The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Brendan Carr says his broadcast license threat wasn’t really about Iran war coverage [19d]
• David Sacks is no longer the White House AI and Crypto Czar [19d]
• Robot vacuums from Eufy and Roborock are over 50 percent for Amazon’s spring sale [19d]
• Apple’s Mac Pro is dead, apparently for good this time [19d]
• Google is making it easier to import another AI’s memory into Gemini [19d]
• Apple will reportedly allow other AI chatbots to plug into Siri [19d]
• Anker’s wireless charging pad offers Qi2 speeds for $15 [19d]
• Apple’s AI Playlist Playground is bad at music [19d]
• Netflix is raising prices again [20d]
• Google’s ‘live’ AI search assistant can handle conversations in dozens more languages [20d]
• Fitbit’s budget-friendly Inspire 3 is $30 off, matching its best price [20d]
• Xbox’s latest games showcase had Hades 2, The Expanse, and Bluey [20d]
• My brief, weird time with the Samsung TriFold [20d]
• Govee’s color-changing smart lamps are on sale for up to 30 percent off [20d]
• Meta gets ready to launch two new Ray-Ban AI glasses [20d]
• Everyone hates Ticketmaster. Why’d Trump go easy on them? [20d]
• Wikipedia bans AI-generated articles [20d]
• Senators are pushing to find out how much electricity data centers actually use [20d]
• Why a two-seater robotaxi makes more sense than you think [20d]
• Some of our favorite Apple tech is cheaper than ever during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale [20d]
• Webtoon is adding AI localization tools to its comics platform [20d]
• The versatile Play speaker is a great way into the Sonos world [20d]
• EU backs nude app ban and delays to landmark AI rules  [20d]
• DJI’s Avata 360 is a more functional, flexible 360 drone [20d]
• OpenAI shelves erotic chatbot ‘indefinitely’ [20d]
• Uber aims to launch Europe’s first robotaxi service with Pony AI and Verne [20d]
• Intel and LG Display may have beaten Apple and Qualcomm with the best laptop battery life ever [20d]