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

Nacon’s folding steering wheel for the Switch 2 will be priced at around $30. | Image: Nacon During the Switch 2 reveal, Nintendo teased the next entry in its Mario Kart series. ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- "The first $10 billion midterm cycle," Assembly political chief Tyler Goldberg predicted we will be talking about two years from now. ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- "The first $10 billion midterm cycle," Assembly political chief Tyler Goldberg predicted we will be talking about two years from now. ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram is bringing back one of its more chaotic features, now reworked for the short-form video era. A new tab in the Reels feed will ... read more

The Ring Battery Doorbell Pro is a great video doorbell if you’re embedded in Amazon’s ecosystem and is currently $80 off. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge ... read more

Citing concerns over data collection by China, the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a law that will result in a ban on TikTok unless the company separates from China-based parent ByteDance. ... read more

Citing concerns over data collection by China, the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a law that will result in a ban on TikTok unless the company separates from China-based parent ByteDance. ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled that the law that could oust TikTok from the US unless Chinese parent company ByteDance sells it is constitutional as ... read more

Cash App is closing out the week on the hook for $255 million in multiple settlements around its consumer protections. Block, the company that owns Cash App, agreed Wednesday to pay ... read more

A whole Steam Deck fits within the screen of the Asus ROG Flow Z13 tablet. Bigger is better, right? I added controllers to a 13-inch gaming tablet and I don’t regret it. ... read more

NBC's "Sunday Night Football" was the leading NFL franchise in ad revenue - up 5% to $995.7 million. "SNF" viewing inched up 1% to 21.6 million. ... read more

Image: The Verge, Nintendo The Switch 2 exists. We know that for sure. It’s bigger — seems like we know that too. But what else do we know about the sequel to ... read more

To all of my acquaintances in Southern California, a message of appreciation at this time. ... read more

How will future legacy TV networks use the biggest annual TV show of the year to gain even more promo value from it? ... read more

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Brendan Hoffman, Getty Images It’s been more than four years since Donald Trump first moved to expel TikTok from the US — and now, ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Google has notified the European Union that it won’t integrate work from fact-checking organizations into Search or YouTube, ahead of the bloc’s plans to expand disinformation laws. Google had ... read more

Over three decades of expansion, Amazon has displaced countless smaller businesses in the sectors it targeted, from bookshops to main street retailers.  In its latest retail initiative, however, the tech titan wants to be a ... read more

With TikTok’s fate in the U.S. dangling between the Supreme Court and President-elect Donald Trump, competitors are moving in to try and claim its ad dollars. Snapchat, for example, isn’t holding back. In recent pitches ... read more

As Discord’s budding romance with brands and advertisers continues, the platform has hired its first-ever chief business officer to scale up its sales and partnership business. Jules Shumaker, Discord’s new CBO, comes to the company ... read more

The impending U.S. TikTok ban could threaten some creators’ ability to grow their audiences across all platforms — not just the embattled Chinese-owned short-form video app. As the United States marches toward a TikTok ban on ... read more

Telcos and ad tech: the media world’s messiest on-again, off-again relationship. T-Mobile’s $600 million cash swoop for outdoor ad specialist Vistart is the latest reunion in this turbulent love story. Slated to close this spring ... read more

God of War Just a couple of years ago, Sony had a dozen new live service games in development, but that number keeps dropping. It was already down to six by the ... read more

The Pokémon Company It’s coming a little later than we initially thought, but The Pokémon Company (TCPi) has finally announced when Pokémon TCG Pocket’s long-awaited trading functionality is rolling out. Today, TCPi ... read more

"Olivia will work with our incredible new Chairman of the FCC, Brendan Carr, to cut regulations at a record pace, protect Free Speech, and ensure every American has access to affordable and fast Internet," Trump ... read more

Image: Sony Sony announced a collection of black PlayStation 5 accessories in the midst of CES last week, and you can now preorder them ahead of their release date on February 20th. ... read more

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar are banned from selling customer geolocation and driving behavior data for five years, the Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday. ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The Biden administration says it will leave it to incoming President Donald Trump to figure out how to deal with the mess of the ... read more

Image: SpaceX SpaceX’s next big launch is here. On Thursday at 5:37PM ET, Elon Musk’s space company will attempt to launch Starship for its 7th test flight from Boca Chica, Texas. You ... read more

I have never seen a scientist paint a vision of the future as clear, prescient and accessible as novelists like Jules Verne and Isaac Asimov have. ... read more

The FTC referred Snap to the Department of Justice over allegations that the My AI chatbot posed a risk to young people. ... read more

Malwarebytes Senior Director of Research Jerome Segura identified hackers that steal advertiser accounts by impersonating Google Ads and redirecting victims to fake login pages. ... read more

"David, throughout his life, was always the smartest person in the room," friend and former colleague Ryan Phelan posted in a tribute, adding, "Not in a boastful or arrogant way, but you always wanted to ... read more

