The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Xbox’s first chief operating officer is out after just a few months [14d]
• OpenAI now trains its frontier AI models with no internet access [14d]
• Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army [14d]
• Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend [14d]
• Soundcore’s latest noise-crushing headphones are on sale for a new low price [14d]
• Fi’s GPS-equipped dog trackers are on sale for 30 percent off [14d]
• Elon Musk’s dangerous grip on outer space [14d]
• The iPhone Duo should have been an iPad [14d]
• Now Google says it might use your Gmail and Google Photos data to target ads [14d]
• The first broken iPhone Duos are here [14d]
• Feds want robotaxis to signal ‘I’m driving’ with cyan-colored lights [14d]
• SpaceX’s mobile carrier push reportedly involves tapping into 80,000 cell sites [14d]
• Meta delays new business terms after publisher pushback on AI scraping [14d]
• The Sigma FP2 brings significant upgrades to the ‘world’s smallest’ full-frame camera [14d]
• Our best tips for using the iPhone Duo [14d]
• Apple revives the original iPod as an Apple Music easter egg [14d]
• People are vibe coding their way to better TVs [14d]
• Netflix can’t fire its way out of this downward spiral [14d]
• Brick’s new app blocker is designed for bedtime doomscrolling [14d]
• Retro gaming is being overrun with AI [14d]
• Startup equips genetically enhanced dogs with Palmer Luckey’s military tech [14d]
• No, the iPhone Duo isn’t a small phone [14d]
• Etsy is cracking down on AI slop listings [15d]