The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness [12d]
• Netflix reportedly considers adding always-on channels [12d]
• The ChatGPT browser is already dead [12d]
• The floatable, powerful Soundcore Boom 2 speaker is over half off [12d]
• Google will now tell you if an ad was made with AI [12d]
• Google’s Nest Thermostat has hit its best price of the year [12d]
• Microsoft’s patch Tuesdays are about to get bigger [12d]
• OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 after government green light — and announces ‘ChatGPT Work’ [12d]
• Schlage’s Sense Pro unlocks the door so I don’t have to [12d]
• Sonos Ace wireless headphones are steeply discounted [12d]
• The PocketMage resurrects the PDA with an e-paper screen [12d]
• Sony brings back the superzoom RX10 with a stacked sensor and a high price [12d]
• Comcast is breaking up with NBCU. Why did it ever buy it in the first place? [12d]
• Meta says its new AI model is ready to compete on coding [12d]
• ICE agents are making house calls for online critics [12d]
• Say hello to Claude Wrapped [12d]
• Character.AI wants a piece of the microdrama pie [12d]
• FL Studio 2026 turns its AI chatbot into your assistant engineer [12d]
• SpaceX is on track for record-setting Starlink deployments [12d]