OpenAI’s launch of Sora 2, its video generation tool and would-be social network for the slop age, was the latest attempt by the generative AI developer to expand the copyright Overton Window. Sora 2 initially ... read more

This story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. In 2019, Walmart’s e-commerce chief at the time, Marc Lore, drew a line in the sand. “You’ll notice that we don’t sell the No. 1, ... read more

This story was originally published on sister site, WorkLife. The traditional career playbook is being rewritten, one TikTok video at a time. While HR executives have long relied on performance reviews, mentorship programs and communications ... read more

L’Oréal is building a data layer beneath its creator economy push. The cosmetics giant is looking for partners to help make sense of the data from all its creator campaigns, according to two separate sources ... read more

AI royalties are finally on the table for small and midsize publishers. Don’t credit OpenAI’s ChatGPT, credit corporate LLMs — enterprise RAG is what’s creating royalty revenue for publishers. RAG — retrieval augmented generation — kicks ... read more

AI video tools like OpenAI’s Sora are edging into mainstream culture while marketers watch — some intrigued, others concerned. The promise of near-instant, realistic video may sound like a dream for cash-strapped, content hungry brands. ... read more

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Around the middle of ... read more

Apple just announced 14-inch MacBook Pro updates that add a new generation M5 processor, faster storage, and a promise of 24-hour battery life, but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman now reports next ... read more

A rendering of the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility. | Image: X-energy via Amazon Amazon shared some new details about its plans to help deploy more nuclear energy across Washington State, where the company ... read more

On Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law legislation banning the use of price-fixing software by landlords to set rental rates. New York is the first state to ... read more

Continuing its effort to cut down on low-quality "AI slop" spam content, Pinterest has updated its "tuner" tool to help users limit the amount of AI-generated content they see on their Pinterest feeds. ... read more

Ariel Deitz, vp, east at Blis Many marketers are curious about omnichannel advertising, but often settle for multichannel, where multiple channels are activated but not orchestrated into a cohesive strategy. In reality, most campaigns are ... read more

Unless the Supreme Court intervenes, the new decision brings an end to a federal lawsuit by California Crane School, which alleged that Google's longstanding arrangement to serve as the default search engine for Apple's Safari ... read more

The Trump administration’s heightened monitoring of immigrants’ social media accounts seeking grounds to revoke their visas stifles the speech rights of both noncitizens and citizens alike, the Electronic Frontier Foundation ... read more

Residents And Protesters Clash With Federal Agents In Chicago, Illinois. | Getty Images Judge Sara L. Ellis of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said during ... read more

The LiPlay Plus is designed to be held vertically, but can be used to snap photos in a landscape orientation, too. | Image: Fujifilm Fujifilm has announced an update to ... read more

Pinterest is rolling out a tool that allows users to “dial down the AI” in their feed, the company says. Users can select which categories they want populated with more ... read more

California resident Michael Salazar wants the Supreme Court to revive his claim that Paramount violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by allegedly sending his identifiable video-viewing information to Meta. ... read more

X is planning to roll out a new profile display that will include more personal information about the individual user. ... read more

Starting next week you can bundle Apple TV and Peacock with a significant discount. | Image: Apple Apple has partnered with NBCUniversal for a new subscription bundle that includes Apple ... read more

TV is one of the fastest-changing ad channels — which says a lot in the context of today’s ad landscape. The way viewers access content and entertainment through TV is shifting at a breakneck speed. ... read more

Digital advertising has never offered more ways to connect with people — but with that abundance comes complexity. Marketers now have more channels and formats to reach consumers, and people engage with ads in more ... read more

The Prebid Summit in New York City on Tuesday offered plenty of new details about The Trade Desk’s OpenAds and PubDesk products that were announced earlier this month. For one thing, OpenAds – TTD’s version ... read more

AI agents spent years as a concept and then as an experiment. Now, AI companies are devoting even more time and resources than before to make their agents actually useful ... 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. Big hero images highlighting select ... read more

Domain extensions, or top-level domains (TLDs), have been around for decades. As the internet continues its rapid expansion, traditional TLDs have been claimed with increasing frequency, making it difficult for businesses to find available, appropriate ... read more

