The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Craig Federighi confirms Apple’s first attempt at an AI Siri wasn’t good enough [70d]
• Hands on with macOS Tahoe 26: Liquid Glass, new theme options, and Spotlight [71d]
• Sam Altman claims an average ChatGPT query uses ‘roughly one fifteenth of a teaspoon’ of water [71d]
• Android 16 is here, but its big redesign isn’t ready [71d]
• Google is offering employee buyouts in Search and other orgs [71d]
• More than a million people now have Alexa Plus [71d]
• It’s more than just a hat [71d]
• Google just soft-launched nine cool Home app features [71d]
• Nothing Phone 3 leak shows the Glyph lights might be gone [71d]
• Ninja Gaiden 4’s gory combat hides a goofy center [71d]
• Android 16 has arrived with iPhone-style Live Updates [71d]
• Google’s ‘Pixel VIPs’ will help you keep track of your favorite contacts [71d]
• The best last-minute deals you can grab before Father’s Day [71d]
• Apple turns up the speed on Podcasts and adds a new emoji game to News [71d]
• Nintendo’s Switch 2 Pro Controller is pro enough for me [71d]
• Sonos is finally updating its Ace headphones with a long-delayed feature [71d]
• Snap will start selling AR glasses next year [71d]
• Mario Kart World is the perfect Switch 2 launch game [71d]
• The Trump administration appears to be planning its own chatbot [71d]
• Meta is reportedly making a $15 billion bet on AGI [71d]
• Threads is finally getting DMs [71d]
• Republicans are determined to make you pay more for gas [71d]
• The video game actors’ strike may be over soon [71d]
• Xbox’s new handheld is a surprisingly comfortable way to play Gears  [71d]
• Microsoft is moving its Build conference out of Seattle for 2026 [71d]
• VanMoof’s new S6 e-bikes fix everything but trust [71d]
• Hang on, did the iPad just become a computer? [71d]
• Splatoon is getting a Switch 2 spinoff, and a big Splatoon 3 update [71d]
• The New York Times is starting to test its take on Scrabble [71d]
• Microsoft Edge is getting an AI-powered browser history that works with typos [71d]
• Liquid Glass, Spotlight, and the rest of WWDC 2025 [71d]
• The Verge staff on the Switch 2: what we love and what we don’t [71d]
• Apple brings the iPhone Journal app to iPad and Mac [71d]
• Starling’s AI banking tool shows you how much you’re wasting on McDonald’s [71d]
• ChatGPT is having some issues [71d]
• A day of LA anti-ICE protests in photos [71d]
• Apple’s Liquid Glass was a wild change to my iPhone [71d]