The Brutalist Report - tech
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- Microsoft's Copilot strategy is just more user abuse from Redmond, says Mozilla [1d]
- Electronics industry says FCC's foreign-made router policy is a bit of a mesh [1d]
- CPUID site hijacked to serve malware instead of HWMonitor downloads [1d]
- Amazon would rather shareholders did not look too closely at carbon footprint [1d]
- Suits won't quit AI spending, even if they can't prove it's working [1d]
- Project Glasswing and open source software: The good, the bad, and the ugly [1d]
- Britain seeks views before it drops the hammer on signal jammers [1d]
- Britain's biggest nuclear site skips competition, hands SAP £33M to start ERP switch [1d]
- Fewer than 3 in 10 register for HMRC's Making Tax Digital shake-up [1d]
- Tech support chap's boss got him out of jail so he could finish a job [1d]
- AWS ponders selling its home-grown chips by the rack-load and is close to selling out AI capacity [2d]
- South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access [2d]
- Microsoft cuts cloudy desktop prices by 20 percent, warns they’ll wake up slowly [2d]
- Chatbots are great at manipulating people to buy stuff, Princeton boffins find [2d]
- Anthropic will let your agents sleep on its couch [2d]
- Google wants more Intel inside ... its datacenters, taps Chipzilla for more SmartNICs [2d]
- Crypto? Huh. Good gawd y'all, what is it good for? $45M in this case [2d]
- World's smallest violin spotted at Amazon HQ as exec pay packets deflate [2d]
- AWS: Agents shouldn't be secret, so we built a registry for them [2d]
- 'Several dozen' high-value corporations hit by new extortion crew in helpdesk phishing spree [2d]
- Deere oh Deere: Tractor repair row heads for $99M settlement [2d]
- Game development diary: TestFlight, trial by fire, and a trophy [1d]
- Century City will be hosting an immersive fan experience for Apple TV shows [1d]
- Folding iPhone unveiling & shipment date rumors are all over the place [1d]
- Grab Apple's M5 MacBook Air for $949 this weekend, record low price [1d]
- iPhone Fold, MacBook Neo, and iPhones in Space, on the AppleInsider Podcast [2d]
- Apple Pay scams are rife, here's how to protect yourself and your money [2d]
- 14-inch MacBook Pro M5 vs Asus Zenbook A16: $2,000 shootout [2d]
- 'Pluribus,' 'Mr Scorsese,' and more Apple TV shows nominated for Peabody Awards [2d]
- How to keep an older iPad safe, reliable & useful over time [2d]
- Sources: US National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross is leading an effort to identify security vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure that AI could exploit (Wall Street Journal) [1d]
- Report: Canada's Cohere and Germany's Aleph Alpha are in talks to merge; the German government would be willing to become a key customer of a combined company (Reuters) [1d]
- Sam Altman reflects on the attack on his house, OpenAI's success, personal regrets, and advocates for de-escalating rhetoric and tactics in the AI industry (Sam Altman) [1d]
- Amazon Luna is dropping support for game purchases and third-party game stores and subscriptions; previously purchased games will be accessible until June 10 (Michael Kan/PCMag) [1d]
- Blackstone files for an IPO of a new data center acquisition vehicle to buy already-built and leased properties, and, sources say, plans to raise ~$2B (Bloomberg) [1d]
- Sources: Cisco is in talks to acquire Tel Aviv-based Astrix Security, which sells software to monitor and secure AI agents, for between $250M and $350M (The Information) [1d]
- Tesla says Dutch regulators approved the use of its full self-driving software, marking the first regulatory sign-off for the feature in Europe (Reuters) [1d]
- Sources: Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and other banks are testing Anthropic's Mythos model internally; JPMorgan Chase is the only bank named in Project Glasswing (Bloomberg) [1d]
- Sources: a week before Mythos release, JD Vance and Scott Bessent questioned Amodei, Altman, and others about AI model security and responding to cyber attacks (Samantha Subin/CNBC) [1d]
- Analysis: Trump's World Liberty Financial used 5B of its WLFI tokens to borrow $75M from a platform its adviser co-founded; WLFI falls to an all-time low (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk) [1d]
- Source: federal prosecutors have subpoenaed Reddit to appear before a grand jury, to provide personal data on an anonymous user who criticized ICE (Ryan Devereaux/The Intercept) [1d]
