read more

Meta is changing some of the rules governing its chatbots two weeks after a Reuters investigation revealed disturbing ways in which they could, potentially, interact with minors. Now the company ... read more

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all things AI, follow Hayden Field. The Stepback arrives in our ... read more

Verizon has confirmed to customers in stores and online that its network is having an issue on Saturday. Many people have been unable to connect and make or receive calls ... read more

For the last week or two, reports have been circulating that recent Windows 11 updates (specifically KB5063878 and KB5062660) were causing some SSDs using Phison controllers to fail. Tech influencers ... read more

Labor Day weekend has finally arrived, and after a week of early discounts trickling in, the sales are now in full swing. From big-screen OLED TVs and outdoor gear to ... read more

There's a pleasing rhythm to cozy life sims. The virtual days pass, filled with chores of tending crops or running a business, punctuated by strange mysteries or evolving relationships. At ... read more

When a Waymo pulls up and parks in front of her home on a residential street in West Los Angeles, 10-year-old Morgan rushes to the window. "The Waymo is home!" ... read more

Regulators could decide that Google needs to divest Ad Manager, which houses its publisher ad server technology and exchange, or accept a move that requires the company to sell its ad exchange AdX, or open ... read more

A Meta spokesperson says the company is "adding more guardrails as an extra precaution - including training our AIs not to engage with teens on these topics, but to guide them to expert resources, and ... read more

As one of the cofounders behind Oculus Story Studio, Edward Saatchi knows how hard it can be to sell people on new tech that bills itself as revolutionary. Even though ... read more

Every platform wants to be the place you hang with friends — even Spotify as of this week — so it’s apparently time for TikTok to shore up its direct ... read more

The schedule of annual updates for Windows 11 that arrive in the second half of the year will hold steady for 2025, and today, Microsoft announced that the 25H2 package ... read more

There’s already been a number of leaks of upcoming Philips Hue products that are expected to be announced next week ahead of IFA. But one thing that hasn’t been mentioned ... read more

AI often misinterprets a user's search intent or broadens the targeting too much, which can result in a significant number of low-quality clicks that are unlikely to convert. ... read more

An AI Max user wrote on Reddit two months ago about running an "appliance repair" campaign while testing AI Max and the ads served up for query "obgyn near me." ... read more

An AI Max user wrote on Reddit two months ago about running an "appliance repair" campaign while testing AI Max and the ads served up for query "obgyn near me." ... read more

The internet service provider Cox Communications on Friday asked the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court decision holding the company responsible for illegal music downloads by broadband subscribers. ... read more