Image: Microsoft Microsoft is creating a new companions experience for the Windows 11 taskbar that will surface important data with just a click. Microsoft 365 Companions will include contacts and people, files, ... read more

Image: Sony Sony announced its new A1 II pro-focused mirrorless camera during today’s livestream from its Creative Space event in New York City. The camera has various speed and performance improvements over ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Right now, text highlighting is broken for anyone using recent Chromium-based browsers on some websites. The cause appears to be a change to selection styling that doesn’t play nicely ... read more

Grego Martinez, svp of product at Seedtag The ongoing march toward comprehensive privacy regulation in the U.S. is not an endpoint but a gateway to new opportunities for innovative technologies.A combination of contextual advertising, privacy ... read more

Forrester released its first SSP wave since 2014 last week, and there’s a surprise. The research firm ranked Google – whose sell-side ad tech platform is facing federal antitrust charges – as a mere challenger ... read more

Image: Amazon Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers can now get one free audiobook per month — similar to the freebie Spotify started tossing Premium listeners last year. The perk is available to Music ... read more

Control. | Image: Remedy Entertainment We already knew that the supernatural thriller Control was getting a sequel, but now Remedy has provided some more details on the game. Well, one major detail: ... read more

Image by: The Verge; Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix The Paul / Tyson fight on Friday was very popular. Netflix streamed it into more than 60 million households, which is ... read more

The update will first come to the Galaxy Watch 6 before arriving on previous Wear OS models. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge There’s good news if you’ve got ... read more

Image: Google Google is introducing a new feature to Google Lens that aims to give users more information about products when they’re shopping in physical stores. Starting today for Android and iOS ... read more

Image: Nuro In the wake of pivoting its business strategy to include robotaxis and driver assist, Nuro is taking its fully autonomous vehicles to new geographic areas. The California-based company, which ... read more

Advertisers want more transparency into and control over open marketplace quality. But curation is not the answer. Solutions that fundamentally address the issues curation attempts to solve already exist. The IAB Tech Lab has rolled ... read more

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge There are all kinds of reasons you might want to record what’s happening on your Android screen, from capturing your gaming exploits to trying to ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Microsoft Teams meetings are getting a new interpreter feature that lets each participant speak or listen in the language of their choosing. Interpreter in Teams uses real-time AI-powered speech-to-speech ... read more

Image: The Verge Ignite is Microsoft’s big event to sell the future of Windows, AI, and Office to its biggest customers. Continue reading… ... read more

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Microsoft is creating an in-person hacking event, Zero Day Quest, which it says will be the largest of its kind. ... read more

The Verge At Microsoft’s Ignite conference today the software giant is introducing Copilot Actions, a new way for Microsoft 365 Copilot users to automate repetitive tasks. Microsoft is also adding AI agents ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The CrowdStrike catastrophe that took down 8.5 million Windows PCs and servers in July has left many of Microsoft’s biggest customers looking for answers to ... read more

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is planning to launch a new purpose-built miniature PC for its Windows 365 cloud service next year. Windows 365 Link is a $349 device that acts like a thin ... read more

The interior life of a young Chinatown restaurant waiter forms the basis for "Interior Chinatown," a new Hulu series that is dramatic, comedic and keenly satirical. ... read more

Broadcast TV had its best result in October since January of this year (24.2%), and improved vs. its 22.6% share in September and 22.0% share in August. ... read more

Instagram users can soon clear and make a fresh start on the content that’s recommended to them. | Image: Meta Instagram is testing a new feature that will let users completely refresh ... read more

Media management firm Ebiquity has promoted chief strategy officer Ruben Schreurs to CEO, succeeding Nick Waters. After four years at the helm, Waters will depart to return to the agency sector but will stay on ... read more

The New York Times is investing in generative AI for the same reason it’s been investing in first-party data for years. It wants to be self-sufficient. Because there’s a lot out there that publishers can’t ... read more

