The Brutalist Report

TechRadar

• Researchers can make headphones leak audio through a wall, but the 30-meter claim has a few caveats [31d]
• NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, September 22 (game #933) [32d]
• Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, September 22 (game #1702) [32d]
• NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, September 22 (game #1199) [32d]
• Hackers are hiding malware on blockchains that are nearly impossible to take down, and unrestricted AI models have pushed these attacks up 440% [32d]
• Huawei Ascend 960 SuperPoD aims to surpass Nvidia AI hardware in China — 960E with over 4,000 NPUs and an upgraded UnifiedBus Interconnect aims for 10 trillion parameters [32d]
• This NATO-backed drone AI picked its own target and struck it, but relied on a human-drawn map to do so [32d]
• A new lithium-ion battery breakthrough could lead to cells that deliver more power for longer — they might be useful for everything from EVs to gaming laptops to robots to drones [32d]
• 1.58-million-staff Amazon will soon have more Nvidia GPUs than employees — AWS to buy more than 3 million additional chips before 2029 in addition to thousands of existing H100, H200 [32d]
• Amazon's best-selling 3D printer just crashed to a record-low price — the Bambu Lab P1S is now under $500 [32d]
• Microsoft, Google took down $66 million cybercrime marketplace that sold virtual machines with free software [32d]
• What shoes do marathon winners wear? These 7 pairs of running shoes have all graced the podium at the world's top races [32d]
• E-waste from AI boom and building data centers could stretch six times around the Earth by 2050, report warns [32d]
• Hackers find huge security flaw in Flock’s surveillance cameras and extract 1.6 million images and 27,000 videos from just one device — and the company’s terrible reputation means many employees are looking to jump ship [32d]
• People are using ChatGPT for much more than writing and research — these are the 7 ideas I want to steal [32d]
• Cybercrime civil war brewing? ShinyHunters reportedly hacks Cl0p ransomware gang and threatens further damage [32d]
• The iPhone 18 Pro Max has a clever feature to avoid problems with its larger battery that might become the new normal — here’s what you need to know [32d]
• The Apple Watch 12 just got its first-ever discount at Amazon — see why Apple calls it an ‘ultimate device for a healthy life’ [32d]
• The Insta360 Link 2 Pro is genuinely one of the best webcams I've ever reviewed—but the high price may turn away some potential buyers [32d]
• Someone used this Spotify tool to cheat and preview their Wrapped 2026 summary, and I tried it out and it works — but there’s no way I’d do it again [32d]
• NymVPN’s massive new update adds one-click connections, advanced split tunneling, and fresh pricing [32d]
• Microsoft finally fixes this annoying Excel paste problem, but you probably never even noticed [32d]
• Our favourite free graphics suite gets supercharged as Canva's Affinity gets a flurry of upgrades in a bid to rival Adobe [32d]
• Think you know your Modern Warfare? Test your knowledge ahead of the next game with our Call of Duty quiz [32d]
• I really wanted to love the new Dell XPS 13, but Dell, we need to have a serious chat about your RAM choices [32d]
• Outlander: Blood of my Blood season 2 episode 1 star on 'unsettling' opening scene that you won't have seen coming — 'it was exhausting to film' [32d]
• ‘The US is now better positioned to compete’: How new drone tech tariffs are bolstering domestic production and securing supply chains [32d]
• North Korean 'Contagious Interview' gang hits 30,000 businesses across the world with malware following fake interviews [32d]
• MSI Cyborg A15 creative laptop with Ryzen 7 performance, RTX 5060 graphics and upgradeable DDR5 memory gets a $250 price cut at Newegg and I can't find it cheaper anywhere else [32d]
• 'Never have I experienced such a Windows-esque bug in macOS': Mission Control is a mess in macOS 27 Golden Gate — and users are questioning Apple's testing [32d]
• This TP-Link Deco Wi-Fi 7 mesh system eliminates internet dead zones with speeds up to 4.3Gbps [32d]
• How to watch England vs Sri Lanka 2026 ODI Series: Live Streams, Tickets, Schedule & Preview [32d]
• Amid soaring RAM prices, Corsair knocks $99 off this 32GB DDR5 SODIMM kit in its massive memory sale [32d]
• Meet the Googlebook — I tried Google's new answer to the MacBook that combines ChromeOS with Android, and this could be the start of something big [32d]
• How to watch The Great British Bake Off season 17 for *FREE* — stream GBBO from anywhere as Nigella Lawson enters the tent [32d]
• Tesla is taking $50k deposits for its next-gen Roadster that nobody's even seen yet — so here's your reminder that it never actually produced the last Roadster it took $50k deposits for [32d]
• Microsoft Teams is finally boosting security controls to let admins block custom file extensions [32d]
• Vivo X500 Pro Max revealed — here are my favorite photos taken with the potentially iPhone-beating flagship camera phone [32d]
• ‘Rethinking the laptop is a big undertaking’ — why Googlebooks are so much more than overpriced Chromebooks, and why Apple should be worried [32d]
• Backcountry's 'up to 70% off' flash sale ends today — here are 17 outdoor deals I'd snap up right now [32d]
• The Wargame uses AI-generated footage to simulate Russian missile attacks on UK soil in shocking new Sky TV documentary series — 'this is not real, but it could be' [32d]
• Samsung and LG vow to remove 'botnet' apps from their smart TV app stores that turned sets into an AI scraping machines — but the shocking claim that over 40% of webOS apps had botnet code raises the question of how things ever got this bad [32d]
• Lidl is bringing its £80 dehumidifier back this week — just in time for drying your laundry over the winter months [32d]
• Is the RAM crisis overblown? Acer CEO plays down memory shortage and declares that it's 'impossible' for it to last until 2030 [32d]
• Disney confirms it hasn't started showing ads on ad-free Disney+ plans after report incorrectly said it had — but that hasn't stopped some angry fans from closing their accounts [32d]
• Trump wants to launch a new "AI force" - but I can't imagine Salesforce is particularly happy about the name [32d]
• Work as you know it will be a relic of the past [32d]
• Most businesses are still not getting their tech and IT working right - and it's causing disruption across the entire workforce [32d]
• What is the release date for MobLand season 2 episode 2 on Paramount+? [32d]
• The official Xbox controller just dropped back to its lowest price this year on Amazon — 'a more premium feel without the price tag' [32d]
• Google’s Gemini hacked three companies during Irregular AI ‘capture-the-flag’ testing — agents broke containment and guessed passwords to hack computer systems [32d]
• Streams and roundabouts: Apple Music just fixed one long-running issue, while Spotify added a different one [32d]
• Where should AI agents stop and human judgement begin? [32d]
• AI isn’t only for enterprises; it’s time for SMBs to cash in [32d]
• Surfshark gives its iPhone VPN app a cleaner look, and the browser extension gets one too [32d]
• AI has crossed a cybersecurity redline – now what? [32d]
• The Dreame X60 Pro Ultra Complete is a ridiculously clever and exceedingly competent premium hybrid robot vac for the well-heeled [32d]
• I wasn’t a fan of Silent Hill f, but Silent Hill: Townfall has made me believe in the horror series again [32d]
• Lanterns episode 6 introduces a character with major comic book ties to Hal Jordan — and it's someone we first met in Ryan Reynolds' disastrous 2011 Green Lantern movie [32d]