The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI [7d]
• ‘Video games are not manufactured in China,’ Playasia reassures tariff-wary customers [7d]
• GOG is adding some classic Star Wars games to its preservation program [7d]
• DHL restarts deliveries of international packages worth more than $800 [7d]
• The DJI Phantom is no more [7d]
• New ChatGPT ‘glazes too much,’ says Sam Altman [7d]
• How Marc Andreesen’s Signal group chats helped spawned the tech right [7d]
• The Kickstarter you backed may soon ask for more money to cover Trump’s tariffs [7d]
• ChatGPT is getting better for shopping [7d]
• A pirated iOS port of Blue Prince is climbing the App Store charts [7d]
• WhatsApp is working on video and voice calls on the web [7d]
• Tennis star Alexander Zverev calls out automated line judging system [7d]
• Wii Homebrew Channel development shuts down over ‘stolen’ code [7d]
• Neurotech companies are selling your brain data, senators warn [7d]
• Apple’s most affordable iPad is now the cheapest it’s ever been [7d]
• The Pixel Watch 2 is now on sale for $100 off [7d]
• These wireless headphones have ‘80s Sony Walkman vibes [7d]
• Google announces a special Android event ahead of I/O [7d]
• Google Play Games might be headed to the graveyard [7d]
• America is living in tariff limbo [7d]
• OnePlus backs off its Watch 3’s huge price hike [7d]
• Fired FTC commissioners on fighting for their jobs back [7d]
• Nothing’s second modular phone reinvents the rules [7d]
• Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine [7d]
• Netflix’s Tudum 2025 event will stream live next month [7d]
• Skin Deep makes immersive sims messy and manic [7d]
• I tried the magnetic mouse with its own folding USB-C charge cable [7d]
• Elon Musk’s DOGE ties could get his companies out of $2 billion in potential liability [7d]
• Widespread power outage hits Spain and neighboring countries France and Portugal [7d]