The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Reddit bans posting UnitedHealthcare shooter’s manifesto [653d]
• Sundar Pichai and Jeff Bezos head to Mar-a-Lago to schmooze with Trump [653d]
• Google says its breakthrough quantum chip can’t break modern cryptography [653d]
• Adobe now has a tool to get rid of ugly window reflections in photos [653d]
• Verizon is using 5G network slicing to offer better video calling — for a price [653d]
• Toyota’s next EV is this small Urban Cruiser SUV for Europe [653d]
• Amazon’s Prime Video pushes ‘AI Topics’ instead of the old algorithms [653d]
• Meta makes $1 million donation to Trump’s inauguration [653d]
• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions are up to 50 percent off right now [653d]
• Threads follows Bluesky’s starter packs with curated collections of people to follow [653d]
• Mike Flanagan is writing a Clayface movie for DC Studios [653d]
• Gemini AI can now summarize what’s in your Google Drive folders [653d]
• The extremely online life of the American teenager [653d]
• Microsoft’s Recall AI is creepy, clever, and compelling [653d]
• Supernote’s new E Ink tablet is upgradeable and repairable [653d]
• Epic’s holiday sale includes 16 free games this year [653d]
• Biden administration raises tariffs on solar materials from China [653d]
• YouTube quietly made some of its web embeds worse, including ours [653d]
• BuzzFeed is selling Hot Ones [653d]
• Google announces Android XR, a new OS for headsets and smart glasses [653d]
• I saw Google’s plan to put Android on your face [653d]
• The Indian audio app spinning its own stories [653d]
• Kia drivers are going to get Google Maps data soon [653d]
• YouTube TV’s monthly cost soars to $82.99 [653d]
• Sora’s AI video revolution is still a ways off [653d]
• Warner Bros. Discovery restructures to split up streaming and cable businesses [653d]
• How to watch the 2024 Game Awards [653d]
• Character.AI has retrained its chatbots to stop chatting up teens [653d]
• You can now use AirTags to expedite a lost luggage reunion through United’s mobile app [653d]
• With iOS 18.2, Apple completes its AI starter kit [653d]
• Epic and Lego have a long-term plan to make Fortnite more than battle royale [653d]
• Palmer Luckey’s defense tech company will make next-gen military aircraft with Archer [653d]
• Pokémon TCG Pocket’s new expansion drops next week [653d]
• Inside the launch — and future — of ChatGPT [653d]
• Voicemod launches its voice-changing dongle for Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch [653d]
• Epic’s dream is starting to come true — its store will be preinstalled on ‘millions’ of Android phones [653d]
• Steam is adding a new default option for game updates [653d]