The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Samsung’s S25 Edge is a thin phone with two big tradeoffs [102d]
• Fallout’s second season premieres in December and will be followed by a third [102d]
• Duolingo is replacing hearts with energy [102d]
• Trump administration announces ‘illegal’ rollback of energy and water efficiency standards [102d]
• Apple could use AI to help your iPhone save battery [102d]
• Philips will let you fix your trimmer with 3D printable parts and accessories [102d]
• Anker’s fast, two-headed USB-C cable is 31 percent off [102d]
• Ticketmaster will finally show the full price of your ticket up front [102d]
• iOS 18.5 is out now [102d]
• Peacock’s Office spinoff starts streaming in September [102d]
• The upgraded VMU Pro turns the Dreamcast’s memory card into a handheld emulator [102d]
• The Switch 2 has a handy battery preservation mode [102d]
• Nintendo will let you set an unlock PIN for the Switch 2 [102d]
• Google just changed its ‘G’ logo [102d]
• Peacock’s NBA coverage will add an overlay with live shot stats [102d]
• Don’t delete that ‘Lopez Voice Assistant’ email — it’s about Apple’s Siri settlement [102d]
• Fox’s new streaming service will arrive just in time for football season [102d]
• Did Apple get too big for its own good? With Daring Fireball’s John Gruber [102d]
• The Overwatch developer team has unionized [102d]
• Apple’s Murderbot series is goofy sci-fi with a side of existential crisis [102d]
• Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture [102d]
• Google Keep brings text formatting to the web [102d]
• Google’s AI image-to-video generator launches on Honor’s new phones [102d]
• US and China slash tariffs [102d]