Adidas’ Climacool Laced are $20 more expensive than the original slip-on version. | Image: Adidas Adidas has released a new variant of its 3D-printed Climacool shoes with laces so you ... read more

NBCU said it has wrapped up its 2025-26 upfront sales season, omitting a discrete figure for the traditional prime-time daypart, but claiming a 15% increase for all broadcast dayparts, and touting other discrete, but high-growth ... read more

The Analogue 3D has been hit with another delay, but should still be launching this summer. In an update on its preorder website, Analogue explained that it’s modern take on ... read more

The new Sony RX1R III carries forward the last version’s fixed lens and 35mm sensor. | Image: Sony After nearly a decade, Sony has announced a new version of its ... read more

The new Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 shows that Arm chips may be the future for ChromeOS and this potential merged platform with Android. Samit Sarkar, Google's head of Android ecosystems, ... read more

CANNES — With today’s marketing landscape fragmented across dozens of tools, consumer-data company TransUnion is positioning itself as a one-stop solution for brands looking to better understand, expand, and measure their audiences. “Today’s marketer has ... read more

CANNES – Strolling down the Croisette a few weeks ago, Attain Co-founder and CEO Brian Mandelbaum received one overwhelming message: outcomes are everything.  For the head of the consumer transaction data analytics company head, that ... read more

Programmatic advertising is quietly transforming the landscape of women’s sports, and Warner Bros. Discovery’s vice president of ad technology and operations, Huda Kazi, says it’s just the beginning. Speaking Beet.TV Editorial Director Lisa Granatstein at ... read more

What began as a gold rush is now encountering the hard realities of fragmented markets and complex execution. How can retail media maintain sustainable growth? Andreas Reiffen, CEO and co-founder, Pentaleap, believes retailers’ rush to ... read more

xAI has offered a couple more fixes for “issues” with its Grok AI chatbot, promising it will no longer name itself “Hitler” or base its responses on searches for what ... read more

Uber just announced a deal today with the company that runs one of the largest robotaxi fleets in China, as the ridehail giant nears its goal of becoming the world’s ... read more

The developer of ICEBlock, an iOS app for anonymously reporting sightings of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, promises that it "ensures user privacy by storing no personal data." ... read more

Ugreen says its new Qi2.2 wireless power bank is coming later this year. | Image: Ugreen Ugreen has announced what it claims is the “world’s first Qi2.2-certified power bank” that ... read more

The Fitbit Charge 6 is one of the best fitness trackers we’ve tested, and down to an all-time low price of $93 ($66.95 off) at Walmart. The deal includes a ... read more

A screenshot of a Stranger Things-themed experience in Roblox. Roblox is launching a new licensing platform that will make it easier for companies to offer their intellectual property (IP) to ... read more

On July 12th, the political world experienced an unprecedented phenomenon: President Donald Trump got ratioed on his own social media platform, and it was on a post about Jeffrey Epstein ... read more

Google’s upcoming Pixel 10 Pro Fold could be the first dust-proof foldable. A new leak published by Android Headlines says the Pixel 10 Pro Fold may come with an IP68 ... read more

You can remove and rearrange the Pro 3’s buttons to an Xbox or Switch layout. | Image: 8BitDo 8BitDo has released a new version of its wireless Pro controller that ... read more

Google's plan to combine ChromeOS and Android into one platform has begun. While Android has a large app library, many are not optimized for tablets, holding Google back from challenging Apple's dominance. ... read more

The Smart Swim 2’s display and electronics can be worn on either side of the goggles. | Image: Form Nearly six years after introducing its original smart swim googles, Form ... read more

He succeeds AKQA founder/CEO Ajaz Ahmed who led the agency for 30 years before stepping down last October. ... read more

For the first time, Disney+ now will add a new original daily show - "What You Need To Know" - a short-form news series, available on demand for 24 hours and hosted by two "GMA" ... read more

Facebook is cracking down on accounts that steal and repost content from other users in an effort to reduce spam in feeds. Meta announced on Monday that creators who repeatedly ... read more

