The US Department of Commerce has renamed its AI Safety Institute to the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), shifting its focus from overall safety to combating national security risks ... read more

No thank you. Glance AI, a brand owned by mobile advertising company InMobi, has announced a partnership with the Samsung Galaxy Store to roll out its e-commerce platform to Galaxy phones in ... read more

Microsoft's LinkedIn CEO, Ryan Roslansky, is taking on an expanded role at the software maker as the head of Office. Announced in an internal memo from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the ... read more

Reddit sued Anthropic on Wednesday in San Francisco superior court, claiming that the OpenAI rival had accessed its platform more than 100,000 times since July 2024, after Anthropic allegedly said it ... read more

In a surprise move that happened last week but news of broke last night, studio and TV company Paramount moved its media business to Publicis and Interpublic Group, dealing losses to WPP and Horizon Media, ... read more

This State of the Industry Report, sponsored by Arc XP, explores how publishers are incorporating AI into their newsrooms beyond the typical workplace efficiency avenues, how far they’ve gotten with those implementations, the challenges they’ve ... read more

Meta has revealed more information about Aria Gen 2, its experimental smart glasses designed to serve as a test platform for research about augmented reality, AI, and robotics. The glasses pack ... read more

Nintendo’s latest console arrives on June 5th. The Switch 2 has finally arrived - well, at least in some parts of the world. Nintendo's latest console officially launches in the US tomorrow, ... read more

Aerial of California Solar Plant in the Cuyama area of Southern California. | Photo: Getty Images For three years in a row, California has added a record amount of new clean energy ... read more

The age-old advertising mantra of finding the right person with the right message at the right time is arguably more achievable today, even if the increasingly packed ecosystem of partners and platforms makes strategic decision-making ... read more

This is LG’s first 5K display to get a Thunderbolt 5 upgrade. | Image: LG LG has announced a new 40-inch Thunderbolt 5 monitor with an ultrawide 21:9 aspect ratio, and the ... read more

The HoverAir X1 is on sale in black and white. | Image: The Verge Whether you’re sightseeing or taking group selfies, the HoverAir X1 offers a fun, hands-free way to capture your ... read more

ChatGPT users can now use “record mode” to take notes on meetings, brainstorming sessions, or thinking-out-loud soliloquies, OpenAI announced Wednesday. ChatGPT can also now connect to Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, Sharepoint, ... read more

AI search ads will impact traditional search businesses and present challenges for brands - especially those with heavy investments in traditional keyword-based search advertising, according to Emarketer's first AI search spend report. ... read more

The ad industry self-regulatory group Digital Advertising Alliance will consider issuing guidance regarding the use of artificial intelligence for behavioral targeting. ... read more

I have always had a soft spot for the Surface Pro X. It was the thinner, lighter, and fanless Surface tablet that I had always wanted Microsoft to make, but when ... read more

Super Mario Bros. Wonder. As Nintendo gets ready for the launch of the Switch 2 on June 5th, it’s now rolling out updates to even more titles than it previously announced. On ... read more

Figma is launching a new tool that can help AI models more effectively translate designs into fully coded applications. The product design company is giving LLMs and agentic coding tools like ... read more

Reviewing a new video game console is usually an isolating experience. You get a device in the mail, hook it up to your television, and then play a bunch of games ... read more

Fortnite is coming to the Switch 2 with some massive visual improvements and new features that are going to make it feel like a new game for the Nintendo crowd. While ... read more

Disassembling the Switch 2 doesn’t look overly complicated if you have the right tools. | Screenshot: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fbUVcKX8g">ProModding (YouTube)</a> It’s already June 5th in some parts of the world, which means the ... read more

Reddit has a new privacy feature that gives users more control over the content that appears on their user profiles. The update announced by Reddit on Tuesday now allows users to ... read more

The Washington Post could soon allow non-professional writers to submit opinion columns using an AI writing coach known as Ember, according to a report from The New York Times. The move ... read more

Sean Hollister is a senior editor here at The Verge. He runs news, writes reviews, and edits stories, and he specializes in, as he puts it, “fun gadgets.” He goes on ... read more

