The Brutalist Report

ArsTechnica

• Large study shows drinking alcohol is good for your cholesterol levels [61d]
• Sonos’ streaming box is reportedly canceled. Good riddance. [61d]
• New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan will pick up where Pat Gelsinger left off [61d]
• Android apps laced with North Korean spyware found in Google Play [61d]
• Cockpit voice recorder survived fiery Philly crash—but stopped taping years ago [61d]
• EPA accused of faking criminal investigation to claw back climate funds [61d]
• D-Wave quantum annealers solve problems classical algorithms struggle with [61d]
• Google’s new robot AI can fold delicate origami, close zipper bags without damage [61d]
• FTC can’t afford to fight Amazon’s allegedly deceptive sign-ups after DOGE cuts [61d]
• Study: Hand clapping is akin to a Helmholtz resonator [61d]
• Google’s Gemma 3 is an open source, single-GPU AI with a 128K context window [61d]
• Meta mocked for raising “Bob Dylan defense” of torrenting in AI copyright fight [61d]
• If Starlink is turned off in Ukraine, are there any good alternatives? [61d]
• iRobot says there is “substantial doubt” about it as a “going concern” [61d]
• Toyota tunes up bZ4x with new battery, more power [61d]
• Despite everything, US EV sales are up 28% this year [62d]