Herschend operates more than 40 leading attractions across North America, including Dollywood Parks & Resorts, Silver Dollar City Parks & Resorts, Wild Adventures Theme Park & Safari Campground, Kennywood, and Adventure Aquarium. ... read more

OxygenOS 16 brings with it some wide-ranging upgrades. OnePlus has announced OxygenOS 16, its take on Android 16, with upgrades to its Mind Space AI tool including complete integration with ... read more

John Krichefski previously served as CEO of GroupM (now WPP Media) EMEA. He is based in London. ... read more

Google is trying to capitalize on what it calls “frequent and severe” Microsoft 365 outages by offering up services like email, storage, and videoconferencing to businesses in the event of ... read more

Digital video recording device maker TiVo, which had been the go-to company for consumers in the early days of digital video recording, is leaving this part of their core business after 26 years. ... read more

Hy-Vee's "RedMedia" retail media ad network is part of the remit, the companies said, citing iProspect's Merkury identity platform as an integral part of the win. ... read more

The remedies phase of the Google antitrust trial concluded last week. And after 11 days in the courtroom, there is a clearer sense of where Judge Leonie Brinkema is focused on, and how that might ... read more

Casio’s new calculator watch features design details inspired by Back to the Future’s DeLorean. | Image: Casio It wasn’t the first watchmaker to release a wristworn calculator, but by making ... read more

Ugreen’s Revodok Max 208 is on sale for $169.98 If your laptop doesn’t have enough ports, you can fix that issue with Ugreen’s Revodok Max 208, an 8-in-1 Thunderbolt 4 ... read more

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Jake Kastrenakes, executive editor at The Verge. I’m filling in for Nilay for one Thursday episode while he’s settling back into full-time podcast ... read more

In its quest to become the ultimate app for “flexible work,” Uber launched today a new pilot to allow its US drivers and couriers to earn extra money by performing ... read more

"It felt like you were watching the first banner ad being served," quipped long-time digital ad native Adam Broitman, referring to AT&T's "You Will" media buy 31 years ago on HotWired.com. ... read more

According to the company, Brown will continue to contribute to the firm's "long-term vision" while management responsibilities will remain under the leadership of CEO Jamie Posnanski. ... read more

Guillermo del Toro has been thinking about Mary Shelley's novel for a lifetime. He has described Frankenstein as "the quintessential teenage book," and his famous Bleak House in Los Angeles ... read more

The recently-rumored AI partnership between Spotify and the major record labels is now a reality. The streaming service announced today that it’s entering into an agreement with Sony Music Group, ... read more

The internet has long been a source of information and support for transgender people. Now, trans rights and the internet itself are in a moment of crisis. What happens next? ... read more

While oceans of ink paint trans women as a monstrous threat or pitiable curiosity, trans women themselves have often remained locked out of the publishing world as both writers and ... read more

As Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 10 and gets ready to mark the 40-year milestone of its operating system, it’s looking forward to what’s next for Windows. Microsoft might not ... read more

A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar electric vehicle is seen in Tempe, Arizona, on the outskirts of Phoenix, on September 15, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via ... read more

It’s Android flagship season in China right now, and today is Oppo’s turn. It has revealed the Find X9 and Find X9 Pro, with industry-leading specs for both the cameras ... read more

Ever wanted a robot lawnmower you can ride? If the answer’s yes, then Honda has something for you. The Japanese company will be debuting its new ProZision series of riding ... read more

As AI sweeps the tech landscape, new startups continue to emerge. Here are seven former ad tech execs' thoughts on best AI practices and starting their own companies. The post 7 Ad Tech Veterans Who ... read more

It has long been understood that brand is advertising’s most powerful driver of growth. Yet, in a marketplace worth more than one trillion dollars, less than 10% of digital campaigns track brand outcomes. This leaves ... read more

Ekko Astral is not a trans band. They may have a trans frontwoman in Jael Holzman. Much of their material may deal with being trans. Plus, they may have grown ... read more

A new music-competition show from America's heartland may be the best reality talent contest since "American Idol" ushered in the modern era of such shows in 2002. ... read more

The Mint’s design for the $1 Steve Jobs commemorative coin. The US Mint has revealed the design for a commemorative $1 coin honoring late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs.  ... read more