After a long wait filled with leaks, reveals, preorder stress, and hands-on events, the Nintendo Switch 2’s launch has finally arrived. Nintendo’s next console looks like a worthy successor to the ... read more

The independent out-of-home media shop retained Male's strategic advisory, which he formed after retiring as chairman-CEO of Outfront Media in March. ... read more

Long before you even had the chance to buy a Switch 2, you’ve probably had some thoughts of what you’ll be doing with the new console once it arrives. The logical ... read more

Joss & Main leans in to the Pinterest trend with a series aimed at Gen Z's desire to unplug -- and entertain beautifully. ... read more

Last month, Uber started testing new accounts for senior citizens, with a larger typeface, fewer buttons, and easier-to-follow instructions. Now, the company is ready to roll out its new senior accounts ... read more

No Man’s Sky is about to take flight on yet another new platform: developer Hello Games announced today that the sci-fi exploration game will be getting a free update that will ... read more

Two transactional companies have teamed up to help app developers monetize their services outside of Apple’s App Store. The new integration, launched by in-app payment system provider Paddle and the RevenueCat ... read more

Anker’s Solix F3000 power station can be used on its own or maxed out like you see above. | Image: Anker Anker just took the wraps off its new Solix F3000 power ... read more

This spring has been one of the roughest on allergy sufferers. But for fans of the Netflix hit series Bridgerton, “Polin season” and “pollen season” was the right marketing treatment supplied by Haleon, the global ... read more

The deal follows Rudansky's publishing debut earlier this year of a fantasy novel titled 'Georgie Summers And The Scribes of Scatterplot' (February 2025, Greenleaf Book Group). ... read more

A Lifetime plan to produce a new series about the Chrisley reality-TV family got a boost from President Trump when he pardoned Todd Chrisley and wife Julie Chrisley last week. ... read more

A few years ago, I was finally able to persuade my mother that she couldn't live alone in her house - the one in which my family had lived since the ... read more

AI Darth Vader was a huge hit in Fortnite, and now Epic plans to let creators make AI-powered NPCs for their own in-game experiences. But a senior Epic exec says that ... read more

"Although we continue to believe this take is accurate in the mid- to long-run, the current reality has delivered a relatively significant turn of fortune for the overall industry, at least for the present time," ... read more

The agency claimed the deal with Lumen Research and Co-op Media Network is the "world's first." ... read more

If you haven’t signed into your Samsung account for a couple of years, then you should probably do so if you want to keep it. Samsung has started to notify customers ... read more

Oatly’s marketers don’t do normal – even when it comes to market research. Usually it’s sanitized – committee-approved, consultant-scripted and delivered too late to shape real creativity.  Oatly, the oat milk brand, however, is taking ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing features an interview with YouTube creator Michelle Khare who has 5.1 million subscribers on YouTube and potentially someday soon an Emmy Award. YouTube TV (Emmys edition) TelevisaUnivision’s ad ... read more

In 2025, podcasts are more attractive than ever to advertisers who want to reach young and plugged-in consumers. As podcasting evolves from an audio medium into a video medium, brands are increasingly viewing the format ... read more

IAB Tech Lab has used its annual summit to announce two major initiatives aimed at modernizing digital advertising infrastructure and content governance, as well as addressing some of the fundamental challenges that generative AI and ... read more

I recently did something sort of unusual: I went to a preview event for a game that's been out for almost three years. I've played around 400 hours of Pokémon Scarlet, ... read more

Last week, Elon Musk’s media tour included telling CBS Sunday Morning he was “disappointed” by the Republican domestic policy bill backed by President Trump. Now, the former White House employee is ... read more

Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune are coming to streaming for the first time. The two game shows will arrive on Hulu and Peacock in September, according to a report from The ... read more

EchoStar is skipping interest payments even as it commissions a new Dish TV satellite — citing “uncertainty” caused by a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) probe.  The company just missed a $183 ... read more

It won’t completely clean the speaker, but the Boom 3i’s Buzz Clean mode will help dislodge dust and sand. | Image: Anker Anker’s audio-focused Soundcore brand is introducing a new wireless Bluetooth ... read more

