The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• YouTube’s mobile app finally lets you share timestamped videos [50d]
• Gucci-branded Google smart glasses are coming next year [50d]
• Ballmer gives $80 million to NPR, with strings attached. [50d]
• Netflix embraces vertical video with major mobile app update [50d]
• Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is officially leaving the company [50d]
• Live Nation says it will fight monopoly suit loss [51d]
• Ozlo’s comfy Sleepbuds are nearly 30 percent off in the run-up to Mother’s Day [51d]
• Teenage Engineering might be getting into instrument amps next [51d]
• The only way to fight deepfakes is by making deepfakes [51d]
• Casely has reannounced a power bank recall from 2025 following a fatality [51d]
• The nine best ways to protect, customize, and accessorize your MacBook Neo [51d]
• Google’s AI Mode update lets you open links without leaving the page [51d]
• OpenAI’s big Codex update is a direct shot at Anthropic’s Claude Code [51d]
• Microsoft planning Surface Laptop with an OLED display [51d]
• Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark [51d]
• Gemini can now pull from Google Photos to generate personalized images [51d]
• Anthropic releases a new Opus model amid Mythos Preview buzz [51d]
• How Netflix made us fall in love with K-dramas [51d]
• It’s slushy season, and Ninja’s frozen drink machine is nearly half off [51d]
• Roku hits a major milestone with 100 million users [51d]
• Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway [51d]
• Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth [51d]
• The Cybertruck of e-bikes is here to replace your car [51d]
• Character.AI’s new Books mode turns reading into roleplay [51d]
• Moft adds a tracker and shutter button to its magnetic tripod wallet [51d]
• Canva’s AI 2.0 update goes all in on prompt-powered design tools [51d]
• Intel’s cheaper Panther Lake chips are for budget-friendly laptops [51d]
• Meta blames RAM shortage for $100 Quest 3 price hike [51d]
• DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 camera is better at capturing slo-mo footage and photos [51d]
• Govee’s new LED Lightwall comes with its own self-standing frame [51d]
• Spotify just won $322 million from music pirates it can’t find [51d]