Almagul Menlibayeva’s Map of Nomadizing Reimaginings. | Image: Almagul Menlibayeva Video screens glow softly from the floor, looping footage of salt lakes, steppe villages, and decaying nuclear test sites. Suspended ... read more

Apple Sports, the company’s sports app for iPhone, now shows scores for tennis matches. “Tennis fans can access live scores for Grand Slam and 1000-level tournaments, and can track every ... read more

The lithium-ion battery inside your power bank isn't designed to run forever. After years of use and hundreds of charges, its performance and capacity will decline, while the risk of ... read more

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has put a spotlight on private conversations leading up to a rival company suing OpenAI over its upcoming device, io. On Tuesday, Altman posted screenshots of ... read more

Google is making a big change to how Fi users on iPhone access their voicemails: instead of getting voicemails from a dedicated tab in the Fi app, iPhone users will ... read more

Control. In the quiet suburb of Espoo, a short drive west from Helsinki in Finland, is an unassuming building that's home to one of the most confounding studios in games. ... read more

A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Tesla’s robotaxi rollout has been rockier than the fanboys ... read more

The Mic Air can be worn using a clip or a magnetic attachment. | Image: Insta360 Having already secured a strong foothold in the action cam market with its Ace ... read more

Most restocks are free to participate in, but not the latest one at Walmart. The retailer will stock both the $449.99 standalone Nintendo Switch 2 and a $499.99 bundle that ... read more

Discord is working on a native Windows on Arm version of its communications app. An early development preview build is available for testers, ahead of a full Arm64 release for ... read more

If you've never heard of agency tech developer Accountability, I recommend you listen to my conversation with new CEO Judd Rubin on why some big agencies are been coming on board. ... read more

Four members of the REvil ransomware group have been released from custody despite pleading guilty to fraud and malware distribution charges. The Dzerzhinsky Court of St. Petersburg allowed Roman Muromsky, ... read more

Consumers can interact with product suggestions from Gemini, Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity to to receive cashback through Wildfire's browser extensions. Partners can integrate loyalty rewards directly into AI-influenced recommendations through programs like Microsoft Rewards. ... read more

Google has launched a new open-source AI agent that brings Gemini’s coding, content generation, and research capabilities directly into developers’ terminals. Gemini CLI provides a “fundamental upgrade to your command ... read more

Ring’s new video descriptions can now tell and show you what’s happening at home. Ring cameras are getting an AI upgrade that can tell you what’s happening at your front ... read more

The NBA Playoffs generated 31.4 billion viewing minutes for the month across WBD and Walt Disney platforms, "with nearly a quarter of the viewing total attributable to New York Knicks games." ... read more

Since joining Mediaocean as Chief Revenue Officer in 2016, McGrory has played a key role in its expansion, diversification and major acquisitions including 4C, Flashtalking and Innovid. ... read more

Cables that support the HDMI 2.2 specification will include an Ultra96 label so they’re easier to identify. | Image: HDMI Forum After first announcing it at CES 2025, the HDMI ... read more

Anne Burrell died just weeks before the premiere of a new season of her long-running Food Network show "Worst Cooks in America." ... read more

FASTs are familiar channels for boomers, especially when it comes to channel-surfing of legacy TV. Younger demographic groups all give higher performance to AVOD, but FAST also gets decent results. ... read more

The Veloretti Ace Two Lite. | Image: Veloretti Dutch bicycle brand Veloretti just announced a slimmed-down version of its excellent Electric Two series of electric bikes for European commuters. The ... read more

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is an expansive, captivating sequel filled with huge environments to explore and a big story from Hideo Kojima to try and wrap your head ... read more

Ads.txt has helped protect the programmatic ecosystem from fraud and bad actors for nearly eight years now. The IAB Tech Lab published the original Ads.txt specification in 2017. Since then, it has enabled publishers to ... read more

You can access and swap out several components in the Fairphone 6, including its battery, with a single screwdriver. | Image: Fairphone Fairphone has announced its latest repairable smartphone, nearly ... read more