- Microsoft unveils plans to streamline the Windows Insider program, offering a simplified channel structure, moving between channels without wiping PCs, and more (Ed Bott/ZDNET) [1d]
- Trump hails Palantir's "great war fighting capabilities", days after short seller Michael Burry said the company will lose to AI startups; PLTR is down ~25% YTD (Joe Miller/Financial Times) [1d]
- Three senior executives who helped launch OpenAI's Stargate initiative are leaving, sources say to join the same new company (Anissa Gardizy/The Information) [1d]
- San Francisco police arrested a suspect for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home and also making threats outside OpenAI's headquarters (Maxwell Zeff/Wired) [1d]
- France says it plans to move government computers running Windows to Linux, to further reduce its reliance on US technology, without providing a timeline (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch) [1d]
- Jury deliberations began Friday in the Live Nation antitrust trial, after state attorneys general continued to pursue the case even as the US DOJ settled (Ben Sisario/New York Times) [1d]
- Waymo and Waze launch a pilot program to send pothole data collected by robotaxi sensors to the Waze for Cities platform and Waze app, starting in five markets (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch) [1d]
- Documents: Amazon is working on "Project Houdini", which aims to cut the time it takes to construct data centers by preassembling core server rooms into modules (Eugene Kim/Business Insider) [1d]
- Snap announces a partnership between Specs, its AR glasses-focused subsidiary, and Qualcomm, whose Snapdragon XR platform will power Specs' upcoming AI glasses (TechCrunch) [2d]
- CoreWeave says it has signed a multiyear deal with Anthropic, including a variety of Nvidia chips at data centers in the US; it now has 43 active data centers (Brody Ford/Bloomberg) [2d]
- YouTube raises Premium prices in the US, with individual plans up $2 to $15.99 per month, family plan up $4 to $26.99, and Premium Lite up $1 to $8.99 (Dominic Preston/The Verge) [2d]
- Google News is showing Polymarket bets alongside news articles in the "For you" section; in tests, Polymarket bets also appeared on the Google News homepage (Frank Landymore/Futurism) [2d]
- Google rolls out end-to-end encryption for Gmail on Android and iOS devices for enterprise users, letting them read and compose emails without additional tools (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer) [2d]
- Apple led global Q1 smartphone shipments for the first time with a 21% market share in Q1 2026; overall smartphone shipments fell due to memory chip shortages (Counterpoint Research) [2d]
- The CIA says it recently used AI to create its first-ever autonomous intelligence report, and plans to build "AI co-workers" into all of its analytic platforms (John Sakellariadis/Politico) [2d]
- HSBC and Standard Chartered obtain the first stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong, beating 34 other applicants; they are expected to issue stablecoins in H2 2026 (Kiuyan Wong/Bloomberg) [2d]
- Documents: Shenzhen-based computing company Sharetronic bought hundreds of Super Micro systems containing banned Nvidia H100 and H200 chips in 2025, worth ~$92M (Bloomberg) [2d]
- TSMC reports Q1 revenue up 35% YoY to ~$35.6B, above est., suggesting global chip demand remained intact during the first weeks of the war in the Middle East (Debby Wu/Bloomberg) [2d]
- OpenAI backs an Illinois bill shielding AI labs from liability even for "critical harms," like 100+ deaths or $1B+ damage, if safety reports were published (Maxwell Zeff/Wired) [2d]
- Sources: Alibaba appointed Cloud CTO Zhou Jingren to lead its AI unit after a pivot from open source to monetizable "MaaS" models led to Qwen exec departures (Financial Times) [2d]
- AfterQuery, which sells coding and finance training data to AI labs, says it raised a $30M Series A at a $300M valuation, and has hit a $100M+ annual run rate (Anna Tong/Forbes) [2d]
- Luminai, an AI-native platform for automating administrative healthcare workflows, raised a $38M Series B led by Peak XV, bringing its total funding to $60M (Seth Joseph/Forbes) [2d]
- Apple is closing its Towson, Maryland store, the first US location where retail employees unionized; the union says it is "outraged" and exploring legal options (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors) [2d]
