The Brutalist Report
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- A look at EU efforts to cut reliance on US tech; study: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google hold ~70% of EU cloud and US vendors get 80% of enterprise software spend (Politico) [1h]
- Tim Cook reshaped Apple in his own image and exits as CEO on his own terms, seemingly picking the right successor in John Ternus, much like Jobs did with Cook (John Gruber/Daring Fireball) [3h]
- A look at transnational scam syndicates in Cambodia, running hundreds of online scam operations and call centers and infiltrating Cambodia's ruling class (Wall Street Journal) [4h]
- Chinese PCB maker Victory Giant surges ~57% in its Hong Kong trading debut after raising ~$2.6B in its IPO, the largest in the city so far this year (Eunice Xu/South China Morning Post) [6h]
- Sources: Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus is close to a $10B fundraising deal, which includes an initial $6.2B raise in November, at a $38B post-money valuation (Financial Times) [6h]
- In an email to employees, Johny Srouji details newly combined hardware engineering and hardware technologies division, organized across five key areas (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [7h]
- Apple says Tim Cook, as executive chairman, "will assist with certain aspects of the company, including engaging with policymakers around the world" (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac) [7h]
- The US Air Force cancels RTX's ground-control network for the US' next generation of GPS satellites after years of delays and cost overruns (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg) [8h]
- Q&A with Canva CEO Melanie Perkins on the company's growth in enterprise, competing with AI labs, token pricing, investing in its own models, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge) [9h]
- A US jury finds Uber liable for a sexual assault by a driver in 2019, handing Uber a second consecutive defeat in its first trials of 3,000+ pending lawsuits (Emily Steel/New York Times) [10h]
- No new articles in the Past 24 Hours.
- Buck Bumble, the Nintendo 64 shooter starring a cyborg bumblebee, is almost certainly getting a remake [3h]
- Windrose factions: Recommendations for improving your reputation with the Smugglers, Buccaneers, Brethren, and People of Tortuga [6h]
- After 15 years and 323 hours, I've finally beaten Fallout: New Vegas, and this game doesn't need mods as much as you think it does [6h]
- Counter-Strike player sucker punches opponent onstage, gets 10-year ban while rival jokes that he had 'better aim than with the AWP' [9h]
- Jagex initiates emergency RuneScape rollback for the most ironic reason possible: Too many runes [9h]
- Mass Effect TV show writer denies being told to rewrite it for 'non-gamers' [10h]
- The new World of Tanks hero shooter is shockingly fun, and the beta is still up for a few days [10h]
- Petit Planet is exactly the Animal Crossing clone it looked like, but after 15 hours of it I'm shocked by how many new ideas it has too [10h]
- Armored Core 6 is one of the best mech builders in gaming, and this pitch-perfect Sailor Moon AC is just more proof of that [11h]
- Crusader Kings 3's next major expansions will bring playable Popes and merchant republics [11h]
- Hurdle hints and answers for April 21, 2026 [4h]
- Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on April 21 [4h]
- NYT Pips hints, answers for April 21, 2026 [6h]
- NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for April 21, 2026 [6h]
- NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for April 21, 2026 [6h]
- NYT Strands hints, answers for April 21, 2026 [6h]
- Wordle today: Answer, hints for April 21, 2026 [6h]
- All the literary tech and gear we spotted at BookCon 2026 [9h]
- The DJI Mini 4K drone has never been this cheap at Amazon — save $90 [9h]
- New video of Huawei Pura X Max Wide shows what iPhone Fold could look like [9h]
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