"When the amendments go into effect, operators of child-directed sites or online services will need to obtain separate verifiable parental consent before disclosing children's personal information to third parties," FTC Chair Lina Khan stated Thursday. ... read more

While advertisers that depend on TikTok's algorithm and its audience will lose a key targeting platform, other platforms are preparing for TikTok's absence in the market. Several social-media platforms have been gaining popularity in the ... read more

Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple has temporarily stopped showing notification summaries for news and entertainment apps as part of the iOS 18.3 developer beta released Thursday, according to reports from ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge I’m not the first to note the irony of TikTok users flooding RedNote this week. The TikTok divest-or-ban rule was supposed to drive Americans away from ... read more

An accelerated push for more measurable results has surfaced as platforms become increasingly fragmented. It makes me wonder if this will drive up prices. ... read more

Illustration: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Two major tech trade groups are challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) effort to treat payment apps and digital wallets like banks. In a lawsuit ... read more

Photo by Amy T. Zielinski/Getty Images David Lynch, the director behind Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and other unsettling works, has died, his family confirmed in a post on his official ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Tesla is declaring the Cybertruck to be “America’s bestselling electric pickup truck in 2024.” And yet for the first time, the company offering discounts ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge More than 700,000 US-based users have downloaded RedNote, a popular Chinese social app, as the TikTok ban deadline looms — but they may find themselves looking ... read more

If TikTok is banned by the federal government, it plans to end all U.S. operations Sunday, effectively shutting out over 170 million American users as well as those from other regions, according to new reports. ... read more

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is bundling its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions, but it’s also raising prices as a result. Previously, Microsoft 365 subscribers had to pay an ... read more

Image: The Verge, Nintendo Nintendo has finally revealed its new console, debuting the Switch 2 with a short video that went heavy on visuals but light on information. The video was paired ... read more

Red Dye No. 3 is used in certain candy, desserts, frostings, and other treats. | Photo by Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty Images The US Food and Drug Administration is banning the use ... read more

Illustration: The Verge In a bid to get even more people regularly coming back to the theater, AMC is rolling out a new set of perks for the cheapest (read: free) tier ... read more

The Roborock Q5 Max Plus can’t mop, but it’s great for dry spills on carpets and hard flooring. | Image: Roborock While you can pay close to $1,000 or more ... read more

Image: The Verge, Nintendo Nintendo has finally revealed the Switch 2 — but it didn’t reveal everything. Even still, the new console looks pretty much like a bigger, more refined Switch. Sure, ... read more

Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol / Anadolu via Getty Images Now that New York City has finally flipped the switch on congestion pricing, the big question is: Will it work? And if ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Tech companies and their leadership are schmoozing Donald Trump ahead of the imminent administration switchup. Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

Use of generative AI throughout the ad industry has grown in the past six months, but IAB data suggests GAI in media planning has surged, with eight in 10 buyers saying they already use or ... read more

Use of generative AI throughout the ad industry has grown in the past six months, but IAB data suggests GAI in media planning has surged, with eight in 10 buyers saying they already use or ... read more

Image: The Verge, Nintendo You can always count on Nintendo for a surprise. This is the company that followed the Game Boy with a strange dual-screened handheld and broke out of its ... read more

The Comfy JT-200T calculator’s solar panel is located on its top edge where you won’t see it. | Image: Casio Japan Calculator aesthetics are apparently very important to some people, so Casio ... read more

Sony Sony has been saying that its upcoming Until Dawn feature — one of its new IP adaptations — is meant to channel the game’s spirit. But the movie’s latest trailer makes ... read more

"While Plaintiffs invoke modern fears of algorithmic control and deceptive design, the court finds that a reasonable consumer is no more likely to be misled by Amazon's practices than they would be on a routine ... read more

Image: Polestar Polestar may be facing a possible ban in the US, but the Sweden-by-way-of-China manufacturer isn’t going to let that stop it from releasing new products. The company provided a business ... read more

Chad Schulte, senior vice president of agency partnerships and strategy, Seedtag In this time of unprecedented access to information, it’s crucial objective journalism remains a cornerstone of an informed and functional society. However, as modern ... read more

If you predicted that tech stacks would shrink in 2024, it was probably a good bet. After all, the trend line had been headed in that direction. The average number of apps in companies’ ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine offers a history of the biggest player in streaming. Read the full story at The Verge. ... read more

The blacked-out Leica lettering of the SL2-S returns on the new model. | Image: Leica Camera Leica has a new camera for pros who shoot both video and stills. The $5,295 Leica ... read more

Image: Nintendo The arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2 heralds some much-needed improvements over its predecessor, especially its Joy-Con controllers. Here’s a quick breakdown of what the announcement trailer showed us about ... read more

Image: Nintendo We don’t know when the Nintendo Switch 2 will launch (aside from later this year), but we do know when you can get your hands on the hardware — at ... read more

Image: Nintendo Nintendo is finally making a new Mario Kart. While the official announcement of the Switch 2 didn’t feature much in the way of game announcements, the company did tease the ... read more

