Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images President Donald Trump signed an executive order signaling his intention to eliminate the Biden administration’s electric vehicle policies, which he has falsely labeled a ... read more

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge President Donald Trump has issued an executive order telling the Department of Justice to not enforce a rule that demands TikTok spin off from its Chinese ... read more

LAS VEGAS — Warner Bros. Discovery has been investing heavily in data aggregation to enable advertisers to buy audiences seamlessly across its linear and digital properties. The approach is helping to surface new audiences and ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Donald Trump has once again taken the US out of the landmark Paris climate agreement, abandoning the global effort to limit climate change. Trump ... read more

Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Brendan Carr is now formally the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, giving him the power to set the agency’s agenda and usher through a host of ... read more

Photo by Kevin Lamarque - Pool/Getty Images Vivek Ramaswamy has stepped down from co-leading President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to the Associated Press. The official line as to ... read more

LAS VEGAS — The promise of advertising automation is being realised as it becomes the dominant way of doing business – that is the “the beauty” of programmatic, according to one top Disney executive. “The ... read more

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Connected television relies on an internet hookup, making the transmission of advertising and programming easier to measure directly than with traditional broadcasts. Because metrics don’t necessarily reveal much about which members ... read more

LAS VEGAS — The advertising industry is on the cusp of a major transformation, as AI agents are poised to revolutionize the way campaigns are optimized and delivered, according to Hitesh Chawla, CEO of Silverpush. ... read more

Image: Koei-Tecmo After previous games failed to live up to expectations, Origins is a vast improvement. Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

Fujifilm has added two new models to its Techno-Stabi binoculars line with stabilization and increased magnification. | Image: Fujifilm Fujifilm has announced two new additions to its flagship Techno-Stabi line of binoculars ... read more

NextDoor has already blocked users under 18 from its platform due to the law, NetChoice says in a request for a temporary restraining order. ... read more

Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president for the second time Monday with CEOs and founders of Google, X, Amazon, Meta and others sitting close by to witness the handoff of leadership in the ... read more

Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president for the second time Monday with CEOs and founders of Google, X, Amazon, Meta and others sitting close by to witness the handoff of leadership in the ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Donald Trump said today he’ll declare a “national energy emergency,” a move meant to speed the development of fossil fuel infrastructure. The actions ... read more

EU Codes of Conduct are more of a suggestion than legally enforceable rules. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta, Google, TikTok, and X have each pledged to European ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Donald Trump has been officially sworn in as the 47th president of the US. Although we’ve already experienced a Trump presidency beginning in 2016, ... read more

A panel of the 8th Circuit rejected a bid by the IAB, cable lobby, Michigan Press Association and others to block new rules that aim to make it easier for consumers to cancel recurring subscriptions. ... read more

X is launching a dedicated vertical video feed, in line with other social-media platforms - looking to introduce new features that are similar to TikTok. ... read more

Kantar Media operates media audience measurement services in more than 60 markets worldwide, including development of the calibration panel for the ANA's Aquila cross-media initiative. ... read more

Instagram has updated the grid on all user profiles - similar to TikTok's home feed - altering one of the social-media platform's original aesthetic features. ... read more

All TV eyes will be on Donald Trump Monday as he takes the oath of office for his second term as President. ... read more

Canon’s Live Switcher Mobile app is free for iOS and iPadOS devices. | Screenshot: YouTube Canon has announced a new live streaming app that can wirelessly connect to, and switch between, video ... read more

According to the analysis by Stagwell's Assembly unit, "hybrid" political buys funded by issues groups are growing fast and are circumventing lowest unit rate rules, putting American broadcasters at a marketplace disadvantage. ... read more

Cadence OTC will donate its wares to health clinics every time the House Speaker spews "anti-contraception messaging." ... read more

Nvidia’s RTX 5090 vs. RTX 4090. | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card is arriving later this month, and we’ve managed to unbox ... read more

For the most recent weekend of Jan. 17-19, "One of Them Days" eked out a modest weekend victory with $11.6 million in box-office results, according to Comscore. ... read more

Image: Mark Harris for The Verge Our tech overlords all have problems, and they want to buy the solutions. Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

If Perplexity merged with TikTok, it would give the company access to an immense user base and the data needed to feed its AI-driven search engine. ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Rumors have been floating around for months that Apple might launch a brand-new iPhone model this year: the so-called iPhone Air, a new, super-thin iPhone that ... read more

TikTok may already be back online but Bluesky and X are quickly jumping on the vertical video train. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge While TikTok is already crawling back online ... read more

The Find N5 is about half as thick as an iPhone 16 Pro Max when opened up. | Image: Oppo Oppo’s upcoming Find N5 foldable phone is barely thicker than its own ... read more

Las Vegas is kind of an ideal backdrop to survey marketing and media executives about the state of the ad market. Advertising is ultimately gambling after all. During this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Sin ... read more

