The Brutalist Report

ArsTechnica

• IBM boosts the amount of computation you can get done on quantum hardware [11d]
• Amazon ends free ad-supported streaming service after Prime Video with ads debuts [11d]
• Trump says Elon Musk will lead “DOGE,” a new Department of Government Efficiency [11d]
• What did the snowball Earth look like? [11d]
• How Valve made Half-Life 2 and set a new standard for future games [11d]
• GOG’s Preservation Program is the DRM-free store refocusing on the classics [11d]
• Firefly Aerospace rakes in more cash as competitors struggle for footing [11d]
• Tesla is recalling 2,431 Cybertrucks, and this time there’s no software fix [11d]
• Discord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history [11d]
• Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first human case of H5 bird flu [11d]
• New single-motor Polestar 3 SUV starts at $67,500, orders open now [11d]
• Seeking favor with Musk and Trump, advertisers plot return to X [11d]
• Revisting the Stanford Prison Experiment 50 years later [11d]