The Brutalist Report - tech
- Google now offers ‘web’ search — and an AI opt-out button [2h]
- OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever is officially leaving [3h]
- Android apps will soon let you use your face to control your cursor [4h]
- Meta will shut down its Teams competitor Workplace next year [5h]
- Agatha All Along will cast a spell on Disney Plus this September [5h]
- iPads finally get battery health info and adaptive charging, but only the new ones [5h]
- Eight TikTok creators file their own suit against the divest-or-ban law [5h]
- Sonos customers unleash frustrations over redesigned app in community AMA [5h]
- Google’s new LearnLM AI model focuses on education [6h]
- Bumble apologizes for its anti-celibacy ad fumble [6h]
- Google’s Gemini video search makes factual error in demo [6h]
- Blink and you missed it: Google has a new pair of prototype AR glasses [7h]
- Watch this screaming, rainbow-clad musician demo Google’s AI DJ [7h]
- The US moves to stop buying uranium from Russia and start producing it at home [8h]
- Google I/O 2024: everything announced [8h]
- The Blink Mini 2 security cam is an even better value now that it’s on sale for $30 [8h]
- Google’s invisible AI watermark will help identify generative text and video [9h]
- Google will let you create personalized AI chatbots [9h]
- Gemini is about to get better at understanding what’s on your phone screen [9h]
- Google’s Circle to Search will help you with your math homework [9h]
- Google is building Gemini Nano AI right into Chrome [9h]
- Google’s Gemini can build an entire vacation itinerary ‘in a matter of seconds’ [9h]
- Android is getting an AI-powered scam call detection feature [9h]
- Google targets filmmakers with Veo, its new generative AI video model [9h]
- Gemini will integrate with Calendar, Tasks, and Keep [9h]
- Project Astra is the future of AI at Google [9h]
- Gmail on smartphones is getting better AI integration with Gemini [9h]
- Google is redesigning its search engine — and it’s AI all the way down [9h]
- Google’s Gemini AI is coming to the sidebar in Docs, Drive, Gmail, and more [9h]
- Google I/O 2024 live blog: it’s AI time [10h]
- Amazon follows Fallout with live-action Tomb Raider show [11h]
- Jeopardy! is making its first-ever streaming spinoff for Prime Video [11h]
- Ancient trees show how hot summers have gotten [12h]
- US to raise tariffs on EVs, batteries, solar cells, and computer chips from China [12h]
- SteelSeries’ new headset provides over 100 game-specific audio presets [13h]
- Dune: Part Two starts streaming on Max next week [13h]
- Amazon Web Services CEO to step down [13h]
- Nicolas Cage is back as Spider-Man in live-action Amazon series [13h]
- On The Vergecast: iPad wins, Sonos misses, and right-to-repair tales [14h]
- Megalopolis’ first teaser makes it look like everything Coppola dreamt it would be [14h]
- T-Mobile’s new ‘Flex’ plans bring phone upgrades to prepaid subscribers [14h]
- XCOM developers start new studio to take on The Sims [14h]
- Setapp Mobile brings a promising new iPhone app experience to the EU [14h]
- Lego Barad-dûr revealed: Sauron’s dark tower from The Lord of the Rings is $460 [14h]
- Waymo’s robotaxis are under investigation for crashes and traffic law violations [14h]
- Everything happening at Google’s I/O developer conference 2024 [14h]
- The mission to retrieve a Mars sample is running into turbulence [15h]
- Weight loss from Wegovy sustained for up to four years, trial shows [4h]
- “Fire and blood” come to Westeros in new House of the Dragon S2 trailer [4h]
- Sauron’s dark rise is front and center in The Rings of Power S2 teaser [5h]
- Downranking won’t stop Google’s deepfake porn problem, victims say [5h]
- 2023 temperatures were warmest we’ve seen for at least 2,000 years [6h]
- Android’s AI era includes eavesdropping on phone calls, warning you about scams [7h]
- Boeing is troubleshooting a small helium leak on the Starliner spacecraft [7h]
- AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says [7h]
- Google strikes back at OpenAI with “Project Astra” AI agent prototype [8h]
- Google is “reimagining” search in “the Gemini era” with improved AI options [8h]
- AI in Gmail will sift through emails, provide search summaries, send emails [9h]
- 5,471-piece Lego Barad-Dûr set will turn its watchful Eye to us in June [9h]
