The Brutalist Report

The Verge

• Skullcandy’s bass-boosting Crusher headphones now come with Bose’s ANC [5d]
• HP’s OLED-equipped 2-in-1 laptop is a solid back-to-school deal [5d]
• Apple’s reportedly raising the price for AppleCare Plus on Macs and iPads [5d]
• Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all [5d]
• xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’ [5d]
• FCC plans to clear the way for more media consolidation [5d]
• Roblox is shutting down its video chat service [5d]
• AI slop movies are the new direct-to-video cash grabs [5d]
• Our ‘explosive diarrhea parasite’ future [5d]
• Something’s glowing on the Pixel 11’s camera bar [5d]
• Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer [5d]
• Lucid’s bankruptcy rumor is a bad sign for the EV future [5d]
• Netflix tries to recapture Stranger Things magic with nostalgic re-release [6d]
• Samsung shows off ‘brand new shape’ for Z Fold 8 in Spider-Man teaser [6d]
• OpenAI finally launches hardware… for Codex [6d]
• Daylight saving time is on track to become permanent in the US [6d]
• JBL’s Flip 7 speaker is small, versatile, and 40 percent off [6d]
• 8BitDo’s FlipPad is the most pocketable way to turn your phone into a Game Boy [6d]
• The tiniest MMO [6d]
• The Motorola Edge 70 Max is all about power [6d]
• Home Depot’s 12-foot viral skeleton now talks [6d]
• Samsung’s new foldable display is harder to crease and damage [6d]
• Spotify’s Daniel Ek is bringing his body-scanning clinics to the US [6d]
• The PS6 sure sounds like a handheld [6d]
• Starlink’s V5 dish is now available — here’s how it compares [6d]
• Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week [6d]