The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Halide co-founder Sebastiaan de With is joining Apple’s design team [24d]
• Mark Zuckerberg is all-in on AI as the new social media [24d]
• Windows 11 has reached 1 billion users faster than Windows 10 [24d]
• Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots [24d]
• Google adds Gemini AI-powered ‘auto browse’ to Chrome [25d]
• Tesla says production-ready Optimus robot is coming soon [25d]
• Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings in Q2 as gaming declines [25d]
• Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of losses [25d]
• YouTube’s top AI slop channels are disappearing [25d]
• I used Claude to vibe-code my wildly overcomplicated smart home [25d]
• The entry-level Samsung Galaxy Buds FE are on sale for $30 off right now [25d]
• A ‘rogue Waymo’ that crashed into a parked car was being manually driven. [25d]
• Spotify says it paid out $11 billion in royalties in 2025 [25d]
• Process Zero II will let you do a little processing, if you want [25d]
• The noise-canceling AirPods 4 are down to $120, one of their best prices yet [25d]
• Beyond Meat’s protein soda might be its last chance and best hope [25d]
• This soft humanoid robot is designed to be ‘physically safe and socially approachable’ [25d]
• My favorite folding phone is the one that doesn’t exist yet [25d]
• This fanny pack robot helped me walk miles [25d]
• Apple aims to keep iPhone 18 price flat in face of RAM shortage, Kuo says [25d]
• Snap is turning its smart glasses team into its own company [25d]
• Send Help is an ode to every worker who has had a bad boss [25d]
• Ted Lasso season 4 hits Apple TV in the summer [25d]
• Bluesky is testing ‘live’ features to take on X [25d]
• Grok is the most antisemitic chatbot according to the ADL [25d]
• Windows 11’s ability to resume Android apps on your PC is getting closer [25d]
• Astronomers used AI to find 1,400 ‘anomalous objects’ from Hubble archives [25d]
• Self-driving truck startup Waabi is teaming up with Uber on robotaxis [25d]
• Tim Cook had ‘a good conversation’ with Trump about deescalation [25d]
• Google just leaked a first look at Android for PC in action [25d]
• The crypto bill is falling apart in Congress [25d]