The Brutalist Report

ArsTechnica

• Google Play apps with >20M downloads depleted batteries and network bandwidth [1290d]
• Everything we know about the White House’s IoT security labeling effort [1290d]
• Part of lost star catalog of Hipparchus found lurking under medieval codex [1290d]
• Rare tropical fungus randomly blooms in the palm of a US teen’s hand [1290d]
• US court rules, once again, that AI software can’t invent a patent [1290d]
• GMC unveils its first electric truck, the Sierra EV, due in early 2024 [1290d]
• Texas compares Google to “Eye of Sauron,” sues over biometric data collection [1290d]
• Microsoft leaked 2.4TB of data belonging to sensitive customer. Critics are furious [1291d]
• After heatwaves, utilities disconnect more people due to nonpayment [1291d]
• Anti-vaccine groups avoid Facebook bans by using emojis [1291d]
• Cherry’s new mechanical switch is based off an 11-year-old forum post [1291d]
• Starry Internet cuts 500 jobs—half its workforce—and cancels big expansion [1291d]
• Adobe plays catch-up with Project Blink, an AI-powered video editor [1291d]
• Smugglers are using TikTok, Instagram to dupe Americans into smuggling migrants [1291d]
• Vampire Survivors—a cheap, minimalistic indie game—is my game of the year [1291d]
• 74% say connected cars and EV chargers need cybersecurity ratings [1291d]
• Why are racing cars driving up and down an abandoned railway tunnel? [1291d]
• Intel i9-13900K and i5-13600K review: Beating AMD at its own game [1291d]