"The Act will create an impediment to Wikipedia's community contribution model, a core aspect of its free-knowledge mission," the online encyclopedia and others tell a federal appellate court. ... read more

Privacy-focused French search engine Qwant has asked the French regulator to act against Microsoft, claiming it drives down the quality of search engine results on Bing as it ramps up AI. and ultimately without harming ... read more

Arguably the highlight of Epic's State of Unreal keynote was the opening: a sprawling technical demo that showed just how good The Witcher 4 looks in Unreal Engine 5. It showcased ... read more

Google’s AI-powered notetaking app, NotebookLM, now lets you share your notebooks with classmates, coworkers, or students using a public link. Though viewers can’t edit what’s in your notebook, they can still ... read more

The inexact science of branding is nowhere more evident than in the case of the Tesla Cybertruck, which could be the biggest automotive flop in history. ... read more

The HyperFlux V2 is cheaper than Razer’s original, but doesn’t come bundled with a wireless mouse. | Image: Razer Razer has announced a new version of its HyperFlux mouse pad, which first ... read more

T-Mobile is bringing its fiber internet service to more than 500,000 households throughout the US. In an update on Tuesday, T-Mobile revealed three new plans that offer customers symmetrical speeds of ... read more

Fortnite was missing from the iOS App Store for nearly five years before returning to the US last month. Apple kicked the game off in 2020 after Epic snuck in an ... read more

Elon Musk has announced new functionality for X's private messaging feature, "XChat," which he says involves "Bitcoin style encryption" powered by a company called Rust. ... read more

Both the black and white Boox Palma 2 e-readers are on sale. Smartphones are convenient for reading on the go, but it’s all too easy to get pulled into notifications or a ... read more

With the addition of Levelwing, Mindgruve now has a team of over 400 employees across eight U.S., Latin American, and European offices. ... read more

Milieu said Griffiths' experience in developing marketing accountability systems and blending tech with media insights will be "central to scaling Milieu's offerings in the U.S." ... read more

Google is pausing the rollout of its AI-powered “Ask Photos” feature within Google Photos, which has been slowly expanding since last fall. “Ask Photos isn’t where it needs to be,” wrote ... read more

"Youth have First Amendment rights," a federal judge wrote in an order blocking Florida from enforcing a law banning some teens from social media. ... read more

TikTok really wants advertisers to see it as a place to drive full-funnel results — not just boost brand awareness but deliver on performance too. “We’ve been listening and building alongside our partners to create ... read more

TikTok is expanding Manage Topics, a feature that lets you customize how often content in the platform’s top 10 categories surfaces in your feed, like sports, travel, humor, creative arts, and ... read more

An aging nuclear power plant that has been on the verge of shuttering since 2017 has a new lease on life after Meta agreed to support its operations for the next ... read more

TikTok introduced a slew of new advertiser tools at the company’s annual advertiser summit on June 3rd. The new products range from AI-powered ad tools to new features connecting creators and ... read more

Mattel will combine its existing film and television units to produce and foster new entertainment efforts. Two theatrical projects coming next year include "Masters of the Universe," a live-action film based on the He-Man action ... read more

The most interesting marketing-related AI news I received this morning was an Accenture study showing a third of consumers now consider AI assistants to be a "good friend." ... read more

The 2026 Polestar 4 — the one without a rearview window — is now on sale in the US. And instead of being manufactured in China like the 2025 version, this ... read more

The Nintendo Switch, opened. Would you call the Nintendo Switch easy to repair, what with its infamously drifting joysticks, glued-in battery, tiny and easy-to-damage ribbon cables, and lack of official repair instructions ... read more

Hopkins' appointment highlights the growing importance of Microsoft's role in advertising. She wrote that Microsoft's decision to "double down on serving the community and building their feedback into the roadmap" shows a positive direction for ... read more

Epic Games is going to allow Fortnite creators to make AI-powered NPCs that work similar to the recently-launched AI Darth Vader. The company showed off the tech at its State of ... read more

The share of news influencers with Bluesky accounts more than doubled in the four months after Election Day. ... read more

