The Pioneer Sphera can be installed into a single-DIN space in your dash. I fully believe that once someone hears Dolby Atmos music in their car, they won't want anything ... read more

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the country will take action against X following reports that the platform's Grok AI chatbot is generating sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors, as ... read more

Brands avoiding X for any reason may be purchasing advertising on the platform through Google Ads without realizing it. ... read more

Gamers, roll up! CES is always jam-packed with new laptop announcements, acting as a barometer for the year's upcoming releases. The proofs of concept at the show display what could ... read more

FIFA has announced it will broadcast clips of games from the 2026 World Cup tournament directly on the social video-sharing app. ... read more

As part of a few changes to its search filters, YouTube is going to allow you to search specifically for Shorts or longform videos. Right now, a filter-less search shows ... read more

Last year, Tesla defied its critics by boldly launching a robotaxi service that, by the end of the year, required no human supervision and was available to over 50 percent ... read more

Nothing’s Ear (a) come in a bright yellow color, though you can also buy them in black and white. The new year has brought a wave of deals on wireless ... read more

Let’s take bets on how much Hayao Miyazaki would hate this. You can't shake a stick without hitting an AI gadget at CES this year, with artificial smarts now embedded ... read more

The clips are filmed from different angles. Some are zoomed in, making them indecipherably grainy, and others are slowed down. Some are 20 seconds while others are longer, sandwiched by ... read more

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, could help make history with a new project unveiled on Wednesday, the Lazuli Space Observatory. As reported by Science, the telescope ... read more

Microsoft is launching a new feature in Copilot that will allow you to make purchases during conversations with the AI chatbot. Now, when you're asking for suggestions about what kind ... read more

The Satechi EX3 Wireless Keyboard comes with a number pad and navigation keys. Satechi is launching a new pair of wireless keyboards with a rechargeable battery designed for easy replacement. ... read more

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Every year, TV makers ... read more

The Honor Magic 8 Pro is out now in Europe, months after its Chinese launch. I have a simple gut check I use when reviewing phones, especially ones that rely ... read more

CES is a land of bold announcements of amazing, innovative products and technologies that will revolutionize the world, often set for release in two years' time. Twenty-four months seems to ... read more

They’ll launch through Nintendo’s stores in New York and San Francisco. | Image: Nintendo After exclusively launching in Japan last August, Nintendo has announced its My Mario product line will ... read more

It's harder than ever for a new video game to crack the top of the most-played list. According to the Circana Player Engagement Tracker and video game market analyst Mat ... read more

Woot has an excellent deal on refurbished Sonos Arc SL soundbars, the 2020 model that’s similar to the original Arc aside from not having any microphones. It debuted for $749, ... read more

In a surprisingly user-friendly move, Bose has announced it will be open-sourcing the API documentation for its SoundTouch smart speakers, which were slated to lose official support on February 18th, ... read more

Microsoft's annual Xbox Developer Direct event is taking place on January 22nd this year. The fourth Developer Direct will provide a closer look at two of Microsoft's biggest Xbox games ... read more

The tools, announced ahead of next week's NRF conference, support merchandising, marketing, store operations and fulfillment, integrating intelligence to coordinate fragmented workflows that anticipate and respond to events before they occur. ... read more

CES serves a few different purposes - to give us the sense of what's to come during the year, to introduce strange devices, and for companies to show off the ... read more

Based on initial test, the integration has been boosting incremental reach an average of 10% by adding digital audio to the mix. ... read more

Warner Bros. Discovery's rejection of Paramount's latest offer to buy the company is notable for its tone of disdain for Paramount and its future prospects. ... read more

TikTok advertisers will soon need a verified TikTok profile to run ads in the app. TikTok is in the process of eliminating its Custom Identity option, which allows advertisers to place ads without linking to an official ... read more

Something's got to give - as seen with Versant Media Group, the spinoff company of Comcast Corp., on the first day trading as a public company. It closed down 13% to $40.57. ... read more

