The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• SpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billion [45d]
• We translated the Palantir manifesto for actual human beings [46d]
• ISS astronauts are in the middle of a tech overhaul [46d]
• Tim Cook was an innovator — just not the Jobs kind [46d]
• AI backlash is coming for elections [46d]
• OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web [46d]
• Framework’s Laptop 13 Pro launch event [46d]
• X makes it 1,900 percent more expensive to post links [46d]
• Framework announces Laptop 13 Pro, ‘the MacBook Pro for Linux users’ [46d]
• Framework’s first eGPUs turn its laptop into a desktop PC [46d]
• Framework is building a better couch keyboard because everyone hates the Logitech one [46d]
• The AirPods are Tim Cook’s most underrated achievement [46d]
• Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube [46d]
• Twelve South’s magnetic PowerBug charger is down to just $35 [46d]
• Govee’s new rechargeable table lamp is less than half the price of Hue’s [46d]
• The Mac is in good hands in Apple’s post-Cook era [46d]
• Wearable health tech might be Tim Cook’s greatest legacy  [46d]
• Oppo’s new phone has one camera too many [46d]
• Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare [46d]
• Dyson’s newest floor scrubber is already on sale for 20 percent off [46d]
• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets a price cut but loses new Call of Duty games [46d]
• The next evolution of The Verge’s homepage is here [46d]
• New leaks reveal pricing and performance specs for DJI’s next beginner drones [46d]
• Apple TV has another busy summer of sci-fi with Silo season 3 in July [46d]
• The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition [46d]
• The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition [46d]
• John Ternus’s first big problem is AI [46d]
• Splatoon Raiders hits the Switch 2 in July [46d]
• The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space [46d]