- Feds probe Waymo driverless cars hitting parked cars, drifting into traffic [9h]
- Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away [12h]
- The hunt for rare bitcoin is nearing an end [13h]
- Return to office mandates had senior employees jumping ship [41m]
- SiPearl updates specs for Rhea1 processor set to power Europe's exascale dreams [1h]
- Google I/O is Google A/I as search biz goes all-in on AI [2h]
- Destroying offshore wind farms is top priority for Trump if he returns to presidency [3h]
- Cybersec chiefs team up with insurers to say 'no' to ransomware bullies [3h]
- Microsoft introduces Places to make flexible working less fraught [4h]
- AWS CEO logs off after three years at the helm [4h]
- Telegram CEO calls out rival Signal, claiming it has ties to US government [5h]
- Ellison's exemplar SAP-to-Oracle region rules out ditching Oracle [6h]
- Google, Apple gear to raise alarm if someone tries stalking you with wireless tracking tag [6h]
- VMware giving away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use [7h]
- Cops developing Ghostbusters-esque weapon to take out e-bike thugs [7h]
- Once Alibaba’s main investor, SoftBank sheds remaining stake [8h]
- Hubble Space Telescope hasn't had any visitors for 15 years [9h]
- The UK reveals it's spending millions on quantum navigation [9h]
- NHS Digital hints at exploit sightings of Arcserve UDP vulnerabilities [10h]
- Nix forked, but over politics instead of progress [11h]
- Brit publishers beg Apple not to hurt online ad revenue [12h]
- Nvidia PUE-PUEs datacenter efficiency ratings, calls for application-specific metrics [13h]
- Texan construction workers put a rocket up Team SpaceX over 'unpaid bills' [17h]
- RSA Conference 2024: The good, the bad, and the downright worrying [19h]
- US, China agree to meet in Switzerland to discuss most pressing issue of all: AI use [20h]
- Green500 shows Nvidia's Grace-Hopper superchip is a power-efficiency beast [20h]
- As one Apple Store votes against forming union, another may go on strike [21h]
- Japanese scientists propose drug to regrow teeth, promise trials won't bite [22h]
- Biden admin shells out $120M to return chip startup to US ownership [23h]
- OpenAI says natively multimodal GPT-4o can be fed text, video, pictures, sound – and emit the same [23h]
- Comcast To Launch Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ Bundle [1h]
- Project Astra Is Google's 'Multimodal' Answer to the New ChatGPT [1h]
- Google Targets Filmmakers With Veo, Its New Generative AI Video Model [2h]
- 1 In 4 US Teens Say They Play Games On a VR Headset [3h]
- OpenAI's Chief Scientist and Co-Founder Is Leaving the Company [3h]
- VMware Giving Away Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro Free For Personal Use [4h]
- Feds Probe Waymo Driverless Cars Hitting Parked Cars, Drifting Into Traffic [5h]
- Dublin To New York City Portal Temporarily Shut Down Due To Inappropriate Behavior [5h]
- AI in Gmail Will Sift Through Emails, Provide Search Summaries, Send Emails [6h]
- Unity's Marc Whitten Resigns Amid Runtime Fee Controversy [7h]
- Google's Invisible AI Watermark Will Help Identify Generative Text and Video [7h]
- The Walls Are Closing In On John Deere's Tractor Repair Monopoly [8h]
- Google Search Will Now Show AI-Generated Answers To Millions By Default [9h]
- Google is Experimenting With Running Chrome OS on Android [9h]
- Threat Actor Scraped Dell Support Tickets, Including Customer Phone Numbers [10h]
- Meta Will Shut Down Workplace, Its Business Chat Tool [11h]
- Game Dev Says Contract Barring 'Subjective Negative Reviews' Was a Mistake [11h]
- Tornado Cash Developer Found Guilty of Laundering $1.2 Billion of Crypto [12h]
- AWS CEO To Step Down [13h]
- Ordered Back To the Office, Top Tech Talent Left Instead, Study Finds [14h]
- Internet Use Is Associated With Greater Wellbeing, Global Study Finds [17h]
- Cruise Is Back Driving Autonomously After Pedestrian-Dragging Incident [20h]
- Slashdot Asks: How Do You Protest AI Development? [23h]
- Looking Glass launches new 3D displays [2h]
- Intuitive Machines wants to help NASA return samples from Mars [3h]
- Google adds ‘Web’ search filter for showing old-school text links as AI rolls out [3h]
- Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI co-founder and longtime chief scientist, departs [4h]
- Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard launches on May 19 [4h]
- Patreon and Grammarly are already experimenting with Gemini Nano, says Google [6h]
- Reddit introduces new tools for ‘Ask Me Anything,’ its Q&A feature [6h]
- LearnLM is Google’s new family of AI models for education [6h]
- Google is bringing AI-generated quizzes to academic videos on YouTube [7h]
- Motional cut about 550 employees, around 40%, in recent restructuring, sources say [8h]
- Google mentioned ‘AI’ 120+ times during its I/O keynote [8h]
- Google Play preps a new full-screen app discovery feature and adds more developer tools [9h]
- Gemini on Android becomes more capable and works with Gmail, Messages, YouTube and more [9h]
- Google gets serious about AI-generated video at Google I/O 2024 [9h]
- Google Veo, a serious swing at AI-generated video, debuts at Google I/O 2024 [9h]
- Gemini comes to Gmail to summarize, draft emails, and more [9h]
- Google is bringing Gemini capabilities to the Google Maps platform [9h]
- Project IDX, Google’s next-gen IDE, is now in open beta [9h]
- Google will use Gemini to detect scams during calls [9h]
- Google announces Gemma 2, a 27B-parameter version of its open model, launching in June [9h]
- Google TalkBack will use Gemini to describe images for blind people [9h]
- Google launches Firebase Genkit, a new open source framework for building AI-powered apps [9h]
- Google is building its Gemini Nano AI model into Chrome on the desktop [9h]
- Circle to Search is now a better homework helper [9h]
- Google experiments with using video to search, thanks to Gemini AI [9h]
- Google will soon start using GenAI to organize some search results pages [9h]
- Google is adding more AI to its search results [9h]
- Google’s next-gen TPUs promise a 4.7x performance boost [9h]
- Google reveals plans for upgrading AI in the real world through Gemini Live at Google I/O 2024 [9h]
- Google’s image-generating AI gets an upgrade [9h]
- Google’s generative AI can now analyze hours of video [9h]
- Google Photos introduces an AI search feature, ‘Ask Photos’ [9h]
- Google I/O 2024: Everything announced so far [9h]
- Apple touts stopping $1.8BN in App Store fraud last year in latest pitch to developers [10h]
- Expedia starts testing AI-powered features for search and travel planning [10h]
- Inside TabaPay’s drama-filled decision to abandon its plans to buy Synapse’s assets [10h]
- Threat actor scraped Dell support tickets, including customer phone numbers [10h]
- On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur [10h]
- Meta is shutting down Workplace, its enterprise communications business [11h]
- Meta’s Oversight Board overturns takedown decision for Pakistan child abuse documentary [12h]
- Google I/O 2024: How to watch [13h]
- AWS CEO Adam Selipsky steps down [13h]
- David Sacks reveals Glue, the AI company he’s been teasing on his All In podcast [15h]
- After surpassing $100M in ARR, Harness Labs grabs a $150M line of credit [15h]
- Google I/O 2024: What to expect [15h]
- Waymo’s robotaxis under investigation after crashes and traffic mishaps [16h]
- Sona, a frontline workforce management platform, raises $27.5M with eyes on US expansion [17h]
- OpenAI’s ChatGPT announcement: Watch the GPT-4o reveal and demo here [17h]
- Uber to acquire Foodpanda’s Taiwan unit from Delivery Hero for $950M in cash [17h]
- Paris-based VC firm Blisce launches climate tech fund with a target of $160M [18h]
- Ayn's new gaming handheld looks like a PSP, and it might just fill the hole in your heart left by Sony's best portable [2h]
- Google Search is getting a massive upgrade – including letting you search with video [3h]
- Quordle today – hints and answers for Wednesday, May 15 (game #842) [3h]
- NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday, May 15 (game #73) [4h]
- Google I/O just showed me how to live the laziest life through AI [4h]
- Google might've just teased its new Smart Glass project but don't call it Google Glass [5h]
- The 7 biggest AI announcements from Google I/O 2024 – from Gemini to Project Astra [6h]
- No thanks Google, I don’t want an AI yoga bestie [7h]
- Google is 'reimagining' Android to be all-in on AI – and it looks truly impressive [7h]
