The Brutalist Report

ArsTechnica

• In a win for science, NASA told to use House budget as shutdown looms [15d]
• After a very slow start, Europe’s reusable rocket program shows signs of life [15d]
• Bonkers CDC vaccine meeting ends with vote to keep COVID shot access [15d]
• Oklahoma’s big “TV nudes” scandal was… a Jackie Chan movie on a Samsung streaming service [15d]
• Microsoft raises Xbox console prices for the second time this year [15d]
• Chimps consume alcohol equivalent of nearly 2 drinks a day [15d]
• Two of the Kremlin’s most active hack groups are collaborating, ESET says [15d]
• Despite congressional threat, National Academies releases new climate report [15d]
• After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC’s The View [15d]
• Steam will drop support for the last 32-bit Windows systems in January 2026 [16d]
• Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers [16d]
• Your very own humane interface: Try Jef Raskin’s ideas at home [16d]
• “Yikes”: Internal emails reveal Ticketmaster helped scalpers jack up prices [16d]
• If you own a Volvo EX90, you’re getting a free computer upgrade [16d]
• RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine panel realizes it has no idea what it’s doing, skips vote [16d]
• AI medical tools found to downplay symptoms of women, ethnic minorities [16d]
• Rocket Report: European rocket reuse test delayed; NASA tweaks SLS for Artemis II [16d]
• Two UK teens charged in connection to Scattered Spider ransomware attacks [16d]