The Brutalist Report

Engadget

• X says Grok will no longer edit images of real people into bikinis [17d]
• Netflix will air new video podcasts from Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin this month [17d]
• 28 advocacy groups call on Apple and Google to ban Grok, X over nonconsensual deepfakes [17d]
• Ryan Hurst cast as Kratos for live-action God of War show [17d]
• Civilization VII comes to Apple Arcade in February [17d]
• California is investigating Grok over AI-generated CSAM and nonconsensual deepfakes [17d]
• Save up to 78 percent on ExpressVPN two-year plans right now [17d]
• Verizon outage: Voice and data services down for many customers [17d]
• PS Plus Game Catalog additions for January include Resident Evil Village and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth [17d]
• He could just turn it off [17d]
• How to turn off a VPN on iPhone [17d]
• Get three months of Audible for only $3 [17d]
• The first-gen Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones are $150 off right now [17d]
• The latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons expansion has arrived earlier than expected [17d]
• The Mac mini M4 is back on sale for $499 [17d]
• Gemini can now pull context the rest of your Google apps, if you let it [17d]
• YouTube adds more parental controls, including a way to block teens from watching Shorts [17d]
• Our favorite 3-in-1 wireless charger from UGreen is 32 percent off right now [17d]
• The Nintendo Switch 2025 year in review is finally here [17d]
• Pick up Apple's 25W MagSafe charger while it's down to $30 [17d]
• NVIDIA rolls out DLSS 4.5 to all RTX GPUs [17d]
• Monarch Money deal: New users can get one year of access for only $50 [17d]
• Fender's guitar lessons are coming to Samsung TVs later this year [17d]
• Bandcamp prohibits music made ‘wholly or in substantial part’ by AI [17d]
• Elevation Lab's extended battery AirTag case is down to only $16 [17d]
• Get one month of the Disney+ and Hulu bundle for only $10 [17d]
• Matthew McConaughey fights unauthorized AI likenesses by trademarking himself [18d]
• Tesla's Full Self-Driving is switching to a subscription-only service [18d]