Jan. 20 has arrived, and Congress’ ultimatum for ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a U.S. ban has come and gone without resolution. Neither a sale or a ban came to fruition. Instead, TikTok lives ... read more

The sun rose on Jan. 20, and despite U.S. Congress’ ultimatum for ByeDance to sell TikTok or face a U.S. ban, TikTok is still alive and kicking. A last-minute lifeline from President-elect Donald Trump has ... read more

There was a time, not too long ago, when CMOs started to sound a lot more political. They made statements about brand purpose. They pulled funding from fake news. They held advertiser boycotts — more ... read more

Last week saw not one but two high-profile AI legal battles under the spotlight, with updates in separate copyright cases against Meta and OpenAI. Court documents unsealed in an AI copyright case against Meta raised ... read more

They say the only constant is change, and that couldn’t be more true of the 2025 national advertising marketplace, as the U.S. experiences a new administration that seems both familiar and uncertain, and as major ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images At a victory rally the day before being sworn into the presidency, Donald Trump extolled his plan to “save TikTok” from the law that ... read more

"With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars - maybe trillions," Trump posted on his own social media platform Truth Social, calling for a 50/50 joint venture between China and the U.S. ... read more

"With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars - maybe trillions," Trump posted on his own social media platform Truth Social, calling for a 50/50 joint venture between China and the U.S. ... read more

Image: ByteDance TikTok has returned — at least partially — in the US following a nationwide ban, but other popular ByteDance-owned apps, such as the digital card game Marvel Snap, video editing ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images No matter what TikTok says in its laudatory pop-up messages, President-elect Donald Trump cannot simply declare an extension of the TikTok ban deadline and ... read more

Instagram’s logo for Edits. | Image: Meta Instagram head Adam Mosseri just announced a video editing app called Edits. Mosseri said the app is meant to rival Capcut, a video editing app ... read more

The upcoming acquisition of Teads by Outbrain will create a “real powerhouse for the open internet” that can offer advertisers a true, large-scale alternative to walled gardens, according to David Kostman, CEO of Outbrain. The ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok announced on Sunday that it’s “in the process of restoring service,” but the app is still unavailable in the App Store and Google ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok has announced it’s returning to US users. The company posted on X that it is “in the process of restoring service” after reaching ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok’s US shutdown last night appears to be affecting users outside the country as well. People have taken to social media in the hours ... read more

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump says he wants service providers like Apple and Google to put TikTok back online in the US, and proposed ... read more

The payments include $49 million to CEO Philippe Krakowsky, $15.7 million to CFO Ellen Johnson, $11.8 million to General Counsel Andrew Bonzani, and $6.2 million to Controller Christopher Carroll, according to a registration statement filed ... read more

The first trailer for Nintendo's upcoming successor to its hybrid handled hit console Nintendo Switch provides an initial look at its hardware. ... read more

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Brandon Bell, Getty Images Tech leaders are set to have a big presence. On January 20th, Donald Trump is set to be ... read more

"My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation. Stay tuned!," Trump posted on his own social media platform Friday. ... read more

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 67, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy Switch week, and also you can read all ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Gaussian splatting, a new way of capturing 3D content, is taking the AR / VR industry by storm — and could one day allow ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge With TikTok, CapCut, and Marvel Snap shut down in the US, Apple has taken the unusual step of articulating why it’s following the law banning ByteDance ... read more

Marvel Snap is unavailable due to the ban on ByteDance apps. | Screenshot: Marvel Snap The divest-or-ban law aimed at TikTok is also taking down other ByteDance-linked apps, including the popular card ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok is going dark in the US now that the ban-or-divest law passed last year is taking effect. This is despite the Biden administration ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok says it is officially going dark in the United States now that a federal ban of the app is going into effect. Around ... read more

Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere has to change the way it does loot boxes. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission announced on Friday that Genshin Impact developer ... read more

Image: The Verge Microsoft is testing AI-powered Windows search in a new dev channel build for Windows 11 Insider testers. Announced in October, it uses semantic indexing to let users search for ... read more

LONDON – Streaming TV’s proliferation has given brands and agencies a proliferating number of measurement options — the challenge for streaming services is unifying them. One unifying force could be regulatory. The European Media Freedoms ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called TikTok’s threat to “go dark” tomorrow a “stunt,” and said there is no reason that TikTok or ... read more

Photo by NASA / Isaac Watson Canoo announced yesterday it is ceasing operations “immediately” and that it has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Delaware. The EV startup estimates in its filing ... read more

"I sometimes do commercials to make money," Lynch said in a 2008 interview, emphasizing the last two words like a cartoon bad guy. ... read more

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Instagram will now let you upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit the platform had in place before, Instagram ... read more