Apple’s investment will go toward building a dedicated rare earth recycling line at MP Materials’ Mountain Pass, California facility. | Photo by Michael Tessler / MP Materials Apple has announced ... read more

EcoFlow’s Power Ocean home energy system includes an inverter, 10kWh batteries, an AI-powered energy management system, and the option of a smart panel. | Image: EcoFlow EcoFlow is powering up ... read more

It's easy to scoff at AI and ask, "Who is actually asking for this?" You might also think that smart glasses "aren't worth it yet." But to the blind and low-vision community, the Ray-Ban Meta ... read more

Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to macOS later this week, after it was originally set to debut in early 2025. Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition will officially be available for Apple silicon ... read more

The gods of Hollywood continue to create new universes with expansions into television for two worldwide movie icons. ... read more

Broadcast TV fell below a 20% share of viewing for the first time ever. ... read more

The European Union is piloting a blueprint for age verification apps in Denmark, Greece, Spain, France, and Italy that aims to make it easier for online platforms to comply with ... read more

Reddit users in the United Kingdom will now be blocked from accessing “certain mature content” unless they complete the platform’s new age verification process. Reddit announced on Monday that UK ... read more

In an era of social media-based restaurant reviewers, local neighborhood influencers, and an urgent need for trustworthy on-the-ground reports during moments of crisis, a crowdsourced hyperlocal platform like Nextdoor seems ... read more

What began as a supposed rebellion against traditional media is now increasingly modeled after it — the creator economy — complete with middlemen, agency layers, and bundled tech stacks promising growth, monetization, and brand safety. ... read more

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Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify At this point, it’s clear that creators have become a line item in marketing budgets and media plans. What’s less clear, however, is the longevity and lifespan of a ... read more

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. Shopify is drawing a line in the sand on agentic AI — a type of bot that autonomously completes tasks on its own, without human ... read more

Despite years of pledges to diversify their ranks, major publishers are making barely perceptible progress, and in some cases — none at all.  Overall, staff diversity at The New York Times, Hearst and Condé Nast ... read more

Meta is building several controversial, multi-gigawatt AI data centers in the U.S. that will power the company's investment in superintelligence development. Many concerns have been raised around the environmental and community impact of these data ... read more

Over the weekend, DC Studios' new Superman feature became this year's third-biggest box-office debut in the US. The movie's success is a sign that theatergoers might actually not be quite ... read more

Matt McNeany, a 22-year Omnicom veteran confirmed the move on his LinkedIn profile, noting that the venture will be unveiled later this year. ... read more

As part of its ongoing research into the "New America," Ipsos has just released a report on the "American Dream" -- past, present and future. Hint: Its meaning is in the eye of the beholder. ... read more

The telemedicine company NextMed allegedly ran phony video ads on Facebook and YouTube, and asked consumers who posted bad reviews to remove them in exchange for Amazon gift cards. ... read more

Ani, one of Grok’s AI companions. People who pay for access to SuperGrok can now try the AI chatbot’s new “Companions” avatars, xAI owner Elon Musk announced Monday morning. The ... read more

"Grok for Government" aims to shape xAI's commercial products such as Grok 4 and Deep Search for government use, including custom AI models for national security and research customers. ... read more

CANNES — CVS Media Exchange (CMX), the retail media arm of CVS Health, is teaming up with Reddit to unlock new advertising opportunities for brands, tapping into Reddit’s vast, high-intent communities focused on health, wellness ... read more

CANNES – DirecTV is betting that Pause Ads — those advertisements that appear when viewers pause their content — will soon become as common as traditional commercial breaks. “Pause Ads… are going to be mainstream ... read more

CANNES – Despite all the advances in marketing technology, chief marketing officers still struggle with a fundamental problem: proving to their chief financial officers that advertising investments drive sales. “CMOs still lack the ability to ... read more

Some of Bose’s best headphones, earbuds, and speakers were nicely discounted for Prime Day, but just because the event has ended doesn’t mean the deals are over. Bose is currently ... read more