- Sources: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned bank CEOs about Anthropic's Mythos model's risks at an urgent meeting Tuesday (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Alibaba led a ~$293M funding round for ShengShu, just two months after the creator of the Vidu AI video generator raised ~$88M (Bloomberg) [2d]
- Sources: SpaceX lost just under $5B last year while generating more than $18.5B in revenue; the loss figure includes xAI (Cory Weinberg/The Information) [2d]
- I matched the upgraded Meta AI against ChatGPT, and you can really tell which AI has social media roots [1d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, April 11 (game #1538) [1d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, April 11 (game #1035) [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, April 11 (game #769) [1d]
- The Dreame Z20 Station is an excellent example of how power, performance and price can be balanced in a cordless vacuum [1d]
- Microsoft hands Linux Foundation key Surface data to help fix laptop battery life [1d]
- 'Shockingly good value': New rugged Android tablet has a built-in 1080p projector, night-vision camera, and only costs $599 [1d]
- I created my dream coffee corner at IKEA for under $100 — and my mornings are about to get a lot cozier [1d]
- 'Experts' to rent for $1 per month: Hostinger debuts 7-person AI team to help SMBs save thousands on consultant fees [1d]
- ‘Computers are no longer a bicycle for the mind’: Frameworks founder says the Steve Jobs era is over and PCs are now a ‘self-driving car that takes you directly to the destination’ [1d]
- The new MacBook Air has already dropped to a record-low price on Amazon [1d]
- No, Elon Musk doesn't want to give you a $5,000 tax refund — it's a scam, here's what to look out for [1d]
- ‘It’s a potential national security threat’: Proton study finds over 3,500 US legislators’ official emails leaked and exposed on the dark web [1d]
- ‘I want to cancel’: YouTube Premium quietly hikes its US prices for the first time in three years, forcing many users to consider the unthinkable [1d]
- RTX 5090s and other high-powered graphics cards may carry risks of cable melting issues — but Asus thinks it has solved this problem [1d]
- Former Xbox exec thinks Naughty Dog's decision to cancel the 80% completed The Last of Us Online 'was the right call', but it shouldn't have greenlit it in the first place — 'The ambition was there, but the realistic upfront planning wasn't', she says [1d]
- West Ham vs Wolves Live Streams: How to watch Premier League 2025/26 from anywhere in the world [1d]
- Microsoft warns worrying security flaw exposed over 50 million Android users, says 'user credentials and financial data were exposed to risk' [1d]
- ‘Apple will grit its teeth and push through’ — new report suggests the iPhone Air 2 isn’t dead, and I sincerely hope it’s true [1d]
- After soaring 2,200%, DDR4 RAM prices finally fall — but don't get too excited [1d]
- Google Chrome rolls out a new tool to try and stop infostealer malware in its tracks [1d]
- Beyond no-log: Tor looks into seizure-proof servers that forget your data [1d]
- There's a sneaky way to watch IPL 2026 for FREE [1d]
- 'Two Hells collide' — Doom: The Dark Ages and Diablo Immortal unite in a limited-time crossover event, The Slayer Reign, this month [1d]
- Spotify is rolling out new video controls, and as someone who hates its in-app music videos, I know this will be a huge hit [1d]
- 8 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, and more this weekend (April 10) [1d]
- AdGuard VPN has a new app for iPhone — and you can try it out for 7 days for free [1d]
- Currys refuses to end its Easter sale — I've found the 21 best tech deals that are still available [2d]
- Amazon is slashing prices on Garmin watches — save up to $350 on best-rated models for running, biking and hiking [2d]
- Inspired to start running this summer? Here are 8 brilliant running shoes I'd recommend for beginners [2d]
- Adobe Reader users beware — experts flag months-old security flaw using booby-trapped PDFs to scope out victims [2d]
- NASA used a 12-year-old GoPro to capture a sight called the ‘greatest gift’ by Artemis II pilot — and it used one extreme setting to get the shot [2d]
- iPhone owners urged to change this key privacy setting after FBI recovers suspect’s deleted Signal messages [2d]
- Stop the presses — Microsoft is actually cutting cloud PC prices for SMBs, promises to make it 'more cost-effective for small and medium businesses' [2d]