If you’re thinking about getting a MacBook Pro, but you aren’t exactly sure which of the many configurations is best for you, perhaps this discounted model might be just what you’re ... read more

The deal is MTP's tenth M&A transaction since its founding four years ago and follows last year's merger with True Independent Holdings. ... read more

As the tech world has standardized on USB-C, charging your devices has become much simpler. But it's still not simple enough. Sure, most things plug into most other things, but now ... read more

Epic Games’ hyperrealistic MetaHuman characters are seriously impressive, and now the company is making it easier for developers to incorporate them into their projects. At its State of Unreal show on ... read more

From the very beginning, the goal for Mario Kart World was ambitious. A follow-up to the Switch's (and Wii U's) best-selling game, one that steadily grew over the years, World's original ... read more

The Hue Play Smart Wall Washer can output white or colored light with more vibrant colors and smoother gradients. | Image: Amazon Amazon’s UK site has an early listing for what appears ... read more

An ongoing tradition at Epic’s big keynotes is a gorgeous tech demo that shows off what its game engine is capable of. For this year’s State of Unreal, the company turned ... read more

Meta is pushing ahead with a lightweight headset that could come with a “tethered compute puck” that powers the device, according to a report from UploadVR. Sources tell the outlet that ... read more

"It's always-on, predictive intelligence, active everywhere, refined in real-time by the results it drives, creating the world's most sophisticated feedback loop," a WPP Media sizzle reel explains. ... read more

Sony has announced it will hold a summer State of Play presentation on Wednesday, June 4th, making this first week of June an all-timer for the video game industry. Not only ... read more

Nvidia has added support for a new theme in its main Windows app, allowing you to toggle between the dark mode default and a lighter option. The light mode addition is ... read more

Pet health data, now available at your wrist. Smart pet tech company Fi’s new AI collar allows dog owners to monitor their pooch’s movements, health, and habits via their Apple Watch. The ... read more

Epic Games’ 2025 edition of its Unreal Fest conference is set to kick off on June 3rd in Orlando. There’s likely going to be a lot of news from the show; ... read more

The new Wyze Bulb Cam adds a camera to a smart bulb. Wyze’s new security camera is attached to a lightbulb. The smart home company has devised a genius, if janky-looking, solution ... read more

There’s a lot going on in gaming this week: Summer Game Fest, an Xbox showcase, and a little console launch from Nintendo. But before it all begins, Fortnite maker Epic Games ... read more

Most of us are familiar with the three basics of moving: packing, moving, and unpacking. But there are a multitude of things to be done both before and after a move ... read more

Just for fun, let's continue delving into the Trump-"60 Minutes" saga with an analysis of the edit the TV show made in an interview with Kamala Harris last October. ... read more

Moving four times in six years has taught me a lot. Mainly, changing addresses is utterly exhausting, but also that it's a lot more complicated than just putting your stuff in ... read more

The Bing Video Creator is rolling out now to Bing mobile app users. Microsoft has added a new AI video generator to its Bing mobile app that’s built on OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video ... read more

Roblox is pushing to onboard more advertisers, but the platform’s current lack of third-party measurement tools is becoming a roadblock for some marketers. Agencies trying to onboard advertisers new to Roblox say it’s becoming harder to ... read more

Budgets may be tighter this year, but the rosé will still be flowing freely as agency executives flock to the French Riviera to attend the year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity from June 16 ... read more

MNTN’s initial public offering has revived hopes for ad tech companies eyeing public markets, debuting at $16 per share and quickly rising to $28, with a valuation of $1.2 billion.  Backed by Morgan Stanley and ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Nikki Ogunnaike wasn’t always a morning person. But for the last decade, the editor-in-chief of Marie Claire magazine has made it a point to start the day around 6:30 ... read more

It might be perceived as a sign of uncertain economic times that agencies are doing their best to stay lean by keeping full-time staff at a minimum and relying more heavily on freelance help in ... read more

Just after 11PM ET, many people started reporting problems with TikTok, which isn’t completely offline, but definitely has been dealing with some kind of outage. Downdetector listed 44,000 reports at our ... read more