As trade tensions grow between the US and China, Microsoft is reportedly preparing to move the manufacturing of its Surface laptops and tablets out of China. Nikkei reports that Microsoft ... read more

The 25-year-old cosmetics brand Milani is one of the only independent makeup companies to compete in the mass-market retail category. The company combines the old-school retail world with the new world of digital-native marketing. One ... read more

SSPs are looking pretty ripe for acquisition; agencies want real man-on-the-street content from actual human men; and AI slop is taking over the internet. The post Supply In Demand; Like Pigs In Slop appeared first ... read more

For better or worse, AI is changing the industry, which means even influencer marketing and creators are going to have to adapt. Which is why Digiday has charted what influencer marketing is expected to look ... read more

Publishers are increasingly licensing decades of archived reporting to corporate clients’ private LLMs — a potential path to recurring, usage-based revenue that monetizes evergreen content in the zero-click era.  Welcome to LLM deals 2.0. Publishers ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing looks at why some publishers that once blocked all AI bots are reconsidering their stance, as growing traffic from AI platforms is pushing them to weigh potential monetization opportunities against the ... read more

Branded entertainment seems to be making a comeback. Call it marketing déjà vu.  Over the past few weeks, brands like restaurant chain Cava, retail brand Hot Topic and wedding website Zola have each launched episodic ... read more

This story was originally published on Modern Retail. Last month, Pennsylvania-based regional grocery chain Giant Eagle announced a $100 million investment in its products and stores over the next two years. The investment comes alongside ... read more

In remarks at today's DPAA conference, Beaubien noted a downside to autonomous vehicles. "What will people do in autonomous cars? Answer: look at their phones, not billboards." ... read more

Google is making videos created with the AI filmmaking tool Flow even more realistic — and harder to identify as AI-generated at first glance. The company announced Wednesday that users ... read more

Consumers have many worries about AI, Ping Identity reports. ... read more

Don’t let pings spoil the dingers. When my household quit cable four years ago and I lost access to Seattle Mariners games on TV, I started streaming the radio broadcast ... read more

The M5 MacBook Pro, which starts at $1,599, is available for preorder starting today. | Image: Apple Apple recently announced revised 14-inch MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models, each equipped ... read more

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier claims in a new lawsuit that Roku is violating a 2023 state privacy law by allegedly processing childrens' data without parental consent, and adults' and teens' sensitive data without their ... read more

Meta has expanded its partnership with semiconductor design company Arm, a competitor of GPU chip-manufacturer Nvidia. The deal shows Meta making a major investment in the global efficiency of its future AI systems. ... read more

YouTube aims to assist teens with concerns related to mental health on topics including depression, anxiety and ADHD. ... read more

The Apple-designed N1 wireless networking chip brings Thread to the iPad Pro. | Image: Apple Apple’s new M5-powered iPad Pro is the first iPad to officially support the Thread smart ... read more

Instagram has announced its teen accounts will now "be guided by PG-13 movie ratings by default," as the platform begins to implement stricter content settings and parental settings for teen users. ... read more

The path a consumer takes from seeing a product to buying it has never been more convoluted. The decades-old model of “last-click attribution,” which gives all the credit for a sale to the final touchpoint, ... read more

As audiences juggle multiple screens and platforms, advertisers need to rethink how and where they engage, said Jessie Schwartzfarb, executive vice president and head of video investment at Dentsu, in this interview with Beet.TV contributor ... read more

Same device, different packaging. | Image: Amazon Following the debut of Amazon’s $39.99 Fire TV Stick 4K Select, the company told The Verge that a name change was coming to ... read more

(From L) Political commentator Rogan O’Handley, aka DC Draino, TikToker Chaya Raichik, US conservative activist Scott Presler, commentator Liz Wheeler and US conservative political commentator Chad Prather carry binders bearing the seal ... read more

It’s-a-me, Ally-o. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Hey! I'm Sean Hollister, and I've been The Verge's unofficial handheld gaming PC reviewer since 2022, when the Steam Deck ... read more

More than a third of U.S. consumers have canceled at least one streaming service in the past six months, Ipsos found. ... read more