Either way, the team at Omnicom's adam&eveDDB are spreading the condiment to promote client Nathan's Famous in celebration of National Hotdog Day. ... read more

Siding with Converse, a federal appellate court refused to revive claims that the company violated California's wiretap law by using Salesforce to power a chat feature that allowed online shoppers to send messages to the ... read more

The plaintiff’s Chevy Tahoe damage after the crash. | Photo: Benavides v. Tesla Tesla is on trial in Miami today in a case that accuses Elon Musk’s company of liability ... read more

Google is launching eight featured notebooks to start, with more to come. Google is partnering with authors, researchers, and publications to launch “featured” notebooks within its AI notetaking app, NotebookLM. ... read more

A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million ... read more

Spark Foundry is second-ranked at $8.8 billion, up 15.8%. Independent agency Horizon Media is third with $7.6 billion, down 5.9%. ... read more

Adswerve projected an 11% increase in addressable advertising revenue by using Google's open-source marketing mix model, which meant a $100 million revenue opportunity. ... read more

Canva users can now create, edit, and manage their designs by describing their requirements to Anthropic’s Claude AI. The connection is the latest of several integrations that allow Claude users ... read more

Cycling video podcast "The Move" rocketed to number one, according to Lance Armstrong. How much did the Tour de France programming lead-in on Peacock help? ... read more

Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter. Warner Bros. Discovery’s new Harry Potter series for HBO and HBO Max will premiere in 2027, the company announced. Production has started on the show ... read more

NFL coaches will start using Sony’s new headset during the 2025 season. | Image: Sony Sony is finally debuting the headset that it developed specifically for NFL coaches, after teasing ... read more

Pebblebee is turning its Clip tracker into a personal safety alarm for free. | Image: Pebblebee Pebblebee has announced a new personal safety feature for its Clip location tracker that’s ... read more

It’s been over a month since the Switch 2’s record-breaking launch, and the console is becoming easier to get with each restock. However, if you’ve been waiting for the launch ... read more

Microsoft has started testing a new feature in Windows 11 that will improve laptop battery life. A new adaptive energy saver mode will soon automatically enable or disable the main ... read more

The Pixel 9A is a tempting phone for $499, but even more tempting is the 128GB Pixel 8 Pro, which is selling for $599 unlocked right now at the Google ... read more

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is refusing to release months’ worth of emails sent to Elon Musk and his companies under public records laws, according to a joint report from ProPublica, ... read more

Thanks to the rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence, interest in the Singularity is rising, which is why this week's "Media 3.0" features a conversation with Singularity University's chief marketer Venus Ranieri, who explains, it's mission ... read more

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Jon Fortt, CNBC journalist, cohost of Closing Bell Overtime, and creator and host of the Fortt Knox podcast. As you just heard Nilay ... read more

It's looking like Nintendo might have a DK-sized addition to its feature film lineup. The company has filed a copyright notice for a motion picture listed as an "Untitled Donkey ... read more

Its just-released "Digital Out-of-Home Measurement Guide" provides a comprehensive grounding for anyone interested in how the medium can and should be measured, both quantitatively, as well as qualitatively. ... read more

Microsoft has quietly revealed that it will stop adding new features to Office apps (Microsoft 365) for Windows 10 users in August 2026. While security updates will remain in place ... read more

Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes, the Muppets, Ron Burgundy and the "Home Alone" kid all went to New York, so why not Dexter? ... read more

Google stepped into the AI acquisition race Friday by agreeing to pay $2.4 billion to license technology from Windsurf, an AI coding startup that OpenAI had previously agreed to acquire. ... read more

This excerpt from Adam Aleksic's Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language has been abridged for online publication. The book is out on July 15th. The modern-­day ... read more

It’s been 16 months since a DMA ruling allowed iOS developers like Google and Mozilla to use their own browser engines in the EU, so…  where are they? According to ... read more

Sun Day will estimate how long you can safely stay in the sun based on the UV index and your skin type. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has released a new ... read more