Platforms are having an identity crisis. Or maybe, it’s a rebrand.  Whether they built their businesses on social graphs, short-form video or niche communities, the story from Cannes last week was the same: they’ve always ... read more

This piece was first published by Digiday sibling WorkLife The AI revolution is happening at work whether people admit it or not. While leadership teams debate AI policies, employees are already using these tools, often ... read more

As the ad industry barrels head first into AI for its efficiency, scale and automation, the topic of sustainability — or even the energy it takes to use AI — seems to be forgotten. Artificial intelligence has ... read more

This week’s Future of TV Briefing recaps a VidCon session during which YouTube executives and creators unpacked the video platform’s recommendation engine. The “You” in YouTube Let’s talk CTV in NYC Netflix’s traditional TV ... read more

Omnicom and Interpublic Group’s (IPG) $13.5 billion super-merger took a giant leap toward completion this week, following a qualified approval granted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The conditions attached to the FTC’s green light ... read more

Before the multiverse, magic, or any of Marvel's streaming series were important parts of the studio's cinematic universe, there was Iron Man. After years of so-so movies, Iron Man reminded ... read more

The Mavic 4 Pro, folded, with a DJI RC2 controller. Is DJI exiting the US drone market? The company says no - but it would not explain to The Verge ... read more

Disney, in second place, continues to lead all legacy TV-network based companies with a 10.7% share followed by NBCU with 8.0%; Paramount, 7.9%; Netflix, 7.5% and WBD and Fox Inc. each with 7.0%. ... read more

New Zealand gave the go-ahead last week when everybody was focused on Cannes. The approval came with no strings attached, unlike this week's Consent Order from the US Federal Trade Commission ... read more

In the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, a health products company called Xlear began advertising its saline nasal spray to people desperately searching for ways to protect themselves from a ... read more

Build a Rocket Boy has confirmed previous reports from IGN that it is undergoing layoffs less than a month after the tumultuous release of its first game MindsEye. The Verge ... read more

"The use of the books at issue to train Claude and its precursors was exceedingly transformative and was a fair use," a federal judge ruled this week. ... read more

Advertisers will soon have faster hardware and software support to run all types of features being built in artificial intelligence. ... read more

The Tongass National Forest on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, Friday, July 2, 2021. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration wants to open up tens of millions of acres ... read more

From the promotion around the #WakeMeInCannes sleep mask giveaway with United Airlines,  to the Beet art surrounding the Palais (video on this page) to our sunset beach party with Yahoo, Beet.TV was the subject of ... read more

Roblox will reward creators for persuading players to partake in and return to the platform. Two new "Creator Rewards" programs and new creator analytics tools, will begin rolling out on July 24, replacing previous creator ... read more

"Media Matters faces an ongoing campaign of retribution for exercising its First Amendment rights," the group says in a lawsuit filed Monday. ... read more

It might look like a BlackBerry Passport, but this keyboard phone runs Android. | Image: Unihertz Despite the demise of the BlackBerry, there’s still a demand for smartphones with physical ... read more

With Amazon’s Prime Day just a few weeks away, we’re already starting to see deals on TVs ahead of the four-day event. If you want to get a head start ... read more

NEW YORK – OtterBox is stepping out from behind its rugged reputation to tell a new story about its phone-protection products – one built not just on durability, but on connection, emotion and evolution. After years ... read more

Apple poured some good money into making F1 – a Formula 1 racing movie starring Brad Pitt – and it wants its customers to know that. To that end, many ... read more

“Paramount Plus with Showtime” has always been one of the more awkward bits of branding to come out of the streaming era, but soon subscribers will know the tier by ... read more

This State of the Industry report, sponsored by Klaviyo, explores how DTC brands and agencies are responding to rising costs and tech complexity by renewing their focus on data and ROI. The direct-to-consumer landscape has ... read more

If you’ve been enjoying Hades on mobile via Netflix, you better get in those last few runs while you still can. First spotted by Engadget, and confirmed via the Netflix ... read more

Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, is not the place for thoughtful policy statements or carefully crafted communication. ... read more

For once, the unflappable Hideo Kojima was overwhelmed. Even close to four decades of game-making experience didn't prepare him for his biggest tribulation so far: developing Death Stranding 2: On ... read more

Samsung has announced an Unpacked event that’s happening on Wednesday, July 9th at 10AM ET. Details are sparse, but it shared the tagline “Ultra Unfolds,” which suggests we’re about to ... read more

A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, June 22nd, 2025. | Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images This week, Tesla launched ... read more

Google is starting to roll out a feature for Chrome on Android that lets users move the address bar to the bottom of the screen. It’s something that iOS Chrome ... read more

Microsoft revealed last year that it will charge consumers $30 for a year of extra security updates to Windows 10. Now, it’s allowing consumers to enroll into its Extended Security ... read more

Some products like the Philips Hue Play Wall Washer light already cost more in the US. You’ll soon have to pay more for various Philips Hue smart lighting and security ... read more

Streaming sticks can breathe new life into an older TV, and help you get even more out of a modern one. Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K is one most affordable ... read more

In looking to build on its rising YouTube business, Google's goal would be to accelerate its position versus legacy TV companies. ... read more

Nomad integrated its Tracking Card directly into its new leather wallet. | Image: Nomad Nomad already sells a line of leather wallets that can be bundled with the company’s Apple-compatible ... read more

Roblox is introducing two new systems that are designed to further encourage creators to bring players onto the social games platform on a regular basis. The systems, part of what ... read more

A new RTX budget option is coming for desktops and gaming laptops. Nvidia has announced GeForce RTX 5050 GPUs for both desktops and laptops with support for ray tracing and ... read more

A federal judge has sided with Anthropic in an AI copyright case, ruling that training — and only training — its AI models on legally purchased books without authors’ permission ... read more

In the wake of a holdco price-fixing scandal coordinated on the consumer-grade group messaging app, MediaPost has obtained breaches of WPP client discussions from its CTO's WhatsApp team chat. ... read more

Drag x Drive is the next Switch 2 exclusive to get a release date. Nintendo, via its Nintendo Today news app, announced that the 3 v 3 wheelchair basketball game ... read more

The Competition and Markets Authority is investigating Google under a new law that would give regulators the power to demand change and would apply to any company the watchdog felt holds too much power in ... read more

Microsoft is planning to cut jobs in the company’s Xbox gaming business, as early as next week. I first reported in Notepad earlier this month that Microsoft was planning Xbox ... read more

Google is freshening up its Phone app with a new interface that’s supposed to make it easier to find contacts and your calls. The test is gradually rolling out to ... read more

I wouldn’t have seen the end if not for skipping cutscenes. | Image: Kojima Productions I beat the original Death Stranding, but please don't ask me what happened in it. ... read more

One of Apptronik’s robots running the on-device model puts a Rubik’s Cube in a bag. Google DeepMind is rolling out an on-device version of its Gemini Robotics AI model that ... read more

Quick: which one is $500 more than the other? As a rule, you should never believe anything you see on social media. And you should really never believe anything someone ... read more

Amazon announced its intention to bring same-day and next-day delivery to “tens of millions” of people who live in live in smaller towns by the end of 2026. Speedier deliveries ... read more

TP-Link's new line of 4K-capable cameras works with its new Matter-compatible HomeBase hub. TP-Link just launched a bunch of new security cameras for its Tapo smart home brand, including a ... read more

After years of grand promises about how robotaxis would change the way we buy and use our cars, Tesla finally launched its taxi service. In one small portion of one ... read more

Microsoft and Meta announced an Xbox-branded Quest VR headset last year, and it's going on sale today for $399.99. The Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition is a custom colorway VR ... read more

National TV ad revenue for the major basketball contest was up 56% to $288 million. The previous year, a five-game series in which the Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks earned $184.7 million. ... read more

In 1997 Proctor founded Mindshare - splitting off JWT's media assets into a separate agency during the early days of the unbundling era. ... read more