Perplexity AI, the generative AI search engine trying to out-Google Google, began rolling out its ads products last week. Plus, An AI-powered shoppable ad platform is causing problems for readers of BuzzFeed Australia. The post ... read more

As online creators enter metaverse platforms such as Roblox and Fortnite, some are engaging in fraudulent behaviors that observers believe could damage brands and marketers’ growing interest in the medium, according to five experts in ... read more

Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. Amazon will be a major player in marketers’ holiday strategies this year, and its position in holiday sales and ... read more

Last Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) when he returns to the White House. Kennedy has been vocal about ... read more

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Since the U.S. presidential election was called, the advertising industry has been parsing through the tea leaves, trying to understand exactly what a Trump presidency means for business. That ... read more

When marketing firm BrandTech Group acquired theAmplify back in 2016, followed by Collectively in 2020, the creator economy was still a bit of a riddle to its rivals. The agency was providing strategy and management ... read more

WBD will get international games, expanded video clips rights, and other NBA content for its TNT Sports digital media platforms, Bleacher Report and House of Highlights. ... read more

The DOJ will ask the judge who ruled Google illegally monopolized the search market to force Google to sell off its Chrome browser. At least one Alphabet business already has plans to separate from the ... read more

The "Times" is offering pre-orders of the feature for the first time, and staging promotional giveaways. ... read more

Target's is a GQ Santa for a hyper-masculine age, who would seem to spend more time with his Japanese hair cutter than directing Rudolf. ... read more

Google now lets you manage Nest Cam IQ indoor and outdoor cameras — which were both released in 2017 — through a public preview in the Google Home app, meaning that you ... read more

Results from EU-based news publishers will not be shown in limited test. ... read more

New V4 cabinet and Supercharger stalls. | Image: Tesla Tesla will launch fully realized V4 Supercharger stations that support up to 500kW charging for EVs and 1.2MW for Tesla’s commercial Semi trucks ... read more

Roblox is no longer allowing users under the age of 13 to communicate directly outside of gameplay on its platform, along with the launch of additional child-safety precautions regarding parental oversight and more. ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge A group of state attorneys general are pushing Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which has stalled in the House of Representatives thanks to ... read more

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge The Department of Justice is planning to ask for Google’s antitrust trial judge to force the company to sell off its Chrome browser after the ... read more

Photo by ANDREA RENAULT/AFP via Getty Images Amazon and SpaceX are seeking to hamstring the National Labor Relations Board, asking a court to declare its processes for upholding labor law unconstitutional. But ... read more

Screenshot: Razzlekhan A federal judge has sentenced Heather Morgan to 18 months in prison for her role in helping husband Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein launder stolen Bitcoin, CoinDesk reports. Lichtenstein has admitted to ... read more

Trump's second term will likely mirror his first, where federal contracts favored national security, defense, and economic growth while agencies focused on environmental and social issues saw significant budget cuts. ... read more

Corsair has upgraded its K65 Plus wireless keyboard and M75 wireless mouse so they’re Mac compatible with new colorways. | Image: Corsair Corsair has announced an updated version of the K65 Plus ... read more

Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge HarperCollins has agreed with an unnamed AI tech company to let the company use some nonfiction titles to train its models, 404 Media reports, but only ... read more

The liquid hydrogen-powered GR Corolla H2 Concept. | Image: Toyota Toyota is pushing hydrogen-powered vehicle technology forward with a liquid hydrogen system design that includes a self-pressurizer to save escaping gas and ... read more

The US Department of Energy headquarters building on February 9th, 2024, in Washington, DC. | Photo by J. David Ake / Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of ... read more

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Emails in Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI expose the startup’s rocky origins. Continue reading… ... read more

TikTok on Monday told a federal judge it may ask the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision reviving a lawsuit by the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after attempting a "blackout ... read more

Dbrand’s Circuit Board skins could make it easier to find your devices in the dark. | Image: Dbrand Dbrand’s latest gadget skins capitalize on our curiosity to peek inside our electronics. Its ... read more

