The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• It’s a new heyday for gas thanks to data centers [24d]
• Apple just had a record-breaking iPhone quarter [24d]
• The weirdest headphones at CES will launch on Kickstarter next month [24d]
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI might merge into one company [24d]
• Apple’s second biggest acquisition ever is an AI company that listens to ‘silent speech’ [24d]
• Obsbot’s new gimbal webcam doesn’t justify its $350 price [24d]
• Everything is gambling now: the latest news on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi [24d]
• Spotify’s new group chats share music with everyone in your circle [24d]
• Half of developers think gen AI is bad for the gaming industry [24d]
• Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows [24d]
• Google’s AI helped me make bad Nintendo knockoffs [24d]
• Waymo is finally starting passenger trips at SFO — but not to the terminals [24d]
• Linux gaming developers join forces to form the Open Gaming Collective [24d]
• What Netflix’s Warner Bros. deal could mean for TVs and remotes [24d]
• Pokémon Legends: Z-A is 20 percent off at Best Buy today only [24d]
• Deezer opens its AI music detection tool to other platforms [24d]
• The rise of the slopagandist [24d]
• Arco is a brilliant and beautiful sci-fi film inspired by animation legends [24d]
• Netflix is eating Hollywood — because it has to [24d]
• Sen. Warren pushes Altman for guarantee OpenAI isn’t seeking government bailout [24d]
• This ring watch squeezes in heart rate, sleep, and fitness tracking [24d]
• Fidelity is launching its own stablecoin [24d]
• Google agrees to $135 million settlement for collecting Android users’ data [24d]
• The Stream Deck-packed gaming keyboard is a monster of good ideas [24d]
• Apple says Patreon creators must switch to subscription billing by November [24d]
• Waymo robotaxi hits a child near a school, causing minor injuries [24d]
• PopSockets added a wallet to its folding kickstand grip [24d]
• Best gas masks [24d]
• There won’t be a Nothing Phone 4 this year [24d]
• Google disables Take a Message on older Pixel phones amid audio leak bug [24d]