PayPal has tapped in its customer data to help merchants target their ads. The new service, Transaction Graph Insights, will provide brands with a cross-platform view of purchase behavior, not just clicks and impressions, Finextra writes. ... read more

Google has added data transmission controls to its Google Tag settings without formally announcing it. Advertisers can now independently manage advertising data collection, behavioral analytics tracking and diagnostic data transmission based on user preferences, PPC ... read more

Google is announcing a new AI Inbox view for Gmail that, instead of presenting your emails in a traditional list, uses AI to offer personalized to-dos and summaries of topics ... read more

New TVs from TCL and Hisense, like the TCL X11L, are closing the performance gap to those from Sony, LG, and Samsung. For all the time that I've been covering ... read more

President Donald Trump has no shame in admitting what he wants to get out of attacking Venezuela and threatening other energy resource-rich nations. "We're gonna get the oil flowing the ... read more

From afar, it looks like Google had a rough year. It was found guilty of operating an illegal search monopoly and a publisher ad tech monopoly, not to mention getting hit with a raft of ... read more

Volvo is starting to trickle out some details about its upcoming midsize electric SUV, the EX60, before its official debut January 21st. The EX60 will have an estimated range of ... read more

Don't ask whether any other company has created a similar product to yours; the answer is probably yes. But there are other ways to stand out. The post Your ‘First Of Its Kind’ AI Platform ... read more

Omnicom unveils the latest version of its ID and analytics tool; there's a new Google Search update in town; and Omnicom Media addresses CTV ad frequency. The post Shoulda Called It ‘Omni-scient’; Google’s Core Tremors ... read more

You may not know it or have felt it, but 2025 was actually a pretty good year for the U.S. ad economy. At least the way Brian Wieser tells it. But he warns that 2026 ... read more

Amazon is becoming the easiest place to make TV spend defensible inside organizations and is emerging as the proof layer for television — not necessarily the default buying layer. Amazon’s pitch to advertisers goes beyond ... read more

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. Tariffs completely upended the retail industry in 2025 — and no company was left unscathed. Last year, tariffs kicked in at their highest rate since the ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing looks at the main business areas publishing executives have their sights set on as they head into 2026, recalibrating around AI advertising revenue opportunities, brand marketing, and video and creator opportunties, ... read more

Pinterest is considered by many to be one of the OGs of the creator economy, but it has for years kept a lower profile when harnessing monetization opportunities. Could that be changing in 2026? Digiday ... read more

The personal computer has remained surprisingly resilient to change over the past 15 years. Apple promised a "post-PC" era with the iPad in 2010 and failed to deliver one. Smartphones ... read more

If there’s one thing Disney knows how to do well, it’s brand-building. Now, the massive media conglomerate is developing new tools specifically designed to help its advertising clients do the same. The post Disney ... read more

LONDON – Retail media is no longer confined to on-site placements or last-click conversions. Instead, commerce data is increasingly reshaping how brands plan and activate media across the funnel and across channels, says Nicole Kivel, ... read more

LONDON — Advertisers want it all. They crave the mass audience reach that television has always delivered, but they also demand the precise targeting capabilities that digital advertising has trained them to expect. So, as ... read more

LAS VEGAS — The connected TV advertising market has exploded in scale, but some in the industry say it’s still searching for the fabled combination of right-moment, right-message. That’s the philosophy driving a renewed focus ... read more

Disney Plus will be getting a vertical video feed later this year, Disney announced as part of its Global Tech & Data Showcase for advertisers at CES, Deadline reports. According ... read more

Following its acquisition of tvScientific earlier this month, Pinterest has announced a creator-focused CTV series via the Roku TV streaming company. ... read more

Ford's new AI-powered voice assistant will be rolling out to customers later this year, the company's top software executive said at CES today. And in 2028, the automaker will introduce ... read more

On Wednesday evening, Apple announced that JPMorgan Chase will become the new issuer of Apple Card, replacing Goldman Sachs, which has backed the company's credit cards since their launch in ... read more

