The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Instagram CEO testifies about competing with TikTok: ‘You’re either growing, or you’re slowly dying’ [106d]
• Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years in prison [106d]
• Apple has a new ‘Viral’ playlist on Apple Music and Shazam [106d]
• Razer’s Clio is a $230 surround sound head cushion [106d]
• The US is reportedly encouraging countries to adopt Musk’s Starlink in tariff trade talks [106d]
• Congress votes to pull funding for free Wi-Fi hotspots at schools and libraries [106d]
• DOJ and FTC invite the public to complain about Ticketmaster [106d]
• Ecobee’s video doorbell now integrates with Google Home [106d]
• Apple is planning smart glasses with and without AR [106d]
• Roborock’s S8 MaxV Ultra, our favorite robovac, is $800 off [106d]
• The next Lord of the Rings movie debuts in December 2027 [106d]
• Judge dismisses most charges against FTX’s celebrity boosters [106d]
• Kickstarter’s new Tariff Manager is now available to campaign creators [106d]
• Threads was originally going to live inside the Instagram app [106d]
• OpenAI hires former head of the Facebook app [106d]
• Wikipedia fights the UK’s ‘flawed’ and ‘burdensome’ online safety rules [107d]
• The Old Guard’s immortal action continues in sequel’s first trailer [107d]
• Apple asks court to halt App Store rule changes while it appeals [107d]
• Reuters is ready to stand up for the press — and embrace AI [107d]
• Bill Gates tears into Elon Musk for being ‘involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children’ [107d]
• The Delta emulator’s new update makes it easier to join its Patreon [107d]
• Peloton downplays tariffs and embraces AI [107d]
• Oh no, I turned everything into an AI podcast [107d]
• Whoop wants everyone to give a whoop about the new Whoop 5.0 [107d]
• Meta’s new AI glasses could have a ‘super-sensing’ mode with facial recognition [107d]
• New surgeon general nominee cofounded ‘biowearables’ startup with DOGE operative [107d]
• Palworld had to remove game features because of Nintendo lawsuit [107d]
• Here’s Alienware’s fresh take on entry-level gaming laptops [107d]
• I put four robot lawnmowers through a brutal backyard battle — and only one person got injured [107d]
• How India’s spiritual tech startups are monetizing faith for the algorithm age [107d]
• You can now submit your claims for Apple’s $95 million Siri spying settlement [107d]
• Tesla finally calls it quits on Cybertruck range extender [107d]
• Lenovo’s flagship gaming laptop has a 2D / 3D screen and carbon fiber lid [107d]
• Nintendo expects the Switch 2 to be just as successful as the original  [107d]