The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• X faces EU investigation over Grok’s sexualized deepfakes [82d]
• OpenAI’s president is a Trump mega-donor [82d]
• Google will settle its Assistant spying lawsuit for $68 million [82d]
• Apple’s luxe AirPods Max have dropped to one of their lowest prices ever [82d]
• Even the big dick subreddit is mad about ICE [82d]
• Tattle TV has turned a Hitchcock classic into a vertical video ‘microdrama’ [82d]
• MCP unites Claude chat with apps like Slack, Figma, and Canva [82d]
• TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover [82d]
• Internal chats show how social media companies discussed teen engagement [82d]
• OpenAI is working out how much to charge for ChatGPT ads [82d]
• Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it [82d]
• TikTok blames its US problems on a power outage [82d]
• A powerful AMD gaming desktop is hundreds off at Costco [82d]
• Microsoft’s latest AI chip goes head-to-head with Amazon and Google [82d]
• 2026 is the year of social media’s legal reckoning [82d]
• Experian’s tech chief defends credit scores: ‘We’re not Palantir’ [82d]
• Apple’s new AirTag has more range and a better speaker [82d]
• Asus Zenbook Duo (2026) review: twice as nice — for a price [82d]
• Intel Panther Lake laptop CPU review: call it a comeback [82d]
• As Marvel pivots back to the Avengers, Wonder Man goes its own way [82d]
• Microsoft’s first Windows 11 update of 2026 has been a mess [82d]
• TikTok broke in its first weekend with US ownership [82d]