- Google Workspace is getting a talkative tool to help you collaborate better – meet your new colleague, AI Teammate [7h]
- MacOS devices are being targeted with PyPI backdoor to sneak into corporate networks [8h]
- Amazon's top-selling budget headphones drop to a ridiculously cheap price of $24.95 [8h]
- Google reveals new video-generation AI tool, Veo, which it claims is the 'most capable' yet – and even Donald Glover loves it [8h]
- Prime Video is making a live-action Spider-Man Noir series starring Nic Cage – spinning off his Spider-Verse character [8h]
- Google I/O showcases new 'Ask Photos' tool, powered by AI – but it honestly scares me a little [8h]
- Google's Project Astra could supercharge the Pixel 9 – and help Google Glass make a comeback [8h]
- One of the largest tape vendors in the world announced shocking price increases out of the blue — Fujifilm blames more expensive raw material for much dearer LTO-7, 8, 9, giving the perfect excuse for storage startups to swoop in [9h]
- Millions of phishing emails sent through botnet to push LockBit ransomware [9h]
- Walmart's huge summer sale just went live: 15 deals I recommend from $14.99 [10h]
- Proton Mail fails activists, again—is it time to ditch the app for good? [10h]
- Proton Mail hands data to police again – is it still safe for activists? [10h]
- Meta apparently wants to shove cameras and AI into a pair of headphones – I'll believe it when I hear them in action [10h]
- Assassin's Creed Shadows' marketing is filled with hidden puzzles, but fans may have already solved some of them [10h]
- Comcast's StreamSaver bundle will put Netflix, Apple TV Plus and Peacock all under the same roof – and for a 'vastly reduced price' [11h]
- Nvidia and MediaTek could be cooking up a powerful laptop CPU to blow away Snapdragon X Elite – or even Apple’s M4 [11h]
- Huge Dell leak shows new Snapdragon X laptops should have superb battery life – and we’ve been told when its successor CPU will arrive [11h]
- Project Starline is really happening — Google teams up with HP to bring its super HD video conferencing service to the world [11h]
- The Boys season 4 isn't out yet, but the very popular Prime Video show is getting a fifth installment [11h]
- Prime Video confirms Mr and Mrs Smith season 2 is coming in a spoiler-y teaser video [11h]
- AMD RDNA 4 graphics cards could be imminent, as huge driver-related hint is dropped [12h]
- OpenAI just snubbed Windows 11 users with its Mac-only ChatGPT app – here’s why [12h]
- Oracle CEO claims its main mission is to "advance humanity" [12h]
- The Rings of Power season 2 trailer breakdown: 16 things you probably missed [12h]
- Microsoft Edge looks to be getting more AI - this time it should help make the browser look better [12h]
- Hackers claim to have breached Europol web portal, but force says no significant data stolen [12h]
- Questions you should ask AI… before implementing AI [12h]
- Navigating towards a passwordless future [13h]
- SteelSeries launches the new Arctis Nova 5 headset and a superb companion app [13h]
- Apple iPad Pro's tandem OLED has an HDR bug, but Apple's already on the fix [13h]
- The Rings of Power season 2's first trailer confirms an August release date – and proves lessons have been learned from season 1 [13h]
- Microsoft thinks it might have cracked making workers come back to the office — but will employees buy it? [13h]
- FUBAR season 2 on Netflix will see Arnie joined by The Matrix's Carrie-Anne Moss in a perfect spy role [13h]
- Square Enix is ditching PlayStation exclusivity to 'aggressively pursue' a multiplatform strategy [13h]
- Denon just casually added Siri to its Home smart speakers and we're not sure why [13h]
- Google I/O 2024 live blog: breaking news about AI, Pixel, Android 15 and more [13h]
- Prime Video movie of the day: Nicolas Cage finds a role to sink his teeth into in Renfield [14h]
- Netflix movie of the day: 2012 is a spectacular blockbuster even if it feels a little past its expiry date [14h]
- Christie's website hit by major cyberattack hours before huge auction [14h]
- IKEA's new smart home app feature could help you save big money on your energy bills [15h]
- Massive COMB data breach reveals info on over a billion people — here's what we know about "compilation of many breaches" [15h]
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