On December 31st, a brand-new account on Polymarket placed a bet: Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela, would be out of office by the end of January. It was the ... read more

This cutaway shows how the Bluetti Charger 2 can be integrated into your vehicle. | Image: Bluetti Bluetti's latest car charger can quickly charge power stations at a very fast ... read more

Character.AI and Google have reached settlements with several families whose teens harmed themselves or died by suicide after interacting with Character.AI's chatbots, according to new court filings. The details of ... read more

We heard the sad news today that our friend Radha has passed. She had been battling brain cancer for some time. I wanted to say how sad I am, how much we miss her and ... read more

The decision follows a strike and continuing business problems. ... read more

"In general, businesses with subscription models have shown little interest in making cancellation processes easy for consumers," said groups including the Electronic Privacy Information Center and National Consumer Law Center to the FTC. ... read more

The Amazfit Active 2 is a solid fitness tracker that could easily be mistaken for a smartwatch. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amazfit might not have the ... read more

X's Grok chatbot hasn't stopped accepting users' requests to strip down women and, in some cases, apparent minors to AI-generated bikinis. According to some reports, the flood of AI-generated images ... read more

xAI announced that it has exceeded its initial targeted round size, securing $20 billion in an effort to launch new consumer and enterprise products, build data centers and advance Grok 5, its newest AI model. ... read more

Uber Advertising announced an interactive advertising format combining branded map displays with destination-specific creative that runs the consumer's entire ride. ... read more

Using gen AI tools, you type in a prompt, get an output, and have to revisit the prompt to get refinements. Most times it doesn't work. ... read more

The Light Straight maxes out at 320 degrees Fahrenheit. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Hair gadgets have become increasingly popular over the last decade. Hair dryers, curlers, ... read more

Overly formal knowledge is usually a sure sign, says Linkee, an AI link-building software company. ... read more

WBD Board of Directors chair Samuel DiPiazza, Jr. said there is insufficient value - as well as lack of protection for shareholders - if the $30-per-share offer is not completed. ... read more

The FTC is asking an appellate court to lift an injunction blocking the agency's investigation of the watchdog Media Matters, which in late 2023 issued a report about neo-Nazi content on X. ... read more

Samsung's spherical Ballie robot may be rolling off into the sunset, less than a year after its retail launch was announced. The smart home robot has made an appearance at ... read more

OpenAI has been dropping hints this week about AI's role as a "healthcare ally" - and today, the company is announcing a product to go along with that idea: ChatGPT ... read more

The era of traditional search is changing. AI-powered answers are putting space between brands and the consumers conducting searches, and marketers are seeing a drop in the traffic being driven by search results. That shift ... read more

As CEO John Wren noted during an earnings call a few months ago, a key part of the updated version integrates IPG's cloud-based Acxiom identity solution called Real ID (providing 2.6 billion verified global identities, ... read more

Amazon says its new Dash Cart has a 40 percent larger capacity. Amazon is launching a revamped version of its smart shopping cart, which it plans to bring to dozens ... read more

You hold Fujifilm’s new instant camera sideways like a camcorder. | Image: Fujifilm Fujifilm is expanding its hybrid instant camera line with the new Instax Mini Evo Cinema that adds ... read more

The holidays — and the copious amounts of binge-watching that come with them — are very much behind us at this point, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be time ... read more

The jump to marketing mix modeling-like features for small companies became a reality with support from AI agents, but JamPack'd's co-founder never thought the technology would nearly double campaign performance for ads running across apps ... read more

Local dealer marketing, retail media and digital tools that connect online discovery to offline engagement are essential to driving visits to dealer lots. ... read more

LAS VEGAS – At CES 2026, Megan Pagliuca, Chief Product Officer at Omnicom Media Group, outlined how the agency is responding to fundamental shifts in how consumers discover information, shop and engage with media. Tightly ... read more

