The Brutalist Report

ArsTechnica

• Framework “temporarily pausing” some laptop sales because of new tariffs [11d]
• Nintendo explains why Switch 2 hardware and software cost so much [11d]
• FreeDOS 1.4 brings new fixes and features to modern and vintage DOS-based PCs [11d]
• Meta’s surprise Llama 4 drop exposes the gap between AI ambition and reality [11d]
• De-extinction company announces that the dire wolf is back [11d]
• Balatro yet again subject to mods’ poor understanding of “gambling” [11d]
• Google’s AI Mode search can now answer questions about images [11d]
• Trump gives China one day to end retaliations or face extra 50% tariffs [11d]
• Paramount drops action-packed Mission: Impossible—Final Reckoning trailer [11d]
• Second child dies of measles—anti-vaccine advocate reported it before officials [11d]
• White House figures out how it texted secret bombing plans to a reporter [11d]
• A begrudging defense of Nintendo’s “Game-Key cards” for the Switch 2 [11d]
• F1 in Japan reminds us a great track might not make for a great race [11d]
• Nintendo isn’t using anti-drift Hall effect sensors on Switch 2 joysticks [11d]
• Our top 10 Jackie Chan movies [12d]
• DOGE gearing up for hackathon at IRS, wants easier access to taxpayer data [12d]
• The speech police: Chairman Brendan Carr and the FCC’s news distortion policy [12d]