AT&T is updating its next-gen 911 network to give users more efficient ways to share important information with emergency services. Starting in October, AT&T’s ESInet emergency communications platform will make ... read more

A team of gung-ho crimefighters, all masters of their unique skill sets, are hand-picked for a new, classified task force assigned to prevent a catastrophic terrorist attack. ... read more

Google Earth can display a Street View timeline of certain locations, like New York’s Vessel sculpture. Google Earth will now let you look at historical imagery from Street View. The ... read more

At a pristine, multimillion-dollar lab on the Manhattan waterfront, just down the street from a men's homeless shelter and the medical examiner's office, a slice of summer plum is being ... read more

Uber customers in Atlanta now have the option of hailing a driverless Waymo robotaxi, the company announced today. Atlanta is the second market, after Austin, to play host to Uber ... read more

Verizon is trying to streamline its customer service experience by overhauling it with more chatbots and AI tools. The My Verizon app is being relaunched today with a new “AI-powered ... read more

Riot Games is closing the studio behind Hytale, its Minecraft-like game that has been in development for nearly a decade. Hypixel Studios, which Riot acquired in 2020 for an undisclosed ... read more

The hardware indicator pop-ups can now appear in the top-left of a screen. Microsoft is testing a new feature in Windows 11 that will let you move hardware indicators pop-ups ... read more

The Raleigh One commuter e-bike in white. The Raleigh One e-bike is now official after The Verge first published details of it last week. It was developed for the Accell Group’s Raleigh ... read more

TV ad buying is increasingly driven by ad tech, as shown by activity during the 2025 upfront negotiations, where programmatic, CTV, and data-fueled pitches took center stage. This theme continued last week at the media ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Social platforms like TikTok and YouTube — which hates to be called a social platform, but I digress — are no longer the sole domains for creators. Streaming services ... read more

CTV ad spend is up. CPMs? Not so much. Midway through the year, buyers and sellers say CPMs are sliding. Depending on who you ask, they’re down anywhere between 10% to over 30% year over ... read more

LGBTQ+-focused publishers faced a tougher-than-usual Pride month this June, as ad dollars failed to materialize.  Some saw fewer new advertisers and lower ad spend this Pride month compared to last year.  Execs at four LGBTQ+-focused ... read more

Jony Ive onstage at the Code Conference in 2022. Thanks to a related trademark lawsuit, we know what OpenAI and Jony Ive's first AI device won't be. In court filings ... read more

CEO Mathias Dopfner says company needs a "third pillar" beyond its existing businesses. ... read more

Yale’s new Matter-over-Thread smart lock is designed for Google Home. The Yale Smart Lock with Matter is launching tomorrow, June 24th, for $189.99 — $20 more than when it was ... read more

Let’s see what unfolds. Samsung’s summer Unpacked is officially on, starting at 10AM ET on Wednesday, July 9th. The invitation features a jazzy little bop and the words “Ultra Unfolds,” ... read more

T-Satellite is go for takeoff. After spending the first half of the year in beta testing, T-Mobile’s Starlink-powered satellite service will go public on July 23rd. While it will only ... read more

Image: The Verge | Image: The Verge If you missed the chance to pick up Nintendo’s new GameCube Controller for the Switch 2, your time has come. It’s back in ... read more

Apple’s first macOS Tahoe 26 developer beta introduced a big change to the Finder icon that I really didn’t like, but thankfully, the company has reversed it with the second ... read more

Snapchat recently acquired a calendar-based app called Saturn, designed to help students plan their school schedules and share them with other users. ... read more

If you’ve been itching to get a handheld, but the Switch 2 isn’t quite up your alley, now you can get your hands on a Steam Deck OLED. As spotted ... read more

The suit claims that Zillow is engaged in an anticompetitive conspiracy to maintain a monopoly over digital home listings. ... read more

The top 10 AI chatbots collectively saw 55.2 billion visits over the past year, marking an 80.9% year-over-year increase. ... read more