- Euphoria season 3 full release schedule: what is the launch date and time for episode 1 on HBO Max? [2d]
- Microsoft has begun stripping out AI from Windows 11 — but it's already being criticized for not going far enough [2d]
- How to read Murder in Purple and Gold online from anywhere [2d]
- Garmin's cashing in on the screenless Whoop-style smart band trend with its upcoming CIRQA — here's the proof [2d]
- YouTube insists that a 90-sec, unskippable ad format 'isn't something we are testing' — but furious users say 'they very much exist' [2d]
- ‘Everything is magenta’: This wild hack got Mac OS X Cheetah working on a Nintendo Wii, and I can’t quite believe it [2d]
- 'If one piece of your supply chain is delayed, then your whole project can't deliver': Nearly half of US data centers planned for 2026 canceled or delayed — and things could soon get much worse [2d]
- A new free-to-play Borderlands game gets surprise drop on mobile, which Zynga says is part of a 'limited-time test' [2d]
- I spent a week testing the Xiaomi 17, and it outmuscles the iPhone 17 and Galaxy S26 in several key areas [2d]
- ChatGPT’s hidden backup model just got smarter — as OpenAI adds a cheaper Pro option [2d]
- Forget Big Mistakes — this jaw-dropping new Netflix true crime series is the only TV show you need to stream this weekend [2d]
- 'The problem is not AI’s capability...what won’t improve on its own is the human side': Major study claims white-collar workers are fighting back against AI in the workplace [2d]
- In a sea of PlayStation Portal cases, the one I value the most has yet to be beaten [2d]
- How to submit an article for TechRadar Pro Perspectives [2d]
- Introducing Perspectives — the new home for premium contributed content on TechRadar Pro [2d]
- 'Everyone seemingly hates modern tech': this brand new retro cassette player proves the hipsters right [2d]
- Former Rockstar audio designer says the studio 'probably rebuilt the entirety of the RAGE engine' for GTA 6 — 'I'll be amazed if they didn't because the architecture of technology has advanced significantly since GTA 5' [2d]
- The Punisher: One Last Kill trailer — 4 big questions I have about the Marvel TV Special ahead of its Disney+ debut [2d]
- A developer originally working from his bedroom just launched a new Devil May Cry-inspired action game published by Ubisoft — 'I didn't really expect it because I was just kind of dabbling around' [2d]
- The bifurcation of the internet is coming [2d]
- Lazarus and Kimsuky prove why infrastructure-level analysis is crucial for cybersecurity [2d]
- Claude Cowork is now available for enterprise use, adds analytics, access controls and more [2d]
- You, Me & Tuscany's unhinged Bridgerton reference was 'absolutely planned' — but Regé-Jean Page still had to 'ignore' it [2d]
- The internet has a trust problem - identity needs to travel [2d]
- OpenAI halts £31 billion Stargate UK project over rising energy costs and regulatory deadlock [2d]
- The 70% rule: Why your AI strategy is a people strategy [2d]
- Some Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultras are being hijacked after a factory reset, with no clear fix [2d]
- Top WordPress Slider plugin hijacked to spread malware — here's what to look out for [2d]
- 'There will be things in GTA 5 that they have in GTA 6 that you look at and go, 'I should have seen that coming'' — Former Rockstar developer suggests the upcoming game will feature mechanics from previous titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 [2d]
- Why CIOs need a single source of truth for digital operations [2d]
- Google just made Gemini far more useful for real life with its new notebooks feature that's borrowed straight from NotebookLM [2d]
- Intermedia Unite review 2026 [2d]
- Why enterprise AI will be defined by integration, not model aggregation [2d]
- How to watch Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair online – with a free trial [2d]
- Today is your last chance to score the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, but it will sell out in minutes — here’s what you can do to boost your odds [2d]
- The iPhone Air was our most polarising phone of 2025, but this 28% discount makes it an easy recommendation [2d]
- The Pitt season 2 finale will have at least 'one real surprise' in store for fans, confirms star — as Dr. Robby's shift takes a turn for the worse [2d]
- Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for April 11, #565 [1d]