Image: Laura Normand / The Verge Donald Trump has launched a new meme coin, according to posts from his X and Truth Social accounts last night. The posts, which have come just ... read more

Adam Scott in Severance’s season 1 finale. | Image: Apple After a long wait, Severance is back. Season 2 premiered on Apple TV Plus on January 17th, more than two years after ... read more

The Google Pixel Watch 3, one of our favorite smartwatches for Android users, is $50 off for a limited time. | Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The clock is ticking ... read more

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Brandon Bell, Getty Images With Donald Trump stepping back into office, advocates are warning that access to important environmental and public health ... read more

Image: Summitsphere Antonblast is kind of like playing a zany Saturday morning cartoon. It’s brash, maximalist, and often, you’ll feel like you don’t actually understand what’s happening. Somehow, that chaos gels into ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok says it will go dark on Sunday, January 19th if the Biden administration doesn’t intervene. The company says it will be “forced to ... read more

Image: Paramount A law professor cited by CBS News called Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit over the editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris “...so ill grounded that it comes ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images You’d think that TikTok would have a Plan B by now. It’s now clear the company never planned for a scenario in which it ... read more

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Instagram’s profile grids will display content as rectangles instead of squares as part of a change rolling out “over the weekend,” Instagram chief Adam Mosseri ... read more

While X and Meta have slackened content-moderation efforts and slashed third-party fact-checking, Bluesky has amplified its efforts - processing almost 6.5 million content violation reports in 2024 - a 17x increase vs. 2023. ... read more

The All-Fi hub that connects to AT&T’s 5G network to provide home internet access in rural areas without broadband access. | Image: AT&T AT&T announced it will no longer offer its 5G ... read more

Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Bumble founder and executive chair Whitney Wolfe Herd, who stepped down as CEO at the beginning of 2024, is returning to the post in mid-March. Former Slack ... read more

In a new campaign, LinkedIn warns companies about the perils of accidentally targeting the wrong audiences, ultimately showcasing LinkedIn's suite of evolving AI audience-reach tools. ... read more

Image: Nintendo Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, the just-launched port of the 2010 Wii game, doesn’t include individual members of the original Retro Studios development team in the credits, as reported by ... read more

Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images A new rule requiring all vehicles to have automatic emergency braking is “flawed” and should be repealed, a new lawsuit filed by the auto industry’s main lobbying ... read more

Image: Netflix Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 gets philosophical about what it means to be a monster who loves. Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

Hiding Sponsored Ads may be one reason people turn off JavaScript before using Google Search, but Google got wise to the workaround and made it a requirement to use its service. ... read more

Hiding Sponsored Ads may be one reason people turn off JavaScript before using Google Search, but Google got wise to the workaround and made it a requirement to use its service. ... read more

The falling debris field from the SpaceX Starship explosion lit up the night sky over the Caribbean, | Screenshot: YouTube Falling debris from the SpaceX Starship explosion yesterday created what looked like ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Now that TikTok has finally reached the end of its legal options in the US to avoid a ban, somehow its future seems less ... read more

Be prepared to reallocate budgets to the platforms most likely to capture the eyeballs displaced from TikTok -- but don't reallocate all spend immediately. ... read more

Google must face a lawsuit brought by web users who claim the company's search deals with Apple and others hindered competitors such as Duck Duck Go, which touts itself as privacy friendly, and the defunct ... read more

What if a post said that consuming Campbell's Soup is the main reason for erectile dysfunction? There's no place for this kind of "free speech" on a commercially driven platform. ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images In his first statement since the Supreme Court upheld a law that could ban TikTok from the US on Sunday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi ... read more

Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos are among the powerful tech leaders lined up to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, but Nvidia’s ... read more

That Care Plus with Theft and Loss plan ain’t cheap, though. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Samsung is sweetening the benefits for some subscribers of its extended warranty plans ... read more

Image: The Verge, Nintendo Nintendo’s taking the Switch 2 on tour. With the console now revealed, the next question on everyone’s mind (outside of what games will be available at launch) is ... read more

Fake locations and illegal listings have become a problem for Google Business Listings, Near Media co-founder Mike Blumenthal said in an interview with Brad Wetherall, former director-support operations at Google. ... read more

Customer acquisition remains a top priority as concerns about a slowing U.S. economy ebb. ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Microsoft made a trio of announcements this week that are going to be very important for how the company approaches its big AI bet in 2025. ... read more

If you saw my training load data for January, it would resemble a stock crashing. Hard. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Every January, fitness tech and wearable companies ... read more

Comic book and graphic novel Kindle readers get a little reprieve with today’s deal. | Photo: Andrew Liszewski / The Verge Much of Amazon’s experimentation in the Kindle line has generally led ... read more

MOSS LANDING, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 17: A fire erupted at Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday.  | Photo: Getty Images A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) are putting pressure on big tech firms to explain their motives for donating to President-elect Donald ... read more