Image: The Verge Now that Nintendo’s reveal of the Switch 2 has put to rest years of anticipation and rumormongering, it’s time to hear more information about the console and, importantly, all ... read more

Image: Nintendo The day is finally here. It’s finally time: after months of teases and rumors, Nintendo has finally revealed the successor to the Switch. A new console generation is always a ... read more

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Nintendo has a new console on the way, but you can still hang onto those old games. The company has confirmed that the just-announced Switch ... read more

Image: Nintendo Nintendo shared the first details about the Nintendo Switch 2 in a video published Thursday. The Nintendo Switch will be a tough act to follow. The device was a clever ... read more

"The New Yorker" devotes 13 pages to a new profile of Lorne Michaels this week as his show, "Saturday Night Live," marks its 50th anniversary this year. ... read more

Although ad-supported streaming and digital platform businesses continue to show gains, the study says, ad-free streaming platforms are still a huge part of the streaming marketplace. ... read more

Perhaps the biggest threat to Roku comes by way of Walmart's recent deal to buy TV manufacturer Vizio, and its Smartcast OS, according to one analyst. ... read more

The Insta360 Flow 2 Pro is able to keep multiple subjects in frame, even while they’re all moving. | Image: Insta360 Insta360 has announced a new version of its Flow Pro stabilized ... read more

Photo by Andrew Liptak / The Verge ChargePoint has had enough of vandalizing thieves who saw through EV charger cables to steal valuable copper — so now it’s making new “cut-resistant” cables ... read more

Realme’s 14 Pro and 14 Pro Plus turn blue in the cold, even underwater. | Image: Realme Realme just launched its 14 Pro phones in India, and they come with a party ... read more

Some big concerns for Biden to raise in his final days in office. | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images, Nathan Howard President Biden used his final public ... read more

New Glenn on the launchpad. | Image: Blue Origin The billionaire space race entered a new phase today when Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully launched its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket into space ... read more

We want to hear your thoughts on the potential TikTok ban. Take our brief survey. For years, TikTok creators have been trying to migrate their audiences onto other platforms — but were relatively subtle about ... read more

Digiday’s events are getting a refresh under the leadership of Liz Pitonyak, who joined the company as general manager of events in December. She joined Digiday Media with 15 years of experience in event strategy ... read more

This story originally published on sister site, WorkLife. WPP’s announcement requiring employees to return to the office four days a week has sent shockwaves through the advertising industry, spotlighting a deepening divide between corporate-owned and ... read more

Entire direct-to-consumer empires have been built on the back of paid social and search advertising. But empires have to think about the long term to last. With platforms such as Facebook and Instagram becoming more ... read more

This week’s Media Briefing features an interview with Dotdash Meredith’s chief innovation officer, Jon Roberts. We discuss what the company has learned nearly nine months into its deal with OpenAI and what he wants to ... read more

In advertising circles, a quiet theory has been gaining traction: The Trade Desk, it’s said, isn’t exactly enamored with curation — a targeting strategy that could redirect valuable ad spend elsewhere. This week’s acquisition of ... read more

EDO has struck a deal with AI-powered ad-tech firm Chalice AI to optimize better outcomes across programmatic CTV and digital ad campaigns. ... read more

Image: LG Display LG Display didn’t have its usual exhibit of flashy, breakthrough new screens at this year’s CES. This resulted in an odd situation where it was actually Panasonic that shared ... read more

An organization aiming to improve the position of women in business says a new measurement metric can do the same for women in advertising. In October, Extreme Reach partnered with The Female Quotient to launch ... read more

The last-gen Kindle Scribe is nearly identical to the new model, only with a few minor upgrades. If you’re looking for a cheaper alternative to the new Kindle Scribe, we’ve got good ... read more

LAS VEGAS – People watch television programming across a growing array of streaming platforms and connected devices, challenging marketers to measure the effects of their advertising campaigns. Amid this fragmentation, business results underlie media-buying strategies. ... read more

LAS VEGAS – Privacy regulations in many parts of the world has the advertising and marketing industry to seek other ways to track online consumers while also giving them more control of their personal information. ... read more

Cath Virginia / The Verge In Supreme Court oral arguments over a potentially seismic change to the internet, the most memorable question came from Justice Samuel Alito. “One of the parties here ... read more

Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is suing Southwest Airlines for “illegally operating multiple chronically delayed flights and disrupting passengers’ travel,” according to a press ... read more

The tech companies join many other organizations that have given money such as Snap, Disney, Paramount, Comcast and NBCUniversal, Amazon and Netflix. ... read more

The Tiny SE includes an integrated stand allowing it to sit atop a laptop’s screen or a monitor. | Image: Obsbot Obsbot has announced a $99 webcam with a two-axis motorized mount ... read more

The partnership reportedly is the first of its kind for Google. ... read more

The former Arkansas governor's attempt to amend his lawsuit over fake ads by adding new allegations is untimely, the company argues. ... read more