- How to Watch the Artemis II Splashdown Tonight on Netflix [1d]
- Grand National 2026 Livestream: How to Watch Aintree Horse Racing From Anywhere [1d]
- Amazon Luna to Drop Support for Third-Party Games and Subscriptions in June [1d]
- 'Euphoria' Season 3: Release Date and Time on HBO Max [1d]
- How to Make Sure Your Private Signal Messages Aren't Still Lurking on Your Phone [1d]
- Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 11 #769 [1d]
- Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 11, #1035 [1d]
- Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 11, #1757 [1d]
- Encrypted Emails Are Now Available for Some Gmail Phone App Enterprise Customers [1d]
- YouTube Premium Is the Latest Streaming Service to Hike Prices [1d]
- Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition for Switch 2 Reignites Controversy Over Game-Key Cards [1d]
- Comcast Adds New StreamSaver Bundles: HBO Max, Disney Plus, Hulu Now Part of the Lineup [1d]
- Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 7 Just Got a Price Hike -- 9 Months After Its Release [1d]
- Live TV Streaming Showdown: Who Offers the Top 100 Channels? [1d]
- Microsoft Is Scrubbing the Copilot Name From Some Windows 11 Apps [1d]
- 'I'm Alarmed': Senator Opens Inquiry Into the Ways Tech Companies Report Suspected Child Abuse [1d]
- These $299 Glasses Are Like an HDR TV on Your Face [1d]
- I Used AI to Optimize My Work-From-Home Setup. It Had Some Interesting Ideas [1d]
- My Phone Now Runs My Whole Life. I'm Not Sure If I Should Be Worried [1d]
- After a Lifetime of Gas, I Switched to an Induction Stove. Here's Why I'm Never Going Back [2d]
- How to Watch the Artemis II Splashdown on Netflix [2d]
- This Coffee Writer Brewed 20 Bags of Grocery Store Beans. Here Are the 5 Best to Buy [2d]
- Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov Fight: When to Watch the Action on Netflix [2d]
- The Best MacBooks: From Budget to Beast Series video [2d]
- The Many Times Apple Products Left Earth [2d]
- iPhone in Space: The Many Apple Products That Left Earth video [2d]
- This Is the Camera Gear You Need for Pro-Level Travel Photography [2d]
- Motorola's Razr Is So Close to Its iPhone Moment [2d]
- New KitchenAid Stand Mixer Has 3 First-Ever Features, but Not the One We Hoped For [2d]
- Do Walking Pads Live Up to the Hype? I Put Two to the Test [2d]
- This Doughnut Smart Lamp From Ikea Has the Best Glowing Vibes [2d]
- Acer Swift 16 AI (2026) Review: I Love the Giant OLED Display, but Am Less Enamored With the Oversize Touchpad [2d]
- How to Ensure Your iPhone Downloads Background Security Improvements [2d]
- Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, April 10 [2d]
- Gemini Gets New Notebooks Feature That Syncs With NotebookLM [2d]
- Federal judge blocks Arizona from bringing criminal charges against Kalshi [1d]
- Star Xu calls CZ a ‘liar’ as founders of world’s largest crypto exchanges argue over past allegations [1d]
- The magic word for digital assets adoption and success: choice [1d]
- CoinDesk 20 performance update: Hedera (HBAR) drops 1.9%, leading index lower [2d]
- Trump-backed WLFI token drops 12% to record lows after team defends multi-million lending position [2d]
- Binance offers UAE staff temporary relocation as Middle East conflict disrupts region [2d]
- Bitcoin rises after core CPI rose a less-than-forecast 0.2% in March. [2d]
- Institutions' bitcoin positioning lacks conviction; CPI, Iran talks might help [2d]
- Bitcoin flatlines as inflation data looms, bittensor drama unfolds [2d]
- HSBC and Standard Chartered-led group land Hong Kong’s first stablecoin licenses [2d]
- XRP adjacent Flare proposes protocol-level MEV capture and 40% inflation cut [2d]
- David Bailey’s bitcoin holder Nakamoto is trying to stay on Nasdaq with a reverse stock split [2d]
- Japan moves to classify cryptocurrencies as financial products [2d]
- XRP may be less exposed to quantum threats than bitcoin, experts say [2d]
- XRP edges higher to $1.35 on breakout, but bullish momentum still lacks [2d]
- ETH, SOL, DOGE slide as Bitcoin fails to break $73,000 for the third time since the ceasefire [2d]
- Quantum-safe bitcoin now possible without a soft fork, but costs $200 a pop, new research shows [2d]
- OKX and HashKey invest in new Vietnam exchange ahead of crypto licensing push [2d]
- Mythos AI threat prompts Bessent, Powell to convene bank CEOs for urgent talks [2d]
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