What if you could make your site feel faster for shoppers around the world without moving your entire infrastructure? If ...

Meta‘s Instagram wants to make it easier for marketers to buy ads that tap into viral moments on its short-form Reels videos. Instagram announced that it is expanding Reels trending ads (RTA) ...

The AppsFlyer Web SDK was temporarily hijacked this week with malicious code used to steal cryptocurrency in a supply-chain attack. The payload can intercept cryptocurrency wallet addresses entered on ...

Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible code, a technique that’s flummoxing traditional defenses designed to ...

Code Metal Inc., a startup with a platform that translates code between programming languages, has closed a $125 million investment. The company disclosed in its Thursday funding announcement that ...

Leaked API keys are nothing new, but the scale of the problem in front-end code has been largely a mystery - until now. Intruder’s research team built a new secrets detection method and scanned 5 ...

More than half of all ads on Meta's Instagram ran in the service's short-form video product Reels in 2025, up from 35% in 2024, according to data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. The shift ...

As Meta moves to prioritize Reels across its flagship social platforms, data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower shows that the majority of ads are now appearing on the vertical short-form ...

In brief: After years of experimentation and algorithmic fine-tuning, Reels has emerged as Meta's most promising growth engine. For a company that spent years trying to catch up to TikTok, the next ...

Meta’s Reels has become a $50 billion business. Above is the launch video for the product from 2020. META Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced on an October earnings call that ...

Meta is taking the Instagram Reels experience to the larger screens in its latest testing program, with the dedicated TV app now launching exclusively on Amazon Fire TVs in its early availability.

Sit back with Reels on a big screen. Sit back with Reels on a big screen. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.