Dell has revealed that consumers aren't buying PCs for AI features right now. In an interview with PC Gamer ahead of CES, Dell has made it clear its 2026 products ... read more

Belkin’s Charging Case Pro makes some thoughtful tweaks to its previous battery-equipped model, and it’s launching in mid-January. | Image: Belkin News coming out of CES 2026 might be slowing ... read more

I hate when friends and family ask me which LED face mask to buy. That's because LED face masks are another prime example of the wild wellness west. There's ... read more

It may have started with vision and sizzle, but the year evolved into a sophisticated, methodological framework for rearchitecting advertising and media on the road to 2030. ... read more

Sony's first PlayStation announcement of 2026 is all about color. The new Hyperpop Collection includes colorful neon console covers and controllers that really add a pop of color to a ... read more

A month after Omnicom closed its $13 billion acquisition of Interpublic Group, the holding company is hard at work getting the assets to play nicely with each other — and beat what seem to be ... read more

The show may be best known for the debut of high-end, budget-busting TVs - of which there was no shortage this year - but in recent years many companies have ... read more

The move follows a similar reorganization that Stagwell implemented last month when it promoted Targeted Victory CEO Zac Moffatt to the role of global chair-communications and advocacy. ... read more

Digiday, Glossy and Modern Retail have closely tracked the rise of AI in marketing for the better part of a decade. In that time, the technology has moved far beyond chatbots, marketing automation and ad ... read more

A holiday campaign by a well-known retailer produced record traffic and orders. Then the hangover hit, Retail Touchpoints writes. Most of the “new” customers never returned, and those that did require deeper and deeper discounts.  ... read more

The X5 Alteron’s customizable design should accommodate most gamers’ preferences. | Image: Hyperkin and GameSir Hyperkin announced a new clamp-on style wireless controller created in collaboration with GameSir. The X5 ... read more

Since almost day one, Spotify has offered the ability to creep on your friends' listening habits - but you could mostly only uncover those guilty pleasures on the desktop app. ... read more

Oshry was OAAA's senior vice president of marketing and communications, and had joined the organization as vice president of marketing in 2024. ... read more

There are some things you can reliably expect to see at the Consumer Electronics Show every year. Companies will announce big splashy TVs, there's going to be a bunch of ... read more

Mmmmm, forbidden glowing smart donut. | Image: Ikea After debuting 21 new Matter-compatible smart home devices last November, Ikea is expanding Matter support to some of its existing home furnishings ... read more

Last year was a pivotal one for Netflix, as it saw arguably the streamer's two most prominent series - Stranger Things and Squid Game - come to an end. And ... read more

The new KALLSUP speakers are cute and affordable. IKEA's new cute, colorful KALLSUP Bluetooth speakers cost just $10 (€5 in Europe) each and feature instant Bluetooth pairing. Pair one to ... read more

With the move, Sarah Cunningham, formerly president of TPN, assumes the role of Chief Retail Experience Officer, Flywheel, reporting to CEO Alex McCord. ... read more

This year is shaping up to be one in which AI search is rewriting the rules of discovery and creator ecosystems are starting to look more like traditional media, eMarketer predicts. Even B2B is ... read more

It is not yet clear what the shutdown of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) means for independent public media. Stations in rural and tribal areas -- many of which received half of their annual ... read more

Sponsored by MulaPublishers are entering one of the most consequential periods in the history of the open web. Traffic is declining as audiences shift toward walled gardens and AI-driven search experiences that summarize content rather ... read more

WBD's TNT Sports is still a significant - but now smaller - operation for sports TV and streaming content. Should we factor in existing and potential future sports TV content? ... read more

Over the last five years, video game adaptations have grown to 272 titles, with 62 in 2024 alone. ... read more

One of TV's best police docuseries, and the show that is the granddaddy of all reality-forensics shows are on the move. ... read more

You’re not ready for this level of weirdness. There's never a shortage of exciting and innovative tech at CES. A superthin TV and tri-folding phone are cool and all, but ... read more