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Google might be preparing to make big changes to its laptop and tablet hardware by making the software on its Chromebooks resemble what you’d find ... read more

Perplexity has debuted a shopping feature for its paid U.S. customers and created a merchant program giving retailers and brands direct access to share data and process consumer payments. ... read more

Perplexity has debuted a shopping feature for its paid U.S. customers and created a merchant program giving retailers and brands direct access to share data and process consumer payments. ... read more

Paramount says the ad activation across broadcast, cable, digital, and audio platforms will be the "largest global mass media 'roadblock' of all time." ... read more

Generative AI may be the talk of the tech world, but consumer adoption is still in its early stages. According to a new study from Publicis Media and Microsoft Advertising, just 13% of consumers who ... read more

Sleep trackers, earbuds, and smart beds. | Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge Sleep tech is more than tracking. Here are the best gadgets I’ve tested that help you fall asleep, stay ... read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DoorDash now lets you import a grocery list from Apple’s Reminders app to make it easier to buy groceries on the app. To use the ... read more

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Republican who opposes regulating broadband providers but wants to police social media companies, to lead the agency. ... read more

Photo by Al Bello / Getty Images for Netflix © 2024 It was morbid curiosity that made me tune in to Netflix’s live boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson on ... read more

How the algorithm works has been a secret at Google, but now the company has begun to open up and share more insights. ... read more

Driving performance with AI to improve optimization, reporting and insights became this year's focus, regardless of the platform. From ads in AI Overviews to Shopping Ads in Google Lens, Google drove performance through brand inclusions, ... read more

Illustration by The Verge Substack still isn’t profitable despite attracting big names in the independent writer world, whose newsletters and blogs rake in a massive digital subscriber base for the platform. Hamish ... read more

Image: The Verge Telegram is pushing a new 2.0 update for its in-app “mini-apps” that allows them to run full screen, enables developers to add subscription plans, allows gift sending from mini-apps, ... read more

The Verge Perplexity is rolling out a new feature that will let Pro subscribers purchase a product without leaving its AI search engine. When searching for a product using Perplexity, Pro members ... read more

Nike collaborated with Zellerfeld to create the 3D-printed Air Max 1000. | Image: Nike Nike’s new Air Max 1000 are the company’s first shoes manufactured almost entirely using 3D printing. Debuting at ... read more

You’re probably going to want one of these by the time GTA VI comes out. | Image: Western Digital We’ve safely exited another summer gaming lull and it looks like we’re entering ... read more

The sophisticated algorithms that power our social media feeds have created information bubbles that fundamentally change how we process information. ... read more

Image: Richard Varda If you’re nostalgic for the era of lugging your desktop to a friend’s house to play Unreal Tournament, software engineer Kenton Varda doesn’t have exactly the solution — but ... read more

Today's post is about research on the influence of "news influencers." Based on the findings, you might want to take what I have to say with a grain of salt (see data at bottom of ... read more

Photos by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images The NBA has reached an 11-year agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery that will continue the development of content like Inside the NBA, which will ... read more

Mediabridge is the media company's fifth global acquisition since September. ... read more

For brands, it's more critical than ever to have one-to-one relationships with customers. It provides the ability to collect customer data and insights and market directly to them. ... read more

After a career spent advising CMOs on the next new thing, author/consultant Joe Jaffe is becoming one, joining an unusual fintech app that pays people cash when they engage with brands. ... read more

The GroupM and OMD veteran most recently led media pitches, audits and transformational projects at consultancy R3. ... read more

Under the Trump administration, a complex business environment may develop for legacy TV-network based media companies. First is the promise of deregulation - something that can lead to media mergers, according to ambitious senior execs. ... read more

"Leonardo da Vinci" applies visual tools and techniques unique to film, but not to print, to plumb the very essence of the artist's work. ... read more

Image: Netflix Netflix is trying to carve a slice of the live entertainment market, and it’s enlisting help from Beyoncé to do so. The Houston-born singer will perform in her hometown on ... read more