Sundar Pichai at Trump’s inauguration, alongside other Big Tech CEOs. A group of Democratic lawmakers are asking questions about YouTube’s $24.5 million settlement with President Donald Trump. In a letter ... read more

"Cox made a deliberate and egregious decision to elevate its own profits over compliance with the law," Sony Music Entertainment and other companies argue in a brief filed Wednesday with the Supreme Court. ... read more

More than 20 companies including PubMatic, Optable, Scope3, Swivel, Classify, Triton Digital, Magnite, and Yahoo have agreed to support the Ad Context Protocol (AdCP), an open technology protocol launched today to standardize how AI agents ... read more

More than 20 companies including PubMatic, Optable, Scope3, Swivel, Classify, Triton Digital, Magnite, and Yahoo have agreed to support the Ad Context Protocol (AdCP), an open technology protocol launched today to standardize how AI agents ... read more

If you’re looking for a great 360-degree action camera for your next adventure, the Insta360 X5 is an excellent pick that’s on sale in black at Amazon and Best Buy ... read more

Logitech is launching a digital stylus for Apple Vision Pro that makes it easier to write, draw, and manipulate 3D designs. The Logitech Muse is essentially a pen-shaped Vision Pro ... read more

Minternet is an unforgivable portmanteau. Mint Mobile is trying something a bit less “mobile” with its new prepaid 5G home internet plan that goes for as little as $30 a ... read more

The AI advertising agents will need their own trade group eventually. For now though, a bunch of companies are forming the Ad Context Protocol, or AdCP. The consortium of ad tech and AI ad software ... read more

Consumers have the gloomiest view of the economy since 1997 and are looking for new ways to find value. ... read more

And she's an actual Mint Mobile customer, made of flesh and blood, and not AI generated like the "actress" who has made headlines in recent weeks. ... read more

Ad tech has a new acronym, dubbed “AdCP,” and it’s one backed by some of the industry’s OGs. The cynical might quip, “That’s just what we need…” But more forward-thinking readers will appreciate it as ... read more

The ability to add users to group chats via shared links is coming in a future update. Meta is adding group chats to Threads, allowing users to message multiple friends ... read more

Kobo announced an official remote control for its e-readers, allowing you to turn the page easily even when you don’t have the e-reader to hand. While it won’t quite allow ... read more

Nano Banana came to Google Search and NotebookLM this week, with Photos the next step. One analyst believes Google's AI image-editing model spread virally based on word of mouth, with no involvement from Google. Here's ... read more

Have you ever wanted a DJI Osmo Pocket built into your phone? Honor has announced what it’s calling the “Robot Phone,” a concept device with an AI-enabled, gimbal-mounted camera that ... read more

Japan’s government is dialing up the heat on OpenAI, formally asking it to stop ripping off Japanese artwork, according to ITMedia and reported by IGN. The company has been in ... read more

On Wednesday, the largest US group of unions called on employers and policymakers to join in an effort it’s calling the “workers first initiative on AI.” Functionally, the effort by ... read more

Last year’s iPad Pro was a huge redesign. Apple just announced a new model of its best and highest-end tablet, the iPad Pro. The new device comes with a couple ... read more

There’s also a new Dual Knit Strap that can be purchased for $99. | Image: Apple Apple just revealed that the Vision Pro headset is getting upgraded to an M5 ... read more

Apple is refreshing its 14-inch MacBook Pro with a new processor. Announced this morning via press release, the new entry-level MacBook Pro will now feature a new M5 chip, faster ... read more

Roku is updating its voice assistant with AI features that can answer questions about movies, shows, and actors, as well as help you find something to watch next. Now, instead ... read more

What does "Xbox" mean? Some might say it can only refer to a box-shaped Microsoft game machine. Others will argue it's a collection of Xbox-native titles like Halo, Gears, Forza, ... read more

Google is introducing new recovery tools that aim to make it less frustrating to regain access when you’re locked out of your account. Instead of answering security questions or entering ... read more

The Magic 8 Pro’s design hasn’t changed too much from the Magic 7 Pro’s. Honor announced its Magic 8 and Magic 8 Pro flagships at a launch event in China ... read more