The Brutalist Report

ArsTechnica

• Nintendo patent explains Switch 2 Joy-Cons’ “mouse operation” mode [319d]
• White House budget proposal could shatter the National Science Foundation [319d]
• DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers [319d]
• Meta torrented over 81.7TB of pirated books to train AI, authors say [319d]
• ChatGPT comes to 500,000 new users in OpenAI’s largest AI education deal yet [319d]
• The UK got rid of coal—where’s it going next? [319d]
• Protection from COVID reinfections plummeted from 80% to 5% with omicron [319d]
• Parrots struggle when told to do something other than mimic their peers [319d]
• DeepSeek is “TikTok on steroids,” senator warns amid push for government-wide ban [319d]
• Thanks to NASA, you probably won’t have to worry about this asteroid killing you [319d]
• 2025 Genesis Electrified GV70 review: Wait for the next model year [319d]
• NASA will swap Dragon spacecraft on the ground to return Butch and Suni sooner [319d]
• Ransomware payments declined in 2024 despite massive well-known hacks [319d]