On Oct. 8, activist short-selling firm Hindenburg Research released a report alleging inflated numbers and child safety issues on Roblox. Just over a month after its publication, however, neither investors nor media buyers seem to ... read more

Illustration: The Verge Roblox is starting to roll out some recently-announced child safety features, and the updates include some new limitations for how users under 13 can communicate on the platform. Beginning ... read more

Image: LG LG’s 27-inch OLED gaming monitor is one of the fastest models we’ve seen to date and it’s finally ready for preorder. The UltraGear 27GX790A (or GX7 for short) is priced ... read more

Amazon also spent an estimated in theatrical marketing - about $19.4 million (2,500 airings, 2.0 billion impressions) in national TV networks - and $3.5 million for the movie's last seven days before its opening, according ... read more

The Federal Trade Commission published a blog post last week warning companies that using a data clean room isn’t some kind of get-out-of-compliance-free card. And the first paragraph is a doozy. “Don’t judge a book ... read more

What will it take for advertisers to actually buy campaigns based on attention metrics? That was the question at the heart of Adelaide’s Business of Attention event in New York City last Tuesday. Stakeholders from ... read more

Reflection a couple of weeks after election day is inevitable. But planning for what’s next is where the real impact lies.  Political ad strategies evolved quickly this year, as campaigns moved beyond exclusivity, focusing on ... read more

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Revving The Driverless Revolution In 2024, self-driving cars emerged from the Trough of Disillusionment, to cite the Gartner Hype Cycle, and leapfrogged the ... read more

Ads are making their debut on Perplexity AI this month, led by Whole Foods, McCann, and PMG. But plenty others are holding back, unsure if the investment is worthwhile — at least for now. Their ... read more

In recent months, several influencer shops and agencies have built or expanded their content studios as they strive to keep pace with the speed and scale that a robust social media strategy requires. Not only ... read more

A month after hosting the U.S. Digiday Publishing Summit in Key Biscayne, Florida, Digiday gathered European publishers together in Barcelona, Spain, for the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe. And — accents aside — the conversations among ... read more

Two of the ad industry’s buzziest topics have generated yet another deal: generative AI and ad curation. Last week, Cognitiv and Index Exchange became the latest companies to partner on another way to use deep ... read more

The media agency world, or at least its biggest players, received a vote of relative confidence from a major analyst group last week, when Forrester issued the latest iteration of its Forrester Wave report analyzing ... read more

Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that intends to name Brendan Carr as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Carr, a commissioner at the FCC since 2017, ... read more

"Daily Mail" ran an eye-tracking study with Lumen Research challenging the a long-held practice among brands to take brand-safety measures that avoid ads running alongside scandalous, negative or undesirable news content. ... read more

I haven’t been able to find mine for years. | Image: Apple The Apple Lightning to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter may have bitten the dust, as it’s sold out at Apple’s online ... read more

The agency notified the state of Michigan that it would shutter the office by Dec. 31. The closure will effect 79 employees and follows the loss of a significant portion of its General Motors business ... read more

Image: The Verge An Ohio man named Larry Dean Harmon will serve three years in prison and forfeit more than $400 million worth of cryptocurrency and other assets, the Department of Justice ... read more

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk’s X may have tweaked its algorithm to boost his account, along with those of other conservative-leaning users, starting around the time ... read more

That's according to the latest poll from Stagwell's HarrisX as part of the company's Future Of News initiative, which began earlier this year. ... read more

Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge Ge Wang doesn’t use computers to make music the way most people use computers make music. He uses computers to make... computer music. Wang works at ... read more

ORLANDO, Fl – The availability of NFL games on streaming platforms has surged by 50% annually for the past three years – and this coming season, over half of all NFL games will be available ... read more

Image: Square Enix We’re in a pretty good moment for sprawling, complex role-playing games. New releases like Metaphor: ReFantazio and Dragon Age Absolution, along with older titles like Elden Ring (including this ... read more