Google’s head of Android has said that the company plans to combine its mobile operating system with ChromeOS, the software that currently runs across Google’s Chromebook laptops. Sameer Samat, president ... read more

Warner's DC Studios has been struggling in recent years amid industry-wide troubles and overall superhero box-office malaise. ... read more

There was a time when landing on the first page of Google meant you were in business. Traffic followed, strategies scaled, and entire models were built on the back of those clicks. That foundation is ... read more

The business of being a creator isn’t a solo show. They have become full-on productions. In the two decades since YouTube’s debut, creators such as Smosh’s Ian Hecox as well as Mythical Entertainment’s Rhett McLaughlin ... read more

News UK, The Independent, and magazine publishers Immediate Media and Future are teaming up with retail media network Ocado to test clean room-powered data matching.  The goal: to match Ocado’s shopper data with the publishers’ ... read more

AI platform wars are about to become the browser wars and advertising will be a key battleground. Or at least it will be for two companies.  OpenAI and Perplexity, two of the biggest players in ... read more

Related Insights Evolving Agencies AI screenings, budget cuts, and burnout: What’s really behind advertising’s hiring disconnect Read More TripleLift, the self-styled creative supply-side platform, implemented significant layoffs late ... read more

Last week may have ushered in the first moments of a shift in balance among the holding companies. WPP named its new CEO — breaking barriers along the way by naming the first female ... read more

Amazon's annual shopping event has now eclipsed two Black Fridays in terms of online revenue. ... read more

DOJ files a statement of interest in case against The Washington Post, Reuters, Associated Press and BBC. ... read more

CANNES — Retail media has become a cornerstone of modern advertising, but delivering a truly seamless experience for both brands and shoppers remains elusive, says Stephen Howard-Sarin, managing director of retail media at ad-tech company ... read more

CANNES — Some companies bring panelists and talking points to Cannes Lions. Albertsons brought a fully-fledged grocery store. For Albertsons Media Collective, the chain’s media arm, the physical store at Cannes, stocked with products ready ... read more

CANNES – Epsilon is expanding its global reach and doubling down on predictive AI to help brands build more meaningful, measurable relationships with consumers, says Mike Ng, chief revenue officer of Publicis Groupe’s Epsilon. Speaking ... read more

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GM was the first major US automaker to make the promise to go all-electric by 2035, just four years ago. Those promises have since turned into rough estimates under the ... read more

Several days after temporarily shutting down the Grok AI bot that was producing antisemitic posts and praising Hitler in response to user prompts, Elon Musk’s AI company tried to explain ... read more

There’s a new AI in the house. I've waited two years to try out the new Alexa, which was first announced way back in 2023, and this week I finally ... read more

The Playdate is easy to forget about. It's colorful and weird, but it's also tiny. Like the Game Boy Micro before it, sometimes I toss it in a bag and ... read more

Just four years after Rivian began selling its R1T truck, 2025 marks the beginning of the R1T and R1S' second generation. Considering they look essentially the same on the outside, ... read more

Amazon Prime Day’s best deals may not last for much longer, since the sale ends later tonight. This includes a big discount on the 2025 Hisense U7, a midrange TV ... read more

Black Friday and Cyber Monday might be the biggest days of the year when it comes to shopping for gifts, but what about all the birthdays, weddings, and special occasions ... read more

The Nex Playground is a console full of kid-friendly games that operate solely with motion controls. It’s cooler than it sounds; the little cube’s camera can track two players’ movements ... read more

Google’s fourth-generation Nest Learning Thermostat (the latest model) is one of the few smart home accessories I rely on every day, and it’s at an all-time low price of $218.99 ... read more

OpenAI's deal to buy Windsurf is off, and Google will instead hire Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some of Windsurf's R&D employees and bring them onto the ... read more

The latest Kindle Paperwhite is down to an all-time low right now. It’s the last day of Amazon Prime Day(s), with the event set to wrap up at midnight tonight. ... read more

"It benefits no one -- least of all the labels -- to plunge ahead with burdensome litigation on a theory the Supreme Court may soon reject," the company argues. ... read more